Link Manager 3.0 Support Thread

Clyde,

You have a nice mod and I can see very active support too! It appears the links are only available by clicking the category. Is there a way spiders can get to the link category pages that I'm not seeing?

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Originally Posted by jeking

Clyde,

You have a nice mod and I can see very active support too! It appears the links are only available by clicking the category. Is there a way spiders can get to the link category pages that I'm not seeing?

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If they "follow" the the category links then they should pick up the links on those pages.

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Originally Posted by clydejones

If they "follow" the the category links then they should pick up the links on those pages.

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But the spiders can't click on the category to get to the category page. Is there any other way to get to their besides clicking?

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Originally Posted by jeking

But the spiders can't click on the category to get to the category page. Is there any other way to get to their besides clicking?

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From my understanding, spiders don't need to "click". If they find an "a href" link they are smart enough to "follow" the link without "clicking"

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Originally Posted by clydejones

From my understanding, spiders don't need to "click". If they find an "a href" link they are smart enough to "follow" the link without "clicking"

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On that point you are correct. But the sidebox categories are not 'a href', they are a form. My source code shows:

<form name="links" action="http://customcreationsunltd.com/shop/index.php?main_page=links" method="get"><select name="lPath" onchange="this.form.submit();" size="3" style="width: 100%">
<option value="4">Associations</option>
<option value="3">Parenting</option>
<option value="2">Shopping</option>
<option value="5">Travel</option>
</select>

Spiders can't fill out a form. I really like your contribution and need a way to automate a links page, but if the spiders can't find the links to folllow, it kind of defeats much of the purpose. I'd like to be wrong or find another way for this to work.

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Originally Posted by jeking

On that point you are correct. But the sidebox categories are not 'a href', they are a form. My source code shows:

<form name="links" action="http://customcreationsunltd.com/shop/index.php?main_page=links" method="get"><select name="lPath" onchange="this.form.submit();" size="3" style="width: 100%">
<option value="4">Associations</option>
<option value="3">Parenting</option>
<option value="2">Shopping</option>
<option value="5">Travel</option>
</select>

Spiders can't fill out a form. I really like your contribution and need a way to automate a links page, but if the spiders can't find the links to folllow, it kind of defeats much of the purpose. I'd like to be wrong or find another way for this to work.

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There is also a "a href=" link on the sidebox "view all links" takes you to the links page which lists all the categories which in turn link to the page(s) which contain the links for those categories. I would assume that a spider could follow those links.

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Originally Posted by clydejones

There is also a "a href=" link on the sidebox "view all links" takes you to the links page which lists all the categories which in turn link to the page(s) which contain the links for those categories. I would assume that a spider could follow those links.

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I didn't really notice that one. Yes, that one would allow it to happen

Thanks!

Where o where can I find the download for links manager? I have been to the downloads section and have been through pages upon pages of threads.


TIA

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Originally Posted by highstyleinc

Where o where can I find the download for links manager? I have been to the downloads section and have been through pages upon pages of threads.


TIA

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HERE in the downloads section

Ah, yeah, I just realized this was for sideboxes which explains why I couldn't find it before. Will this help for the links in other areas of the page, such as header?