FAQ for Site Owners
- Does rolling back an ad also rollback upline earnings?
- How do I allow my members to select their Inbox or normal eMail setting?
- What is a 'plug-in' and where can I get them?
- What is 'Autosurf'?
- How do I setup banners?
- How do I install the scripts?
- Do I need an index.html page?
- How do I setup Gold Memberships?
- How do I know when someone has ordered an ad from the advertising order form?
- Is there email support from the providers of Cash Crusaders?
- How do I know when a member has redeemed for an ad or cashout?
- What do the asterisks mean next to members' referrals (in their user stats)?
- How do I place a rotating banner on my timer bar?
- How do I create a 'Paid To Search' section?
- How can I enable my members to see who their downline are?
- How do members see their ad stats?
- Can I have separate paid-to-signup sections divided by interest area, such as PTR, Shopping, etc?
- Can upgraded members see what their level is?
- If I reset the referral counter stats, are members affected?
- If I reset the click counter stats, are members affected?
- How do I delete old ads and emails?
- If I delete mails from the Send Email To Members page, do the ads become invalid?
- How do I make the Turing number images larger?
- Is it possible to convert a database from other PTR scripts to Cash Crusaders?
- Do members on 'vacation' setting show up in an inactive members report?
- How do I back up my data?
- What is a 'Cheat Link' and how do I set one up?
- How do I export member data to a spreadsheet or CSV file?
- How do I make a PayPal Mass Payment?
- How do I put keywords on a page and show the number of members who have it selected?
- How do I make the payment process easier and quicker?
- How do I show the members the current total payouts made?
- How do I update the scripts?
- Can I resell the Cash Crusader scripts?
- Can I use the Cash Crusader scripts on more than one site?
- Will uplines earn commissions on signup bonuses?
- Will uplines earn commissions on referral bonuses?
- Will upgraded members earn referral bonuses for their free referrals?
- Why do members sometimes not get credit for HTML PTC ads?
- How do I temporarily prevent people from signing up?
- How do I set the scripts to delete inactive members automatically?
- Can I display my rotating banners on other networks or sites?
- How do I choose winners for 'contest ads'?
- How can I create advertiser accounts for non-members?
- Am I allowed to sell the scripts and transfer them to a new owner and domain?
- What are the HTML codes shown in the Redemption area?
- What are Downline Activity Requirements?
- What are the server requirements for Cash Crusader?
- How do I reset my admin password?
- Is it possible to show the number of active members (the one you see in the admin area)?
- Hi :-) is it possible to give the timer bar in the runner.php a little more height? In what file should I set that? Part of the text is half hidden behind the border? Thanks in advance, moniekk
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Does rolling back an ad also rollback upline earnings?
No. Unfortunately, the rollback needs to be done quickly, as upline credits do not get rolled back. Upline credits get processed once a day, so if you rollback an ad before that happens, it will be fine. Otherwise, you have to manually make the changes. For this reason, you should always be careful to check the value of ads you create, as well as the cash/points setting.
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How do I allow my members to select their Inbox or normal eMail setting?
New templates to allow members the ability to select their inbox setting are now available. You need to copy userinfo.php and signup.php from the /scripts/templates dir to your /pages dir.
If you have customised userinfo.php and signup.php, it may be easier to just copy across the specific piece of code on each of those pages. That code is a new line in the table, as follows:
<tr><td>
<div align=""left""><font size="2"><b>Send emails to:</b></font></div></td>
<td> <font size="2"><select name=userform[email_setting]><? new_member_email_setting();?> </select>
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What is a 'plug-in' and where can I get them?
A plugin is a script to add additional functions or features to the main CC script package, using the built-in Plugins area. You can get a wide range of plugins from third party suppliers. Almost all ofthem can be found at TheScriptStation. You can also browse through them here at CashCrusader.info
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What is 'Autosurf'?
A brief general explanation is this: Each member has a special Autosurf link, which is shown in their members area on the autosurf page. When they click that link they open a special type of page, which automatically (or manually depending on the setting) changes regularly to display a different web site. The members earn points or cash credits for each autosurf page they visit, and they can add their own pages they wish to promote to the system, which will cost them credits from their account. In your admin area, at the autosurf page, you set things like how often the page changes, whether the user has to click and confirm each change of page (autosurf or manual), how many credits are earned each visit, and so on.
So it is an extra way for members to earn and redeem, and for advertisers to run ads. If you want members to actually take notice of the advertised pages, it may be best to set it to NOT open the next page automatically.
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How do I setup banners?
There are 3 steps involved:
1. Add the following code in your header.php file where you want banners to show: getad("main");?>
2. Create at least 1 banner image and upload it to your site.
3. Create at least 1 ad with your "Rotating" link from the admin page. Make sure you set the 'group' setting to 'main' (so it matches the code in step 1 above). And set the banner image location to match where you have uploaded your banner to. -
How do I install the scripts?
Full installation instructions are included with the scripts (filename: README). If they seem too technical, it may be best to consider getting expert help. We recommend Scripts-R-Us for installation services for scripts at very reasonable rates. See here: Scripts-R-Us
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Do I need an index.html page?
No. There is a redirecting page index.php in the root directory of your site, which then automatically opens the site from /pages/index.php - which is your home page in this case.
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How do I setup Gold Memberships?
For upgraded, or 'Gold' memberships, edit gold.php with your details, then to upgrade a member, you manually edit their account. From admin, choose User Management |View/Edit/Delete Users to find the account, then in their account area you will see a field labelled: Free Referrals?
Use that to set the upgrade level. So, for example if you want Bronze, Silver & Gold, you probably want to set it at 1 for Bronze, 2 for Silver and 3 for Gold - the higher the number, the more free referrals they will get.
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How do I know when someone has ordered an ad from the advertising order form?
You will receive email notification to advertising@yourdomain.com
The address that the notice is sent to can be changed in your admin area. -
Is there email support from the providers of Cash Crusaders?
No. However, there is a helpdesk at cashcrusadersoftware.com - but response times vary.
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How do I know when a member has redeemed for an ad or cashout?
You will receive email notification to redemptions@yourdomain.com
The address that the notice is sent to can be changed in your admin area. -
What do the asterisks mean next to members' referrals (in their user stats)?
The asterisks show which members were directly referred by the account in question.
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How do I place a rotating banner on my timer bar?
Edit cash_timer.php, points_timer.php and account_credited.php. In each of them, place the code for a rotating ad, which is:
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How do I create a 'Paid To Search' section?
There are several steps to complete to do this.
1. Edit ptc.php
2. replace <? get_ptc_ad('main');?> with <? get_ptc_ad('search');?>
3. save the file as ptc2.php (or search.php or whatever you like)
4. upload that file into your /pages directory
5. Use your admin pages, go to the PTC section. Any ads already listed that you want in the search section, change their 'group' setting from 'main' to 'search'
6. Edit your account_menu.php file.
Change this code: | <a href=/pages/ptc.php>Paid2Click</a< |
To this: | <a href=/pages/ptc.php>Paid2Click</a> | <a href=/pages/ptc2.php>Paid2Search</a> |
Then upload to your /pages directory -
How can I enable my members to see who their downline are?
The following code needs to be included at the correct spot in the page: <? level_total();?> (Recent versions of the script have this code already added to the members area)
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How do members see their ad stats?
Members can view their ad stats on their adstats.php page, available from the members account menu. As long as you use their username in the 'Client ID' field when you create the ad, it is automatically listed in their ad stats.
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Can I have separate paid-to-signup sections divided by interest area, such as PTR, Shopping, etc?
Yes, this is a two stage process.
1. When you create the ads, enter in the 'Ad Group' field, a group name, e.g. 'shopping'
2. When you place the ads on your page, instead of the usual code <? get_pts_ad('%');?> you use <? get_pts_ad('shopping');?> ; Then repeat for other groups/pages. -
Can upgraded members see what their level is?
Yes - There is a box in the members area (on the earnings stats page). It shows the level that a member is upgraded to, and is labelled 'Gold Member Bonus Referrals'.
This is the same level as you set in the admin area. If members can see a number rather than the level name, you need to make a change to enter.php
The code that says <? user('free_refs')?> should be changed to:
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If I reset the referral counter stats, are members affected?
No. This counter is for your own use, and is useful where you wish to track how many referrals members obtain in a certain period, such as for referral contests.
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If I reset the click counter stats, are members affected?
Only in that the click counter is used in conjunction with the 'Only credit upline % level' to determine if a member gets a commission from their downline. If you don't have that restriction in place, the click counter will not affect members in any way.
Note that if you do have an 'Only credit upline % level' restriction in place, it is important to reset your click counter regularly.
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How do I delete old ads and emails?
To delete old or expired ads, use the link 'List/Delete old email ads' in the Email Ad Manager. To delete past sent mails from the list in the 'Send eMail To Members' page, the delete button next to each must be individually pushed (or you can ask your host to do this for you).
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If I delete mails from the Send Email To Members page, do the ads become invalid?
No. It may make it clearer to think of it this way: the ads you create in emailadmgr.php are the actual ads - if you delete these, anyone who clicks on those ads will get an 'invalid link' error.
But the mails you create in massmail.php are just emails that contain references/pointers to the actual ads. Deleting those mails will have no side-effect if the mail has completed sending. It won't harm the actual ads at all.
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How do I make the Turing number images larger?
Under Site settings| Anti-Cheat Settings there is an option to set the height and width of the Turing number images.
The size of the confirmation (text) numbers, is governed by the size of text on your site, with a stylesheet. For details of how to change this, see the Customisations section.
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Is it possible to convert a database from other PTR scripts to Cash Crusaders?
Yes, but this is not a simple process. When you buy the CC package, scripts are included to automate the conversion from several other scripts. These include Create-a-Click (CAC), CreateYourGetPaid (CYGP) Create-a-Site4U and MyPTRSite. You will need to know how to use MySQL to use these convertors. Most other scripts can be manually converted by professionals, such as Scripts-R-Us and TheScriptStation.
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Do members on 'vacation' setting show up in an inactive members report?
Yes, they do. But by default, they are not ticked/checked, so the site owner would have to intentionally check it, all gold and vacation accounts are not checked on the inactive report.
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How do I back up my data?
There are 2 separate lots of data you need to maintain backups of, your MySQL data, and the actual site pages.
MySQL data is backed up from the admin pages. Select 'Database Utilities' then 'Backup MySQL Data' from the menu. Then choose where to save the file on your PC. Note that the scripts also allow you to set automatic backups - this is done via 'Site settings' then 'MySQL Backup Settings' on the admin menu.
Site Pages are backed up from within CPanel. For sites hosted at MyEcom, this is done via a link, 'Create backup of your /home dir'. Other hosts will have different Cpanels, so the link text will vary.
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What is a 'Cheat Link' and how do I set one up?
A cheat link is a link designed to catch people who are cheating, usually by using auto-clicking software. Personally I don't see them as necessary anymore, as the Turing numbers do the job of catching those types of cheats anyway.
However, if you do want to use cheat links, here's how. There are two methods:
Normal Cheat Link (for Emails - detecting non-english speakers etc):
Make an email ad as usual, Use text such as **DO NOT CLIICK** or whatever you like. But use the selector to designate it as a cheatlink (on the page where you create the ad). Later, after the ad has run for some time, go to Find Cheaters | Cheat Link Report page to get reports on who has clicked them.Invisible Cheat Link (for PTC area): The idea is to create a link which can't be seen by the user, but can be detected (and clicked) by the auto-clicking software. Create an HTML ad in your PTC area, using this code:
<script language=javascript src="http://yoursite.com/anypage.html"></script><noscript> <table><tr><td><a href=http://yoursite.com/anypage target="_top"> <img src=http://yoursite.com/anyimage.gif" border=0></a></td></tr> </table></noscript>
Set the time between crediting to at least a week so you do not have to check it every day. Edit the url and image url to anything you wish, as it will simply never be seen.
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How do I export member data to a spreadsheet or CSV file?
1. From your cPanel go to phpMyAdmin.
2. If you have more than one MySQL database, open the one for the CC site from the menu.
3. Scroll through the list of tables until you find 'users', and click on it.
4. Click on 'Export'
5. Select the following options if available:
Save as a CSV file or Excel file
CSV data - Put fields names at first row
1. From your cPanel go to phpMyAdmin.
2. If you have more than one MySQL database, open the one for the CC site from the menu.
3. Scroll through the list of tables until you find 'users', and click on it.
4. Click on 'Export'
5. Select the following options if available:
Save as a CSV file or Excel file
CSV data - Put fields names at first row
Save as file>
6. Click on 'Go' and save the file -
How do I make a PayPal Mass Payment?
There are two main stages to this process:
1. Go to your Accounting | Cash Balances page - be sure to only include the members using Paypal in your report.
2. There is a link near the bottom of the page to download the mass payment file.
3. Go to PayPal and login, then click the Mass Pay link in the footer of the page.
Click 'Make a Mass Payment'
Upload the file you downloaded in step 1
Customize the email notification that is sent to your recipients
Click 'Send Money' to continue
4. Return to your site and copy the confirmation ID into the box and click on submit to post the payment information to the members accounts.NOTE: This feature may not be available on some non-US-based PayPal accounts.
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How do I put keywords on a page and show the number of members who have it selected?
Where you want a category total to appear, you use:
So if you wanted to put the Search category and it's total, you might use: Search:
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How do I make the payment process easier and quicker?
When you do a cash report, notice that the name of the payment processor for each member (e.g. Paypal, Alertpay, eGold) are hyperlinks. The links takes you to the payment processor site, where you complete the payment, then automatically the process will return to you to your site, and the payment will be automatically deducted from the member's account.
This saves a lot of time and the only limitation is that you can't change the amount you pay them - it will be the full balance of their account, rounded up to the nearest cent.
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How do I show the members the current total payouts made?
You can usethis code in your page: $ totaldebits();?>
That will show the Total Cash Redemptions. Note that this includes both payouts, and any cash amounts redeemed for advertising. -
How do I update the scripts?
There are several possibilities:
* You can use the automatic updater on the admin page, but if you get any error messages, you will need to know how to set permissions with an FTP program or through CPanel. If you don't know what you are doing, this method is NOT recommended.
* You can do it manually yourself, in which case, you need to learn to use an FTP program to upload/download files, into the correct directories. And follow the instructions provided with each update.
* If none of those options suits, it is suggested that you get the updates done by a third party. Several sites offer this service very cheaply. For example, Scripts-R-Us.com, the providers of CashCrusader.info. -
Can I resell the Cash Crusader scripts?
No. The author of the scripts is not accepting any new resellers at this time.
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Can I use the Cash Crusader scripts on more than one site?
Absolutely not. The price of the scripts is for one copy, to be used on one site only. Offenders will be prosecuted.
There is one exception - if you are using separate parts of the software on each site, you could have separate sites for, for example, a paid email site, and a traffic exchange program. As long as each of them is only used once it is permitted.
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Will uplines earn commissions on signup bonuses?
No. You set these in the Site Settings | Signup Bonus Settings page, and they do not credit the upline.
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Will uplines earn commissions on referral bonuses?
No. You set these in the Site Settings | Commission Settings page, and they do only credit the immediate upline (i.e. the actual referrer).
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Will upgraded members earn referral bonuses for their free referrals?
No. Referral bonuses are not applied to referrals given free to gold members.
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Why do members sometimes not get credit for HTML PTC ads?
HTML PTC ads use Javascript to popup the timer. If the member has popups disabled (by using a popup blocker of some sort), the clicks will register in the click count for the ad, but the member will not get credited. If there are other Javascripts in place on the PTC page, they may also interfere with the Javascript used for the ads, which can prevent crediting.
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How do I temporarily prevent people from signing up?
To do this, just rename the /pages/confirm.php file to confirm.old, and then rename it back to confirm.php when you are ready to accept signups again.
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How do I set the scripts to delete inactive members automatically?
There is no feature to do this automatically.
To cancel members inactive for a set number of days, use the page User Management | View Inactive Members in the admin area. Set the time period for the number of days you wish days and search. You will get a list of all those inactive for the number of days you specified. Select those you wish to cancel, enter the confirmation ID and press delete.
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Can I display my rotating banners on other networks or sites?
Yes you can. The code format to use is as follows:
</iframe><iframe src=http://www.cashcrusader.info/scripts/runner.php?IFRAME=1&GA=PUT_GROUP_HERE space=0 vspace=0 width=468 height=60 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.cashcrusader.info/scripts/runner.php?JS=1&GA=PUT_GROUP_HERE">
</script>
</iframe>To obtain your exact code, look at the top of the Ad Management | Rotating Ads page.
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How do I choose winners for 'contest ads'?
In the eMail Ad Manager, perform a search to bring up the ad in question. If you use 'Contest Link' as the description when you create the contest ads, you can search for 'Contest Link', and you will get a list of all the current contest ads.
Under each one, is a small form field: Select X contest winners.
Enter the number of winners you want, and click on the 'Pick' button. The script will choose your winners from only those members who have clicked this ad. -
How can I create advertiser accounts for non-members?
There is a separate advertisers' account feature.
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Am I allowed to sell the scripts and transfer them to a new owner and domain?
You are allowed to sell to a new owner, but only with prior approval from CrusaderSoftware. You are not permitted to change the scripts to a new domain, once the site has established an Internet presence.
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What are the HTML codes shown in the Redemption area?
There are two codes showing on the Redemption Options area. The first one is what goes in your redeem.php page where you want members to see the available redemptions this looks like this: <? redeem_list();?>.
The other codes are just a sample of some HTML form codes to include, if you want to add extra fields to an individual redemption option. To see how it works, make a new redemption, and include those sample codes in the html box you see when you are creating it. These are not a necessary thing, and if you don't understand HTML form codes, may be best left alone.
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What are Downline Activity Requirements?
Cash Crusader programs have two options to set regarding 'Downline Activity Requirements'. These limit the earnings a member receives from their downline. The percentage one means they have to be that % as active as any given downline member to receive credit for that downline member. The days one means they have to login or click a link every so many days to receive their downline earnings.
For example, 50% and 10 days means to earn from their downline, a member must be 50% as active and login at least every 10 days.
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What are the server requirements for Cash Crusader?
Essentially, the server needs to have MySQL installed, PHP installed, and crontab support.
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How do I reset my admin password?
If you lose or forget your admin password, it is possible to reset it. Here's how.
1. Open phpMyAdmin from your CPanel or hosting Control Panel.
2. Click on SQL to open a SQL query window
3. Enter this command:
Delete from system_values where name='admin password';
4. Click on Go
5. IMMEDIATELY go to your admin area, and you will be prompted for a new password -
Is it possible to show the number of active members (the one you see in the admin area)?
You can show the number of active members using this code: <? usercount ('active'); ?>
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Hi :-) is it possible to give the timer bar in the runner.php a little more height? In what file should I set that? Part of the text is half hidden behind the border? Thanks in advance, moniekk
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