Package??

Now I choose a package under node/add and it says "Unknown Package" ???

To be honest mate I just wanted to make a simple link so i could check out your reciprocal validation, I dunno about this packages business...?

I had the same problem.

The only working solution that I found for this problem was to;

1. Delete all the "packages" that has been created.
2. Add a new "type".
3. Add packages by selecting "types" that you have created.
4. Now you can create a node from link_node type from "node/add/node-link"

Are you also using node browser with this module? There is a cache issue with node browser (5.x-2.5), so if you intent to use node browser to make a link exchange directory you have to clear cache whenever you make any changes to node_browser settings or/and taxonomy terms. I personally used drupal.org/project/devel module for clearing caching (after installing devel module you have to enable devel block from admin/build/block, after this you will find a link in devel block that says "clear cache").

I had to give my whole day to setup node browser + node link but still I'm unable to make a directory similar to one shown at http://www.united-kingdom-travel.info/en/directory/ . I don't see the addsite (http://www.united-kingdom-travel.info/en/directory/addsite.html) page in my website after enabling node link module. ??

And, the node that I added from "node/add/node-link" redirects me to a node page, containing link title + link description + link url (that I added manually in CCK with the help of link filed module) but actually it should redirect to an external link page similarly to the one in http://www.united-kingdom-travel.info/en/directory/. ??

Anyway, if I get these, node link + node browser, working, I'll be more than happy to write a small documentation + a small video podcast for this great module.

I would really appreciate if developer of this module can answer to these queries. :-)

I am no expert and I use many of the default settings but this is how I use Node Link:

From Administer > Settings > Node Link Settings

Settings tab:
Add Form Title = eg New Link
Edit Form Title = eg Edit Link
Categories = I created a taxonomy vocabulary called 'Node Links' to categorise my links
For all other settings I used the defaults

Site Details tab:
Used defaults

Types tab:
Added a type with the title of 'URL' (though I am not sure what else can be entered here)
Reciprocal = No

Package:
Added a Package with the title of 'Links'
Checked the URL type created in previous tab
Used defaults for the other settings
Then clicked Submit

To create a Node Link go to:
Administer > Creat Content > Node Link
A form with the title 'New Link' (created earlier in 'Node Link' settings) is created.
Select a category for your link from the Taxonomy Vocabulary created for your links (in my case 'Node Links' which I created for my links)
Select a 'Package', in this case 'Links' (created earlier in 'Node Link' settings)
Add the 'URL' (the 'Type' created earlier in 'Node Link' settings)
Everything else I used defaults and left 'Email' empty
Click submit and 'Node Link' will attempt to validate the URL. A warning will be issued if the link fails validation.

Repeat Administer > Creat Content > Node Link to build up a directory of links categorised using taxonomy.

Each 'Node Link' that is created is a Drupal node. Node Browser can then be configured to display all the links (or sub-sections) created using 'Node Link'.

My observations:

I think the 'Type' tab is where the misunderstanding occurs. I have not tried any type other than a simple URL but I guess various types can be added and these can be bundled into a 'Package'. 'Packages' can contain a mix of 'Types' and then the required 'Package' can be selected when filling out the 'Node Link' creation form. If you have created one or more 'Packages' selecting a 'Package' will cause the 'Node Link' creation form to refresh and display the 'Types' bundled with the selected 'Package'.

Hope this helps.

will add configuration of node link in details.....soon

Wow thanks, I didn't expect a detailed response like that :D
It's good to know you guys got it working, perhaps we can encourage dortik to put a brief explanation on the project page or readme file to avoid these issues in future?
I am considering contributing a patch to give this information to the user via drupal_set_message if they use the wrong workflow, rather than just throwing a php error.

My ideas for a module which depends on this module include adding links automatically to the system from referers - like how youtube videos show the referer links (people who are linking to the video), and URLs suggested by frontend users, and also maybe I will write some kind of thing to go looking for references to our website, or topics from our website, on the internet and add those URLs too.

danielb That will be great!

There is still one things I was unable to figure out:

The node that I added from "node/add/node-link" redirects me to a node page, containing link title + link description + link url but actually it should redirect to an external link page similarly to the one in http://www.united-kingdom-travel.info/en/directory/ ? How can this be done. ??

I would really appreciate if you someone can provide a solution for it.

Might want to check out http://drupal.org/project/weblinks/ It is a simple weblinks package.

Thanks
Robert