Link Manager 3.0 Support Thread

[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?

[clydejones]

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?

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

[jeking]

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

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?

[clydejones]

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?

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"

[jeking]

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"

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.

[clydejones]

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.

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.

[jeking]

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.

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

Thanks!

[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

[clydejones]

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

HERE in the downloads section

[highstyleinc]

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?