Reminder for links expiring ( like at monthly/yearly duration ) deep links spam prevention and captcha Template modification Add-ons/mods SEO optimized And much more new things Lets see what you come up with Best of luck.
If I was the owner of any of the existing directory scripts, especially phpld I would stop udating the free versions and move to a two-tier premuim version. A cheap one ($10-$15 and a more expensive one $30-$40). Most folks are building directories now as businesses and every business should expect to outlay a bit of cash at the beginning to get going. If I was the owner of phpld I would buyout some of the nice mod packages/themes that are offered and incorporate them into a new version of the directory and then keep adding some additional functionality to the free version and bump it up to a low-cost version.
I guessing it will be paid script? If so i will be beta tester . Anyways, most important aspect of directory script is ease of template modification, ease of admin to add links, multiple categories at one go, proper search engine urls without phpsessions thing for spiders, good interface for users submitting urls, instead of having drop down menu for selection of categories ajax selection would be good. Same goes for admins, proper display for admin when improving links, it should display > Title > url - Description of links - Parent category - current category - featured/normal link status - one simple action column for click approval,edit,changing status to pending,inactive,removal, multiple links and category removal at once. And ability to have banner/ads rotation function built in, where you can just select any banner and display it either in hearder,footer sidemenus etc., proper functioning contact form with spam filters, good payment module, so if user does not pay link goes to non-payment category, no ipn url requirement, ability to make links featured,sponsored etc. automatically after succesful payment. Working default email template, so you do not have to write one yourself after you get script installed. Better screen size for admin section,it should not push your screen to left or right or go out of your screen so you have to scroll to the right or left, ability of admin to edit links,category without default end user restrictions, ability of admin to allow or disallow top category submissions for regular links but allow for only featured links in top category, ability to lock particular category for featured links only ... Lots more will come only after looking at ur script. ^^ that looks all jumbled doesnt it
Wow, thanks for ideas And yes, it will be a paid script. But I'm thinking of having 2 releases. A free release and a paid release. Of course paid release will have more features and add-ons.
See i want these things :- -Some words(i will select those) would be banned, -if you select reciprocal it should be 100% confirmed that user has also linked us -Spam protection. - Some cool stuff like short games in that template. Thats all Jay
I like to see * Multiple payment options. * Spam protection Mod if any * Multiple listing options (like featured 3 months,6 months,1 year,permanent) * Link expiring reminder * Possible to offer sitewide and homepage link with duration through admin pannel (So no need to keep separate record)
With all these great ideas I appears the directory marketplace is wide open for competition. I wonder how hard it really is to program one? You would think someone could outsource development of one with all these cool features for 1k-2k and then they could be a major player in the directory market?
All those features are already done except some cool stuff you mentioned. Thanks for your ideas It will have multiple payment options, multiple listing options and link expiring reminder. Spam protection is already done. I will try to do something about sitewide links also, thanks for your ideas LOL Yea, I think they could be. We will see
Needs a Search Option... PHPLD is so cumbersome looking for a link in the Links or Category directory reminds me of 1995. There is no search it's crazy. (Or am I crazy and not seeing it.)
Yea exactly there will be search option. I think it's gonna take something between 2-3 months for me to complete this project. Because I have to add many features, and I don't really have so much time (school, exams, many sites that I'm running right now). But it will eventually be completed, and released in DP first
If you want it to pick up fast you need to build a module so people can import from phpLD and the other 1 or 2 most popular. That way you can begin converting established Directories.
Yea, I already thought about it. There will be a converter module from popular directory scripts to mine. By the way I still haven't come up with a name for my directory script