Hi All.

Just converting to SQL and have a few questions,

1. Most importantly, Is there an Alt Category mod form SQL I have looked but cannot find, If not, would someone like to build this for me, I am willing to pay?

2. The guys at gossamer installed for me and i have changed the links.pm file to my liking, do i have to re run setup.cgi?

3. Is there a way to display links in different orders. ie a-z, z-a with the click of a button, a bit like the default templates letting you view the site through other templates?

4. I need to be a ble to use the upload section for images and then place these images into the links.html template. Can this be done easily?

If you would like to look at the cuurent site for ideas please do its at http://www.isram.net/pages

Thanks in advance.



Regards

MDJ1
http://www.isee-multimedia.co.uk
mark@isee-multimedia.co.uk

1) if you mean links in multiple categories, this is available from the Admin, if you MODIFY a link, you'll see a link to click to add other categories.

2) Don't re-run setup unless you have a really good reason to. Everything you need to do can be done by editing a file, or from the Admin area.

3) Some options have been discussed in the forum in the past, you might want to search for the threads. Start with searching for "letter.cgi"

4) There is a rudimentary attachments feature, hopefully it will be a bit improved along with the other features in the next release. If not, and the hooks are well defined, I'll release some code I've been playing with to allow this.



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FAQ: http://www.postcards.com/FAQ/LinkSQL/

I've seen the adding of additional categories but it only seems to allow the addition of one, i want to be able to add the link to multiple categories, at the same time.

Regards

MDJ1
http://www.isee-multimedia.co.uk
mark@isee-multimedia.co.uk

Hi There,

I've checked out the letter.cgi and it doesnt seem to do what I want, all i need links to do is build the pages a-z as defined normally then build them z-a, then linkj to this build from a link at the top of the page, is this easy to do, and would it slow down the server or just double the build time.

Thanks again.



Regards

MDJ1
http://www.isee-multimedia.co.uk
mark@isee-multimedia.co.uk

I guess you could duplicated the build_category subroutine, call it build_cat_reversed or something like that, and then make a call to it after build_cat.

It would add the same amount of time to the build that the category build takes.

Again, though, I would have to say with the new release so close, making code changes to code that is almost certainly going to change in the next release (which is less than 2 weeks away now) isn't extremely prudent. It may lock you into the 1.11 release for longer than necessary, when you could upgrade to all the new features and add this in to the next version.

Some things aren't going to change much. Templates, minor code tweaks, etc. But other things will. Right now it's best to get familiar with your site, and make a list of things you'd want to do differently, or to change, and work on your templates, and understanding how Links does things a little.

Then, when the new release comes out, see what you can implement easily, and what is going to require more in depth code changes.

Some things, such as Admin features may be easier to make, with the plug-in concept. They should also be portable across future versions. The user management/logon/sessions stuff will be more complete, and it will be able to tie in with other products. That's cool to say, but until you see the table changes and the code that does it, you really can't start coding any applications to use it -- but you can sketch out the functionality you'd WISH it would have. Make sense?



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FAQ: http://www.postcards.com/FAQ/LinkSQL/

Thanks Pugdog,

The only problem I Have is the fact that the site is to be lauched on the 28th of June, not a small launch either.

2.5 Million £UK, TV and press, I know they have left it late in the day, mayb i will have to run the old links on the new server until the new release etc.





Regards

MDJ1
http://www.isee-multimedia.co.uk
mark@isee-multimedia.co.uk