[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by joeychgo

ok - there are 475 posts in this thread so please forgive me for not going back and reading all of them to see if my question has been answered.


I currently have this installed as a links directory - How can I install a second copy so I can use it as an article portal? WHat do I need to change to make it so I can have this installed twice?

One suggestion regarding an improvement for use as a links directory - Most of us have agreed to recripocal links - but its hard to follow up sometimes and make sure the other guy actually put our link on his site -- so a simple check box on the admin side that would indicate a recripocal link was verified or not would be nice.

I think the following would work:
- create copies of local_links.php and local_links_install.php with new names (e.g. 2nd_links.php, etc).
- edit these new files to use a different table prefix - look for the line define('THIS_TABLE', 'local_');

Another approach - in my view easier - is to use just the one installation, set up two categories at the top level, one for your links directories and one for your articles, then have two links on your home page which go directly to these subcategories. This is how we separate material on our site.

I don't quite understand how your second point will work.