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Installing Honey Pots

Template Problem

Author: G.32 (21 Nov 04 4:17pm)

I have a problem with my install. I'm unsure of where to turn:

Loading template 'projecthoneypot.tmpl' failed: HTML::Template->new() : Unknown or unmatched TMPL construct at /home/my/full/path/to/projecthoneypot.tmpl : line 1. at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/HTML/Template.pm line 2277.

Ive doublechecked all the permissions and files. Its all from the latest version.

Any recommendations?

Re: Template Problem

Author: M.Prince (21 Nov 04 4:38pm)

Looks like you're having a problem with the Movable Type Plugin, not the honey pots themselves. First thing to know is that you can still install a honey pot manually. The MT Plugin is designed to automatically add links from your pages to the honey pot that are invisible to humans but will be followed by harvesters. If you sign up for an account and install a Perl honey pot you'll be given instructions on how to modify your templates to manually do the same thing the Plugin does automatically.

Now onto fixing the actual bug....

I think the problem may be in your copy of the Perl module HTML::Template. It could be that you have an old version which is choaking on the projecthoneypot.tmpl file as it tries to parse it. You can use CPAN to update HTML::Template or download a new version directly from this site:

http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/module/HTML::Template

Let me know if that fixes the problem.

Re: Template Problem

Author: G.32 (21 Nov 04 11:15pm)

Hrm. same thing with the latest HTML::Template file.

Re: Template Problem

Author: C.Streeter (28 Nov 04 5:22am)

i get the following similar error:

Loading template 'projecthoneypot.tmpl' failed: HTML::Template->new() : Unknown or unmatched TMPL construct at tmpl/cms/projecthoneypot.tmpl : line 1. at /usr/share/perl5/HTML/Template.pm line 2130.

but i'm not so savvy as to be able to reinstall the HTML::Template file on my server. any other suggestions? when i visit the honeypot page itself, i don't see any email link whatsoever. :(

Re: Template Problem

Author: M.Prince (28 Nov 04 12:09pm)

Yeah, as you see above, we've had some scattered reports about problems with some versions of Movable Type creating a template error. We're trying to track down exactly what combination of MT version and installed Perl modules causes the problem.

One thing to be aware of is that the only thing that this affects is your ability to access the user interface of the MT Plugin, it will not affect your ability to install a honey pot. In fact, I checked and your honey pot has been correctly installed. You can still manually add links from your Movable Type template pages to the honey pot. To receive instructions on how to do this you can visit:

http://www.projecthoneypot.org/linking_instructions.php?hpid=40656

The only thing the MT Plugin does is adds these links for you automatically, it is not required in any way in order to track and catch harvesters.

Moreover, you may still (depending on the exact problem) be able to use the automatic linking from the Plugin even if you cannot get to the user interface. Assuming it works, there are three ways to use the plugin to add links to your templates. The first, and easiest to check if it works, is to create a new blog entry. Check if the Project Honey Pot text filter is included under the Text Formatting pulldown. Assuming it is there, if you select that Text Filter then an invisible link will automatically and invisibly be inserted in the text you post.

Two other ways. In any of your Movable Type templates you can insert the following tag:

<$MTHoneyPotLink$>

Wherever that tag is inserted a an invisible link will be inserted from your blog page to the honey pot page. Additionally, to any existing Movable Type tag on one of your templates you can add honeypotlink="default" and a invisible link will be added to the text that is wrapped by the tag. For example:

<$MTEntryBody honeypotlink="default"$>

I apologize for the problems. We're trying to track down the issue. In the meantime, let me know if any of these other techniques work in order to get your honey pot linked from your blog so spiders can find it.

Welcome to the Project!

Re: Template Problem

Author: B.Creighton (1 Dec 04 12:24am)

Hi, I am running MT 3.121 and I receive this template error when I run the install script:

An error occurred: Can't locate HTML/Template.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./plugins ./lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at lib/MT/App.pm line 408.

I do not have the option to use HoneyPot under textformatting.

Thanks!

Re: Template Problem

Author: M.Prince (6 Dec 04 10:22pm)

We have a new version of the MT Plugin that MAY solve some of the problems individuals have been having. You can download a new version on this page:

http://www.projecthoneypot.org/mt_download.php

The key file you need to replace is mt-projecthoneypot.cgi. The rest of the package is the same and does not need to be replaced if you already have all the files in the correct places.

Let us know if you continue to experience problems.