I have found something puzzling about active state perl (or at least I assume it is activestate perl - I am still checking that). However I decided that I should avoid posting my question here. Instead I should go to the active state webpage. Lo and behold! Active state are starting up a community web page. I think there should be a link from perlmonks to that site. It might save a few threads like this: We are not activestate. Obviously in the links panel down the right hand side is a good place for the link. Maybe also Where should I post X?. Are there any other links which should be on perl monks?
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Re: active state community page and other missing links
by ambrus (Abbot) on Sep 03, 2008 at 22:00 UTC

    I don't support any more outside links directly to the default nodelets. The Leftover nodelet already has I think eight, at least that many have I counted in the personal css rule that removes them.

    These kind of links should go to one of the pages reachable from the Other info sources page which is linked from the Information nodelet.

    In case there's anyone else who doesn't like all the outside links on the Leftover nodelet which otherwise has important in-site navigation links too, here's the rule. Just copy to the personal CSS box in Display Settings. 

    /* hide some links from the nodelets */
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.cafepress.com/perlmonks,perlmonk
+s_too,pm_more"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.cafepress.com/
+perlmonks,perlmonks_too,pm_more"] + br, 
a[href="http://perlbuzz.com/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://perl
+buzz.com/"] + br, 
a[href="http://perl.com/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://perl.com
+/"] + br, 
a[href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi"], .nodelet#left
+overs a[href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi"] + br, 
a[href="http://jobs.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://job
+s.perl.org/"] + br, 
a[href="http://www.pm.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.pm
+.org/"] + br, 
a[href="http://planet.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://p
+lanet.perl.org/"] + br, 
a[href="http://use.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://use.
+perl.org/"] + br, 
a[href="http://www.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.
+perl.org/"] + br 
{ display: none }

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    Note: this doesn't hide the Perl Documentation link and the link to CPAN. Add those too if you want.

    Update: Fixed the rules to hide those remaining two links as well, for I decided I don't need those either. Here's the new rule: 

    .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.cafepress.com/perlmonks,perlmonk
+s_too,pm_more"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.cafepress.com/
+perlmonks,perlmonks_too,pm_more"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://perlbuzz.com/"], .nodelet#leftovers 
+a[href="http://perlbuzz.com/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://perl.com/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[hr
+ef="http://perl.com/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.c
+gi"], .nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/
+index.cgi"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://jobs.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers
+ a[href="http://jobs.perl.org/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.pm.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers a[
+href="http://www.pm.org/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://planet.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftove
+rs a[href="http://planet.perl.org/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://use.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers 
+a[href="http://use.perl.org/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://www.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers 
+a[href="http://www.perl.org/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://perldoc.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftov
+ers a[href="http://perldoc.perl.org/"] + br, 
.nodelet#leftovers a[href="http://cpan.perl.org/"], .nodelet#leftovers
+ a[href="http://cpan.perl.org/"] + br 
{ display: none }

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    Update: added newlines to the css rules, I hope that doesn't break it.

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      Perhaps this isn't quite necessary, but what about a link to Linux info, such as the Linux home page, or even a Linux forum? Since there are so many Monks who use Linux, just thought maybe this would be a good idea.

      Anyway, ++good topic. :)
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        Arguably, that sort of thing really belongs on one's homenode (DigitalKitty's homenode comes immediately to mind, with her listing of free ebooks), although I certainly understand the desire, when one does not already know of exsting quality resources.

        I also keep such things in my Free Nodelet, for easy linking if a question comes up in a post or the CB (facilitated by holli's superb Monk Links Firefox addon).

        HTH,

        planetscape
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Re: active state community page and other missing links
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Sep 04, 2008 at 17:23 UTC
    I think the reverse would be a bigger boon. ActiveState's user forum doesn't have the history and the established body of nodes that PerlMonks does. Their users would probably be helped more by that forum linking here for issues not directly related to ActiveState's peculiarities than by PerlMonks linking there.
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      Well I did it. I registered. I made sure that there is a link back to perlmonks - albeit buried in one of my posts.
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