How can PHPLinkdirectory call itself a Directory script

[SearchBoyGlobal]

:mad: I am damn furious that phpld can dare call itself opesource or even a directory script the way it is. I was just told about them charging a massive 75 dollars to take the link away from the footer on the version 2 which is supposed to be open source and that cant be right:mad: the phpscript itself is pretty damn rubbish with more bugs than my backyard. there aint no way this is an out of box script as this guy david brags and he is making mega bucks ripping people off by gettin everyone to pay for fixes and shit and then take the glory, hes one sad dude who is making scripts and open source a mockery. I see you guys all goin gaga over him here and he laughs at you he must be, you make him big bucks by promoting him.

all people should boycott the guy til he sorts his game and stops taking peoples money 'please pm me to arrange payment' is all he ever says :mad: greed aint good and hes making fools of us all.

a pissed off almost mug who decided not to buy a free script :rolleyes:

[onedollar]

Phplinkdirectory is a Directory script and a very popular one. no doubt about it. :)

and it is David's work so the owner who has put so much time in programming it certainly has the right to decide whether they want to sell it for any price or want to keep it opensource or whatever else they decide with the terms.

It's their hard work after all.

[dvduval]

You are actually the first person to be this furious about my script.

I ask you to PM me so we could discuss it. You did not do that.

You don't even know me. I am not rich, and I work very hard every day.

[Lpspider]

Oh, the horror.

[daboss]

:mad: I am damn furious that phpld can dare call itself opesource or even a directory script the way it is. I was just told about them charging a massive 75 dollars to take the link away from the footer on the version 2 which is supposed to be open source and that cant be right:mad: the phpscript itself is pretty damn rubbish with more bugs than my backyard. there aint no way this is an out of box script as this guy david brags and he is making mega bucks ripping people off by gettin everyone to pay for fixes and shit and then take the glory, hes one sad dude who is making scripts and open source a mockery. I see you guys all goin gaga over him here and he laughs at you he must be, you make him big bucks by promoting him.

all people should boycott the guy til he sorts his game and stops taking peoples money 'please pm me to arrange payment' is all he ever says :mad: greed aint good and hes making fools of us all.

a pissed off almost mug who decided not to buy a free script :rolleyes:
hey, if you want to use his script, you should at least leave the copyright link intact... it's free to you after all...

[SiteExpress]

I find it a bit odd that you have made 2 posts in this forum, and both of them were a rant about having to link to a FREE directory script. Both Site Sift, and phpLD have made themselves available to your for free, and yet you don't seem happy with that. Well....Uhmmmm Go pay a couple hundred dollars and get yourself a copy of a script that does not ask for a link, and stop your whining.

What happened? Did you download you FREE copys, and then were not able to follow the instructions well enough to get them installed properly? AHH, I get it. you are probably one of those beginners that needs a little executable file on your desktop that you can just double click and let Windows do the work for you.

It's ok...Don't cry anymore. If you like, I will set it up for you, and all I want is a footer link in return. :D :D

[dvduval]

For the record, we provided this user with a lot of free support
http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/search.php?search_author=Emir
This "buggy" software he is referring to was running on a free hosting account, and we spent a lot of time helping him, and it seems the directory script worked for him, as he thanked us several times.

Sometimes people think "open source" means that they can get free support as much as they want and not pay a dime. Open source is about working together, and if you look in our support forum, we do a great job helping people, even Emir. He may not appreciate the couple of hours of work we did to support him, or the time we spent creating the script in the first place.

We can't make everybody happy, but we have a lot of very satisfied users, and that makes me happy.

It's kind of strange that he would call me greedy, yet to the best of my knowledge, has never given me a dime!

And then I asked him to PM me directly about payment arrangements, and instead he came over here and complained. I've "worked with" a lot of people that requested help. This is one person who will not be getting any more help from me.

How can PHPLinkdirectory call itself a Directory script?

We are able to do this thru of the massive support of our users. Without them, we would be nothing.

[SonicReducer]

I'll vouch for you David, it's an awesome script. :)

[an0n]

Just w0w!...

HOW?@#$%^ in the world could you complain about a FREE script, that has a community that provides pretty decent support, not to mention, the owner (aka David), is actually there and lends one on one support for *all* scripts he has to offer.

Let us not forget that although you can get the FREE script version, there are so many MODs out there, in that, if you were to install them all, you would pretty much almost have the same functionality of a 3.0 version. (we are on 3.03), minus a few options, and a much more detailed back end interface with better functionality.

This is pathetic and a slap in the face to everyone that helped this person out. I just don't get it people like him/her.

You Emir, are one very sad individual.

anon

[minute]

Because it is one. That's why! It's the second one I have bought and it's very sweet. I was impressed with it from the get go and it's getting better.

You won't get much agreement from the users of it and objecting just because someone else has a valuable product that people want to pay for is just indicative of the fact that you could be doing better in life.

I stand by it as a high quality product. Of course you are entitled to your own opinion but even non-users would recognise that somethings up at your end of the line.

Take a chill pill.

[LuffE]

Man , if you dont like it , dont use it, its as simple as that.

Thumbs up for PhpLD crew from here.

[mystikmedia]

In my opinion, PHP Link Directory is the best script available. It is the best to submit to in any case.

[praveen]

if u think its buggy,

why dont u stop whinging and go create your own directory script instead of wasting everyone's time??

if u dont like it, then dont use it.

get a life.

[dvduval]

Thanks for your support everyone. I think the reverse of what the original poster wanted to happen has happened. phpLD is getting more good press. You (everyone) has turned this thread upside down.

I was upset earlier. I appreciate everyone's support.
I know phpLD will always need improvement, and I will do my best to see that we keep getting better. :)

[WTM]

David,
Just remember one thing: good deed never goes unpunished.
No matter how hard you try - you can't satisfy everyone...
Keep on good work. I look forward to release of version 3.0.4 and all of your other great scripts.

[obenix]

David, for the record, I must say that phpLD is a great script along with Site-Sift and IndexScript.
Keep up the good work. :)

[eli03]

phpld is a great script that's all i can say!

[John D]

I was going to post how great the script is, but it seems everyone has already done it ;)

[Agent47]

How can PHPLinkdirectory call itself a Directory script The way we call you an a**hole :)

[iowadawg]

We can now leave this thread alone and let it die out on page 3 or 4.
He only posted twice, is red, so doubtful he will be back here.

Perchance he does come back, then feel free to flame the heck out of him! LOL

[Seiya]

Lol funny how people complain about free stuff... someone offers their hard work for free and you complain? Remove the link for $75? WEll thats more than fair, if you want to remove the link it means you are out to make some money otherwise you wont mind that link there.

[NeoGen]

We can now leave this thread alone and let it die out on page 3 or 4.
He only posted twice, is red, so doubtful he will be back here.

Perchance he does come back, then feel free to flame the heck out of him! LOL

Seems to another fools day post :D

[Jackson_Hu]

The truth is good enough !!;)

[alext]

People are saying this is a free program, however it seems to cost $25/$75. What am I missing?

[mystikmedia]

v2 is free and still available. v3 is the paid version.

[minstrel]

SearchBoyGlobal seems to be confused about the nature of open source software and about the nature of the $75 fee for the right to remove the copyright notice. My guess is that's the least of his/her problems.

phpLD is a worthy directory script with a dedicated coding team and support community. The small amount charged for the version 3 update doesn't even start to compensate for the hours of time put in by the coders who have worked on this project. And, as others have stated, when a solution to a bug isn't readily available, it rarely takes long for one to appear, either as a bug fix or as a mod.

People are saying this is a free program, however it seems to cost $25/$75. What am I missing?
As mystikmedia says, you can use version 2 for free. Those who want to support the continued development of the script can upgrade to version 3 for $25. In time, version 3 will also be offered at no charge. I was among those who felt the $25 was well worth it to encourage continued development and to have access to the new features in version 3 now.

No one is required to pay $75. If you wish to remove the copyright and linkback from the script, David Duval offers you the option of doing that for $75 - personally, I would have made that amount at least double that. I don't want to remove the copyright personally - I'm happy to acknowledge the work the development team has put into this.

[Digital Artist]

Hi Guys !
I have install php script and i didnt found any bug in intalling or executing the script. it is amzing script.really it was my dream that may be i have my own directory.I will thanx php link directory for such i nice help.
wish you all best of luck for the future:)
Digital

[iowadawg]

PHPLD VER 2 on all my directories.
Mainly because I am a cheap sort of dawg.
Easy to upload and easy to set up, easy to change the templates, just plain easy all together.

In fact, just uploaded a new directory using it!
http://www.currentnewsreport.com

Anyone having problems uploading the script, or fixing it to work right, plenty of us here will help you.

[SearchBoyGlobal]

I have to eat my words now I use it and got a v.cheap coder to add some mods. Sorry guys was angry at the time without probably knowing what I was talking about. :o I might even upgrade to paid version now. :)

[SearchBoyGlobal]

Hey come on guys FFS, I never deserved red rep there with 'lol' in it. :eek: I was just going over to the design area and get a design done for the new version but who the hell is going to deal with me with red rep that I just don't deserve, what you go do that for whoever you are. :confused:

[minstrel]

Unfortunately, DP has always had a sizeable group of rep happy morons, aka rep bullies, many of whom don't like to have their "opinions" challenged by new information.

Green to compensate for the rep moron who thought it necessary to red you.

[H3llas]

is php link directory 2 under GNU GPL or some other? is php link directory 3 based on php link direcoty 2 or is it new script?

[marki8]

is php link directory 2 under GNU GPL or some other? is php link directory 3 based on php link direcoty 2 or is it new script?

i not sure it list at GNU, but it good enough for beginner and phplink3 have more function and good support if you pay for support forum.

go to they site for more information... they forum have a lot information for V2, before i buy they script (i mean v3) i using V2, i no need to ask, but just search at they forum... and have answer what i want...

[Tekime]

:mad: I am damn furious that phpld can dare call itself opesource or even a directory script the way it is. I was just told about them charging a massive 75 dollars to take the link away from the footer on the version 2 which is supposed to be open source and that cant be right:mad: the phpscript itself is pretty damn rubbish with more bugs than my backyard. there aint no way this is an out of box script as this guy david brags and he is making mega bucks ripping people off by gettin everyone to pay for fixes and shit and then take the glory, hes one sad dude who is making scripts and open source a mockery. I see you guys all goin gaga over him here and he laughs at you he must be, you make him big bucks by promoting him.

all people should boycott the guy til he sorts his game and stops taking peoples money 'please pm me to arrange payment' is all he ever says :mad: greed aint good and hes making fools of us all.

a pissed off almost mug who decided not to buy a free script

You. Are. Insane.

You are actually the first person to be this furious about my script.

I ask you to PM me so we could discuss it. You did not do that.

You don't even know me. I am not rich, and I work very hard every day.

I don't see why anyone could have anything bad to say about your script Dave it's obviously a great and very popular piece of software. I definitely wouldn't take it to heart. :)

[kidsnscience]

this is nice script, i used it

[msolution]

lol.... i jumped out of my seat seeing this thread,.... i knew something just had to be wrong!
its a 2 year old thread!!!

lol :D

[mikey1090]

Seems the "similar threads" at the bottom of a page causes pointless thread bumps at times ;)

[malcolm1]

Seems the "similar threads" at the bottom of a page causes pointless thread bumps at times ;)

Agree that those should be removed or old threads older then 1 year should
just disappear so this crap doesnt keep happening from the noobs whom post

laterz
malcolm

[discover]

usually I wouldn't post to bump an old thread again but I will to tell kidsnscience he can have some red rep for trying to build his post count up with actions like this
red reps are best used on people like this as maybe with an infaction or too he will learn how to use a forum

[H3llas]

hmm i understand this guy who complain. if this script is under gnu gpl then he can remove everything what he want. if version 3 is based on version 2 and version 2 is under gnu gpl then he can use version 3 to and make what he want. if it is not gnu gpl then he is wrong and he must obbey. if script is some kind of free licence
then it is not open source.

[Maverick88]

I have noticed some sites using the nulled version of phpld, the ones you download from warez sites.

Why doesn't the host block these sites? Does phpLD know which sites are using a nulled version?