Disable url and email validation in add form

[achintha]

how to disable url and email validation in add form?

[FSGDAG]

I'm a bit confused...

Do you want it so that people dont have to register in order to submit a link?

or

Do you want it so that links submitted are auto approved???

[echo@]

edit your link_add.php file located within the admin directory

scroll down to the "// verify input" comments , roughly line 112 and you will find

// verify input

if(empty($title)) $error_msg = $msg["20071"];
    elseif(empty($url)) $error_msg = $msg["20072"];
    elseif(empty($cat)) $error_msg = $msg["20073"];
    elseif (!empty($email) && !IsEmailAddress($email)) $error_msg = $msg["20074"];
    elseif (!empty($bid) && !IsMoney($bid)) $error_msg = $msg["20075"]; 

this is where you can disable the $url as compulsory and should work with email to.

to disable $url delete the

elseif(empty($url)) $error_msg = $msg["20072"]; 

line (or comment out)

to disable $email delete the

 elseif (!empty($email) && !IsEmailAddress($email)) $error_msg = 

line (or comment out)

save.

Then you have to edit your add_form.html and remove

<input class="text3" type="text" name="url" size="40" value="<%$url%>" />
        <input type="button" name="fetch_meta" value="Fetch Meta Tags" onclick="FetchMeta(); return false;" /> 

line, and

<input class="text3" type="text" name="email" size="40" value="<%$email%>" /> 

save,