Which directory script can meet my needs?

Discussion in 'Directories' started by YMC, May 19, 2006.

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    Hi All,

    I am working on an idea for a new niche directory. I have the domain name so I've gone at least past the first step in this idea of mine. ;)

    I've played with the esyndicat demo (love the idea of a working demo!), sent a comment/question to another (2 days and counting for an answer), and read many of the posts here and can't figure out if any of them can do this.

    Free is better, but I am willing to pay for the application. Please do not PM me with your product/offering; post it here for others to see and comment on. I am hoping to use one of the scripts already for sale rather than someone else's "script I made and use for my site" to ensure some support and longevity.

    Here's what I'm looking for:

    1. I want to have a nontypical user supplied field. The field will be part of the submission and will be displayed with the listing.

    2. I want to be able to modify the template (without needing a PhD in PhP or smarty) to include this field in each listing. I do know HTML and CSS fairly well.

    3. This field needs to be shown in the admin area or easily viewed as it will be part of the submission and will need to be reviewed prior to acceptance.

    4. I would like to have the fields on the submission screen identify the number of acceptable characters and run a script that shows the submittor the number of characters remaining as they type. Does your script do this automatically or would it be a mod?

    If any of these items will require custom mods, please let me know so I can evaluate my ROI and whether or not I want to invent the wheel as it were.

    Thanks,
    ymc
     
    YMC, May 19, 2006 IP
  2. dvduval

    dvduval Notable Member

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    All this can be done with some slight modifications to phpLD. Smarty uses html, so I wasn't sure I understood your point there.
     
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    YMC Well-Known Member

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    I had no point as I don't know what Smarty is other than seeing it mentioned in the phpLD forums.
     
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    dvduval Notable Member

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    Any time you are doing "programming" and "design", there is really no way to completely separate the two, but the Smartly templating system is on of the best known ways to bring the two together where the designer can design, and the programmer can program. You will notice there are many templates available for phpLD, so I hope this demonstrates to you that at least many other people have been able to work with Smarty.
     
    dvduval, May 20, 2006 IP