I think that what I'm trying to do might end up being straightforward, but I'm not sure how to tackle it. I'd like to create a custom list of links, per entry, so each link would have its text and URL (these are not necessarily going to be links to articles within this installation of MT).
I thought about doing it with custom fields, but I'd essentially have to create a bunch of fields like "Link 1 URL", "Link 1 Text", "Link 2 URL", "Link 2 Text", etc.
The problem with that is that I'm limited to how many custom fields I create ahead of time. Is that the best way to handle this?
There's no way to have more than one copy of a particular custom field, is there?
Reported on Movable Type 4.261
I would recommend to use Arvind's Link Roller plugin from http://plugins.movalog.com/link-roller/ and to group the links using an ID, same id with the entry id for which you want to display them.
Then on the entry template you would display the links associated to that entry id.
That looks like it might be my best solution. I'll have to sell some people on the idea, but I think it might be a winner. Thanks!
That looks like it might be my best solution. I'll have to sell some people on the idea, but I think it might be a winner. Thanks!
Try this: http://www.devlounge.net/code/creating-a-print-friendly-template-in-movable-type
The approach used there to create a list of references like a bibliography for the printer-friendly pages with the MT Collect plugin might be closer to what you are asking for.
That looks promising too, and considerably less costly than Link Roller. I think what I'll end up doing is presenting both options and seeing which one we want to go with, since it's not entirely my decision to make.