First impressions...

[mcfox]

Okay, first impressions - too much residual phpLD stuff left in place. I realise phpLD is the backbone app but I would expect when buying a new script that it had all traces of the underlying app removed from the surface.

Templating - disappointed the only template is the white, default phpLD one. My suggestion is to produce a unique template or templates geared around the article-site aspect of the script. I would expect a nice template to shoot sales waaay up.

[David]

Ok, feedback always appreciated. If you want to line up a couple of suggestions for improvement, go right ahead. Also, if there is a template from phpLD that you want converted, we can do that too. For example, we already have the cloudbay template available as seen on the demo.

[mcfox]

Some points that caught my attention initially.

As I said, I know this app is based on phpLD, which is great because that's an excellent script, but at the moment there is still too much residual phpLD stuff left in place - for example, in the admin section there are still references to 'Directory' - top-right link and in the Settings menu.

During the setup process and in the install.txt, references are made to phpLD rather than phpLD Article.

None of this is a big deal in itself but it does give the impression of a hacked directory script rather than a unique article script, if you know what I mean?


Suggestions:

Several article site templates to choose from as default. 3-column to be able to accept ads, sponsors or links.
Built in Adsense enabled.
Ability to edit rules.php from the admin panel.

Infobox - most article submitters require some kind of infobox where they can submit a link or three back to their own sites. It's pretty much the point of writing free articles. I think this would have to be built in to the submit article page as an additional box but it would have to allow <a href> with anchor text *but* screen the urls to make sure nothing dodgy was going on.

Collapsible admin menus.

How's that to kick off with?

[David]

Great. Thanks for the feedback. We will have a new release for you in a week or two with these changes and likely more.