A good categorized link system. This is the goal we set for ourselves when creating the Resources - Links section. The Links page has its own search to help you find the link you're looking for. Managing categories and links is quite simple and intuitive.
There are two views in Links: categories and links. Both of the views can be devided into three different functional parts: search, control-bar and the categories / links depending on which view you are in. Some buttons and features are only available to administrators and will not be visible to other users. These are be marked with an asterisk(*) on this help page.
Search
The search is the uppermost part of the view.
- Insert the words or characters that you want to search from the Resources -> Links section in the input field.
- Select the area where you want the search engine to search for the words or characters that you entered in the input field.
- Click the Search button to view the results of the search.
The matching words / characters will be underlined in the search results.
Control-bar
The control-bar is under the Search and above the categories.
Use the left-hand-side
drop-down menu to open up a category (iow. view the links).
There are three control buttons on the right-hand-side of the rectangle:
Add new category* - Click this button to open up a popup window where you can add categories.
Remove category* - Click this button to open up a popup window where you can remove categories.
Edit category* - Click this button to open up a popup window where you can edit categories.
The categories
A category's name is in
blue. You can open up a category by clicking its name.
The amount of links in a category is displayed after the category's name.
Under every category's name there is a short description of the kind of links that the category holds.
The amount of categories and links are listed in the middle on the bottom.
Search
The search is the uppermost part of the view.
- Insert the words or characters that you want to search the Resources -> Links section in the input field.
- Select the area where you want the search engine to search for the words or characters that you entered in the input field.
- Click the Search button to view the results of the search.
The matching words / characters will be underlined in the search results.
Control-bar
The control-bar is under the Search and above the links.
Use the left-hand-side drop-down menu to open up a category (iow. view the links).
There are three control buttons on the right-hand-side of the rectangle:
Show categories - Click this button to return to the category view.
Add new link* - Click this button to open up a popup window where you can add links.
Remove link* - Click this button to open up a popup window where you can remove links.
Edit link* - Click this button to open up a popup window where you can edit links.
The links
A link's name is in
blue. You can open up a link in a new browser window by clicking its name.
Under every link's name there is a short description of the link.
The amount of links in the open category is in the middle on the bottom.
You can close any on of the popup windows by clicking the Close button in the window.
Add new category
- Enter the category's name in the Category name input field.
- Enter a brief description in the Description text box.
- Click the Add button to add the category
Remove category
- Select the category that you want to remove from the select menu.
- Click the Remove button to remove the selected category.
Edit category
- Select the category that you want to edit from the drop-down menu.
- Edit the fields.
- Click the Edit button to save the changes when you are done editing.
- Click the Reset button if you want to reset the fields to the way they where when you selected the category
NOTICE! You can't undo the changes after you have clicked the Edit button.
Add new link
- Enter the link's name in the Link name input field.
- Enter the link's URL (i.e. www.linux.com) in the
- Enter a brief description in the Description text box.
- Click the Add button to add the category
Remove link
- Select the link that you want to remove from the select menu.
- Click the Remove button to remove the selected link.
Edit link
- Select the link that you want to edit from the drop-down menu.
- Edit the fields.
- Click the Edit button to save the changes when you are done editing.
- Click the Reset button if you want to reset the fields to the way they where when you selected the link
NOTICE! You can't undo the changes after you have clicked the Edit button.