Would you recommend this Script at all?

[Mitchell]

Hi all,

I was just wondering if you guys recommend this script at all?

Support seems to be extreemly slow as I noticed many users have been complaing in other posts?

Do you know any other script for Web Directory?

Any one seen PHPMyDirectory? Is that better or IndexU is better?

You honest answer will be much appreciated.

Regards
Mitchell

[griller111]

Support can be a bit slow but hang in there you wont find a better script about. Believe me I have wasted lots of money trying them all and wouldn't go back now I have Indexu.
I don't like to knock specific scripts normally but phpmydirectory I had to buy about 5 third party mods just to get it anywhere near what I wanted, this cost about 5 times the cost of the script in the first place, plus everytime there was an update you had to wait for all the mod developers to update their mods to work with the new version, that was if they hadn't cleared off meanwhile. Save your money stick it out with Indexu.

ps.no I didn't get paid to say this.

[Bruceper]

I tried PHPLD recently on someone else's site. It was version 3.05 and I was quite disappointed with the lack of editing in the admin panel. It could have been that version or perhaps even my own lack of knowledge of the script but I didn't see anywhere to edit the template files. Other than that, the end result page of PHPLD is drab and boring and requires a skin.

Would I recommend IndexU? Yes, because I know what I can do with it and what others have done with it. Good features, easy to use, able to be run "out of the box" by almost anyone with no modifications.

Which one is better? You'd need to use both and determine that for yourself. Give the demo's a good run and check it out. For both products, remember that just because you don't see something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist or it can't be done.

[infiniteflow]

Yes, Ive just bought one.

[Webfriend]

Yes, I've been running all 4 majors to my mind and, out of all Indexu has been the least of my worries. Phpld is good and runs well, but the nickle and dime for this and that, and new versions all the time. I have more to do than sit on this computer..dealing with one site. If it a safely issues, and update is great and fast, but if I'm uploading files, and have to remember which was hacked to save or reinstall the hacks again, because I installed over..Don't have time.
eSyndicat is and has always broke....
Indexscript is a very nice little script that worked well for me, just not allot of intererst in it from the community.
IndexU--pain to setup, the permission thing. Stable never any problem except on a move to another server, and i forget to activate something like GD? Just wish the templates(I haven't checked lately)would go full screen, fluid.

[esm]

Yep, I know this is a somewhat old thread but what the hay...it is in the Pre-sales forum so I think it will be relevant to potential customers.

Recommend INDEXU? Sure, I can recommend it. Great product! Support is only so-so. Been that way for years (BOTH the great product and the so-so support).

But that is the wrong question to ask. The question should be: can this software do the job I need done.

Asking whether or not someone can recommend a peice of software is like asking someone if they can recommend the car they are driving. Focusing on what someone else is using versus what you need is just wrong on so many levels. Is it little wonder that folks wander from software to software looking for something that will meet their needs?

I wish I could say I was different but I wasn't. But I was lucky. I started with LINKS 2 from Gossamer-Threads in 1999. It was written in PERL and I learned enough to to make it do what I wanted. But it used a flat-file database (just a fancy way of saying a text file) and had rather severe limits.

For those who don't know, the 800 pound gorilla in the links directory software is LINKS SQL (also from Gossamer-Threads). Always has been despite INDEXU being a better core product. Even today as I type this, if you are serious about links directory software, LINKS SQL is the first choice. Maybe the only choice.

Over the years, it has been adapted to many different uses from news articles to real estate listings to classified ads to jobs to cars. And you can get more support on their forums in one hour than you can for INDEXU at the nicecoder forums in a month.

So why didn't I buy LINKS SQL. Well, I was fortunate. At the time I didn't want to spend $450 on software so I looked around for alternatives. And I kept comparing what I found to LINKS SQL. At the same time I had purchased a few other pieces of software that other folks had recommended and got burned on them. So I kind of backed into this idea to buy software based on what I needed it to do and not what others recommended.

Defining what you want is not easy. Determining if a piece of software will meet those needs is even more difficult. But the alternative is to just buy whatever software is available based on what others think or recommend or some other subjective criteria. And the more detailed your needs, the better you will be able to compare different pieces of software.

Recommend INDEXU...??? You bet. I even recommend it over LINKS SQL. Hell, it might even do what you need done. But then again, who knows. I don't. Hopefully, you do.


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[Bruceper]

That's not even the issue. The issue is what the user can do. Most users have great ideas but not a clue on how to do it. Then they show up here and expect free help on how to make it do what they want. Their budget is zero and their knowledge is zero and they get upset when you don't give them what they want.

If you want a directory script then IndexU is yours to explore, but IndexU can do a heck of a lot more if the user has the knowledge to do it.

Therein lies the rub, knowledge is required if you want it to do anything more than what you see. And this is true of ANY product.

It doesn't require PHP knowledge, but it does require basic knowledge of HTML, file structure, patience and practice.

[esm]

Most users... budget is zero and their knowledge is zero and they get upset when you don't give them what they want.

You've been providing support waaaaay too long.

The issue is what the user can do.

IMHO, The person's skills set should be part of any proper needs assessmet. For example, if you are buying a car, you wouldn't want to buy a car that has a manual transmission if you can't drive a car with a manual transmission.

It doesn't require PHP knowledge, but it does require basic knowledge of HTML, file structure, patience and practice.

Depends on what you want to do. If you look at INDEXU as a puzzle, then with HTML/CSS you can rearrange the parts of the puzzle. But if you want to change the way the parts of the puzzle look, then you will need some knowledge of PHP.



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[linksor.com]

I dont recommend it beacuse it is the best of the best sir what I have ever used



negative marketing is always the best

[Harkster]

First. great stuff esm.

That's not even the issue. The issue is what the user can do. Most users have great ideas but not a clue on how to do it. Then they show up here and expect free help on how to make it do what they want. Their budget is zero and their knowledge is zero and they get upset when you don't give them what they want.

Support can indeed be frustrating and takes a very special person to do it well.

If you want a directory script then IndexU is yours to explore, but IndexU can do a heck of a lot more if the user has the knowledge to do it.

Sounds like just the kind of thing for fitting that square peg in the round hole. Problem is that as the years pass there is no such thing as a shallow learning curve.

Therein lies the rub, knowledge is required if you want it to do anything more than what you see. And this is true of ANY product.

It doesn't require PHP knowledge, but it does require basic knowledge of HTML, file structure, patience and practice.

I am getting close to biting the financial bullet and doing the deed.

Just popped into my mind. If one wanted to run a 'production' and 'experimenting' version within a single domain environment with a duplicate of the production db would 2 licenses be required? Hope that makes sense.

[esm]

INDEXU is a great product within the link directory software market. But it will require a lot of time and effort, and maybe even money, on your part if your website is to have even a remote chance of being successful.


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[Bruceper]

Only a single license should be required and yes, they can share the same database.

[Harkster]

INDEXU is a great product within the link directory software market. But it will require a lot of time and effort, and maybe even money, on your part if your website is to have even a remote chance of being successful.


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In this case success will not be determined by $$$. I may very well fall flat on my skinny ass but will not know without giving it a shot. Besides, I will be having some fun and maybe learn a little something in the process. I am being a bit pushy here at the moment but am trying my best to not make another mistake. I admit that the current situation is my own damn stupid fault by not digging deep enough before laying out the cash and hours of labor invested to this point.

[inspireme]

Tell us what your actually planning on doing, and then someone will be able to tell you where you will have the most difficulty. In all honesty, indexU will handle most things, my site (http://www.bigfreeguide.com/camping/) is quite a long way from a links directory.