Publisher review:Hot Links Pro is a great entry level link directory script. This is a great entry level link directory script. It is 100% dynamic and uses a flat-file database system. Easy to install and easy to use. Many features including unlimited category levels, popular links display, broken link and reciprocal link checking.
General Functions & Features:
Directory style index allows for easy navigation
Does not require MySQL, MS Access, or any other database software. Hot Links Pro uses it's own integrated flat-file database system.
Out going hits are recorded creating a popular links list and displaying a cumulative hit count which is also used to build a Hot Links Page.
You control how many links to display on the popular links list
You control how many hits a site must have before being listed on the Hot Links Page
Cheat protection using IP address for outgoing hits (1 hit per IP per day)
Duplicate link verification (Now has option to disable, or to losen the restrictions to allow duplicates as long as they're in seperate categories).
Easily edit the look of your directory without having to pick through any of the PERL code. Header and footer HTML is kept in seperate text files.
Will run on most servers with Perl 5.x and SendMail installed. Recommended for Unix/Linux or WinNT.
Features an easy to edit language file that makes translating the script into other languages painless.
New split page listings, break up longer category listings for easier navigation.
Create infinite subcategory levels.
Most recent listings display right on the index page. You control how many to show.
Searchfeed.com Results Integration. Share revenue from this PPC giant by incorporating their feed into your directory
Admin Functions & Features:
Admin interface is clean and easy to use.
Add, Modify, & Delete categories and sub categories instantly
Add, Modify & Delete links instantly
Approve or reject new links submissions
Check your entire index for broken links (Must have LWP module installed to use this function)
Build an editors pick list
Reset the popular links list
Stat display shows Hits out since last reset, link count and category count
Current version display lets you know when a new update is available
Create & manage banner advertising campaigns for each category (including subs) as well as for specific keywords.
Optional email notification when a new link is submitted.
Easily check reciprocal links!
Set links to expire after X amount of days, or set to 'none' to never expire.
Allow link owners to display a small image or screen shot next to their listing
Send all your link owners an email from one form
Disable links without deleting them completely
Seemlessly add affiliate link listings without having to alter the affiliate HTML code
Automatically run reciprocal link checking and find out who is and who isn't linking to you
Ban URLs from being submitted, stop spam submissions!
End User Functions & Features:
Features a clean, simple, navigation. Easy to browse or search links.
Meta Tag grabbing add link form prefills the title, description and keyword fields to allow users to add links with ease.
Modify a link.
Confirmation emailed automatically upon approval with Link ID & Password
Delete a link instantly
Password retrieving system sends forgetful users their password automatically
Visitors will view banner advertisments specifically targeted to their search or the category they're viewing
No more guessing where new links have been added. The script now displays a "NEW" indicator next to categories that contain new links
Banner Ad System Functions & Features:
Infinite ad campaigns
Category specific and keyword targeted banner advertising
Default banner ad for any category or keyword without an ad campaign
Every campaign has individual stats showing exposures, clicks, and click-thru %
Banner weighing system is open-ended, allowing a banner to be exposed at much higher frequencies than others
Hot Links Pro is a Perl script for Link Indexing scripts design by PPM Interactive.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / BSD / Solaris.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / BSD / Solaris
Hot Links Pro script details 
