My main site is set up using the Links system, but I would like to add a special category for some banners and icons so that all of the sponsor info is in one place (since it is a free site, a LOT of the members take the time to go through the sponsors since most of my competitor sites have already gone paid...they WANT to keep it free).

I would like to see if there is a way to add a mod that would allow HTML in the description, so that I can use that to add sponsor links under, which often require a block of HTML, rather than just a simple link.

LadyFire

Uh...HTML codes can already be used in Fields.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH,L.L.C
www.anthrotech.com
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Sorry....I worded that wrong (last night was a LONG night!!!)

What I meant to ask was is there a way to modify it so that the URL field will accept more text (so it will handle the the text link code for the affiliate)????

This would be great for me, since it would not only allow me to keep my server costs paid, but the links hit counter would also help me track the number of hits to verify against the affiliate's count.

Any input is appreciated. (I am sure there is just a field length restriction somewhere, just not sure where to look).

LadyFire

links.def

read the faq..

jerry

Open your links.def file and look for this line:
URL => [2, 'alpha', 40, 75, 1, 'http://', '^http|news|mailto|ftp'],

Change 75 to the length you wish to have.

Thanks....got it a little while ago...forgot to post that i had found it!

LadyFire

LadieFire asked:


This is interesting... I have a need for this.. I tried adding some html to a description field of a record like this:
<a href="http://www.somedomain.net"> Some Anchor Text</a>

But, it produced what look to a link in the description, but it pointed to:

http://www.myrootlinks2.net/acategory/www.somedomain.net
| where did this darn prefix come from? |

Can anybody help? I searched the forum but have not found anything...
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Professional Search Engine Marketing by Position Concepts Professional Consulting in SEM, SEO and PPC.

Well, I just tested this, and it works fine for me. See it here, where I used bold, italics, and a link:

http://linksresource.com/pixul/Testing_One/


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie