I'm not Wendy, but let's see if I can figure some of this out for ya!

Hi, MaaMaw

I suspect there was a problem on the onlinemarketing forum, not your end. I can access it just now.

> I can't go to the support forum for LINK MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT because I
> can't get into it, and I don't know if the problem is on my end or theirs
> (I suspect it's on mine).

> 1. I imported some links using the link wizard. It worked fine.

> 2. I imported more links from another category. It worked fine, but it
> turned out I didn't want that category after all, so I deleted it through
> the proper channels (though the link wizard).

> 3. I tried to import more links from yet another category, and while I got
> the standard email telling me it was done, nothing happened -- no new
> category, no new links. (Note the first time I did it, it did put in the
> category but showed zero active or inactive links; I deleted that and
> tried again and nothing happened.)

I find the link import wizard works best when I have surfed down to a lesser category with less sub-categories off it. The best ones for me have been the last couple of tiers of a category of DMOZ.

> 4. I decided to forget the other category (I had plenty to start), so I
> went to the templates to set it up on my site.

> 5. That's when I realized I was in over my head. (I don't understand if
> I'm supposed to change things like {%navigation-path%} or just plop it
> "as is" into my template, etc., because I don't really
> understand where all this is hiding; I see no changes whatsoever when I
> look at the site on my FTP screen.)

It took me a wee while to get this figured as well. The first couple of times I made an alteration to my template, I got it completely wrong. So, to experiment, I first of all tried to modify the templates supplied by LMA, using the template editor supplied by them - and put the {%navigation-path%} in to a different place on a page, saved the template, and then looked at my web site page to see where the changes were made.

Recommendations?

Using a fairly plain html template with no extra codes (use Notepad or Wordpad to edit it), put in the LMA {%navigation-path%} tags, and then copy and paste this whole page into one of the fields for a page in the LMA template editor. Save the changes and then have a look at the site again. Your new page should show up - although you might have to refresh the page, if it was cached. That way you'll soon get the hang of making the changes.

I know I sometimes make a better job of my explanations - so I hope this doesn't confuddle you some more!

Cheers
Margaret