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Thermit
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Posted 11/09/04 - 07:18 PM:	#1
I have an extra link field called "anchor", which contains a string. I'd like to be able to display the link description such that if the contents of the link anchor appears in the link description, the description is tweaked to format the matching anchor substring as an HTML link. Plus, I also want to be able to get the description in regular and link-ified forms in the templates. For example: Description: "WSN Links is powerful directory software." Anchor: "directory software." {$LINKDESCRIPTIONHTTP} would display... WSN Links is powerful directory software. I looked thru code but didn't obviously locate the right place to add something like this. Also the use of a custom field seemed to make the issue more complex. Would really appreciate some ideas on this... Thanks.

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Posted 11/09/04 - 07:34 PM:	#2
check http://truefresco.org/link_directory/index.php?ac... you will se a "geo box" the country/state/city fields are clickable and searchable will return all links that have same country if you click on country name. is that what you are looking for? I still need to limit the results to the original link category but at present time there is not enough sites that have geobox configured (was implemented last month). Edited by fresco on 11/09/04 - 07:38 PM. Reason: error

Thermit
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Posted 11/09/04 - 07:39 PM:	#3
Thanks fresco, that's a nice site you've got there, but I need to make part of the description linkable using the URL and a custom field with the string to link-up.

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Posted 11/09/04 - 08:22 PM:	#4
just put whatever you need into the description (into template) right outside of {LINKDESCRIPTION} (i created geobox). or you want to make something like infamous browser addons "hot links" - a wile ago i am not sure what they were called - it will search the text on the page you view and auto hotlink it to serches/products... check this link http://eliot.landrum.cx/archives/category/mt-refsearch/

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Posted 11/13/04 - 06:53 PM:	#5
Yeah, it's kinda like the hot links. I'm hoping Paul could shed some light on how the code could be modified to add the new template tag containing the description with an embedded hyperlink... Entry description: "WSN Links is powerful directory software." Entry custom field "Anchor": "directory software" And code in the appropriate PHP script such that {$LINKDESCRIPTIONHTTP} would display... WSN Links is powerful directory software.

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Posted 11/13/04 - 10:44 PM:	#6
Possible, I suppose, by changing the description function in classes/onelink.php. Inside that function you'd need to change function description($length = 0) to function description($length = 0, $anchor = 0) and else $descrip = $this->description; return $descrip; to else { $descrip = $this->description; if ($anchor) $descrip = str_replace($this->anchor, 'id .'">'. $this->anchor .'', $descrip); } return $descrip; Would then be used with {LINKDESCRIPTION[0 1]}
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