Actually, I doubt it will take more than 10-20 minutes to do this once I have some spare time. Plus, it needs to have an interface consistent with the rest of the site. Thanks though. Your links page looks good. Regards, Dustin <p>On Wed, 2001-09-05 at 20:22, Terry Stockdale wrote: <em>> Dustin, <em>> Check out my links page, which I use as a homepage at http://www.dadstoy.net/tasport . This is generated with PHP and a text file of data. If you want to use it for BRLUG, let me know. <em>> <em>> Actually, what you'll see is actually hosted on @Home and is a static file. I use PHP and Apache on an in-home, local-net-only web server, and periodically save a copy into my dadstoy.net web in FrontPage. <em>> <em>> Too bad @Home doesn't offer PHP. I'm thinking about going somewhere else, and looking at alternatives, especially for my new Palm OS oriented site http://www.dragonlode.com . Any suggestions? <em>> Terry <em>> <em>> <em>> At 01:49 PM 9/4/01, you wrote: <em>> >Ok. Expect this to be added to my TODO list today, forgotten about until <em>> >next week, readded at that point, and then reexamined later on. <em>> > <em>> >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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