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Administration - Links

Select one of the following administrative sections for links management:

New links

This section contains links registered in the system but not submitted by the administrator and not included into the catalogue.


"New links" section

Each link is supplied with the site URL, brief description, category and the e-mail address of a link owner. The following parameters are defined at the description field:

Also there are automatic check results at the right field (if there are any).

One can edit, submit or delete a link, as well as to define its rating and perform automatic checking (see Links checking).

To submit, to delete or to check several links at a time one should mark them off and use the corresponding Group operations buttons located below. To submit, to delete or to check all the links one should use Select all option

To edit the link data one should use Edit button; the system will display edit box:


The link editing form

Enter necessary changes and press Edit button. To restore previous data one should use Reset button; to return to the administering form use Back button.

Number of categories for a link is defined by settings. However, the administrator can add a link to a greater number of categories. To perform it, one should fill in all the available fields of the categoties and save the link; then editing form should be opened once again - additional field for a category selection will be added.


Submitted links

This section consists of links submitted by the administrator and added to the catalogue. The section interface and options are equal to the above-described (see New links). Besides, one can transfer links to "New" section with the help of To new option (they will not be displayed in the catalogue anymore).


Deleted links

This section contains links deleted form the catalogue or from "New links" section. The section interface and options are equal to those described above. These links can be restored by means of transferring them to "Submitted" section (displaying in the catalogue) or to "New" section (without displaying in the catalogue) with the help of the corresponding buttons.


Duplicated links

The section contains duplicated links, added to the catalogue by mistake and placed to "Submitted links":


The list of duplicated links

To view or edit the link details one should click on its name in the list:


Duplicated link description

Note: In case a link is already submitted to the catalogue, its repeated addition will be displayed in "New links" section with the corresponding mark:


Duplication warning

Broken links

This section holds links which do not display the web-site contents for various reasons. To single out such links one should use "[x]" button located to the right of its name; a warning message will appear on the screen:


Confirmation request

Press Yes to transfer the link to the "Broken" category:


Broken links

The section options are equal to the above-described (see New links). Besides, it is possible to return the link to the catalogue with the help of "Reset broken counter" option.


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