Wow, this is a cool thread - a real pi**ing contest, if I ever saw one Someone must have struck a nerve - or had a lot of nerve.

I can't add much that hasn't already been said, except...

I think I'm a pretty average type of webmaster. I was doing my links page using raw HTML, with the help of my favorite editor HomeSite 4.0. The problem was, ever time I wanted to add a new link, I ended up spending 15 minutes fiddling around, cutting-n-pasting, et cetera, with the HTML file. So, I looked for something better.

Also, our users and visitors are lazy and wouldn't take the trouble to e-mail their links suggestions to us. I think most people prefer to just form-n-submit, like they're used to on guestbooks, message boards, et cetera. So, we wanted a program that did this.

After looking at everything we could get our hands on, and trying out several varieties, we came up with two clear winners - DCLinks98 and Gossamer Threads Links 2.0.

We anguished over which one to use. DCLinks98 pretty much fit the bill, but Oh, that Gossamer Threads Links 2.0 was just too irresistable. DCLinks98 was up and running in an hour or so. Gossamer Threads Links 2.0 took a little longer. Then we found the templates section on Gossamer Threads. That did it...

After trying 4-5 different interfaces, we settled on the Snap interface. It looks very good on our site with suitable color changes and so forth. All told, we spent a pretty intense 48 hours setting up the Snap interface, to our liking, but it was well worth it.

It looks pretty, works great, people are adding links, the admin feature is a snap (no pun intended) and it's 1000% better than what we were doing before.

So, I guess this is my way of saying thanks to Alex for making such a great, highly configurable and customizable product. We pride ourselves on finding the simplest but most fuctional products available. To wit, we use RobPoll for our polling feature, RobBoard for our message board, Ultimate Guestbook for - you know - and Gossamer Threads Links 2.0 for our links page. To our way of thinking, these are the best products for the average webmaster to setup and run and the easiest products for our visitors to use.

Some people find it curious that we openly despise Madrona Park's UBB program, but use and promote their Ultimate Guestbook program. But, that's the way it is, and that's another conversation

So, anyway, keep up the good work Alex, and don't let us cry babies get you down. You have the best links program on the web, for too many reasons to comment on here. If it wasn't the best, we wouldn't be using it, right?

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Lenon.com Homepage
www.lenon.com
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Lenon.com Links Page
See our "Snap Interfaced"
Gossamer Threads Links v.2.0
www.lenon.com/links/pages
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