Hello,

I would like to know what kind of progams i have to have to make links 2 work in windows

You need the following:

Apache Web Server
Active Perl from Activestate
You will have to turn off flock (file locking).

I suggest that you create an identical directory structure that you will have on your ISP. Also install Perl to say c:\usr\bin so that you don't have to change the scripts when you upload them.


Martin Webster
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Cebidae's UK Internet Resource
http://www.cebidae.co.uk/

yes well the problem is that the server where the script is located on, can't proces the amounth of data that's neded, can i create the pages ofline and then upload it?

Yes!

What you need to do, and something that I'm currently working on myself, is to use MS Access or Excel to populate your Links database. There is quite a lot of information already posted in this Forum; you just need to do a search.

To get you started here is what I have already found and am presently digesting offline:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/forum/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=L2Disc&Number=88652&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1#Post88652

I guess this can be done with StarOffice or any other database application too.


Martin Webster
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Cebidae's UK Internet Resource
http://www.cebidae.co.uk/

If you have a lot of Links and Categories, you can process the building of pages off-line, HOWEVER, in terms of searching and adding links to the database on-line, your users will most likely experience time-outs, which means say good-bye to return visits.

If you have more than 5,000 links and also more than 500 categories, you should consider upgrading to LINKS SQL.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

will it work with another web server, because apache won't run on my computer, the program won't start because it can't determane te hostname???

Well, you do need a lot of RAM, disk space, and Memory to operate Apache in your PC. You could try http://www.imatix.com/html/xitami/index.htm, which is used by many perl programmers for locally testing scripts.

Regards,

Eliot Lee