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Domain Names Deletion Cycle

Recently, I just have gotten myself involved in domain investing. I found that there are too many domains with good names are purchased, but not used. The owner maybe invested in the domain or no longer interested to develop it. If the owner no longer interested to develop it, he may be let the domain to expire & there is a chance for others to catch it.

After the domain expired, it will be made available to general public within 80 days if the owner not renewed it within this period. The process called Domain Deletion Cycle. The table below is the information regarding this cycle.

No Cycle Name Duration Description
1 Active 1 – 10 years The owner may register or renew the domain up to 10 years.
2 Expired 1 – 45 days DNS & email functionality no longer works, but the owner may renew the domain. Registrar is allowed to send delete command to the registry.
3 Redemption Grace Period 30 days WHOIS record will be deleted, and the domain is not useable. The owner may renew the domain, but it may cost nearly $200.
4 Deletion 5 days The domain will be deleted from the registry at the end of 5 days.
5 Available The domain is available again to be registered.



You may use Domain Drop Date Tools to find or the drop date for .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .US domains.


Add “Edit” Link in the Front-end of phpMyDirectory

“Edit” link for the listing in the Frontend (listing details page) is very useful for phpMyDIrectory admin. This is useful when admin browsing the listing detail page & found an error. It will save time to search the exact listing in the admin area.

This feature is similar to WordPress and will only appear if the admin already log-in.

To add this feature, you have to modify 2 files.

1. listing.php file

Fine the following code

$template_content->set('related_listings',$related_listings);

add the following code just after it.

// If admin session active, add edit listing link
if(@in_array('admin_login',$_SESSION['admin_permissions'])) {
    $template_content->set('edit_listing', '/cp/admin_listings.php?action=edit&id='.$listing['id']);
}

2. “listing_default.tpl” file in template directory. Add where you want the “Edit link to appear.

<!-- Admin Edit Listing -->
<?php if($edit_listing) { ?>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="<?php echo BASE_URL.$edit_listing; ?>">Edit ID# <?php echo $id; ?></a>
<?php } ?>
<!-- end Admin Edit Listing -->