Web Directory WordPress plugin update

Posted on May 24 2009 by gi Comments: 6 comments Tags: PHP, MySQL, Server side, plugins, web directory, WordPress

I’ve been cleaning up the code of the Web Directory WordPress plugin I’ve created so that I can make it available for download. I decided to start creating this plugin by using the existing core bookmarking code available in WordPress to make it easier for people that have WordPress sites to add a web directory into their blog.

My plan is to create an initial usable version that focuses on simplicity and ease of installation plus optimizing it for search engines thru the use of permalinks. I’ve also added some code so that the page title and description for the categories are properly initialized. This should add more plus points when the web directory gets crawled by the search engines.

To incorporate a web directory into a WordPress blog using the plugin, a user would just create a page and put in a short code — That’s it. Adding, editing, deleting categories and bookmarks is done using the existing functions in WordPress for bookmarks.

So far I’ve been testing it for the past several days on a couple of web sites that I maintain. If I find the code to be stable, I will soon make it available for download here at Code Stuff and at the WordPress.org web site.

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gyi says on June 6, 2009, 12:40 am

Is this code available yet? What is the name of the plugin?

-Great Stuff.

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Barbara Holbrook says on June 14, 2009, 4:53 am

Let me know if you need beta testers. I’m not fully satisfied with my current directory plugin and am in the market for a change! I’ve even got a current “wish list” if you want more feature ideas.

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kihbord says on June 17, 2009, 10:22 pm

@gyi: I’ll be putting the plugin in the http://www.codestuff.com/projects page soon. Pls visit the page regularly. You can checkout the http://www.codestuff.com/links page for a sample. It already works but haven’t had time to put other things I need.

@Barbara: Hi, you can checkout the post at http://www.codestuff.com/2009/05/16/91/web-directory-wordpress-plugin.html for some features I plan. You can check the http://www.codestuff.com/links page for the currently available version which I plan to release. If you want to help, you can contact me at http://gerry.ws/contact

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Paul Martin says on June 20, 2009, 7:15 am

How’s it coming along? I’m building a web-portal for a certain topic, and this seems to be coming at just the right time.

Any idea on if it’s days off?

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kihbord says on June 20, 2009, 8:44 am

Hi Paul,

Initial features I mentioned are working. Using it right now. One feature I’d like to add is url submission before I make it available. Seems several have inquired about it. I’m thinking of making it available and add the url submission later.

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- Paul Martin says on June 20, 2009, 10:00 am
  
  Awesome, that would be fine with me as I can always have people use the contact form to submit a URL, but it’s up to you!
  
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