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[awall19]

I am not the best at making a exceptionally pretty looking website. I know that by using CSS I can make many of the layout and design issues easy to change and keep them external to the page content.

I am thinking about making a website which is a directory and wanted to know if there was any software for this purpose that is worthwhile. I have seen many sites using gossamer threads and other similar products. Is there any that really stands out as good stuff?

I wanted to know if there was any software of this nature that was
1.) well worth is price
2.) made design a decent amount easier

[Jill]

I was actually looking at software for directories recently. One that looked really nice and easy to use was the Free PHP Directory Script. I didn't try it or anything, but it seemed to have lots of features.

Good luck!

Jill

[awall19]

I am not one for installing stuff...but that almost seems suspiciously easy...will let you know how things go in a week or so

Thanks Jill

[awall19]

I tried to install it and it already is

easy stuff

surprised

[Think Web]

I've been looking for something like that for a while.

Thank you Jill!

[awall19]

so all will know they have three different versions of the script

version a and version b are essentially the same thing

the only differences are that version b does not require the tag line back to their site and that version b costs either $20/yr or $50 for lifetime license

version c is the full version of the script and is a little overpriced in my eyes at $700!!!

if they would drop that price down to a few hundred dollars I bet they would actually sell quite a few copies

it has a couple nice features such as

3 different levels of submission
submission payment via paypal integrated into directory script
it creates static pages
it stores a backup of the directory
allows multiple pathways to a file

i am not buying the advanced version yet, but the other version can be installed in less than 10 minutes by a person who does not install stuff! if you do not mind the tagline the script is free

[Scottie]

Thanks guys! I was just getting ready to look for something like this. This saves me a little time.

[Jill]

Sounds great! Glad to hear its easy to install, in case I ever decide to play with it again. Afterall, I did promise Debra a directory to play with for christmas...

Jill

[Craig B]

I've used PHPhoo before and it worked well. It comes out of the box fairly 'Plain Jane' but if you know some CSS, that can be easily remedied. The best part -- it's free

-Craig

[GeordieSEO]

Link Department seems quite good and cheap - either free or $50 for the full version which doesn't have query strings in the URL's