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[Shining]

I've been trying to install easy banner and I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. I keep getting this error:


Unable to create file "/dh/cgi-system/php.cgi/data/data.php"
Make sure that this directory exists and it has 777 permission.

Can't continue!


I'm not sure what I'm supposed to change in order for it to create the file. I used the path that was already specified and it said not to change it if you aren't sure what it should be. So, if it's incorrect what do I need to do?

[PHPWebScripts]

The path /dh/cgi-system/php.cgi has been received from the server but in this case it's apparently incorrect. You have to enter there real path to the uploaded files/scripts. I'm not able to help you by this forum as the path is server based. You can ask server admin for this info or I can find the path for you but will need FTP access to the server.

[Guest]

So, what exactly do I have to do to find the correct path? Everything I seem to try gives me the same error message. Also, I do have FTP access to my server.

[PHPWebScripts]

If your server admin don't want to help you, please send me your FTP data, I will find the path for you.

[Shining]

what is my FTP data? If that's my username and password, I'm not giving that out.

[PHPWebScripts]

You can ask your server admin for the full path. If he doesn't want to help you, I can find the path for you. To do it, I will need FTP access to the server.

[Shining]

I figured it out and found the right path, but I still have one more question.

I don't understand the explanation of the exchange ratio. I'd like it to be set up for 1:1 ratio.

Does that mean I just put 1 in the box, or do I put 100 because it says:

"How many impressions get every user for showing 100 banners"

[PHPWebScripts]

Yes, if you want the ratio to be 1:1, enter 100.

[Shining]

Thank you so much for your help. I have one more question

In a lot of the banner exchanges I am in, the code I put on my page displays a tiny little banner that says the name of the rotation.

How am I able to put that into the html for my banner rotation so that when people sign up, the code automatically contains a little banner like that?

Thank you again for your help

[PHPWebScripts]

This option is available only in Easy Banner Pro, sorry. In Easy Banner Free you can place the logo to the banner code in template html.txt.

[Guest]

[PHPWebScripts]

There is not an easy way to find out the path, I'm not able to say a general advice. Ask server admin for it, it's the easiest way for you.

[Guest]

I'm having the exact same problem, only my host assures me that this is the correct path. They say:

"/dh/cgi-system/php.cgi" is the real PHP CGI binary, we don't have any other PHP CGI binaries installed on our service (other than
"/dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi", which is the CGI binary for PHP 5). It sounds
like you are actually mis-configuring your banner script, you might want
to contact the developers of the script and find out what you may be
getting wrong. I say this because you should never try and install your
PHP script in any directories other than your web directory.


Now I am thoroughly confused. Can you shed some light on this, please?

[PHPWebScripts]

The path is incorrect. It's the path of your php5.cgi file but not the path of the folder where you uploaded the files. Please email me, I will find the correct path for you.

[Guest]

The server people said:

The correct absolute path to mydomain.com/exchange (I am keeping it in a folder called "exchange") is:
/home/myname/mydomain.com/exchange. I believe the script is
probably using SCRIPT_FILENAME to locate the path, which won't work with
us as we run php as a cgi and SCRIPT_FILENAME will just return the
location of our php.cgi file.


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