It's funny, in this thread: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=106558 You said: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=13604143&postcount=377
What else would you expect from a PPP. hahaha Another quirk for phpLD is that they remove private messaging, so if you have someone to help out for free, they take that away, because they are trying to extort money for paid work, rather than allow others to help out.
You can go for phpweby is a free & nice directory script. My directory is built by this script only - "spiderlinks.info"
free version phpld has anything you need. if you digg deep enough you can find working mods to add functionality even more. paid, i dont know, i don't use paid directory scripts
also try to go to some freelancer site, they can make you specific script you want such as directory listing script.
You can try my script. LinkEnginePro. Why? - Free - Advanced custom fields. Not only regular custom field, but you can also define its validation method (required, numeric, string, regex, etc.) and you can create custom fields for link, category, user and command. - Easy templating. If you like joomla, then this script is similar. Some of our users said it is CMS + directory script.