That brings our total number of links to edit/create to 88 for each release cycle. Add the need to create 5 links for every file for local, torrent, and mirrors, and it gets unweildly.

That being said, I'd like to find a better way to present these on the website.

So there are 88 distinct files for customers to choose from, and they can take one or more of these from at least five different servers? Sounds like, rather than putting all those links directly into a page, you'd rather put up a form with some combination of listbox(es), check-buttons and/or radio buttons to let the customer see the choices in a compact layout.

For example, you could start with a listbox for the user to choose which server they prefer. Then a set radio buttons to establish the OS, and another set for download format (torrent/rpm/bz2, etc. -- the choices might need to have explanations to indicate which OS choices they're valid for). Finally, a set of check-box buttons (user can turn on one or more) to indicate which particular apps/versions they want.

Then it's a matter of assembling the posted information from the form into the corresponding link targets, and putting up a simple page that parrots back the user's choices in human-readable format, together with the set of tailored links ("Here are the links to the items you requested...").

In reply to Re: A Hash is a Hash (of course, of course) by graff
in thread A Hash is a Hash (of course, of course) by hacker

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