This guide assumes you have registered and are logged in.
Once logged in you will be able to access the management screen to add and manage links.
Add a Link:
- Select Category
By default, None is selected as the category. To add another category, click the Add New button. Type the name of the new category and click Addd Category. Recommend you name categories descriptively to help you, i.e. DomainName - Right Side, DomainName - Footer, etc.
Once you have entered a new category, you will be returned to the management page. The new category will be available for selection in the category box now. (Note: a link can be in more than one category). Select teh category or categories you want the link to belong to.
- Enter the Anchor text for the link
This is the actual text of link that visitors will see.
- Enter destination URL
This is the URL of the the destination page. (Where you want peopel to end up when they click the link)
- Enter the URL of the Image (optional)
If you want this link to be a banner or image, enter the URL of the image here. LinkRotatr does not store images.
- Select Date Expires (optional)
If you want this link to automatically expire, click the Select button and choose the date you want the link to expire on. Once a link has expired, it no longer shows. If you don't want the link to expire, leave this field empty.
- Select rel=NoFollow
If you want rel=NoFollow on the link, select this check box, otherwise leave unchecked.
- Select Track Clicks
If you want to track the number of clicks on this link, select this check box, otherwise leave unchecked. Clik Tracking requires the link go through LinkRotatr instead of direct to the destination.
- Click Add Link button
The page will refresh and you will see the link you just added.
Getting the Code to Show the Links
This assumes you have registerd, are logged in, and have added at least one link.
- Determine the programming language your web site/page is coded in
Most web pages are developed using PHP, ASP, .Net, or are static HTML pages. Once you determine the code your site is developed in, click the appropriate button. If your site or page is static HTML or you are unable to determine what the site/page is coded in, recommend you use the JavaScript code.
- Code Generation Pop-up Window
Once you click a code generation button, a pop-up window will appear with additional options:
- Category Selection
- Picking a specific category will display random links from those links that are in that category
- 'All' will display random links from all links you have entered
- 'None' will display random links from those that have not been assigned to a category
- Links to Show
- Select the number of links you want to show
- Before each Link
- Enter any character or code you would like to be placed in fromt of each link
- For example, to make the links display vertically, you can use <br> or <li>
- For horizontal links you can put spaces, dashes, colons, or a bullet
- Click the Get Code Button
This with refresh the window to show the code you need to paste into your web page. Past the code where you want the links to show.
Once you've pasted thecode to show the links, you will never need to paste the code again unless you eliminate the category. As an example, if you generate code for a PHP page to show 5 links from the Blue Widget category, and you decide you onyl want to show 3 links, go back through the above process, select '3' from the Links to Show drop down, and click Get Code. LinkRotatr will automatically update to show only 3 links wothout the need to repaste the code.
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