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Alternate categories in LinksSQL
Is there a feature to have Alternate categories in LinksSQL, like it was possible in Links v2.0?

  • Alternate categories: categories, which exactly has the same links. It is some kind of category linking, so alternate category displays the came content as the original one.
    Example: /Services/Money/ = /Business/Financial Services/
    Alternate category can work in 2 ways:
    1) displays same link content on alternate page, but the whole page is acting (looks like) as a separate category
    2) clicking on an alternate category link does only a redirecting, and the original category page & content is displayed. Yahoo has something similar solution.

  • Related categories: categories, which are related to another, but doesn't have same link content.
    Example: /Business/Insurance/ <||> /Business/Financial Services/


    Yahoo does this way:

    On Directory > Computers and Internet
    - Computer Science@

    Alternate categories on Yahoo:
    Directory > Computers and Internet (http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/), has link to Computer Science@
    Directory > Computers and Internet > Computer Science@ (http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science/)
    or
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Computers/Software/


    I would like to have both Alternate category and Related category feature on same category page, but having different categories listed in it.
    Alternate categories of a category are much less, than related categories of the same category.
    Alternate categories are listed in the category list, while related categories are displayed in separate table on the page.


    Opinions? Ideas?

    Best regards,
    Webmaster33


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    Thread Alternate categories in LinksSQL webmaster33 2608 Apr 28, 2006, 9:04 AM
    Thread Re: [webmaster33] Alternate categories in LinksSQL
    brewt 2485 May 1, 2006, 12:36 PM
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    webmaster33 2478 May 2, 2006, 9:33 AM
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