Hi,

I've been using the standard links v2 for a while now and have considered expanding qango.com to qango.co.uk as well. I'm thinking of buying Links SQL for the UK & Ireland directory and have a few questions.

I've moved to a new host that offers MySQL as part of the package and a lot more webspace, so I now have the room to expand to the SQL version.

I'm going to need some more cash before proceeding, but wondered about a few things:

The price for links SQL includes installation, is it something I could do for myself (I've installed standard links sucessfully a few times now)?

I've never used templates, rather edited site_html.pl to customise. Could I still do that with Links SQL?

I appreciate that its a slightly different set of scripts and the admin looks quite a bit more comprehensive, what are the main differences between the two from an operational/admin point of view?

With regard to mod_perl. My new host mentions this in the package details, but what is it and why do I get the feeling it speeds things up?


Sorry to drone on, but I like to plan things and want to get as much info as possible before proceeding.

Thanks in advance for any replies.


All the best
Shaun

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Shaun Hague
Webmaster - Qango.com
http://www.qango.com/central/