Listen Folks!

FIrst of all, Without Alax you guys won't have a better SEARCH Engine!!! Due to that reason, You guys modified and worked so well and YOU , those who are selfish wont let other know what and HOW, don't even care about that rest who are trying to get things done like yours!... I feel very disappointed for you guys... whoever got their sites up and running like Yahoo, and Other Search Engines...

Whenever sometimes veryshort, After my modification is complete, I will post my script for you guys to see how it looks and you can use mine to make some changes to meet your site needs!...

I will also tell you exactly where to get MySQL and which one you should be downloaded and how to install step by step and how to debug the problems!...

I will write a manual on how to do STEP by STEP instruction for ALL of you who need help and post less on the Bulletins!

I m more than happy to help anyone who confused and have trouble w/ their sites up and running...

My Site will be look like Yahoo...

I will let you guys know later!

Just come to http://www.trisoft.net And Subscribe your Email address there! when I finish my site and moved to another location or a different URL, I wil inform you where and how !

ALL SCRIPTS WILL BE POSTED FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY... No Identical because Contents are copyrighted and Trademarked!

http://www.trisoft.net

Good News Will be notified

Bye

Let me know if you need help with the manual. I may not now much perl, but I can find my way around the script. There are many who help in these boards and has helped me learn my way around. I like to help whoever I can help contribute to a good cause.

These bulletins are meant for archiving and troubleshooting issues. Though many are repeat post, it is just because there are many who do not search the forums before they post. Nothing can really be done about that because there are many new Links users as time goes on because it is such a customizable script.

Just my 2 cents worth,
elms

Just noticed all your posts in different topics. What is this you are talking about templates are hard to use?

For those who are just beginning to modify the script, it is recommended because you will be modifying it a lot and uploading.

What if you keep modifying to the point that site_html.pl grew to be very big? What if you want to add another sub routine and create more static pages? What if you just have to change one static or dynamic page in the script?

Templates enable you to keep track of all your modifications easier without having to keep track where it is in one file like site_html.pl . If you just have to modify the categories of your site then just modify category.html and upload just a ~5-10k file. The way links was designed, you are able to do whatever you can do modifying site_html.pl in templates also. If you want to modify just one page, modify only that page. If you want to create another page, create another template.

The only reason not to switch over from v1.1 to v2.0 it would say is that if there have been too many custom mods done on v1.1 that it would not be worth it, specialty if that site has lots of traffic.

Mis-conceptions about templates

1. Cannot control fonts displayed on your website.

Lack of understanding about CSS is the most common cause. If you do not want to use CSS remove all reference to link.css and "class" tags in your templates.

2. It is too hard to modify templates.

If you just look at the syntax in the templates, and follow Alex's example in those templates you should be able to see that the only major difference is $variable in site_html.pl and <%variable%> in templates. You can do everything in templates that you can do in site_html.pl .

Just more of my thoughts,
elms

PS. I still have much respect for those who use site_html.pl . You guy know your stuff. This does not mean the guy who use templates do not know their stuff (Bobsie, CEGlobe, etc...)

[This message has been edited by elms (edited March 11, 1999).]