Is there a way to NOT require putting a name and email when I am adding links within the admin script? It is annoying to have to do this during admin stuff.

Yes, a little code hack.

In the db_utils.pl, sub build_html_record_form,

Add the two following line beneath the foreach loop

($field eq 'Contact Name' and $rec{$field} eq '') and ($rec{$field} ='tandat');
($field eq 'Contact Email' and $rec{$field} eq '') and ($rec{$field} ='tandat@atlas.com');

Hope this helps

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Dat

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Mmm why not just change 1 to 0 in links.def

hi,

>Mmm why not just change 1 to 0 in links.def

This will cause these empty fields when a user add a link in the add.cgi. Is that right?

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Dat

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Yeah but the question was:

>>
Is there a way to NOT require putting a name and email when I am adding links within the admin script?
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That's right. If he asked just in add link not in admin, I would tell him that or something else

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I don't understand what you mean.

To allow admin to add links without entering a name or email you just change the def.

I don't understand why you are disagreeing?

I don't know how to explain to you. To do your way will let the user does not input his/her name and email in the add link page

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Dat

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So then that doesn't make sense as if users are forced to enter their name and email and then the administrator is just going to delete them before adding the record, what is the point in forcing it to be entered in the first place?

Maybe I just don't understand the qn.

Oh, my! :) I am the admin. What I want is NOT to have to enter my name and email every time I add a link to the database *from the admin script*. I do want(but can live with not having this) *users* to enter names and emails when adding links. That is why the hack of the script given to me. Unfortunately, I don't know Perl(or have a real sense of what a 'loop' is) so I am not sure I can do the hack.

Virginia,

what you would like to achieve is actually quite easy (if I got you right).

Change these two fields in links.def as follows:

'Contact Name' => [6, 'alpha', 40, 75, 1, 'CONTACT NAME', ''],
'Contact Email' => [7, 'alpha', 40, 75, 1, 'CONTACT EMAIL', '.+@.+\..+'],

In your admin panel the two fields will now display the values in capital letters (see above), change them to whatever you like. Webmasters however who submit their links can still enter their names and email addresses.

That did it! Thanks !