How to Add Links to the Directory and Create New Link Categories

[Dominic Maricic]

1. Log into site
2. Under Create Content click on Weblink
3. In the Title box type in the name of the company, for our example: Owl Home Inspections
4. In the Link URL box type in the website address, for our example: http://www.owlhomeinspections.com
5. In the body section type a little bit of info about the site: Performs Home Inspections in Chicago and surrounding areas
6. In the Links box select the category you want the link to appear in. If you want to create a new category, see below.
7. The page title box is optional. If you don't enter in anything it will use what you typed into Title in #3 for the page title at the top of the site. If you want to
8. Meta Tag Description (Optional): Enter in whatever you put into the body here, usually you have a few good keywords in it so it will help your site rankings to do it: Performs Home Inspections in Chicago and surrounding areas
9. Meta Tag Keywords (Optional): Type in one or two phrases relating to the link, such as "Chicago Home Inspections".
10. Menu Settings (Optional) : Skip this unless you want the link to show up on your menu. If you want it to, fill this out like you would a page menu link.
11. URL Path Settings (Optional) : It's a good idea to set this as you can get some more keywords into your domain, for example: Owl-Home-Inspections.html
12. Click Submit and you're done!!

To Create new Link categories:
1. Click on Link Categories in your admin menu (If you do not see this link let us know, some of the early sites did not have the link).
2. Click Add Term at the top
3. Select Root as the parent if this is a main category, or select another category if this will be a sub category (for example, adding states under home inspetors)
4. Term Name: Enter the Category Name, for example Contractors
5. Description: Type in the description, for example: This section is for local contractors that we have worked with and know are of high quality.
6. Ignore everything else and click Submit. You're done!

[Dominic Maricic]

Animated tutorial on this has been added: http://www.homeinspectorpro.com/Home-Inspection-Website-Tutorial/How-to-add-links-to-your-sites-link-directory.html

[John Adrian Sopher]

Hey Dom I've been looking at adding the states as a sub menu under my home inspector website link.  I've done it the way you say to do it, but the sub menu shows up on the main page (as a sub menu) but I don't want people to see the list of states until they enter the 'home inspector website' menu.  How can I get it to do that?

[Dominic Maricic]

I'll have to add in an option to show it on the home page or not. I have a few other options I need to finish up first and then I'll come back to this. Go ahead and create your states for now and once the option is up it'll move them (you won't have to redo).

[John Adrian Sopher]

Okay cool deal.  Thanks

[Alan Senter]

I need to know how to move or remove links, after they have been created.

Please help.

Alan

[Dominic Maricic]

Click on Content. Check box next to a link you want gone, change the action at the top to delete.

[John Adrian Sopher]

I hope your not deletin me!!! 

[Greg Bell]

How do you get a state list on the inspector link page? Then how do you link to each state?

Thanks

[Dominic Maricic]

Hi Greg,

Follow the first post in this topic. The 2nd group of steps is to create new categories (states). The first set of steps show how to add new links, of which you'd just choose the drop down box for the state you want.

[Brian OKeefe]

I have the states listed now on my site. Do I need to manually transfer all the inspectors links to each respective state??

[Michael Merino]

I did as this post and the tutorial said. I then tried to add a state. I messed up and deleted it. Seems I lost one of the three default categories that were there to begin with.

[Michael Merino]

If I keep going with all these questions and issues, I am going to be the top poster by the end of next week.  LOL!!!

[Dominic Maricic]

I have the states listed now on my site. Do I need to manually transfer all the inspectors links to each respective state??

Click on Content and filter links. Then click edit next to each link and select the state.

[Dominic Maricic]

If I keep going with all these questions and issues, I am going to be the top poster by the end of next week.  LOL!!!

So that's your plan. Try to get out of the newbie ranking as fast as you can

You deleted Associations, you can add it back just like the other categories. Try adding the State again. Click Link Categories, type in California, click the parent as Home Inspectors type and you're set.

[Brian OKeefe]

If you can believe it. I actually figured it out and are done and it really didn't take that long at all to do.

[Michael Merino]

If you can believe it. I actually figured it out and are done and it really didn't take that long at all to do.

I looked at your links and I like that. I want mine like his. Why does this board kick me off when I have "forever" selected at login?

Dominic, I Click Link Categories, then Add Term? type in the state, then pick home inspector website?

[Dominic Maricic]

Mike, you got it exactly.

You must have a program blocking your cookies from saving otherwise you'll stay logged in.

[Steven DeGiulio]

Hi Gentlemen, It's been awhile!
Steve DeGiulio

[Dominic Maricic]

Hey Steven,

You want to go post in the Link Exchange thread under Search Engine Optimization to exchange with everyone.