This is a pretty strait forward plugin. It turns any page into a directory. I kinda used the DMOZ or open directory as a guide and put this together. If you are in need of a directory this one is easy to use and fits into your site without any advanced setup techniques. As always feel free to let me know what you think or report and bug and suggestions to the support forums!
Version - 1.1
Version Release Date - Sep, 4th 2007
Download Link - WP-Directory
~~Change Log~~
SEP, 4th 2007
-Added permalinks option!!!!
-Added widget
-Added screenshots
-Made it so you can use categories, subcategories, or both
Aug, 11th 2007
-Fixed install bug
-Fixed subcategory bug!
Aug, 10th 2007
-Added Subcategory option so you canhave categories and subcategories or just categories.
-Fixed bug displaying subcategories
-Added the option to disable directory name, in case you use the page name as the directory name it won’t be there twice.
-Fixed bug on sponsor page in the admin area
~~Installation~~
1) Upload the wp-directory folder into your plugins directory.
2) Activate the plugin through the plugin admin area.
3) Create a page to put your directory on, or choose an existing page.
4) Add this to the code section of your page < !- -w p - d i r e c t o r y- - > with no spaces, the spaces are there so you can see that there are two dashes!
5) Set the options in the admin -> Directory -> Options page “make sure if you are using permalinks to turn that option on”.
5) To use the quick add widget go to your widget control panel and add the directory widget to your sidebar. If your theme doens’t use widget add <?php widget_wp_directory(); ?> to sidebar.php
6) If you are going to use screenshots make sure you chmod the images/screenshots directory.
You can now start adding categories, subcategories, and sites!
August 11th, 2007 at 12:13 am a couple more things... 1) Is it possible to add sites to the main categories while still using sub categories? 2) How about the vertical list of sub categories under the main category listing on the main directory page. 3) I can't get the search function to work, it never returns any results 4) The version didn't get updated with the new release
August 11th, 2007 at 12:21 am I will implement that when I get home tonight and see what's going on with the search function. It's that time of the day to get off of work. Thanks for the tips!
August 11th, 2007 at 12:25 am sounds good. I really like this plugin and want to help as much as possible. If it easier for you to communicate via email lets do that.
August 11th, 2007 at 2:22 am Thanks for letting me know about subcategories. Now that's all set. I did upgrade to the new version. Great stuff. Still have a problem. Before I knew about sub categories I just created a couple of listings and just saved them without categorizing them, because I didn't know about the sub category. Like Chris, I'm trying to search for them to recategorize them but I can't find them. The stats panel says I have 3, but I was only able to give a sub-cat to one. Not sure where the other 2 are or how to get at them. Thanks again.
August 11th, 2007 at 10:58 am I downloaded and installed the new version and it still isn't working for me. I unchecked "subcategories" in options. I deleted my current categories and added a new category. In each case I got a message that my task was successfully accomplished. Then I headed into the Add Site form. I could see (even after reloading several times) both the deleted category names and the new category name in the drop-down menu. I selected the new name to add the site, typed in the information and was given the message that the site was added successfully. BUT, when I then looked at the Sites page and the main page, there were no sites listed. Checking the Stats page, I saw this: "There are 1 categories with 0 subcategories! Within those categories you have 4 active sites and 0 site waiting approval!" I'd really love this plugin to work right for me, because it's perfect for my site, but now I have four mystery sites in the directory, none of which I seem to be able to access through any of the plug-in pages. Any idea what's going on? Most of the other 2.2 approved plugins work fine for me.
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August 11th, 2007 at 5:47 pm I fixed a couple of bugs from the update that allowed you to disable sub categories. Thanks for everyones feedback!
August 11th, 2007 at 6:00 pm is the download updated? the version number stays at 1.0 when installing
August 11th, 2007 at 6:43 pm Thanks for the fixes. Now I can see my sites, categorize them, and they show up on the page. I still see one bug, though. The categories I deleted earlier seem to be gone from the categories list, but they still show up in the drop-down menu in the Add Site form, so now I see the two deleted categories there, and the new one I added. And an aesthetic request... Is there any way to reduce the size of the line that says "Sites for [category name]?" It's huge and distracting. In fact, it would be nice to be able to get rid of it altogether because my headers are now redundant. They show the category name "Women's Health" with a nice description, and then comes this unnecessary but really large "Sites for..." line. You can see what I mean at http://yay-food.com/?page_id=12&wp_dir=sub&cat_id=3. When one doesn't have subcategories it would be a nice feature to be able to disable this line. Thanks for all your work!
August 12th, 2007 at 2:11 am AJAX would be the cherry on the cake! :o)