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phpLD 4.1 Released

dvduval — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:27:48 GMT

Our previous 4.0 release brought you widgets, and 4.1 will surely prove even more exciting, putting more power into your hands than ever before. It has been our continuing goal to provide a script that can act as a directory of virtually anything, and by most measures, that day has arrived.

Here is a summary of the features added in 4.1:

New Fields Galore!

Not only is it easier to add new fields to phpLD now, the base version of phpLD makes many more fields available which you can easily turn on or off both on the submit form and on the link details pages. Adding things like deep links or a fax number field is as easy as switching them on. And adding other fields that don't exist is also much simplified. However, we still consider adding new fields an "intermediate level" task, and the help or advisement of a programmer or experienced phpLD user may be necessary. Nevertheless, it is much easier now. What is also in place is the ease of expanding the number of fields that come "pre-loaded" with phpLD. Just as we were able to add lots of widgets to phpLD, adding fields will be just as easy in 4.1 and beyond.

A couple of the "cool" new fields are:
Image (with 3 sizes, thumb, medium, and large in a lighbox)
File Upload
Site Links (as google does in serps)
Multiple Categories for Links
You'll probably want to view the Link Types and Submit Items Video to get up to speed on how all of this works. From a developer standpoint, the ability to add mods, and roll out new types directories (or business models) has never been easier.

Bye Bye Smarty Validation, Hello Jquery!

Ever get frustrated with the numerous Smarty Validation errors? We certainly did! While smarty is still great as a template system, the validation possible with Jquery is much more advanced, and easy to use. One of our developers who works regularly with our customers in the jobs area was ecstatic to find out we had made the decision to switch to Jquery. As you add submit items you have numerous choices on validators you can use. For example, you can make a field validate for a URL or an email, meaning that if the user fails to enter a URL in the field, they are given a warning message. There is plenty of room from a developer standpoint too to add your own custom validators.

Submit Page Much Easier to Setup and Organize

Just like widgets, you can choose which fields will appear and you can sort the order of the fields. As noted above, you can also add fields or turn fields on or off. And you can create as many link types as you like. In previous versions of phpLD you were mostly limited to things like Regular Links, Featured Links and Free with Reciprocal. Now you can name them whatever you wish, and have as many as you like. If you only offer one type then the submit form will simply display the fields for that single type. If you offer multiple link types, then radio buttons are used and the submit form is automatically updated using ajax when the user selects a different submit type. With near total control of what appears on the submit form, it is now easier than ever to create your own products and specials that are unique to your directory.

More Uses for phpLD Right Out of the Box!

Let's say you wanted to use phpLD as a classified script. Simply edit your Link Type and assign the fields you need. In this case, you probably want to turn on the Price field (so users can see the price of the item), and then you would turn on the image field (so users can upload an image). And of course, you would turn on fields like title and description (maybe allow users to use one of the editors), and then you are up and running with a Classified Ad script. You can offer both free listings and featured listing.

The possibilities are limitless. Just turn on the fields you need, and go! If there is a field you need that is not present, it is easier than ever to add them. And if you need something more complex, we have a dev team that can help.

Send a Newsletter to Your Users

Ever wanted to send a newsletter to all of your users? Now you can! With phpLD being used for so many varying purposes now, it has become a necessity to be able to communicate with users who are part of your site, and build a community.

4.1 Templates

We've also updated about a dozen 4.1 templates at the time of this writing, and many more should be available soon. You'll notice there are over 250 templates in our template archive. Let us know if you need a template upgraded to the current version.

Happy downloading and hope to see your newly upgraded phpLD soon!

LinkEnginePro directory script 2.5 released

linkenginepro — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:51:27 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of LinkEnginePro 2.5. This new version will bring LinkEnginePro into the next level. I believe the features and performance has surpassed most of available directory scripts out there.

Update and improvements:

1) Encrypted user password

2) Alternative detail page url. This new detail page url doesn't need resource's seo-title. So no need to rebuild seo title if you use this detail page url. Recommended for large database.

In rows.php, use to generate detail page url. The .htaccess file also has been modified to accommodate this new detail url.

3) Add max execution time to 120 seconds

4) Toggle on/off tinymce editor for richtext fields

5) Add SEO url for resource's tag
- there is an option to enable disable seo url tag in Setting section
- if you enable this, then lep will need to build the seo title of the tag
- in admin panel, there is a link to perform rebuld seo url tag

6) Two new widgets
- Listing by PageRank. This widget will show a list of PR value. When the visitor click the PR value it will redirect them to a page which list of resources that has the selected PR value. New page called 'prlist.php' also created to display the listing by Google PageRank.

- RSS News. This widget will show rss news from rss source you set in admin panel. It is an easy way to add news into your directory.

7) New default template. Lets say good bye for the previous default template. This new template offer better design. A clean blue theme, perfect for many directories. Css structure also improved for easy modification.

8) Menu group now can have html class and html id. This is useful to customize how to design navigation menu.

9) Add cat_get_parents() function. It is to make easier for code modification.

10) Optimized the script for large database with over one million links. In many cases, you will have smaller database size. So in other word, your directory will run much faster than before.

Bug fixes:

1) Fixed "no resource" in category page when no featured listing

2) Fixed announcement rss fetch in admin panel

3) Fixed 'unique' custom field validation

4) Fixed login widget, replace text input type with password input type

Try online demo.

Download here.

SEO Tool

mimika — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:52:45 GMT

We invite you to test our new SEO Tool.

Now you can BULK check (up to 100 at a time) domains information in only few seconds.

It will show you the following data:

IP Address
PageRank
Alexa Rank
DMOZ Listed
Yahoo Backlinks
Google Backlinks
AllTheWeb Backlinks
AltaVista Backlinks
Links on homepage
Whois Details
Domain Age

It can be accessed from AMRAY index page using SEO Tools link.

Enjoy it

:)

mimika

Introducing GoldRoo script - free installation until the end of September

Poirot — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:21:35 GMT

Hi folks

I'd like to officially introduce the goldroo script.
The goldroo directory script has been especially designed with more than just another directory in mind, but is especially suited for niche directories or local directories.
The goldroo script can also be used to create a whole complete website because of the built-in WYSIWYG HTML editor, the possibility to use different templates to render pages etc, with a directory being just an add-on.

Some of the main features are (Almost all the features are here):

Automated Google map for each listing
Ad management with automated reminders etc
Automated dead link checker
Ready to accept deeplinks, publish articles etc
Listings can add the content of their RSS feed
Listing owners can post news directly to your homepage etc

Check all the features here

You also have a play with the demo here:
* Demo site
* Demo admin: Use admin as username and password

Order your goldroo script before the end of September 2010 and we will install it for free on any cPanel enabled hosting.

Of course you can also order your special goldroo hosting for your new website, and if you register your new or transfer your existing domain name to goldroo, then we will even give you your first year hosting for free!

Any questions, just ask here in IVS, in our forum or helpdesk.

John

HubDir - New Directory Script Platform

HubDir — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:53:30 GMT

Hi all,

I have just launched a brand new PHP and MySQL directory script. The script is called "HubDir" and is a multi-site powerful and userfriendly system to run directory sites on.

Some of the features:

Built-in Google Analytics and Google Adsense Support
Autogenerated HTML & XML Sitemaps
Search Engine Optimized in a big way!
Complete Control Panel With CMS
Built-in support for Facebook Like buttons
User-friendly Design
Featured Listings
2-level Category Structure
Article Content Area
Support for Multi-Directory operation from one central control panel
Free Life-Time Upgrades
And much more...

I'm hoping that some of you will find this interesting and hopefully have a closer look at www.hubdir.com.

Here's a screenshot of the frontend:

You can see more screenshots and a demo on the Features page.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Best wishes
Rune Risom
HubDir.com