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Can this be done with Glinks
I want to live with just one platform on my site to make it simple to manage rather than trying to integrate multiple scripts. Can all this be done using glinks and what plugins or mods will be needed to accomplish this ?

1. Business Directory + Reviews + Multiple Detail Pages
2. Product Directory + Reviews + Multiple Detail Pages
3. Real Estate Directory
4. Articles
5. Home Page Management


Jack
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Hi,

The multiple detailed pages requirement is the only thing that gives us pause as that feature is not built into GLinks by default. Everything else you can definitely run off the program.

Business directory example: http://stockpile.stormwaterauthority.org/
Product directory example: http://www.girlfriends.com/reviews/

I don't have a good real estate directory example off the top of my head, but I'll send you one later.

Articles: http://www.ameinfo.com/
Homepage Management is typically done through a custom script pulling items from all applications: http://www.boats.org/

Jack.
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What is G-Community and how can I leverage it to integrate other apps into the Glinks software. I could not find too much information about G-Community while there is a support forum around
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Community is how we integrate user login so there is only one login to access all the GT apps running on your site. Here's a good example:

http://www.girlfriends.com/
username: guest
password: preview

and more info about Community is available here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/community/

Jack.
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Good example site jack. I was wondering how they implemented the article module ?. Was that done through Glinks also.
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Yes, the Reviews, Articles and the Rant and Rave sections were all done using customised templates in Links.
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Does Boats.org use multiple copies of links? One each for news, articles, resources, classifieds, Reviews etc.?

Thanks in advance. Trying to plan a new site with similar attributes.

Yobo
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Hi Yobo,

Yes it does, one for each application because of the difference in fields and layout. If your fields and layout are very similar, it is possible to run everything on one installation with each top-level category being the main segmentation, but it can quickly become difficult to manage.

Jack.