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Carry our Syndicated Content on YOUR Site!

It's easy... and it's absolutely free!

Now you can add some really useful extra content to your site, without having to worry about keeping it updated. That's the beauty about syndication!

Use our syndicated content and you can link to highly relevant Australian sites from your own site to enhance your visitor experience.

Pick just one category... or use the lot! Display up to 50 listings a page - or just one. Want results from just one state? Want to use different colours?

Want to pick on certain keywords, or include a Aussie Search Box on your page?

Heck... you could even start your own Aussie Web Directory!!!

It's all possible!

With our syndication technique, the choice is yours!

Keep reading for sample output, terms and conditions, and instructions on how to take part.

SAMPLE OUTPUT

The OzGateway site uses the default settings to produce its listing pages.

However... with variations to colours, number and format of listings, categories etc... anything is possible and is demonstrated in the Instructions section.

Visit the "Surf Australia First!" Supporters section to see how other sites have used the code.

All you have to do is put the lines of Javascript code on your page... and bang! Instant content!

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Please read these carefully.

You MUST ask us first before making your pages "live". Any unauthorised access will be blocked. Please email stephen@comeonaussie.com with your details and URLs.
The majority of syndication requests will be approved. However, there are some sites including adult, racist and other such sites which are ineligible to take part. There may also be others which we may think are inappropriate to carry the listings.
All approved sites are listed in our "Surf Australia First!" Supporters section and can show the "Surf Australia First!" logo on their pages.
We include links to Come On Aussie Dot Com in the code. These cannot be removed.
A random "sponsored" link may appear from time to time in some categories (displayed in the same style as all other listings, and no more than 1 per category). These cannot be removed and help keep the cost of this service free for you to take part.

INSTRUCTIONS

To generate the listings, a small piece of Javascript code is used on your page (see below). It is fairly simple to use and can be customised by changing some values in the code.

Full explanations and even a code generation tool are provided to make it easy for you to understand and implement on your site.

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.ozgateway.com.au/cgibin/syndication.cgi?c=&n=&y=&b=&l=&f=&s=&t="></script>
<noscript>
<h3>Sorry</h3>
This page requires JavaScript to display properly.<P>
If you have it turned off, please turn it on.<P>
If your browser doesn't support JavaScript, you will need to upgrade to a recent browser to see this page.<P>
</noscript> You'll notice information is (correctly) included in the <noscript> tag for people whose browsers do NOT support Javascript (a very small minority nowadays)

Please select the appropriate page, for detailed instructions on how to modify each item.

Select the CATEGORIES to use - ?c=
Select the TYPE of listing to show - &y=
Set NUMBER of listings for display - &n=
Select which STATE you want to search - &s=
Change the COLOURS in your listing - &b=&t=&l=
Choose a FONT to use - &f=
Use a KEYWORD to generate results instead of a category

Once you understand what you can customise, and what happens...

Use the Code Generation Tool to create the Javascript code you need to place on your HTML pages.
Add a Keyword Search Box to your pages.

Please note the use of style sheets in the head of our pages. As the results generated refer to these style names, you are stongly advised to use them on your pages.

You can see from all these examples shown that implementing this content on your site is remarkably easy... and offers you a tremendous degree of flexibility to help retain your own "personality".

And... best of all... it's all for FREE too!

FINALLY before your pages are made live... remember to ask for permission to use the material. Send an email to stephen@comeonaussie.com with your details and URLs. Unauthorised access to our syndicated material will be blocked... maybe even a pleasant warning message might be displayed instead.

You can DOWNLOAD a zip file containing all the latest files needed to set up all the current categories, along with these instructions. Only slight modification is needed to the included header and footer files, along with setting the colours and fonts as specified above. You can also preview these zipped files here.

Any Questions, Comments, Requests?

Please call Stephen Spry on 02 6559 8666 or email stephen@comeonaussie.com.

Plans are in progress to include additional categories and other enhancements. Check the Version History section below for news on these updates as they evolve.

Apart from the sample files and detailed instructions provided, unfortunately no additional help is available to help with the set up of your pages.

Version History

All changes and updates etc will be displayed here.

23rd October 2003 - Keyword search and Search Box added.
15th October 2003 - Javascription Code Generation Tool added.
10th October 2003 - First released.