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Directory Scripts?

Discussion in 'Scripts and Coding' started by Alien, Feb 13, 2012.

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  1. Alien

    Alien Well-Known Member

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    Hi everyone,

    I'm looking to create a new directory site for classified listings and business advertising, etc in a specific niche.

    I have a PHPMyDirectory licence but would like to use something different. Any recommendations or suggestions?

    Ideally, I can either purchase a template or customise this myself.

    Cheers!
     
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  3. vizzo United Kingdom

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    I'm using directorypress. Works using Wordpress. Example here: lakedistrict cottages .org
     
  4. Alien

    Alien Well-Known Member

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    Thanks vizzo - that looks great! :)
     
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    Hi looks good!

    One point though. If the site is aimed at end users searching for a cottage shouldn't the top level navigation be more user friendly and focused on them rather than links / tabs for the cottage owners themselves?

    Cheers,

    Flinty
     
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    @flinty - I'm sure you're right - the site still needs some tweaking.

    @ alien - Directory press has a nice clean look to it's interface but I did find it less than intuitive at times! If you decide to use it (I think it's around $70) and hit problems like thumbnails not showing pm me as i may have hit similar probs! It's done the job for my purposes and doesn't look like just another php directory!
     
  7. Alien

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    Thanks vizzo, very kind of you. :)

    Does anyone else have any other ideas or recommendations? :D
     
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    Are there any decent directory scripts where you can input UK businesses and users can search for nearest one by postcode/location
     
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    @ bensd, I've been playing with my own directory script (drupal based) but geoplaces (wp theme) looks good, think i'll be trying it out eventually...
     
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