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[PornGuru]

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I have no experience with Gossamer, but I own a copy of LinkX and frankly it's one of the more complicated and counter intuitive scripts to work with and customize that I've tried. I wouldn't recommend it to someone looking to start their first LL.

Did you ever get a site up w/ linkX. LMK I can help you. It's actually very easy.

1. Dump the crappy design they give you (it will drive you nuts)
2. Figure out what tags do what.
3. Design the page w/ the tags.
4. Determine if you can "swing" using one cat template w/ different smarty tag calls or you need unique templates.
5. Have fun with custom fields. (I am actually using this script as a review script) - Almost anyways, on my local server, need to finish some coding.

[Lemmy]

Originally Posted by PornGuru

Did you ever get a site up w/ linkX. LMK I can help you. It's actually very easy.

I got it set up alright, that's not the problem. But every step of the way, from customizing to adding links, I keep asking myself "why did they do it this way, when they could do it easy?".

I'm not taking submissions. The plan was to fill it up with paysites only and make a fake review site. I haven't touched it in months. Maybe when/if I decide to have another go at it I'll hit you up for advice. Thanks!

[PornGuru]

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I got it set up alright, that's not the problem. But every step of the way, from customizing to adding links, I keep asking myself "why did they do it this way, when they could do it easy?".

I'm not taking submissions. The plan was to fill it up with paysites only and make a fake review site. I haven't touched it in months. Maybe when/if I decide to have another go at it I'll hit you up for advice. Thanks!

Lemmy,

The reason why you are asking yourself, "why am I doing it this way" is partly because it has a lot of built in power.

I purchased a copy of linkX just to create a review site.

It's very easy to add a thumb to a link (think screen shot of a paysite), so there you have the basis of a "layout". Thumb, title, description etc. Change the detail section to read, "click here for full review", now it goes to the detail page. Add custom fields that you need to the db. Examples: Site Promises, Detailed Review, Summary, Rating. You can also add other fields to display screen caps of the tour, members area, anything you want.

I think the hardest part I had was figuring out how the custom fields worked and how to get them displayed where I want.

Smarty templating is confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's very powerful.

[Lemmy]

Originally Posted by PornGuru

It's very easy to add a thumb to a link (think screen shot of a paysite), so there you have the basis of a "layout". Thumb, title, description etc. Change the detail section to read, "click here for full review", now it goes to the detail page. Add custom fields that you need to the db. Examples: Site Promises, Detailed Review, Summary, Rating. You can also add other fields to display screen caps of the tour, members area, anything you want.

That's pretty much what I did. Check it out. I'm not saying it's not a powerful script, just that it's quite a handful for someone not familiar with scripting, so much so in my case that I hesitate to spend more time on it. It's just not easy to use and figure out.