How to design a small usefull directory ?

[accuname]

I want to create a small directory with useful links and make it navigation friendly. I will do research on which links to include and put them in by hand. I have considered php software but a great deal of that ready-to-go software is for huge directories with the idea to always keep building more and more links. My directory won't be focused on quantity but quality. Each link may also have a comment next to it describing the link.

Anyone have any tips or links to how to guides on starting from scratch? What about simple templates to get me started?

 

[weblord]

go with the best
http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/
grows as your directory grows

I want to create a small directory with useful links and make it navigation friendly. I will do research on which links to include and put them in by hand. I have considered php software but a great deal of that ready-to-go software is for huge directories with the idea to always keep building more and more links. My directory won't be focused on quantity but quality. Each link may also have a comment next to it describing the link.

Anyone have any tips or links to how to guides on starting from scratch? What about simple templates to get me started?

 

[accuname]

Thanks, my concern was that this software would fall under the ready-to-go software for huge directories. What I want to do is on my index page have only 4 categories which will be designated by graphic buttons. Then under each graphic I would like a search bar to search that category as an option.

Once you click one of the four main categories it will give a sample random return of results along with an option to search other categories.

Can the phplinksdirectory provide that with some template manipulation ?

 

[weblord]

yes, you can accomplish it on phpld and much much more
http://www.phpldhacks.com/
http://phplinkdirectorymods.com/
dvduval here who operates phpld will tell you more about it.

Thanks, my concern was that this directory would fall under the ready-to-go software for huge directories. What I want to do is on my index page have only 4 categories which will be designated by graphic buttons. Then under each graphic I would like a search bar to search that category as an option.

Once you click one of the four main categories it will give a sample random return of results along with an option to search other categories.

Can the phplinksdirectory provide that with some template manipulation ?

 

[accuname]

Can you verify that the software can provide a search bar for each category wherever I want to place it? So four categories and four search bars on the front page.

I know on the features page is says this:
Category Search Results (as on DMOZ)

But just want to make sure.

 

[dvduval]

To do that will likely take an hour or two from a programmer. It is definitely possible, but I don't recall anyone ever doing that. We already have an advanced search that does this, but have not done a search box that is specific like this.