Link-Vault Part 2: Set-up

Posted 6/18/08

Mitchell Blatt, owns Juiced Sports Blog and loves to Stumble. Click to friend me on SU!

How to Install Link Vault and Start Building Tons of Links

About a week ago, I wrote a post on how to build lots of links through a program called Link-Vault.

A few people in the comments section had further questions—specifically how do I install this [stuff]?—so I am going to address installation today.

A quick review for anyone who missed the post: Link-Vault uses a disguised code to automatically put links onto each page of your site and you earn credits to have your customized links appear on other network sites.

It is fairly complex to install though, so here’s how:

First, you must have a Wordpress blog or other hosted blog—it doesn’t work with Blogger. Also have access to your ftp. If you don’t have an ftp program but you do have Wordpress, you might want to get an ftp program. They are pretty cheap (about $20) and give you good access to editing and uploading files on your site easily. I use Fetch for Mac OS, and I hear Cute FTP is pretty good for Windows as well as Mac.

So, once you have an FTP program, Part 1:

Go to “site setup instructions” on Link-Vault, and they will tell you:

Create a file called lvqi9reotDrtCX3zzS.php or download (right click, Save Target As...)

All you do is click the download link and the file downloads to your desktop then upload the file into the index file of your FTP. You would log into your FTP program. It would give you a list of the pages and websites on your account. Click to the folder labeled mysportsblog.com and open it, then drop the file into that folder.

Basically, dragging and dropping into FTP is all you’re going to be doing to set up.

Part 2

Create another (empty) file called qi9reotDrtCX3zzS.txt (download), upload here : http://yoursportsblog.com/qi9reotDrtCX3zzS.txt and give it read/write access (use your ftp client to change the properties of file once uploaded).

Again, download the file and upload it. For this specific file you have to give it reading and writing permissions, which lets the links be written in. To do that, on Windows FTP, highlight the file and go to File > Properties, and put check marks in all the boxes for reading and writing, which would put your permission level at 666 (my favorite number).

Part 3

There is some code in a text box that you should copy and paste into the footer theme. That code is the link code.

Part 4

This isn’t necessary, but recommended, an automatically updating file that updates the link code, making it more disguised. You just download then upload it again.

Part 5

Click a link to turn test mode on and test links will show up on all pages if you installed it correctly. Then turn it off and click a link to check setup and activate at the bottom of the page. After you pass the check setup, you will slowly begin receiving link credits.

Enjoy the links!


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