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 14th, 2007 at 9:29 am This is a superb plugin, thank you. Any news on the next version with the categories mod mentioned above? And Eric, where is your paypal donation box? You deserve some credit for this I reckon...
August 14th, 2007 at 10:30 am One other thing please: is there any reason why this plugin won't work on WordPress 2.0.10? Thanks again. Richard.
August 14th, 2007 at 4:04 pm Thanks for the idea on the donation box! I have never coded anything for wordpress before version 2.2.1 I am pretty new to wordpress and I am still learning the differences between the earlier versions. I do plan on checking all my plugins on earlier versions as soon as I finish my newest plugin. I haven't been able to find a mailing list plugin that is free and worth downloading so I am making one. I think this will be my best plugin yet! After that I will be putting up a page for people to give me ideas for new plugins.
August 14th, 2007 at 4:10 pm Do you plan on developing this plugin to allow for sites to be put in main categoriesin addition to the sites in sub categories?
August 15th, 2007 at 8:57 pm Wonderful and very useful plugin. I'm in agreement with Jonathan - permalinks but I guess you're working on that for the updated version :) I was wondering is there a quick fix for the double up sub-category name under the breadcrumbs. The breadcrumb says what's necessary so no need for more headings. I've searched high and low for the solution, without luck. Thanks
August 16th, 2007 at 12:05 am I am working on that. I will release a new version most likely Saturday with some new features! I have a list of things that I have made from comments and my own ideas. Thanks for the feed back and make sure you check back soon because I am almost done with my mailing list plugin.
August 19th, 2007 at 1:42 pm Hello Eric, thanks for good work. I also have problem with listing categories in 'Submit A Site!' screen even when 'Use Subcategories' is not ticked. The other problem is that categories are still present in Admin > 'Add A Site' screen even when they are deleted form Admin > Categories. P.S.: Same problem with subcategories too, when they on.
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:00 pm Hi, I have managed to install your plugin and it works perfectly. So please forget my last comment. I'm also the editor of an italian blog about WordPress and I will spread your work across my country. As well I I can suggest you to make sure your RSS link more visible (if there is any) as I couldn't find it!!! Ciao
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:33 am I like this plugin as well BUT, it will not let me choose a category when adding a link. Is this because I have not added subcategories? Also, 2 suggestions, 1) It would be great to populate the meta tags from the site into the title description, etc... 2) Would be nice to have the option when adding the link to follow or nofollow. Thanks
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:33 am The category dropdown menu when submitting a site shows always one item even if I'm browsing another category. How should I fix this? Tks