TGPX instead of LinkX as Link List script?

[Star Man]

Originally Posted by Ramster

and the fact that I cannot bulk import links means when a sponsor releases 10 new galleries and the models are different I have to enter the galleries one by one. That alone is a ridiculas feature.

Bulk importing with TGPX is a snap!

Originally Posted by Simon

Star Man - I was going to ask Jeremy but I figured he'd say that since he wants people to use his LinkX script. But I sure can't find any reason (yet) not to use TGPX for a Link List.

Yeah,thats the only reason I could think of that he would say no.I've been using this set up for over a year now and I haven't had any problems,in fact the more I learn about TGPX the more I like it.

Originally Posted by Simon

Nice work on DickHeadShit... I always liked Max Headroom too.

Thanks! Yeah,as a kid I used to wig out laughing at what a dick head he was!

Originally Posted by Simon

Did you (or anyone using TGPX) find that there are particular user-defined fields you find very useful? I'm thinking of adding a field for "Title" since there's only a "Description" field in the default setup. Any other suggestions on those?

Yeah,I use 'keywords' for titles like this.

PHP Code:

{foreach from=$galleries var=$gallery counter=$counter}
</a> {$counter|tsprintf::"%02d"} . <a href="{$gallery.gallery_url|htmlspecialchars}" target="_blank">{$gallery.keywords|htmlspecialchars}</a> : </a> {$gallery.description|ucwords|htmlspecialchars} <br />
{/foreach} 


The only annoying thing about it is when reviewing sites,I have to copy the site name from the 'site name' field and paste it into the 'keywords' field but other then that,I think this set up works great.

If you got any more questions,ask away.I'm no pro but hopefully I can help.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Star Man

I use 'keywords' for titles like this.

{$gallery.keywords|htmlspecialchars}

The only annoying thing about it is when reviewing sites,I have to copy the site name from the 'site name' field and paste it into the 'keywords' field but other then that,I think this set up works great.

Maybe I'm missing the point... is there a reason, in the page template, not to just use the name of the user-defined field that you created where you're using the 'keywords' field now? Like this I mean:

{$gallery.site_name|htmlspecialchars}

I'm asking because I see this in the docs for the script:

In addition to these default values, all of your user defined gallery fields will be available from this template value as well. So, for example, if you create a user defined field with the name icq_number you can access this value using {$gallery.icq_number}

So I was planning to create a field called "title" and just do this in the page templates where I wanted to show the free site's title:

{$gallery.title|htmlspecialchars}

Is there a reason that using the built-in 'keywords' field instead would be better for some reason?



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[Star Man]

Originally Posted by Simon

Maybe I'm missing the point... is there a reason, in the page template, not to just use the name of the user-defined field that you created where you're using the 'keywords' field now? Like this I mean:

{$gallery.site_name|htmlspecialchars}

I'm asking because I see this in the docs for the script:

In addition to these default values, all of your user defined gallery fields will be available from this template value as well. So, for example, if you create a user defined field with the name icq_number you can access this value using {$gallery.icq_number}

So I was planning to create a field called "title" and just do this in the page templates where I wanted to show the free site's title:

{$gallery.title|htmlspecialchars}

Is there a reason that using the built-in 'keywords' field instead would be better for some reason?



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No,your not missing any points Simon.I just thought 'keywords' would be a quick easy way to do it really.If you feel you want to create a custom field that you like better,go for it.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Star Man

Yeah,I use 'keywords' for titles like this.

PHP Code:

{foreach from=$galleries var=$gallery counter=$counter}
</a> {$counter|tsprintf::"%02d"} . <a href="{$gallery.gallery_url|htmlspecialchars}" target="_blank">{$gallery.keywords|htmlspecialchars}</a> : </a> {$gallery.description|ucwords|htmlspecialchars} <br />
{/foreach} 


The only annoying thing about it is when reviewing sites,I have to copy the site name from the 'site name' field and paste it into the 'keywords' field but other then that,I think this set up works great.

I just wanted to post for others reading this thread in the future that there actually is a good reason to do what Star Man suggested here. I missed the point earlier because I hadn't yet discovered that the custom fields you can create are not displayed on the Search Galleries interface, only the built-in fields show up there.

So creating a new custom field called 'site name' or 'title' field for use by submitters is good, and it will show up during site reviews, but after that you'll only see the Free Sites' titles when you edit each individual record. No problem displaying the custom fields to submitters or surfers, but you can not see them in the admin via the main interface used to view your inventory of sites.

The idea of dedicating the Keywords field for this use is actually a good workaround for this problem.

Thanks, Star Man.

[Star Man]

Originally Posted by Simon

I just wanted to post for others reading this thread in the future that there actually is a good reason to do what Star Man suggested here. I missed the point earlier because I hadn't yet discovered that the custom fields you can create are not displayed on the Search Galleries interface, only the built-in fields show up there.

So creating a new custom field called 'site name' or 'title' field for use by submitters is good, and it will show up during site reviews, but after that you'll only see the Free Sites' titles when you edit each individual record. No problem displaying the custom fields to submitters or surfers, but you can not see them in the admin via the main interface used to view your inventory of sites.

The idea of dedicating the Keywords field for this use is actually a good workaround for this problem.

Thanks, Star Man.

Sounds like everything worked out Simon.Glad I could help.