Active Link Exchange Help: Configuration and Settings.

● General Options:
General options are used as the default settings for all projects. You can access and change these default settings by clicking on "Settings/General Options" from the program's main menu.



From the 5 general settings options select "General".



- Ask before removing a web site from the list: when this box is checked the program will ask for confirmation when you try to delete links from the link exchange list before actually removing them.

- Maximum number of parallel HTTP connections: this is the number of simultaneous http connections used by the program when searching for links or working online. The default 5 will work fine for most projects. Increasing this number will increment the speed of the Partner Research Wizard.

- Maximum number of parallel FTP connections: this is the number of simultaneous ftp connections used by the program when using the FTP module for uploading your links exchange web pages to your server. The default 1 is fine for most projects.

- Default E-Mail: when researching partner web sites Active Link Exchange wizard will try to extract the email found on those web sites. If no email is found for a given web site a default email such us office@website.com will be used instead (where website.com is the domain of the site and office@ is set by you here). You can select from a variety of options such as webmaster@ or any other from the drop down menu.

- Default message pattern: this is the default email template to be used when sending an initial collaboration offer email to partner web sites. You can change the email template to be used for any communication when you actually send the email.

- Language: sets the language interface to use on the program. More languages will be available soon.

When you have set your preferred default settings click on the "OK" button to save them.

● Proxy Options:
If you connect to the Internet using a proxy you should set up your proxy configuration by clicking on "Proxy options". You should set up the proxy fields exactly as they are configured in your browser internet connections options. For example, if you use Internet Explorer as your default browser, from its menu click on "Tools/Internet Options", then click on the "Connections" tab and on the "LAN Settings" button. If you are using a proxy its address and port will be detailed there. You should enter exactly the same configuration for Active Link Exchange.



- Use proxy: check the box only if you are using a proxy server to connect to the Internet. The default setting is unchecked and does not use a proxy.

- Server: if you are using a proxy enter the IP address or hostname of the proxy server. An example would be 200.130.130.70 or myproxyserver.com.

- Port: enter the port address used by the proxy server for http connections. The default address 3128 is the most frequently used port for proxy servers.

- Server requires authentication: check this box if your proxy requires an username and password to be able to connect.

- Username and Password: enter your proxy server username and password on these fields.

● Search Parameters:
These settings are for configuring how the Find New Partners Wizard and other search tools behave by default.



- Maximum number of links to find for each SE: the default number of links to search for on each selected search engine when using the Find New Partners Wizard. The default, 20, will look for the top 20 positions on each search engine when searching for keywords. This setting can be changed from the Wizard itself when performing each search.

- Sites with and without prefixes: check this box if you want sites within the same domain name to be considered as one site even when they have different prefixes. As an example when the box is checked the web page www.mysite.com/index.htm will be considered the same as mysite.com/index.htm and therefore only one of them will be returned by the Find New Partners Wizard. By default this box is unchecked.

- Follow links on the partner page if the link back is not found: when using the program "Check link back" button feature and this box is checked, if the program does not find a link back to your site in the specified link exchange partner web page, it will scan the partner site trying to find a link back to your site. By default this box is unchecked.

- Follow links on your page if your partner link is not found: similarly when using the "Check partner links on your page" feature from the program main menu ("Project/Check partner links on your page") and this box is checked, if no link is found in your link exchange web page to a given partner site, the program will scan your site trying to find a link to the partner web site. By default this box is unchecked.

● Web browser:
By default Active Link Exchange can display the partner sites found with the research wizard inside its own preview browser window when you click on the "Preview" tab from the main program screen. The web browser settings allow you to use your favorite browser to display web pages and partner sites. You will then just select any site from the links list and click on "View/View link in browser" from the program main menu.



- Web browser location: enter the web browser to use when viewing partner web sites. On the sample above Internet Explorer has been selected as the default browser. If no browser is selected the "View link in browser" item will not be available on the program's View menu.

● External FTP client:
When uploading your link exchange page to your server you can use Active Link Exchange FTP module or alternatively use your favorite FTP program. When you set your current FTP program as the external FTP client you will be able to launch it from within Active Link Exchange web page code generator window by clicking on the "Run FTP" button.



- FTP client location: enter the location of the FTP program to use when uploading your link exchange pages to your server. As an example WSFTP has been configured above. After your link exchange web page has been built using the web page generator wizard you may click on the "Run FTP" button to launch your favorite FTP program and upload your links pages to your site. If no external FTP program is selected the "Run FTP" button will be disabled.

- Maximum number of links on a single generated page: you can set a maximum number of links per page to be created when using the program's link exchange web page generator wizard. When the number of links is exceeded the program will generate additional link pages.

● Mail Options:
Mail options are used as the default smtp settings for sending emails to your link exchange partners. Here you configure your email server exactly with the same data that you should have configured in your email client software such as Outlook or Eudora. You can access and change these default settings by clicking on "Settings/Mail Options" from the program's main menu.



Enter the email account you plan to use to send emails to link exchange partners and your mail server data on the Smtp settings screen.



- Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): enter your mail Smtp server (such as mail.yourdomain.com).

- Port: enter the port of the Smtp server. The default port, 25, is used as the standard smtp port for most email servers.

- Type: set the type of connection to your smtp server. Simple Login will work fine for most configurations.

- Account and Password: enter your preferred email address account (such as linkexchange@yourdomain.com) and your password.

When you have set your preferred email settings click on the "OK" button to save them.

● FTP Uploader Options:
Here you will enter the ftp settings you will use to upload your link exchange web page to your server. You can access and change these default settings by clicking on "Settings/FTP Uploader Options" from the program's main menu.



Enter your ftp host data. This is exactly the same configuration you use in your current ftp program to upload web pages to your server.



- Host: enter your ftp host address (such as ftp.yourdomain.com or alternatively your ftp IP address).

- Port: enter the port of the FTP server. The default port, 21, is used as the standard FTP port for most web servers.

- Username and Password: enter your ftp account and password.

- Folder: set the folder on your server that you want to access by default. By default this will be your web server root folder /.

Click on "Save as default settings" to save your configuration.