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[LowryBigwood]

Dragonlist is the script used on TripleXworld.com as well. Love it!

I've seen Greenie say this a few times and it proved to be true for my LL. Be ready to wait about 3 years for it to perform how it should. My LL is 3 this month and only here recently did things start looking much better.

If I started over again, I'm not sure I'd do any link trades on my index page. I would most likely try a slightly different approach there, such as using main page for link trades or other domains to setup some a>b>c links.

Other than that, just be ready to work hard and long for not much return for a while.

Best of luck, and when you have it live, hit me up for some links.

[ponygirl]

I have to agree with the script, I started by hand too and it gets very time consuming that way when it starts to grow.

If you like to make lots of changes, make sure you get something flexible too. I find myself changing my layout around a lot and it's easier when you have a script that lets you do that easily. (if I wasn't online, I'd be the type of person who re-arranges the furniture on a regular basis lol )

If I had to do it again, I'd also make sure to have more categories than I started with. It's a real pain to make new categories or split big ones up & would have been easier to just start with lots. The only thing about that is to make sure you can fill them up right away (with hfs or your own sites). There's nothing sadder looking than an empty category page

at least you know the ins and outs of LLs & freesites, so that should make it easier. It's a natural progression

good luck

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by ponygirl

There's nothing sadder looking than an empty category page

As a submitter I kinda like being on a near empty page, more traffic for me But I know what you're saying...

Originally Posted by MrYum

There are a couple great scripts out there...since you've read Preachers thread, you no doubt already know about Dragon List. I've heard nothing but rave reviews of that one

Regarding trades...personally, I like to keep them to those I know...simplifies things a bunch

Yep, looking into Dragon List

Originally Posted by LowryBigwood

If I started over again, I'm not sure I'd do any link trades on my index page. I would most likely try a slightly different approach there, such as using main page for link trades or other domains to setup some a>b>c links.

Other than that, just be ready to work hard and long for not much return for a while.

Best of luck, and when you have it live, hit me up for some links.

Do many link lists trade links with a main page vs. the index page?

As far as working hard and long for not much return, I'm used to that, I build free sites

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Do many link lists trade links with a main page vs. the index page?

From what I've seen, there are plenty of LL's that do main page trades as well as index. Some even use a links page, which i'm not really all that crazy about.

Originally Posted by Licker4U

As far as working hard and long for not much return, I'm used to that, I build free sites

Good point.

[Lemmy]

Another vote for Dragon List here. For those who like to redesign their LL every other week, this is the script to go with. Just build your pages any way you like (just plain old HTML), insert the script-generated includes snippet and you're good to go. No hard-to-understand templates.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Lemmy

Another vote for Dragon List here. For those who like to redesign their LL every other week, this is the script to go with. Just build your pages any way you like (just plain old HTML), insert the script-generated includes snippet and you're good to go. No hard-to-understand templates.

I haven't checked with anyone at Dragon List but I can go ahead and build my catagory pages now and add the script in later?

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

I haven't checked with anyone at Dragon List but I can go ahead and build my catagory pages now and add the script in later?

Yes. I also started my LL by hand before investing in a script. Basically you build your page how you want it, and then you will insert a line of code, ssi or php, that will pull your listings into that spot.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by LowryBigwood

...and then you will insert a line of code, ssi or php, that will pull your listings into that spot.

I guess I should get in touch with someone at Dragon List but since I have your attention I'll ask you Since a line of code or php is used to pull the listings, I assume that means the listings are held in a different folder. Does the script display a set number of links/page randomly or are they displayed newest first, oldest last?