a directory using wordpress??

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  1. #1
    errr, I've been having thoughts about creating a wordpress directory (in other words, a directory using wordpress).

    as I see it, there's nothing wrong, as a directory generally should:

    1. be searchable;
    2. be seo friendly;
    3. be categorized

    which if I use wordpress would be able to do that.

    the problem is, of course, sites can only be added manually by me (unless I let people register and submit their sites) and I don't really know what the search engines will think about this.

    any thoughts about this?
     
    121603, Jun 30, 2006 IP
  2. rewlie

    rewlie Active Member

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    #2
    That's hell bunch of works to do! Just consider a directory script rather than manually creating it using WP
     
    rewlie, Jul 1, 2006 IP
  3. 121603

    121603 Peon

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    I'm thinking it's more of a blog rather than a directory, but will just act like a directory. errr, do you understand any of that? hehehe..
     
    121603, Jul 2, 2006 IP
  4. rewlie

    rewlie Active Member

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    I know what you mean, I have just seen one blog doing the same recently, i did not recall the url, but you can search here by kwd "blog directory"
     
    rewlie, Jul 2, 2006 IP
  5. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    I also did see it. I think its a plugin maybe. But it looked very nice if you can find it.
     
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  6. 121603

    121603 Peon

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    what about the SE's? will they think it's spam or will it be just seen as a filter blog?
     
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  7. rewlie

    rewlie Active Member

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    They will not treat the directory as a spam
     
    rewlie, Jul 5, 2006 IP
  8. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    All my directories have custom fields where I either calculate information or get the user to add in information.

    Writing the plugins to do that in WP would be alot of work. Directory programs, typically, offer it out of the box.

    I then just have to write the code to use the information.

    I can see why you might want to do this but I wonder if you've read this thread and reviewed the free options which are available... Directory Scripts
     
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  9. titoni

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    You can't do ti with wordpress.Anyway it's only a blog system.
    There have toms of free directory scripts ,just like PHPLD.
     
    titoni, Jul 5, 2006 IP
  10. ShinyThings

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    I've thought about doing this too. I don't want to use a separate directory script because I want it integrated into an existing site that uses wordpress. If you see any nice examples while you're looking around, I'd love to see them.
     
    ShinyThings, Jul 9, 2006 IP
  11. john_loch

    john_loch Rodent Slayer

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    Use a seperate script, but call it using either a WP PHP or wrapper plugin. That way you get the best of both worlds.

    Alternatively, you might consider http://wp-plugins.net/plugin/jodpie/ (this is an ODP plugin for WP)

    Cheers,

    JL
     
    john_loch, Jul 10, 2006 IP