is it possible to make one of my categories invisible to the web? So that it wont show up on the category listings or search engine?

I have a category i do not want to make public for about 2 weeks. But I dont want to loose all the links in it (about 4,000 of em).

Hmmm...I'm not sure how to do it in 2.x. I did it in 1.1x by using an "if" test during a build. Jump.cgi ignores them since they are "isValidated=No".

Also, I'm working on an interim mod, where deleted links are moved to another table. Sort of like a "preview" area. You can keep copies of deleted or pending links.

I've really wanted a "preview" or hidden area for awhile, and I'm building this into the more advanced mods, and may make it a separate release.

It would be nice, within links itself, to be able to flag a catorgy "Visible=No" and it's ignored during builds and searches. Alex/GT would have to do that, it would be one more field in the Category record, but it might cause a problem (performace wise) on "found links". This could be solved, if the Link record also had a "visible" field, which was flagged "Visible=No" when a category was set to be invisble, or if a link was added to an invisible category.

Links in "visible" categories could also be flagged "invisible".

This would be a variation of the "Pending" flag. Instead of just "No,Yes" for the "isValidated" field, it could also have "No,Yes,Pending,Invisible" or other status. I believe links are built only if isValidated = Yes, rather than "isValidated != No" so multiple status levels are availble if you want to use them.


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