I am trying to have a single column catergory list. I originally thought that simply commenting out the build new column lines would suffice, I was wrong. So, I found a post by Junko dated 19 Aug 00 and edited the site_html_template.pl as per his instructions:



# First let's get the name, number of links, and last modified date...
$url = "$build_root_url/" . &urlencode($subcat) . "/";
if ($subcat =~ m,.*/([^/]+)$,) { $category_name = &build_clean($1); } else { $category_name = &build_clean($subcat); }
$numlinks = $stats{"$subcat"}[0];
$mod = $stats{"$subcat"}[1];

# We check to see if we are half way through, if so we stop this table cell
# and begin a new one (this lets us have category names in two columns).

# if ($i == $half) {

# $output .= qq|</td><td class="catlist" valign="top" nowrap>\n|;
# }
# $i++;

# Then we print out the name linked, new if it's new, and popular if its popular.
$output .= qq|<dl><dt><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Trebuchet MS" size="2"><b><a class="link" href="$url">$category_name</a></b></font>|;

$output .= qq|</dt>|;
$output .= qq|<dd><span class="descript">$description </span></dd>| if (!($description =~ /^[\s\n]*$/));
$output .= qq|</dl>|;
}

# Don't forget to end the unordered list..
$output .= "</td></tr></table></div>\n";
return $output;
}

1;

I recieve the following error message:

Error including libraries: syntax error at /data/web/64012/cgi-bin/pibcgi/admin/site_html_templates.pl line 372, near "$url :"
syntax error at /data/web/64012/cgi-bin/pibcgi/admin/site_html_templates.pl line 381, near "2)"
(Might be a runaway multi-line // string starting on line 373)
syntax error at /data/web/64012/cgi-bin/pibcgi/admin/site_html_templates.pl line 415, near "}"
Compilation failed in require at nph-build.cgi line 33.

I little to nothing about pearl but have been sucessful at hacking away at this script with some help from this forum and a lot of help from my ISP. I am now officially stumped. Obviously there is something that I am missing. Can someone point out the errors of my ways?

P.S. while I'm asking, I would also like to do away with the order listing of the catergories as well, a tip or a redirect would be appreciated.

Thank you

Personally, I'd restore my originall code and install the following mod from the FAQ section

http://www.findinghim.com/links_mods/num_columns/

and set the number of columns to 1. If late on you decide to go back to 2 or change to 3 columns, the fix is easy. This is much more flexible code. I installed it and it works like a charm.

The error occurs at line 372. You didn't tell us what line 372 looks like.

Gene

thank you for responding, I will look over what you have suggested. Also, I didn't know which line is 372, when I look at the code in the editor that I use, the lines don't always line up just quite right. Oh well.

well, you could count the lines manually. Unless you know where the error is, it might be hard to correct it.

I recommend.

EditPlus - Shareware at http://www.editplus.com/

or

ConText - Free at http://www.fixedsys.com/context/

or

EditPad - Free at http://www.jgsoft.com/


A great free html editor is

1st Page - Free at http://www.evrsoft.com/

Gene

line 372 $url : The URL to go to that category

There have been no other changes to the original script other than the ones described above.

Line 372 needs to look like ( notice the # )
if it looks likes ( without the # )
you will get an error message since this is really a "remarks" line and not perl code to be interpreted as part of the program.

Gene