Has anyone modified Links to provide users with the option to view the links in brief form - just as a listing, without the descriptions? I am certain this is possible, but have not figured out how to do it, so before I try to reinvent the wheel...

-Spode

You dont need a mod, just edit site_html.pl!

I don't understand. I know I can edit site_html.pl or a template file to have the category pages contain just the links. But I want to have 2 separate pages for each category - one with description and one without. The one with description would be the default, and I would add a link to the no-description pages in the top-of-page menus.

However, don't I need to edit nph-buil.cgi somehow to have the second versions of the pages built in the first place? Or am I missing something fundamental?

-Spode

I don't understand what could be a reason to have a page without description, if you already got one with description set as default. But if this is what you want to do, then I would suggest to install a second "Links" script and configure it to use your existing database, in 'site_html.pl' replace this:



sub site_html_link {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine is used to display what a link should look
# like. It's a little complex looking just because we have to
# check for blank entries..

my (%rec) = @_;

$build_detailed ?
($output = qq~<ul><li><a class="link" href="$build_detail_url/$rec{$db_key}$build_extension">$rec{'Title'}</a>~) :
($output = qq~<ul><li><a class="link" href="$build_jump_url?$db_key=$rec{$db_key}">$rec{'Title'}</a>~);

if ($rec{'Description'}) { $output .= qq~ <span class="descript">- $rec{'Description'}</span>\n~; }
if ($rec{'isNew'} eq "Yes") { $output .= qq~ <small><sup class="new">new</sup></small>~; }
if ($rec{'isPopular'} eq "Yes") { $output .= qq~ <small><sup class="pop">pop</sup></small>~; }

$output .= qq~ <small class="date">(Added: $rec{'Date'} Hits: $rec{'Hits'} Rating: $rec{'Rating'} Votes: $rec{'Votes'}) <a href="$build_rate_url?ID=$rec{'ID'}">Rate It</a></small>
</ul>
~;

return $output;
}




with this:



sub site_html_link {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine is used to display what a link should look
# like. It's a little complex looking just because we have to
# check for blank entries..

my (%rec) = @_;

$build_detailed ?
($output = qq~<ul><li><a class="link" href="$build_detail_url/$rec{$db_key}$build_extension">$rec{'Title'}</a>~) :
($output = qq~<ul><li><a class="link" href="$build_jump_url?$db_key=$rec{$db_key}">$rec{'Title'}</a>~);

if ($rec{'Description'}) { $output .= qq~ \n~; }
if ($rec{'isNew'} eq "Yes") { $output .= qq~ <small><sup class="new">new</sup></small>~; }
if ($rec{'isPopular'} eq "Yes") { $output .= qq~ <small><sup class="pop">pop</sup></small>~; }

$output .= qq~ <small class="date">(Added: $rec{'Date'} Hits: $rec{'Hits'} Rating: $rec{'Rating'} Votes: $rec{'Votes'}) <a href="$build_rate_url?ID=$rec{'ID'}">Rate It</a></small>
</ul>
~;

return $output;
}



this will do what you want. But still, I don't understand, why would you want to have links without description, it's difficult to navigate, and the users will not know where they go.

Sincerely,

Pasha
http://find.virtualave.net

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Not to mention, that with Links v2.0, this ability is already built in using the Detailed Pages option.