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Nov 9, 2002, 12:03 PM
mickey
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Can someone help me please.



How would I set up the front page so that the categories display differently than, say two columns. Say if I wanted the categories to display in four columns and 6 rows, etc??

- or -

Is there a way to have an image map display on the front page for the categories?



thank you



mic
Nov 9, 2002, 2:16 PM
Stealth
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Nov 9, 2002, 2:16 PM
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Re: [mickey] Different Layout In reply to
Please search this forum and other Links 2.0 forums for the following set of keywords:

category two columns

category layout
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Buh Bye!

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Nov 9, 2002, 10:20 PM
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Nov 9, 2002, 10:20 PM
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Try searching for creating a second homepage.

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Nov 10, 2002, 4:16 AM
Thomas.
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Nov 10, 2002, 4:16 AM
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While we're at different layout: stu2000, next time you "borrow" my button sets, please contact me in advance.

=> http://khaki.srv2.com/~ultimate/

Thanks!
Nov 10, 2002, 1:02 PM
Paul
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Nov 10, 2002, 1:02 PM
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If you look closely, they aren't the same. Your buttons have arrows on the right, stu's have the arrows on the left. Also the font is different.

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Nov 10, 2002, 1:35 PM
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Paul, I switched the buttons at my page last week. I have created and previously used the set you can now see at stu2000's site.
Nov 10, 2002, 1:49 PM
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Fair enough.
Nov 11, 2002, 1:25 PM
mickey
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Nov 11, 2002, 1:25 PM
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Well I have searched and been to the links and can't find a thing.

Is there anyone out there who knows how to make 3 columns of categories for the home page, instead of two.

It would be nice to try to loose the spacing between the categories.

like this:

cat 1
cat 2
cat 3
cat 4



and have three columns, not 2



Can it be done??



mic
Nov 11, 2002, 8:10 PM
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Nov 11, 2002, 8:10 PM
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What search terms are you using??

A simple search using "3 columns" brings this.
Here is probably the answer to your question.


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Nov 11, 2002, 11:06 PM
mickey
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Nov 11, 2002, 11:06 PM
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I tried that mod, but it didn't do a thing Crazy



I have no idea what search terms I am using. What do you mean?



mic
Nov 12, 2002, 11:52 AM
PerlFlunkie
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Nov 12, 2002, 11:52 AM
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Search terms=the words entered in the blank field on the search form.

Try this one:
change:

Code:
my ($half) = int (($#subcat+2) / 2);

to

Code:
$columns = '3'; #number of columns
my ($half) = int (($#subcat+2) / $columns);

and change:

Code:
if ($i == $half) { $output .= qq|</td><td class="catlist" valign="top">\n|; }

to

Code:
if ($i == $half) {
$output .= qq|</td><td class="catlist" valign="top">\n|;
$i = 0; }


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Nov 12, 2002, 1:10 PM
mickey
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I am using templates. So would I try that code on site_html_templates.pl or site_html.pl



the first time i tried it on site_html.pl

That why it didn't work?



Mic
Nov 12, 2002, 1:14 PM
PerlFlunkie
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Yes. If you use templates, you can completely ignore site_html.pl, as it's only used for non-template sites.


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Nov 12, 2002, 1:20 PM
mickey
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thanks PerlFlunkie.

the first bit of code worked. I was just a dumbass and put it in the wrong .pl file.



Sorry for the trouble, thanks for the help



Mic