Looks fine to me. Shannon Dustin Puryear wrote: <em>>So each link item has the following attributes: <em>> <em>>name of link <em>>url of link <em>>short description <em>>long description? <em>>date added <em>>date last verified by maintainer <em>>expiration date if not re-verified within certain time period? <em>>submitted by <em>>keyword1..n <em>>category? <em>> <em>>Corrections? <em>> <em>>Regards, Dustin <em>> <em>> <em>>On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 12:00, Shannon Roddy wrote: <em>> <em>>>Sinc you are already using php and ??sql for the pages, perhaps the page <em>>>could simply have a search function, then only the relavent links are <em>>>returned. The problem with lengthy link pages are that the links that <em>>>you are looking for get lost in the jumble of links. You could have a <em>>>list keywords that everything is stored with in ??SQL such as howtos, <em>>>nebie docs, programming, news, etc etc. <em>>> <em>>>Shannon <em>>> <em>>>John Hebert wrote: <em>>> <em>>>>Gotcha. And I was imaging just a couple dozen links to <em>>>>help out newbies, etc. <em>>>> <em>>>>John <em>>>> <em>>>>--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <em>>>> <em>>>>>On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 10:06, John Hebert wrote: <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>On the problem of maintaining links: this could be <em>>>>>>solved through a script. A simple cron job could <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>kick <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>off a script that runs an http request to check <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>for <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>"Error: 400" or not. If true, then fire off an <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>e-mail <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>to the script maintainer. <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>You will notice one requirement I had hoped to <em>>>>>implement is that a site <em>>>>>stays on focus. That cannot so easily be solved <em>>>>>using a script. <em>>>>> <em>>>>>Also, maybe we should limit the number of links each <em>>>>>catagory holds? I <em>>>>>seriously can't stand list of links that are pages <em>>>>>long. <em>>>>> <em>>>>>Regards, Dustin <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>John Hebert <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>>--- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>>>One member thoughts on the "Links Page": <em>>>>>>>If possible, I think the links should be <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>cataloged <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>by beginner, internet, <em>>>>>>>networking, etc. <em>>>>>>>The beginners would be headed by the site John <em>>>>>>>Hebert sent us <em>>>>>>>http://rute.sf.net. It was very informative to <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>me, <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>even though I haven't had <em>>>>>>>time to finish it. <em>>>>>>>If I don't know what the link is about, I <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>hesitate <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>to try it. At this time <em>>>>>>>in my education on Linux, I only want the <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>beginners <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>sites. <em>>>>>>>Some of you "experts" should look at the sites <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>and <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>decide which ones should <em>>>>>>>be on the page and into which category they <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>belong. <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>As better sites are <em>>>>>>>found, maybe some of the less informative ones <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>could <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>be replaced. By keeping <em>>>>>>>the number of sites around 12 or so would help. <em>>>>>>>Even though I would not know what I was seeing, <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>I'll <em>>>>> <em>>>>>>>volunteer to check the <em>>>>>>>sites to see if they are still good. <em>>>>>>>Larry <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>>>================================================ <em>>>>>>>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>>>>>>>Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>>>>>>>Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>>>>>>>your subscription information. <em>>>>>>>================================================ <em>>>>>>> <em>>>>>>__________________________________________________ <em>>>>>>Do You Yahoo!? <em>>>>>>Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant <em>>>>>> <em>>>>>messaging with Yahoo! 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