enabled

1 = Engine is usable from GUI (default)

0 = Engine is not usable from GUI

default checked

1 = When a new project is created, this engine will be enabled (default)

0 = This engine is not checked on a new project

engine type

Name the type of the engine e.g. Directory, Forum, Blog Comment,…

This will be used to sort it into the tree view when you edit or create a project.

Example: engine type=My Engines

description

Just write some notes about this engine that get shown when the user moves the mouse over the engine name in the tree view. You can use \n to generate a line feed.

Example: description=My little Engine\n\n© GSA Supported\n\nHave fun

dofollow

1 = This engine creates a do follow link

0 = This engine creates a no follow link

2 = This engines produces both, no follow and do follow links.

anchor text

1 = This engine creates links with your anchor text

0 = This engine creates links with there own anchor texts like “Homepage” or “Visit XYZ's Site”.

2 = This engine might create both, anchor text links and links with there own anchor text.

uses pages

1 = This engine uses pages

0 = This engine uses no pages

2 = This engine uses might use pages or not.

For some engines the link will move to page 2 or beyond and might not be visible if you visit that page later. The link is still there but on a different page. This is just an informational data and not used in any way right now.

page must have

This parameter is used to check whenever the webpage is usable for this engine or not. The content of this variable has to be present in the webpage (either pure text or html source). The variable can have multiple values separated by a | where just one has to match.

Example:

page must have1=Powered by XYZ|XYZ Powered

page must have2=!not allowed to access this page

page must have3=Webpage|Homepage

In the above example you see 3 variables and each of them has to match before a engine is used for that website. The ! parameter in “page must have2” means that the following should not appear on the page.

url must have

This parameter is used the same way as “page must have” but for the URL string itself and not for the website content.

Example: url must have1=/wiki/

url must have2=!wikipedia.com

In the above example we will not use this engine for URLs that contain wikipedia.com or do not have “/wiki/” in there URL.

fixed url

If no “search term” is used, you have to use this tag to indicate that the submission is just happening on one fixed site (usualy some kind of web 2.0 site with blog creation).

Example: fixed url=https://my.opera.com

This is than adding the URL to the target URLs of the project and starts a submission to it.

search term

This is used to search for new targets on the internet with the help of search engines like google.

Example:

search term=“Powered by XYZ”|“Powered by XYZ”

The example above uses two possible search queries. You can use also encoded the search term already if you want with “%90%AF%24”. This is useful for queries in some strange language. The program will pick one of the queries randomly so the order is not important.

add keyword to search

1 = Add a keyword from the project to the search query

0 = Never add a keyword to the search query

2 = Add just sometimes a keyword to it if it seems to be useful (default)

use blog search

0 = Never use blog search engines

1 = Use blog search engines (default)

2 = Use only blog search engines

extract keywords

1 = Extract keywords from the sites meta tags. These can be used later on

0 = Don't extract keywords (default)

extract keywords ignore

Ignores the keywords and will not add them.

Example: extract keywords ignore=blog,wordpress

If the meta keywords for that site are “SEO, blog, wordpress” then the program will just extract SEO from it.

extract urls

1 = Extract URLs from the sites.

0 = Don't extract URLs (default)

If enabled, the program will download verified URLs and try to post to sites found as external links.

posted domain check

Overwrites project settings: Avoid posting URL on same domain twice

0 = do not post any link if anything has been posted before

1 = allow to post a link again on the same domain (but only if the URL is different)

2 = special setting for tier projects that would than allow to post several URLs on the same site.

skip ext links on

Overwrites project settings: Skip sites with more than

1 = setting from project is applied

0 = setting from project is ignored

skip content on

Overwrites project settings: Skip sites where the following words appear

1 = setting from project is applied

0 = setting from project is ignored

skip url content on

Overwrites project settings: Skip sites with the following words in URL/Domain

1 = setting from project is applied

0 = setting from project is ignored

skip nofollow links on

Overwrites project settings: Try to skip creating Nofollow links

1 = setting from project is applied

0 = setting from project is ignored

skip pr on

Overwrites project settings: Skip sites with a PR below

1 = setting from project is applied

0 = setting from project is ignored

referrer

Sets a fixed referrer that is used when downloading content or submitting something to this site.

Example: referrer=%url%

This will always use your URL from the project as a referrer.

user agent

Instead of using a user agent that the program chooses for you, you can define it here.

Example: user agent=Some Legit Browser v1.01

This might be useful for exploits where you e.g. can send a html link in the “user agent” that is than turned to a real link on a page.

extract from email

If you use email verification in the engine you might need to extract not only verification URLs, but also variables like a login or password from the emails. This can be done here.

Example: extract from email=key,forum_password=email_pw

This example will try to extract the data for key (section key) and forum_password (defined in email_pw section). Please read the chapter Data Extraction for details.

whois only

Very special variable that is only used for engines that submit your URL to sites that carry your domain in there URL.

0 = Not a whois only engine (default)

1 = Only whois submission and if not detected as a whois one, skip submission

captcha hint

A hint that should be displayed along with the captcha input

multiple posts per account

Defines if it is allowed to create more than one post per account. By default this is set to 1 (true) but only used for Article posting engines. On some engines it is useful to set this to 0 (false) when just one Article is possible to be posted (e.g. article in profile link)

keep subdomain

Defines if a special domain with it's subdomains should be handled as a new site/domain.

Example: keep subdomain=domainXYZ.com

If the program has two URLs like A.domainXYZ.com and B.domainXYZ.com, then it will handle them as two different sites where it previously would have taken them as the same.

find link

Searches the site for a anchor text and downloads that URL to work on with. You can use more than one link text when separated with |.

Example:

find link=Register|Registrieren|Sign up|Signup

The example will search for a link that has at least one of the above anchor texts.

find url

Searches the site for a URL that is matching one of the masks defined in the variable.

Example:

find url=*/register|*/register.php|*/signup/*

You should always use find link and find url in combination so that if one fails the other is used.

optional find url link

0 = A link has to be found else we abort the submission (default)

1 = If no link is found we continue to find a form or whatever should be done in the current submission step.

Example: optional find url link=0

alternative url

If find url and find link are not finding any URL that can be used, we will generate an alternative URL.

Example: alternative url=./register.php\\

browse links

This will take the variable content and browse to the site. It is just useful for directories maybe where you first have to browse to a certain category till you are allowed to start a submission.

Example: browse links=%category%

If your project category is defined like “Computer :: Software :: Shareware”, than the program tries to surf to Computers followed by finding a link names Software and than Shareware.

browse links from root

1 = The root URL is used for “browse links” in case the start URL is a sublink.

0 = Start the “browse links” from where we are.

browse links url mask

Tells the program to just search for URLs matching that mask.

just download

1 = Download the new URL and continue with STEP2 or finish the submission if nothing else should be done.

0 = a form has to be found to start the submission (default)

form id

Try to find a form on the current webpage that has a ID as in the variable content. Again you can use | to have multiple variations. Not many sites use a ID in the <form> tag but some do.

Example: form id=signupform|signup

This tries to find a from with the ID called signupform or singup.

form class

Try to find a form on the current webpage that has a class as in the variable content. Again you can use | to have multiple variations. Not many sites use a class in the <form> tag but some do.

Example: form class=cls-input

This tries to find a from with the class called cls-input.

form name

Try to find a form on the current webpage that has a name like the variable content. If no name is used in the <form> tag, the caption of the submit button is used.

Example: form name=*Sign Up|*Register

This tries to find a form there the name or the submit button's name is either matching “*Sign Up” or “*Register”.

form url

Try to find a form where the submission URL would match the variable content.

Example: form url=*/signup.php|*/signup/

This tries to find a form where the resulting submission URL after pressing the submit button would match “*/signup.php” or “*/signup/”.

form url ignore

Ignores forms where the submission URL would match the variable content.

Example: form url ignore=*/search.php

This tries to ignore a form where the resulting submission URL after pressing the submit button would match “*/search.php”.

form request with

Some Forms get sent by ajax or some other javascript framework and would than need to send a “X-Requested-With” in the html header. By default nothing is sent by in the HTML header.

Example: form request with=XMLHttpRequest

optional form

0 = If no form is found we will stop the submission with a failer (default)

1 = the submission process is going on (STEP2 Section e.g.) even if no form has been found.

seconds to wait before submission

Will wait a given number of seconds before the form is actually submitted. This is useful to not trigger some robot detection system for some engines.

Example: seconds to wait before submission=12

Wait 12 seconds before the form is submitted.

seconds to wait before submission condition

This will only delay the submission if something in the variable content is found on the webpage.

Example: seconds to wait before submission condition=stop_spam_time

If the word “stop_spam_time” is either present in the html source or the visible text we wait with the submission a given time, else we skip this.

post data

This is hardly used but will create a custom data that is used to submit to websites instead of using the data from <form>.

Example: post data=this=that&something=else

Have a look in the Pingback or Trackback engine where this is used.

encode post data

1 = encode the data in a proper way as used in POST protocol

2 = encode it using multipart

0 = take the data as it is without encoding anything

3 = encode it using json syntax

variable must be used

A form is only submitted if certain variables have been used in that form.

Example: variable must be used=url,login|email

The above example requires a form to use the variable “url” or “login” and “email”.\\

add fixed data add fixed data condition

remove fixed data

remove fixed data condition

This will add a form field if the thing in “add fixed data condition” is found on the webpage. This works only if both variables are defined. Don't worry about this to much as you will probably never use this. It is only required if some sites add data to forms by javascript to prevent automated submissions. You can use “remove fixed data” to just remove that from the posting.

Example:

add fixed data=code=%captcha%;hidden=0

add fixed data condition=code_sign;hidden_data

If the webpage has anywhere the word “code_sign” in it we add a new form field called code that will be filled with a captcha. And if the word “hidden_data” is found we also add a new form field called “hidden” with the content “0”.

set unknown variable

set unknown variable condition

If a form field is unknown as we didn't define how to fill it in our engine, we could still fill it by something you define here. The submission aborts if this is not defined and something is unable to get filled. The “set unknown variable condition” doesn't have to be used but if it is, the string on that variable must be present to use this.

Example: set unknown variable=%question%

If a filed is found called “blahantispam193802378” we can still define how to fill this and it gets filled by the value %question% which is handled by a popup asking you how to fill it. Also often used it “set unknown variable=%leave%” which will simply leave the value as it is.

match by option label

1 = A form with a select or radio field is filled by checking the variable content against the option labels (the one you see on the browser).

0 = We will not check for a matching label

Example: match by option label=1

match by option value

1 = A form with a select or radio field is filled by checking the variable content against the option value (hidden from the users eye in browser)

0 = We will not check for a matching value

match by prefill

1 = If the user has filled this field before in the past we use that vontent to fill it (default)

0 = we do not check past submissions on what has been used here.\\

modify submit url

modify submit url condition

Sometimes a javascript is modifying the actual submission URL of a form which is not recognized by default. In this case you can do this with the variables. “modify submit url condition” doesn't have to be present.

Example:

modify submit url=./submit.php?changed=1

modify submit url condition=javascript:modify_url

The form URL is changed to “./submit.php?changed=1” if the string “javascript:modify_url” is found on the webpage.

modify submit type

modify submit type condition

Sometimes a javascript is modifying the actual submission type of a form which is not recognized by default. In this case you can do this with the variables. “modify submit type condition” doesn't have to be present.

Example:

modify submit type=multipart/form-data

modify submit type condition=javascript:modify_type

The form URL is changed to “./submit.php?changed=1” if the string “javascript:modify_url” is found on the webpage.

remove cookie

remove cookie condition

Removes a cookie manually for the given URL/domain

Example: remove cookies=%targeturl%

This removes any cookie for this domain

set cookie

set cookie condition

Sometimes cookies are required to submit a form and they are set by javascript so that the program can not detect them. You can do that manually with these variables. “set cookie condition” doesn't have to be present.

Example: set cookie=passed_check=1

This sets a cookie named “passed_check” with the value “1”.

write file

Writes data to a file.

Example: write file=“C:\temp\accounts.txt” “%targeturl%;%login%;%password%”

submit success

submit failed

captcha failed

submit failed retry

At the end of each STEP* the resulting webpage content is checked first against “submit success” and than against “submit failed”. And if one is matching the submission is either set as successful or failed. The text is not case sensitive and multiple items can be added with |.

Example:

submit failed=<div id='errorbox'>|wrong code|letters wrong|user name already taken

submit success=submitted successfully

captcha failed=wrong code|letters wrong

submit failed retry=user name already taken

If the text “submitted successfully” appears on the webpage (source or visible text) then the submission is taken as successful. If the text “<div id='errorbox'>” is found then the submission is aborted.

submit success skip verify

If a submission is detected as successful and it is e.g. a REGISTER_STEP* then we can skip the verification process if certain stings appear on the page.

Example: submit success skip verify⇒Logout<|>Log Out<

After a successful registration we would normally wait till an verification email arrives to continue with login and submission. However some platforms might allow you to login without this or log you in already. In that case it would be a waste of time to wait for a email from them so we continue to login and submit the content.

verify on unknown status

1 = if a submission is not detected as successful or failed it will still be taken as successful (appearing in log with “unknown submission status”)

0 = we assume the submission failed (default)

verify submission

1 = verify the submission

0 = do not verify the submission but assume that the link is submitted and will be visible there or is already (default) Even though this is the default behaviour, you should set it to “1” as used in most engines.

2 = this submission step is not creating a link but is used for something else.

Example: verify submission=1

After a successful submission the URL is put to the verification list and checked in intervals if the link appears there.

verify by

verify search for

Defines how to verify a submission. Possible value for “verify by”:

search = try to locate the search form on the page and submit a search using “verify search for“

url = downloads the URL in ”verify url” and checks for the present of “verify search for” which is by default your URL

txturl = same as “url” but checks also if the link is appearing just as a text (no html link code).

email = logs into your email account and tries to find a link that is coming from the same webpage domain.

extractemail = just parses for data in emails

without downloading any URL. This might be important for verification URLs that are used later on in scripts.

Example:

verify by=email+search,url

verify search for=%website_title%,%url%

This will do actually two verifications (separated by ,). First it tires to log into your email account and checks for links and also checks on the webpage itself using the search form and searching for “Website title”. Once found by one of the methods it will use that resulting URL to check for your URL.

verify url

verify url remove

verify url replace

If you use “search”, “url” or “txturl” in the variable “verify by” and you don't want to check on the last used URL then you can define a different URL here. Since version 11.71 you can also use multiple URLs seperated by |.

Example:

verify url=./index.php

verify url replace=/edit/;/show/

verify url remove=sub/

Imagine the last URL was: “http://www.something.com/sub/edit/?a=2“

It would now be ”http://www.something.com/show/index.php“

use original url to verify

1 = this will not use the last URL but the URL we started the whole engine with.

0 = use the last URL at the end of the submission (default)

Example: use original url to verify=1

verify interval

Defines in what interval in minutes this verification should take place (default 180).

Example: verify interval=60

This checks each hour if the submission is verified.

verify timeout

Defines how long we wait in minutes till we assume that a submission will never be successful and skip the whole site (default 7200).

Example: verify timeout=180

Waits 3 hours for a successful verification before giving up.

first verify

The first verification would start 10 minutes after the submission unless you define it differently.

Example: first verify=60

This means to check one hour after the submission.

verify search detail url

1 = If a URL has been located with your wanted data (URL) on it then the verification would normally be finished. Though sometimes you end up with a link not as good as it can be. This is especially the case if you use “search” in “verify by”. In this case a better URL is located by seeing if a DETAIL or MORE or alike link is showing your URL as well. This is by default enabled. Set it to 0 if you think the resulting URL is the best it can find.

Example: verify search detail url=1

try to continue without verification

0 = follow exact verification steps (default)

1 = try to skip verification and continue

Example: try to continue without verification=1

When used in a REGISTER_STEP1 section, this would skip e.g. the email verification and try to login and submit your link. In case this goes wrong there is still the normal way to go on (wait verification + login + submit). If the result of a registration is unknown as well as login, then it doesnt continue for now but wait till registration is verified.

modify url

This is used to change a found URL to something else.

Example: modify url=%targethost% %targetpath%

If the program starts the submission with a URL like ”http://www.something.com/guestbook.php/page=23” you will most likely not find a form to submit your link as this is only on page 1. So in this case the “modify url” removes all parameters from the URL and you end in “http://www.something.com/guestbook.php/page=23”.

modify url condition

If present it will check if the content is presnet on the webpage and only apply the “modify url” changes when present.

modify url remove

The same as “verify url remove” but used to modify a URL for the submission.

modify url replace

The same as “verify url replace” but used to modify a URL for the submission.

modify step

modify step condition

This will go to another submission step if the condition (something in last downloaded page from previous submission step) was found.

Example: modify step=2

modify step condition=*No verification required*

Download retries

Number of tries to submit or download something (default is 1).

Link type

Defines the type of backlink created. Can be anything you want but you might want to use the types already used in other scripts.

remove var cache

Will remove extracted content/variables and makes sure to to reuse them but extract them again

Example: remove var cache=captcha_img

type

Can be one of the following

memo → multiple line

text → simple edit box (default)

email → simple edit box but should have a valid email syntax

url → simple edit box but should have a valid url syntax

category → a category to fill out

file → the customer has to choose a file.

login → a login field

password → a password field

extract → a special field not visible when editing but used to extract data from emails or webpages.

allow html

0 = No html allowed

1 = html is allowed

<text> = If the text appears on the webpage we will allow html.

HTML will be removed from your defined content if not supported by the engine (transformed into text only).

allow return

0 = no return/line feed allowed

1 = return/line feed is allowed

<text> = If the text appears on the webpage we will allow a return/line feed.

must be filled

1 = User must fill this out in project data

0 = User can leave this empty (default)

hint

A text that is displayed when the user moves his mouse over the field.

default

The default value that is used when creating a new project. You can also use “%file-FILENAME% here in case you want to load the default content from a file.

html to bbs

bbs supports

bbs supports anchor text in url

0 = No conversion (default)

1 = Convert html code to BB code.

<text> = Convert to BB Code only if the text is appearing on the webpage.

Example:

html to bbs=1

bbs supports=url,b,i,u

The variable “bbs supports” defines what this engine can convert. Usually “url” (default).

Please note the spelling as it is “html to bbs” and not “html to bb” as it should have been called.

Also note that ”allow html=1“ has to be set.

bbs supports anchor text in url is enabled by default and will place and anchor text with the URL, if just a plain URL is supported, then use bbs supports anchor text in url=0

custom mode

1 = User is asked to manually customize this data before submission (when custom mode is on)

0 = No customization (default)

auto modify

1 = Modify the content a bit with random line feeds and other things to make it a bit more unique (not duplicate content).

0 = Do not modify this at all

2 = Modify only line breaks after full sentences

auto add anchor url

auto add anchor url content

1 = Add a link to the end of the post in case the site supports html and no URL could get posted anywhere else.

0 = Do not add a url at all.

2 = Add an URL even though the URL was used before in other fields

Example:

auto add anchor url=1

auto add anchor url content=Click <a href=”%url%“>%anchor%</a>

The program is trying to locate the anchor in the text if there is no URL used in the form. If found it will place a link there, else it will add the line from the ”…content“ variable and put your link there at the end. The program will use it's internal variations if you leave the ”…content“ variable empty.

html to markdown

1 = Convert html code to markdown code

0 = Do not convert it

<text> = Convert it if the text is appearing on the website.

Also note that ”allow html=1“ has to be set.

html to custom link format

custom link format

1 = convert html code to a custom format

0 = Do not convert it.

<text> = Convert it if the text is appearing on the website.

Example:

html to custom link format=1

custom link format=[%url% %anchor_text%]

This would be used for Wiki engines where a link is encoded in a special way.

Also note that ”allow html=1“ has to be set.

html line break

html line break format

Converts a normal line break to some html line break (default <br>). You can specify the line break format in “html line break format” if it is some special line break as seen in some wiki engines.

Example:

html line break=1

html line break format=«BR»

custom img format

If set, it will try to locate the html syntax for images and replace it with that new syntax.

Example:

custom img format=[img=%url%]

custom iframe format

If set, it will try to locate the iframe syntax for videos and replace it with that new syntax.

Example:

custom iframe format=<iframe src=%url%></iframe>

alternate data

Right now only used for anchor_text which will use something else than the entered data according to its value

Example:

alternate data={click here|my page|webpage}

This will not use the anchor text that the user entered but something else randomly.

static

1 = marks this as an important variable that should be saved as it might have to be used later on.

0 = do not save the content.

2 = saves it till next submission process is successful (e.g. for first time verifications it has to be removed later to allow further submissions)

This is important for logins and passwords as the content could be random but we still need to know the login data for later login after a verified registration.

max length

The maximum length of the resulting data.

min length

The minimum length of the resulting data.

alpha

Used when the type is a login.

0 = no alpha (A-Z) chars allowed

1 = alpha chars allowed (default)

numeric

Used when the type is a login.

0 = no numbers allowed

1 = numbers allowed (default)

upcase

Used when the type is a login.

0 = capital chars are not allowed

1 = capital chars are allowed (default)

lowcase

Used when the type is a login.

0 = lowercase chars are not allowed

1 = lowercase chars are allowed (default)

capitalize words

0 = no modification

1 = Will Capitalize Each Word

remove

Remove certain content before we apply it to the form field. See “verify url remove” for syntax.

replace

Replace certain content before we apply it to the form field. See “verify url replace” for syntax.

allow spin

1 = User can use spin syntax in project editor (default)

0 = User is not allowed to use spin syntax

tier data

Sets the data that will overwrite the input data for tier projects. Just if the “tier data” is empty it will use the one that the user set.

Example: tier data=%tier_title%

If the project is a tier project, it will not use the input data, but instead fill it from the variable %tier_data% which can e.g. be a extract-variable that downloads the URL and extracts the <title></title> value.

allow data url

0 = do not allow data URLs → gets removed

1 = allow them (default)

This will remove e.g. images from the article that are Data-URLs

front or front1, front2…

Defines the content to cut in front of our to extract data. Separate multiple variations by |.

back or back1, back2,..

Defines the content to cut in the back of our to extract data. Separate multiple variations by |.

remove html

0 = Do not modify it

1 = remove html code

must have

If the extracted data has not the something appearing in “must have” we set it blank again.

increase

If the extracted data is a integer we can increase or decrease (negative number) the data by the given value.

default

If we have been unable to extract something, we can set a default value here.

url

Instead of using the current URL for extracting something, we extract the content from the given URL.

search url

Instead of using the current URL for extracting something, we search for an URL by the given mask and if found use that URL's content to extract data from.

find link

find url

Instead of using front/back we extract URLs by the given parameters.

name_front / name_back

value_front / value_back

Instead of using front/back we extract actually two values here and later join them with “name=value”. This is useful for cookie extraction.

random

Usual only the first appearance of the extracted data is taken. When you use “random=1” then all data is extracted and a random item from it is used.

input

By default “input” is the content of the last downloaded/submitted webpage or, if you specified url=… ,that content. With input you can change the source of the content to parse in.

reverse

When using reverse=1 then it will reverse the result turning 123 into 321.