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Welcome to my collection of Electronics related links on the net. As my collection of links has grown, I have always found it difficult to categorize and manage them. It takes multiple web pages to create all of the different possible categories which is a chore to maintain. Whenever an update is required, you have to find all of the duplicate links or your collection starts to become a mess. In order to improve on that method, I am now experimenting with the use of JavaScript to display the links according to the chosen category while only storing the link once. JavaScript was chosen to avoid dependence on Server functions which may not always be available, or are available for a price. Few methods are perfect and JavaScript also has its limitations. I would like to have the SubCategory entries that are available change depending on the chosen Category. Although this may be possible, it appears difficult to implement, and may be incompatible with some browsers. For now, I will have to live with the fact that some combinations of Category and SubCategory will not display any links. This also applies to Region selection. For the links that I have entered so far, not all of them have their appropriate categories defined, but I am working on it. I will also be adding more links as time permits. Overall, this JavaScript technique does look promising and if no major obstacles are discovered, I will continue to refine and improve it in the future. |