Creating a directory

[Aaron]

I'm looking at creating a directory site and I need the following requirements met:

• Must be easily searchable
• Must be able to have "featured ads" in each catagory
• 100% customisable front page
• Ideally, the ability to put featured ads at the top of a search listing

Does anyone know of a free solution that would do this? Or even most of it?

[Smifis]

Would the listings be user submitted or entered by you?

[Aaron]

Preferably submitted, but could also be entered by me..

[DoubleTop]

sounds to me like you want to create revooo or any of the others

There must be an open source copycat out there

Search sourceforge.

DT.

[Smifis]

http://www.hotscripts.com/category/p...link-indexing/

have a skim through and see if there's anything you like the look of

[Aaron]

sounds to me like you want to create revooo or any of the others

Think that, crossed with an advertising magazine..

I just want something I can customise, rather than having to write the whole lot from the ground up!

[DoubleTop]

Joomla it is then, imo.

DT.

[Aaron]

I was wondering about Joomla or Wordpress..

[Smifis]

Joomla. Wordpress isn't very good for user submitted content imo.

[Aaron]

Yeah, although there are quite a few good directory addons for wordpress too...

[Smifis]

I'll have to have a look into it a bit closer i think