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Adding A Random Link

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=157147

8 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

Step-by-step instructions on how to add random links to your pages.

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Adding Commas To Counts

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=163356

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

A global that adds commas to "grand_total" counts. For example, "1000000 links" will be displayed as "1,000,000 links".

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Adding Line Breaks

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=153153

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Instructions on modifying your columns to recognize and display line breaks.

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Adding Random Characters

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=161118

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Instructions for creating a global that will generate random letters and numbers in Links SQL pages.

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Amazon-Style Search Terms

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=169815

9 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

A global that will dynamically search and display links in your directory related to the sub-category a user is viewing. Useful for shopping directories.

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Change / to> in Related Category Title

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=222125#222125

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Allows you to change the "/" in the related category title to a ">". Default LinksSQL display for the related category title looks like this; Category/Subcategory This global changes to it to look like this: Category> Subcategory

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creating a different home page in LSQL

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=172795

This global allows you to point Links SQL to an entirely different home page than the LSQL built page.

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Detailed page printing list of Links in current category

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=173039

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Alex explains how to display a list of the links on a detailed page within the category that the detailed page sits. Way cool.

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Display Links Added By A User

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=189103

7 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

This global will display all of the links added to the database by users as they browse the database.

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Display new links of a specific category

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=273665#273665

Display the latest the new 10 links only of a single category. Usage: <%new_links_of_category('1234')%> 1234 = category id of specific category

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Display new links of a specific category

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=273665#273665

Display the latest the new 10 links only of a single category. Usage: <%new_links_of_category('1234')%> 1234 = category id of specific category

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Display the Last X new links

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=284438;#284438

Global task: Display the Last X new links. Global Usage: <%new_links('10')%> 10 = number of new links to be displayed

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Display Time Of Most Recent Build

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=195588

This global will allow you to call a tag that will display the date and time of the most recent build that has been performed on your directory.

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Display Top Categories

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=175442

8 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

A global which allows you to display your directory's top categories wherever you wish.

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Display Top Search Terms

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=166816

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

This global will generate a list of the top five terms that have been searched for in your directory.

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Displaying All Links In A Category On Detailed Pages

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=173012

This global, when added to the detailed.html template, displays on a link's detailed page all other links in that link's category.

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Displaying Links In Two Columns

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=151075

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

A loop that displays links in two columns while categories are being viewed.

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Displaying Popular Links

http://gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=153511

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

A global that will display the links in your database that have accumulated the most hits.

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Displaying Total Hits

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7 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

This global will display the total number of hits your directory has recieved.

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