Directory Software

how to build directories

[jsnow]

I was wondering if anybody could help. I started using Arelis to build a directory which has been extremely succesfull.

However now I need something more sofisticated to build it bigger and deeper and can't seem to find anything to do the job.

Is there any software that can help?

[The Contractor]

Just do a search of this forum or do a search on your favorite SE. There are a few "really good" scripts/software out there...

[jsnow]

What would you suggest as a search term, I've tried:

web directory software
directory building software

neither of which returned anything of relevance

[wruk999]

jsnow,

A system called gossamer threads, has been mentioned before (I have not used it, but others say it is very good).

The following two articles are quite old but still worth a read. The link to gossamer is included in one of the articles.
Only drawback - it is quite expensive - but still worth a look.

[webmasterworld.com...]
[webmasterworld.com...]

wruk999

[dougs]

The sql version of gossamer is a bit of a pain to setup but then very user friendly. The links 2 software is decent but only for small directories.

Doug

[Shak]

gossamer threads rocks!

Shak

[tidalx]

use the term link indexing scripts
start with hotscripts.com

[Go2]

I recommend using Java on the server side for building directory applications, especially if you want to provide more advanced functionality. Java servlets are extremely fast and they naturally promote the powerful Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture for web applications. Using Java also allows you to model complex objects and relationsships in code, rather than having to work with bits and pieces in simple scripts.

There is a lot of open source software available for developing server side Java applications, including Apache Tomcat for the servlet engine, MySQL for the database, and the Struts framework for development.