# Gossamer Links Help

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Admin Overview

Your admin panel gives you complete control over all aspects of your Gossamer Links directory. From here you can do everything: from editing templates to downloading plugins to changing your system settings.

The admin panel is broken up into 10 major headings:

Home | This returns you to the main Gossamer Links page that you first arrived at. It also has the Quick Links toolbar which you can customize and place your most commonly used links for quicker reference.
Browse | The Browse menu gives you a graphic representation of your directory. You can quickly browse your category structure, move categories around, move links around, validate links, create category relations and assign new category editors.
Database | From Database you can access your database in the traditional view of searching and displaying records. You can also validate links, verify and check links, and have access to a number of useful tools like MySQLMan.
Build | One of the main features of Gossamer Links is its ability to generate static HTML pages. The build menu lets you create static HTML pages, plus control the entire look of your site. From the template editor you can change the templates that build the pages of your directory, and from the language editor you can alter any language-specific words.
Email | Gossamer Links provides you with a powerful and versatile Mass Mailer that can be used to send email to all or select groups of users. From here you can email people in your directory, email newsletters of new links, and even maintain custom mailing lists.
Plugins | Plugins allow you to enhance Gossamer Links with just a few clicks. You can connect to Gossamer Threads and download the latest plugin, or even use the wizard to create new plugins.
Payments | The Payments menu allows you to configure your Gossamer Links installation to accept payments from your users for listing their links for defined periods of time. Paid links will be displayed above unpaid links in your directory.
Setup | All your program configuration is stored here. Everything from your SQL setup, to Build options. You should have a look through to see all the different ways you can configure Gossamer Links.
Static | This link will take you to your main page. It will be a 404 error until you build your directory for the first time.
Dynamic | Gossamer Links can also display your directory dynamically! Clicking here will take you to the page.cgi script which displays your directory on the fly.
Help | Clicking on help gives you context-sensitive help.

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