Links and the Links Page

Adding and Maintaining Links
Instructions

1. In Site Admin, create a new link by clicking on the [Links] menu item and then the [Create Link] tab. You can also update existing links using the [Manage Links] tab.
2. Start entering details on the form with the URL or web address e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/
3. Enter a Link Name e.g. Amazon
4. Enter a Short Description e.g. Online book shop
5. Choose an appropriate Category for the link from the drop-down list e.g. maps
6. In the Advanced section, you will normally want to select the radio button for _blank as the Target i.e. you will want the linked website to open in a new window. This does not always seem to work, and when it doesn’t users will have to use the browser back button to get back to the FAARTALS site
7. Check your handiwork
8. Click on the [Publish] button
9. Click on the (View site>>) link in the header to check it on the site if you like

The Links Page
This is for listing hyperlinks to other websites.

The page uses two special plugins

1. runPHP – a general plugin designed to allow PHP code to run on posts or pages. The Links Page has use of this this option enabled.
2. iMP Links – s specific plugin that groups the links by category on the Links Page.
   The actual PHP used is the default:
3. [?php iMP_Links();] (note the opening and closing angle brackets have been replaced with [ and ]

Changing the text on the Links Page almost inevitably destroys the plugin code leaving the links page linkless. So the Links Page is best left alone.

Note: The actual appearance varies according to browser viewing the page. Internet Explorer is better than ’strict’ browsers such as Firefox.