I want to build a software directory similar
with hotscripts.com
I am currently trying to investigate what I can do
to make a better one, so I would like some feedback
from users of such directories what could I do better
and what are the most important features that they
are interested.
Any feedback is highly appreciated.
Freedom posted this at 10:32 — 21st December 2006.
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Are you good enough in php?
chiazna posted this at 10:50 — 21st December 2006.
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yep, mysql also
andy206uk posted this at 22:09 — 21st December 2006.
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I would recommend caching the downloads - nothing annoys me more than trying to locate a script and find one that I really like the sound of only to find that the developer has deleted the file or changed the URL!
Andyk
Blog of a Web Designer
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
chiazna posted this at 12:14 — 22nd December 2006.
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Storing downloads is something that only few sites can afford and surely I will not be able to do this from
the start. Other problem is that updating cached downloads is also a problem. One thing I will try is to
check automatically that download links are available.
PHP Directory Script
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 14:13 — 22nd December 2006.
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There's another way you can help solve Andy's problem. For software that you would have the right to redistribute (like free software), chances are a mirror site already keeps a copy. Sometimes these locations are mentioned on the software site's download page, often not. If you could track down and post alternate download links from mirrors, that might help.
If there are no mirrored copies of a freely redistributable program, I think you may be able to recommend or submit it to a mirror yourself.
abhishek.geek.nz