how can i manage, that the owners of new entries have the ability to submit their link in up to three categories/subcategories in one process.

i really need this !!!!!!!!

can anybody help ?

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Without changing the code, I _think_ this could be done in javascript, where you would want to change the drop-down box to a multi-select field, (that might need a code change) then use a javascript routine to do it.

I really don't use javascript (except what is provided to me) so I really can't help, but a good example implementation for large sites, would be how ebay does it.

You use several linked windows to click successively deeper until you get to a "node". Each window loads only what it has to, for that level, rather than the whole database.

You would use one window per catagory you allow -- ie: 3 categories, would need 3 "top level" windows.

On submit, the javascript stuffs them into the links variable for the back-end processing.

Over simplified, this is way down on my list of things to do ... it was added over a year ago <G> and because I don't do much JS, I don't know when I'll get to it.

Hopefully, someone else will :)


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You have to change a line of code in add.cgi to have a multiselect category form in add.html:

in sub _category_list some lines below the following line

if ($CFG->{db_gen_category_list}) {

look for


and change it to


The '5' will provide a multiselect field with 5 lines.

Unfortunately you'll have to do this after every upgrade unless GT provides a builtin method to do this (or someone may write a plugin...)

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unfortunately this doesn't work no longer because the add.cgi and modify.cgi have been changed completely in LinksSQL 2.1.0

here is for example the complete add.cgi-content :



what can i do ?

i really need the multiple category-option by adding & modifing new links!

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Sorry - the modification has to be done in /cgi-bin/links/admin/Links/User/Add.pm



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Thanks, that`s it !

If someone else is going to do that changes, don't forget to change .../modify.pm

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While this generates the multi-select box, how does it limit it to 3 selections, not more?


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Well, it doesn't

It does just what I said: allow selection of multiple categories when adding a link. Theoretically a user can select all categories, but anyway - you have to check if the user selected the right categories when you validate the link...

I do it this way for over a year now and in that time had really just a couple of submissions where users tried to add their link to much more categories than it would fit into.

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Perhaps with javascript you could check if a user selected mor than 3 items from the list on clicking the submit button.

If there are more than 3 items selected, display an error message to tell the user that he exceeded the allowed number of categories and don't allow him to proceed until he changed his selection.

That's just a quick idea I had after writing my last message, didn't try it

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Of course, not foul-proof, if the user has disabled javascript...which there are more users than you think that do this...
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This is why it would be cool if Alex would make the change in the central code :)

Make it a definable parameter -- Category_Submit_Limit -- 1 is normal, 2 or more creates the drop down multi select list.


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Hi.

This can be done by using a global.

Call it something like <%selected_cats%>

It will replace <%Category%> in include_form.html

sub {
my ($rec) = @_;
my $id = $rec->{ID};
my $db = $DB->table('CatLinks');
my @sids = $db->select ( ['CategoryID'], { 'LinkID' => $id } )->fetchall_list;
my $cat_db = $DB->table('Category');
$cat_db->select_options ('ORDER BY Full_Name ASC');
my $sth = $cat_db->select ( { 'Description' => 'SUB1' }, ['ID', 'Full_Name'] );
my $output;
$output .= "<SELECT MULTIPLE SIZE='5' name='CatLinks.CategoryID'>";
$output .= "<option value=''>-------</option>";
while (my ($cid,$name) = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
$output .= "<option value='$cid'";
foreach my $sid (@sids) {
if ($sid eq $cid) {
$output .= " selected";
}
}
$output .= ">$name</option>";
}
$output .= "</SELECT>";
return $output;
}



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