Ok. Expect this to be added to my TODO list today, forgotten about until next week, readded at that point, and then reexamined later on. On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 13:35, John Hebert wrote: <em>> Seconded. <em>> <em>> John Hebert <em>> <em>> --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <em>> > Looks fine to me. <em>> > <em>> > Shannon <em>> > <em>> > Dustin Puryear wrote: <em>> > <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 <em>> > 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 <em>> > pages, perhaps the page <em>> > >>could simply have a search function, then only the <em>> > relavent links are <em>> > >>returned. The problem with lengthy link pages are <em>> > that the links that <em>> > >>you are looking for get lost in the jumble of <em>> > links. You could have a <em>> > >>list keywords that everything is stored with in <em>> > ??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 <em>> > 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 <em>> > be <em>> > >>>>>solved through a script. A simple cron job <em>> > 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 <em>> > each <em>> > >>>>catagory holds? I <em>> > >>>>seriously can't stand list of links that are <em>> > 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 <em>> > help. <em>> > >>>>>>Even though I would not know what I was <em>> > 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>> >>>>>>================================================ <em>> > >>>>>>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > >>>>>>Visit http://www.brlug.net for more <em>> > information. <em>> > >>>>>>Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > >>>>>>your subscription information. <em>> > <em>> >>>>>>================================================ <em>> > >>>>>> <em>> > <em>> >>>>>__________________________________________________ <em>> > >>>>>Do You Yahoo!? <em>> > >>>>>Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant <em>> > >>>>> <em>> > >>>>messaging with Yahoo! 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