Link Management

 

Use the Link Management to call the submit form for creating a new link.
This form has the following fields/options:

Link title
Enter here the title for the new link.

Link url
Enter the url of the new link.
Click the globe icon to open a browser tab/window with the entered url. You can use this icon or button to check the url.

Link main category
Select the main category for the link.

Link description
Here you can enter a description of the new link.

Keywords
In this field you can enter the meta keywords. Enter the keywords as: keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, ...
The maximum amount of characters can be set in the Preferences.

Link screenshot image
Screenshot image must be a valid image link under uploads/images/screenshots directory (ex. shot.gif).
Choose Show no image if you don't want to display a screenshot.

Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Multimap
These three fields can be used to enter an url to an online map.
Click the appropriate icon behind the field to open a new tab/window in the browser.
The url used for this action is the url entered in the field.
You can use this icons or buttons to check or modify the map-url entered.

Address fields
Use these fields for add Contact Details to the link. The way the address is formatted is based on the selected country.
If you want another address format you have to modify the file ../include/address.php
For address formats see the Universal Postal Union website.
Email addresses can be entered in 2 ways:

Both email formats are automatic converted to: name AT address DOT com

Set publish date
Enter the date and time when the link will be published.

Link expire date
Use the options here to set an expiration date for the link. The link will no longer be visible for visitors.
This option can be used for removing the expiration date also.

Set link offline
Select Yes to set the link offline. The link will no longer be viewable for visitors.
Default: No

Set link status as updated
Select Yes to set the link as updated. An icon will appear behind the title of the link to notify visitors that the content of that link has been changed.
Default: No

Add Discuss in this Forum
Selecting the forum in use will result in an icon for discussing the link in that forum.

Submit New link as News item*
Select Yes to submit the new link as an article in the News module.
Default: No

Select News Category to submit News*
Select the News category for submitting the article.

News Title*
Give a title for the article or leave blank to use the link title.

 

* These fields appear when the News module is installed only.