Using Directory Data
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site using ODP data w/o attributions
by Guest Patrick13- 1 reply
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http://ahmexico.com/ -- They also have several other country directories - http://ahguatemala.com/ http://www.ahpanama.com/ http://www.ahbelize.com/ etc. All w/o required ODP info.
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Links to ODP or to its mirrors?
by Guest Zigga-
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I run several websites covering quite different themes. As keeping links up to date is quite a pain I usually have not created link lists myself but just created links to relevant ODP categories. But ODP often is so slooooooooooow. And sometimes it doesn't work at all. Now I found that there also are mirrors. http://ch.dmoz.org/ seems not to be complete (Regional/, Science/, Computers/ and many other categories do not work) but http://de.dmoz.org/ , on the other hand, seems to be much better. And so fast. So, if I change all my http://dmoz.org/Something/ links to http://de.dmoz.org/Something/ can I trust that they will work in the future? And can I be sure that the …
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searching only in the frenchs sites
by Guest --
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I would like to know how to restrict the search ( with the searchbox ) to frenchs sites ( only frenchs sites as result ). Actually the code for my searchbox is : <form method=POST action="odp.php"> Search: <input type="textfield" name="search"> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search"> </form> What can i add to let the choice between "all the web" and "frenchs sites" ? Thanks.
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Problems with french caracters
by Guest -- 1 reply
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Hi, i'm using ODP sources on my website, but there's a little problem with french caracters ( and others languages too ). When i search a french word, in the descriptions of the results, é, è, à, ç .. are é, ä. This is the same problem with all other non english languages with "é,è,à ... " ( deutch, spanish .. )
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Cannot find RDF dump
by Guest browser007-
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I tried to download the RDF dump via http://rdf.dmoz.org/ but that page produces a 500 error in my IE browser. Does this subdomain still exists or can I find the RDF dump on another location?
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Creating static HTML from a small portion of RDF
by Guest Andrew111-
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My site covers a topic that has it's own small category in the ODP, so I wanted to add that part of the RDF dump to my site. The problem is that I can't find a free tool to help me create static HTML from part of the RDF dump. I found PLENTY of tools that will incorporate a live feed from the ODP, but the ODP doesn't need another site leeching their much needed bandwidth. I imagine it would be best for me to parse the RDF data I want into a mySQL database...I really need suggestions on a free tool that can help me do this. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Google Update June 2002
by Guest --
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I have seen that google has started updating its database. How long does it take google to update its directory data? I see that it has not added the new websites present in Dmoz since early june till now.
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This is the news you've all been waiting for - we've finally been able to generate an RDF dump. The data is a week out of date, and does not include any catids, as most of the problems relating to the RDF generation have been to do with duplicate catids. This will be fixed in later dumps. You can download the files from this new URL: http://rdf.dmoz.org/ . Please bear in mind that demand may be high initially, so your downloads may be slow.
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New RDF Dump projection? 1 2
by Guest fdwilk1-
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Is there a projection on when the rdf dump problem(s) will be resolved and processed? Thanks for any info you can provide.
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Parsing ODP RDF data as XML
by Guest slovenac- 1 reply
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I am trying to parse the ODP data to make some use of it. I downloaded all fo it from the "old" page dmoz.org/rdf/. It seems to be bad xml, when I try to parse i get this: <pre><font class="small">code:</font><hr> Fatal Error at file E:\DMOZ RDF\structure.rdf.u8, line 221251, char 2 Message: Invalid character (Unicode: 0x1) </pre><hr> It seems the strange language encodings (chinese) making problems. Am i doing something wrong, or is it not me. I would apritiate if anyone expirienced would comment on the way they parse the data, which parsers they use, and how they structure their databases. Dejan
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Search banned from dmoz
by Guest guaranis-
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Hello, 2 days ago we changed our domain name from ez2www.com to ez2find.com, since then I am not able to perform a search in the dmoz directory. The same script from another server works fine, meaning that our site is banned from searching. I am aware that the problem could be from the attribution or a huge traffic. We have the attribution in all pages and we are not altavista. Could someone tell me what is the problem? Since I am looking for a database solution, does anyone know about a tool to parse the rdf dump and put it into a mysql database?
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mixing the dmoz directory with my own..
by Guest --
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ok, i am developing a directory-driven website.. i would like to use certain dmoz categories (only a few, not all).. however I would like to add sites through my website (that i don't want on dmoz, only on my site) is it possible to mix dmoz with my own? thanks, dot
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HELP - Banned from dmoz.org
by Guest --
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Hello. First let me say thank you for all the hard work that you do. I've been using DMOZ data on my site (see my profile) with full attribution for over a year now. Today, all my connections to dmoz.org get 403's. I didn't receive an email and I have no idea why I was banned. I've been operating well within the license agreement. Could somebody please help? Thank you in advance.
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Download problems: XML expansion or looping
by Guest hughprior-
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I am trying to download the DMOZ structure file (from http://dmoz.org/rdf/), but I get either: [*]Browser (MS IE 6.0) opening the file as XML when I just click on the file - this pretty much hangs the system, as it tries to load up more and more of the giant 'page' [*]The download seeming to download forever, if I right-click on the file and do "Save target as...". It says it is downloading X of 36.7 Mb, but then when it gets to 36.7 Mb, it says, say, 1 second left, continues to 'download' whilst saying downloading, say, 40.2 Mb of 40.2 Mb, then so on ever upwards! [/list:u] Any help would be appreciated!
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Downloading OPD data using Frontpage..
by Guest -- 1 reply
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Another newby with lots of questions - I am wanting to setup a specific directory / vertical, and have found that Frontpge is able to , with relative ease, download smaller categories with relative ease. Now this idea works for me cause I am not terribly technical. The idea would be to download the small category, and sub-categories, and then rehash/makeover the site completely to fit my use... My big questions is that is this OK?, I am certainly not going to attempt it if it contravenese any rules, copywrites or otherwise - I look forward to any reply!
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I only took a quick look at the FAQ and couldn't find an answer, but even if this is a common thing I thought I should mention it. I just got an email from a company wanting to charge me for a listing in their directory. Their "directory" (as of now) is the ODP dump. They even have the ODP thingee at the bottom of the page. Is this allowed?
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Incorrect character translation on download
by Guest hughprior- 1 reply
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I have a problem with all accented characters not downloading correctly in the structure.rdf.u8 dump. Below you will see examples (if the chars display incorrectly correctly <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" />) on words like "Français" it shows as "Français". <narrow r:resource="Top/World/Español"/> <narrow r:resource="Top/World/Français"/> <narrow r:resource="Top/World/Românã"/> <narrow r:resource="Top/World/Català "/> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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updated RDF data
by Guest -- 1 reply
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Hello, Why RDF data are not updated since sept. 22? Lokk the page http://dmoz.org/rdf/ Normally, the process of creating a new RDF begin every Friday and is currently completes Monday morning. Do you have technical problems? Regards
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Data for just a few category
by Guest --
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Hello, At first, sorry for my poor english, I'm french... My Question is just to know if ODP data are available by categories... Cause, the file for all categories at once is quiet big, and not very easy to work on...(1 Go once decompressed...). Any Help appreciated, Pol
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Trouble in using ODP data
by Guest -- 1 reply
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Hi, I want to use ODP data on my site. I am not very technical. Do i need to know XMl to use this on my site. Also I am on NT, will that be a problem. Also, In india we have a slow connection. Do i need to download that 200+ mb Data, everybody here is talking abt. Also where from can i download it if i dare to <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />. IS there a procedure doc that I can refer to have this data working on my site.
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Broken link
by Guest -- 1 reply
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At http://dmoz.org/help/getdata.html the attribution link is broken: http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor.html
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Custom add page
by Guest --
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I'm planning to add OPD data to my site (a nuke-like web) and before begin to do anything I would like to know if anyone knows any ODP related addon to php-nuke. Also, I would like to customize the add link page. Looking at its code I see some vars that I don't understand. This vars are "index" and "lk". Anyone can help me? Thankkkksssss :/images/dmoz/purplegrin.gif
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cd-rom with complete OPD
by Guest -- 1 reply
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Many libraries would be interested in a cd-rom (or a cd-rom collection) with a copy of the OPD. Would this cd-rom be available anywhere? Is it allowed to publish the complete OPD for offline-browsing?
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Text-only ODP link?
by Guest --
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I am attempting to start a new volunteer online project with nowhere near the scope of the ODP. One of the things I will have listed on some of the pages will be text only links to various sites I have found useful. At a higher level than the individual links, I want to list links to different online databases and naturally thought of the ODP first. Would there be any problem with having a text-only link to the ODP Computer tree? If not, what is the preferred URL? If so, what would be the proper procedure to list just a link and not the actual information? The site is located at: PCTalk
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Using ODP Cat Structure
by Guest --
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Hello folks, I have heard about the "attribution" in regards to using ODP data, no doubt this helps Google flag all those dupes <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" /> I was wondering what the situation would be in regards to using the DMOZ cat structure. What I had in mind is to use the structure from one 2nd tier category downwards. (science/biology) I'm not 100% wanting to use it purely because of its structure "as is"....but also to help rank sites within a search by taking the categories and the category titles into context, alongside things like link pop from sites in similar categories etc. Can someone please help clarify what the ODP stan…
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