kickass
08-06-2005, 05:05 PM
I've already talked about the Regionalization thing, I think this would put PHP Link Directory head and shoulders above the rest of the scripts out there. And yes, I know it's a lotta work.
There's a few other things that you might look at and think about working toward, and yes, I know this is a way future wish list--
One of the strengths of the WordPress blogging script is the way it is customizable and extensible through the use of Plug-Ins. These can be installed/uninstalled through the admin area and offer additional functionality to an installed script, so that wordpress users can almost infinitely customize their installation. There are many types of plugins, from ones that order categories differently, to ones that offer a style-switcher, to ones that offer comment spam protection. The PHP Link Directory is an awesome script. If in future you look at mods as possible plugins and develop a mechanism through which they can be handled, I feel that this will make this directory script the most versatile directory script out there. It also allows independent OS developers to write the plugins separate from the script itself, which, in my mind, is a good thing, since, when the main core script is updated, the mods/plugins won't be overwritten, so people who use these customizations won't lose everything (though it's understood that some plugins will need to be updated when the main script is!) Yes, I know this one will most likely be a LARGE change, but I think that ultimately it will make a bunch of things easier into the future.
Another thing I'd love to see is the ability to add, through the admin interface, non-directory "pages" to the directory, for instance an "about" page, or any other informational page. you'll see that the coding mechanism for doing this has already been written (Thanks, Ap0s7le!!) it just needs to be added to the admin in some fashion, maybe with an editor that plops the information in? If these "page" titles could be handled under a separate category as subcats, that would be way cool.
I'm also wondering if there is a mechanism to say "This category is number ONE"- I don't much care about ordering the other cats, but if I could specify which one I want first, that would be a great thing.
The last thing (for now!) is for one of you code wizards to write a template switcher. I'm developing a few templates for the community and it would be nice to be able to display them on a template switcher. If you wanna see what I mean, just check out my devblog here, and scroll down to the themeswitcher links and give it a whirl:
{url removed}
This is basically what I wanna do with php link directory templates, so people looking for templates can testdrive them on a switcher.
There's a few other things that you might look at and think about working toward, and yes, I know this is a way future wish list--
One of the strengths of the WordPress blogging script is the way it is customizable and extensible through the use of Plug-Ins. These can be installed/uninstalled through the admin area and offer additional functionality to an installed script, so that wordpress users can almost infinitely customize their installation. There are many types of plugins, from ones that order categories differently, to ones that offer a style-switcher, to ones that offer comment spam protection. The PHP Link Directory is an awesome script. If in future you look at mods as possible plugins and develop a mechanism through which they can be handled, I feel that this will make this directory script the most versatile directory script out there. It also allows independent OS developers to write the plugins separate from the script itself, which, in my mind, is a good thing, since, when the main core script is updated, the mods/plugins won't be overwritten, so people who use these customizations won't lose everything (though it's understood that some plugins will need to be updated when the main script is!) Yes, I know this one will most likely be a LARGE change, but I think that ultimately it will make a bunch of things easier into the future.
Another thing I'd love to see is the ability to add, through the admin interface, non-directory "pages" to the directory, for instance an "about" page, or any other informational page. you'll see that the coding mechanism for doing this has already been written (Thanks, Ap0s7le!!) it just needs to be added to the admin in some fashion, maybe with an editor that plops the information in? If these "page" titles could be handled under a separate category as subcats, that would be way cool.
I'm also wondering if there is a mechanism to say "This category is number ONE"- I don't much care about ordering the other cats, but if I could specify which one I want first, that would be a great thing.
The last thing (for now!) is for one of you code wizards to write a template switcher. I'm developing a few templates for the community and it would be nice to be able to display them on a template switcher. If you wanna see what I mean, just check out my devblog here, and scroll down to the themeswitcher links and give it a whirl:
{url removed}
This is basically what I wanna do with php link directory templates, so people looking for templates can testdrive them on a switcher.