# Gossamer Links Help

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The category browser is a simple way to manage your database. The browser lets you easily manage large category trees by just pointing and clicking. For small databases (less then 200 categories), the browser will load all your categories into memory and you can expand any section of the tree immediately. For larger databases, only the top level categories are loaded, and clicking on the arrow icons will fetch the selected subcategories and expand the category you want.

Clicking on the Root folder will give you the option of adding a sub-category. You can continue adding as many sub-categories as deep as you wish, there is no pre-set limit to the number of drill-down levels, simply your estimation of the user’s patience.

Clicking on a category, will give you a list of all links inside that category in the right frame, plus options for the following:

- Browse: This displays a list of links within the category, and is what you see by default.
- Add Sub Category: This takes you to an add form that lets you create a sub category.
- Add Link: This takes you to an add form that lets you add a link in this category.
- Edit: This lets you change any field for the current category
- Delete: This lets you delete the current category. Warning: deleting a category will delete all links inside that category, plus all sub categories!!
- Move: This lets you move the category to another part of the tree. To move the category simply click "Move", and then click on the category you want to move to.
- Editors: Clicking "Editors" brings up a menu allowing you to create and delete editors. Editors are users who are given select administrative control over a category and it's sub categories. When an editor logs in, an "Editors" link will be displayed along with the other links on the directory home page. Clicking this link will display an Admin Panel, giving the editor access to the categories and options assigned to them.
- Related: You can setup category relations by clicking on related. From here, just click on the category you want this to be related to and it will appear in the list. To stop, simply hit cancel.

From here you can also edit the links that are in this category. You can:

- Update: This link only shows up if the link has been updated by a user, and the changes have not yet been validated. Clicking on this will let you approve or reject the changes the user made. Note: you can also do this by clicking on Changed Links in the Database menu.
- Validate: This link only shows up if the link has been added by a user, and is not yet validated. Clicking on this will let you view the link and determine if it should be added into the database or not, or if it belongs in a different category than the one selected by the user. Note: you can also do this by clicking on Validate Links in the Database menu.
- Edit: This takes you to a modify form where you can change any attribute of the link.
- Delete: This lets you delete the link.
- Move: This lets you move the link to a different category. Simply click on "Move", then click on the link you want to move it to.
- Copy: This lets you copy a link to a different category. Simply click on "Copy", then click on the category you want to copy the link to.
- Owner: Clicking "Owner" will display a list of all links owned by the user who owns the selected link.

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