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?

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?

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

clydejones:

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?

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?

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"

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"

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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?

No. this mod is designed to exchange links with other sites.

I was trying to install the links manager today and I got this error --

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\apache2triad\htdocs\138\admin\includes\boxes\extra_boxes\links_extras_dhtml.php on line 9

this is a great addon and I would like to get it up and running if you could give me the low down on the error - nothing loads below the menu of admin with the error........

thanks

wsmith48:

I was trying to install the links manager today and I got this error --

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\apache2triad\htdocs\138\admin\includes\boxes\extra_boxes\links_extras_dhtml.php on line 9

this is a great addon and I would like to get it up and running if you could give me the low down on the error - nothing loads below the menu of admin with the error........

thanks

additional info - line 9 is the ?> shabang

wsmith48:

additional info - line 9 is the ?> shabang

<?php if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) { die('Illegal Access'); $za_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_LINKS, 'link' => zen_href_link(FILENAME_LINKS, '', 'NONSSL')); $za_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_LINK_CATEGORIES, 'link' => zen_href_link(FILENAME_LINK_CATEGORIES, '', 'NONSSL')); $za_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_LINKS_CONTACT, 'link' => zen_href_link(FILENAME_LINKS_CONTACT, '', 'NONSSL')); ?>

try this,

Just unzip the file and upload the entire admin folder to your server

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tried it, but it didn't do the trick... still gave me the error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\apache2triad\htdocs\138\admin\includes\boxes\extra_boxes\links_extras_dhtml.php on line 17

wsmith48:

tried it, but it didn't do the trick... still gave me the error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\apache2triad\htdocs\138\admin\includes\boxes\extra_boxes\links_extras_dhtml.php on line 17

Did you download the latest version 3.3.1 from the downloads section?

1. uninstall everything (see the included uninstall.txt)

What happens now?

3.3.1 is the version I downloaded - I've installed it on my development platform which is XP professional running Apache2triad server - the enviroment replicates the linux environment pretty good -
difference being, my live site is on linux, php4 and this one is on windows, php5 - would that make a difference??

I usually try everthing on my development platform first before going live with it and have found that sometimes there is a difference between the 2 platforms.

wsmith48:

3.3.1 is the version I downloaded - I've installed it on my development platform which is XP professional running Apache2triad server - the enviroment replicates the linux environment pretty good -
difference being, my live site is on linux, php4 and this one is on windows, php5 - would that make a difference??

I usually try everthing on my development platform first before going live with it and have found that sometimes there is a difference between the 2 platforms.

Try this and see what happens.

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I use XAMPP on windows XP php5 with no problem.

that appears to be the right fix, it works great now, I'll swap a link with you when I get it on the live site http://www.wlsheadliners.com

thanks again

wsmith48:

that appears to be the right fix, it works great now, I'll swap a link with you when I get it on the live site http://www.wlsheadliners.com

thanks again

glad its working.