Recip Table Styling

Pagan · 2009-02-20, 08:08 PM

I have been doing the custom text recips for about 6 months now, and have only had one smaller LL gig me for it. What I do is much like NY Jester - I do a custom text version of their button, make sure I have the anchor text the way the recip page reads, and try to stay very balanced. When most of the sites on the table have categories, I try to make the non-categorized ones blend in. It always seemed like the smaller the LL and lower their traffic, the bigger and flashier their recips were.

RedCherry · 2009-02-21, 11:45 AM

I've been doing custom recips like this for years without issues. I use style sheets and create a style called "recips" and code everything that is linkable for the LLs with that style. That way, I can change the colors on my table and recip links with changing two bits of code.

I too give everyone a text link, and put title tags like they want, or add a title tag if they have an image alt tage. Since I use a css style, everyone is the same font, etc. Only difference is if someone has a bunch of little text in between the links, I put that font size 1 so they aren't huge compared to the rest.

I don't know why every LL wouldn't want this, it looks so much cleaner on a page...more professional. And since I build only one "doorway" I put more recips than most do and it doesn't look as bad.

2009-02-20, 08:08 PM	#1
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,117	I have been doing the custom text recips for about 6 months now, and have only had one smaller LL gig me for it. What I do is much like NY Jester - I do a custom text version of their button, make sure I have the anchor text the way the recip page reads, and try to stay very balanced. When most of the sites on the table have categories, I try to make the non-categorized ones blend in. It always seemed like the smaller the LL and lower their traffic, the bigger and flashier their recips were. __________________ Is it naptime yet?

2009-02-21, 11:45 AM	#2
RedCherry Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle of the Desert, Pahrump, NV Posts: 3,187	I've been doing custom recips like this for years without issues. I use style sheets and create a style called "recips" and code everything that is linkable for the LLs with that style. That way, I can change the colors on my table and recip links with changing two bits of code. I too give everyone a text link, and put title tags like they want, or add a title tag if they have an image alt tage. Since I use a css style, everyone is the same font, etc. Only difference is if someone has a bunch of little text in between the links, I put that font size 1 so they aren't huge compared to the rest. I don't know why every LL wouldn't want this, it looks so much cleaner on a page...more professional. And since I build only one "doorway" I put more recips than most do and it doesn't look as bad. __________________ Our 3D Comics and Props on Renderotica