I'm looking for a good open source directory software, preferably in PHP. Can anyone recommend a good one? You can all share in the linking wealth once it's up (and worth it to do so)
I suppose most people like phplinkdirectory or Biz directory, although I have my beefs with both That's why I'll probably roll my own script.
They both lack features that I would consider vital. Mainly, being able to edit/move/disable/delete listings and categories *inline* as opposed to going to the admin panel, searching for a listing or category and then editing it. I recently ran into an error in phplinkdir that breaks part of the admin panel. It may be fixed in RC2, but I don't want to upgrade, because of the hacks and re-design I have done. That's one big problem with just about every php application is if you customize the script, it makes upgrading a real pain.
If I can help, please let me know. I may be able to get you a little free support. With regard to the inline editing, if you will take the time to produce an html page showing exactly what you mean, I might be able to get it done for you. Thanks,
That sounds fair. 1. The error I get is when I go to Directory -> Links and then click on any one of the column headers. It goes to dir_links.php and displays: Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /xxxx/xxxx/admin/dir_links.php on line 72 Don't worry about this error, I am going to try upgrading to the current version of the script first. 2. Inline editing. Instead of creating an HTML mock-up, I'll just try to describe it. When logged into the admin panel, you can then go browse the actual directory pages and by each category name it would have tiny links or images to [edit|move|delete] to modify the directory structure from where you are instead of going to the admin panel and going Directory -> Categories then searching for the cat and clicking edit. It would work the same way for actual links or listings in the directory. next to each on there would be some small links [edit|move|delete|disable] This would allow you to edit the text/description, move the listing to another category etc. In addition to these "inline editing links" there should be (on each page) a link to add a link and add a category. These would be different than the regular submission links in that you as an admin can control the status and make them instantly visible. In each cat, at the bottom, it could also show how many pending links there are for the cat with a link to approve/reject them right there. These inline links would only show up if the user is logged in as an Admin. For the regular user, they simply wouldn't be there. Also, these inline editing links probably shouldn't take the user to the control panel, they should either pop up a box to just edit what you want to edit, or even use AJAX to display an edit form right there and then save it without even reloading the page. 3. A couple of requests for the admin panel would be A. when approving links, have check boxes by each row with the ability to approve multiple links at the same time. You can then look at the list of submissions, quickly open them all up in new Firefox tabs, and then go back tothe admin panel and approve them all with one click. B. In the listing of all links, where you can change the status, add "pending" to the options. C. At the "add a new category" screen, you need to add the newly created category to the DB before pulling the list of categories back out and displaying the drop-down box of categories. As it is now, if I create a category, and then want to create a sub-category for the newly created cat, I can't because the newly-created cat is not in the list. D. Have an option in configuration for how you want the drop-down list of categories to be displayed. 1) as it is now with the ASCII art to illustrate heierachy, or 2) as a simple alphabetically sorted list that lumps all categories together. I would choose 2 because I know what cats I have and then I could just hit the first letter on the keyboard of the category I want and It'll jump right to it. That's about all I can think of for the time being. I guess it'll keep ya busy for a while, but I honestly think these features would make your script really stand out amongst the crowd. Thanks. (Is that post long enough or what!)
better post that in the php link directory support forum. A donation would help get some of that done, and allow us to get paid as we keep busy. Even if you don't donate, you can bet we'll be making improvements over time. Thanks for your feedback.
I've been to hotscripts and a few other larger php script sites. I spent quite a lot of time looking through the options out there, but thought you guys might have some insight. I didn't want to be mocked for my choice if there was a better script out there. I'm installing phplinkdir this afternoon to try it out.
I would like to try this. But could you please tell me, the pages are dynamic or static? I mean something like a ?page=234 in the URL.
script support mod_rewrite. all links are SEO friendly. i tried with even mod_rewrite disabled on one testing site and search engin are indexing even ?page=xyz kind of links
ive been hacking away at the biz directory script, its now semi seo friendly (links mostly). you can download it here >> www.searchstream.co.uk/bizhack.rar just remember to remove my links and google/bannerboxes stuff im still listening to suggestions for feature changes in biz directory so let me hear them!
Yes, it is compatible with mod rewrite. Here is an example: http://www.newstopica.com/directory/Top_News/ And in 3.0, mod rewrite even supports multiple pages for one category: http://www.newstopica.com/directory/Top_News/page-9.html Even more enhanced mod rewrite is planned. Lots of other stuff is on the way too. If you want to see what's coming next, check out www.phpld.com.
Did you find the problem with this error: Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /xxxx/xxxx/admin/dir_links.php on line 72 Thanks John
The problem still exist also in 3.04 and I was finall abale to get an response from the support the solution is: Please edit admin/dir_links.php Find following code (line 38) Replace it with