The base directory on your server where you place your HTML files.
So, if you have a URL such as http://www.yoursite.com/index.html the
index.html file would be located in your document root.
Example: /home/username/public_html

The URL where you want your ranking pages to be stored.
Do not include the actual filename, just the directory.
Example: http://www.yoursite.com/autorank

The URL where you want your member banners to be stored.
Example: http://www.yoursite.com/autorank/banners

The URL where surfers should be sent after clicking through the in.cgi script.
Example: http://www.yoursite.com/autorank/index.html

The full URL and filename of the incoming hit tracking script.
Example: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/autorank/in.cgi

The full URL and filename of the outgoing hit tracking script.
Example: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/autorank/out.cgi

The full path to sendmail or the hostname/IP of your SMTP server.
Example: /usr/sbin/sendmail

This e-mail address that all administrative messages should be sent to.
This will also be the e-mail address that appears in the From field of all e-mails.
Example: autorank@yoursite.com

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will send a confirmation e-mail to each person who creates an account.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will send an e-mail to the administrator each time an account is created.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will send an e-mail to the administrator each time an account is edited.

The maximum width value members can use for their banners, in pixels.
Example: 468

The maximum height value members can use for their banners, in pixels.
Example: 60

The maximum filesize that a member banner can be, in bytes.
Example: 24576

The full HTML code to use for the default banner. The default banner will
be displayed on the ranking page for any account that does not provide banner
information when they create their account.
Example: <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/banner.gif" height="60" width="468" border="0">

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will force all banners to be displayed with the dimensions listed above.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will download member banners to
make sure they do not exceed the dimensions listed above.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will download all member banners and
serve them from your server instead of from the member's server.

A comma separated list of categories members will be able to choose from for their account.
Example: Category 1,Category 2,Category 3

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will send sufers to the category page of
the member site they came from. Please see the software manual for more
information on this option.

Use this option to let the software know what file extension you are using
for your category pages. This will be used with the above checkbox option.
For more information please see the software manual.
Example: html

The minimum number of hits needed to get listed.
Example: 1

The maximum number of characters allowed for member site titles.
Example: 60

The maximum number of characters allowed for member site descriptions.
Example: 255

The number of digits to display after the decimal point in a number.
This will be used when displaying the averaged values, such as Average Hits In Per Day.
Example: 2

If this box is checked, you will be required to review
new accounts before they can be listed in the rankings.

If this box is checked, you will be required to review all account
editing before the changes will be listed in the rankings.

If this box is checked, everyone who signs up for an account will need to provide the
URL where they plan to place the link to your site.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will check to make sure an existing
account does not have the same information as an account being created.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will check to make sure that
the URLs provided during signup are working.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will allow URLs that redirect surfers
to a different URL to be submitted as the site URL for an account.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will not allow an account to be created
where the password is the same as the username

This determines how the sites are sorted when they are displayed on the ranking pages.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will assume that you have setup
cron for rebuilds and resets and will disable the automatic updates
that are done by the in.cgi script.

The minimum number of seconds between list rebuilds.
A rebuild is when the ranking pages are updated with the current stats.
Example: 3600

The minimum number of seconds between hit count resets.
A reset is when the in and out hits are set back to zero for all accounts.
Example: 86400

The format string to specify how you want your dates to appear.
Example: %c-%e-%y

The format string to specify how you want your times to appear.
Example: %l:%i%p

Select the timezone you are located in.

The length of time, in seconds, from the time that an account is created until
it is no longer considered a new site.
Example: 604800

The full HTML code to use for the new site icon
Example: <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/new.gif">

The full HTML code to use for the upward movement icon.
Example: <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/up.gif">

The full HTML code to use for the downward movement icon.
Example: <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/down.gif">

The full HTML code to use for the no movement icon.
Example: <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/same.gif">

A description of the data you are collecting for field one.
Example: Sample Image URL

A description of the data you are collecting for field two.
Example: ICQ Number

A description of the data you are collecting for field three.
Example: Contact Name

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will keep a log of hits it suspects
may be cheating attempts. Note that this option may use significant disk
space so be sure to have at least 20 megabytes of free space available.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will try to determine if the person
clicking through the in.cgi script is using a proxy. If so, the hit will
not be credited to the account.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will keep a log of IP addresses for each
account so that only one hit is counted for each IP address that comes through
the in.cgi hit tracking script per account.

After this amount of seconds the IP logs kept for each account will be cleared
and surfers who have already registered a hit for an account will be able to register
another hit for the same account.
Example: 86400

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will set a cookie in each users browser
who comes to your site through the in.cgi script so that only one hit is counted
for surfer per account.

After this amount of seconds the cookie set by AutoRank Pro will expire
and the surfer will be allowed to register a hit for an account that they
have already registered a hit for.
Example: 86400

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will display an intermediate page to
surfers before they are sent to the Forward URL. This gateway page will
require that the surfer click on a link in order for their hit to be counted.

If this box is checked, AutoRank Pro will set a cookie in the surfer's browser
on the gateway page and then check to make sure that the cookie was accepted
when the surfer clicks through the gateway page. Only clicks from browsers
that accepted the cookie will be counted. The gateway page feature must be
enabled for this option to work.

After this amount of seconds the gateway that the surfer is viewing will
no longer be valid. Any clicks on the gateway page link after it has
expired will not be counted.
Example: 60