Features

**Kevin** · Feb 25th, 2007, 6:16 am

Rather than judge me by my overenthusiastic approach to the phpLynx script please feel free to let just some of the features do the talking.

That would be excellent, I own the phpLynx directory script and my features for the free version are many, here are my humble offerings.

The script has been beta-tested for well over 6 months now so bugs are very few and far between. Support it goes without saying is free whether on the free of full versions.

Anti Bot Text Captcha: Unique to any Directory script you can use your own Text/Graphic Captcha to prevent spamming.
Clean and Simple Admin: We deliberately kept the Admin Control Panel simple for ease of use and navigation.
Description Limiter: Prevents blank description fields being filled. A minimum of 50 characters must be entered.
Listing Manager: Control how many listings you want on one page whether it be 10 to a 100 or more.
Paginated Listings: Create paginated listing to prevent overloading a page with too many links, SEO friendly feature.
Ban Word feature: Ban swear words, or any other words you want eliminating submission of undesirable sites.
Multi payment system: Use more than one processor, accept PayPal - 2Checkout - Stormpay.
Currency Management: What currency do you accept? You can add and use whichever you want via the Admin Control Panel.
Static Pages: Create an unlimited number of static pages covering as many subjects as you desire.
Location Manager: Build an integrated Country/State/Town category structure to search along subject matter. (Full version)
Moderation Manager: Allows total control over which files/folders you want to install or uninstall in the ACP.
Import Manager: Import easily from existing directory scripts like phpLD and eSyndicat.
Index page Categories: This feature allows you to add unlimited Categories on your index page.
Reciprocal Linking: Force your submitters to provide a reciprocal link and check for this, you can also notify status to sender
Logging Manager: Allows you to monitor and log who's been using you, creating a database of the details. (Multi Function)
E-Mail configuration: Allows you to choose how you configure your e- mail transport method, Send-mail or SMPT.
Multi Field Search: Allow your visitors to post and search in separate fields, for example: Trade - Name - Location (Full version)
Unlimited Categories: Unlimited category structure with infinite depth and SEO friendly structure no matter how deep.
Unlimited link structure: As with the categories, there is an unlimited number of links you can add.
Customized Listing: Allow users to submit custom META Title, Description, Keywords for their links.
Paginated Categories: Control how many categories per page to display, ideal for Country and State directories.
Membership listings: Allow up to Seven paid or free listing levels, manipulate the level of features each listing has.
Ban Management: Ban those nuisance bots or spammers by blocking their IP address.
Admin Users: Create Admin and Moderator user accounts, with the ability to restrict control.
My Site Management: An easy to use but powerful management area where the site owner can manipulate anything.
Reciprocal Linking: 7 Status levels for reciprocal linking plus the ability to send an e-mail of confirmation of status.
Dual Category Structure: With this feature you can now display your categories using an ABC structure for ease of navigation.
Index page Category tree: This feature allows you to add any number of categories and sub categories on the front page without the template auto-adjusting.
Newsletter Manager: Create newsletters, publicity lists, notifications, and many other notices for your member. (Full version)
File Manager: Manage every single file or folder on your server from the comfort of you Admin Control Panel.
Show/Hide Fields: Show/Hide whatever fields you want displayed and made active via the Admin.
E-Mail Manager: Manage how your e-mails are sent. Govern the transport method, Sendmail, MIME etc..
Who's Online? Enables you to keep an eye on who's online and what they are browsing.
Banner Manager: Complete Banner Management system, allows users to define an unlimited number of banner campaigns. (Full version)
Send E-Mails: Send a pre-formatted e-mails to your users, using the custom template.
Backup Manager: Backup your entire directory safely with the integrated backup Manager.
Feedback Subjects: Create unlimited feedback forms and messages to the directory user via the Admin Control Panel.
Configure required Fields: Allows you to further control what the submitter has to provide in their submission.
Fully SEO friendly: This about as SEO an optimized directory script as you are likely to get.
Link Management: Manage your links with up to seven link submission status levels at ACP level, Edited - to Pending.
Link Notification: Notify Submitter of Link status, pending, declined, under review, banned, and more.
Symbolic Categories: Create your own Dmoz type category structure and improve site navigation @category
Link Description: Description management allows you to set min/max title and description field lengths.
Enable/Disable RSS: Enable or disable your site for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) capability.
Sitemap Creator: Built in Automatic sitemap creator, creates your Yahoo, Google friendly sitemap maker on the fly.
Boolean Searches: Configure how you want to search via the Admin Control Panel.
Suggest Category: Unlike any other directories you can suggest a category while submitting a link.
Refer Listing: Allows the user of the directory to refer a listing and details to other users.
Contact Listing: Allows the user of the directory to have a contact page for users to contact them specifically.
Report Listing: Allows the user of the directory to report a listing, if for example the site content changes.
Rate Listing: Allows the user of the directory to rate a listing, this can tell the visitor of the quality of the site.
SEO Friendly URLS: Each Listing is configured to the highest level for maximum efficiency in the SEO Market.
RSS Feeds: Turn RSS (Really Simple Syndication) on or off via the admin area.

There are of course a few more features such as a built in template editor and and lots of other great features being added, these are being released shorltly.

Updated, new features:

Updater: Allows for ease of update without risking losing all your existing files.
ON/OFF Reciprocal: Reciprocal linking can be switched on or off via admin any or all packages.
Anti-Bot E-mail: Eliminates auto-submitted e-mail form filling by using the unique anti-bot text/image feature.
Enable URL rewrite: Enables generation of search engine friendly and descriptive URLs. (Optional)
Pending Payments: Ability to 'Auto Delete' time wasting pending payment listings, if you don't pay you don't display!
GZip Compression: Enable HTTP GZip compression with the ability to select the level of compression you desire.
Meta Keywords: Allows the submittor to add thier selected Keywords at time of listing, (GREAT SELLING POINT)
User Accounts: Allow the user to create an account where they can keep tabs/edit on thier listing and monitor favorite searches.
Minimum Description: Prevents submittors from providing no description, must add a set minimum description.
Time Limit Listing: This feature allows you to provide a listing for a set period before expiry, e.g, Monthly, Trimester, Semester, Yearly, Unlimited.
Enhanced Banning: Now you more control over banning, ban IP address', website address, and even e-mail addess'.

There are features that I have no doubt missed and with the full version also being made public shortly I will try and make more postings in line with this.

Thanks.

Hope this list is good enough to entice at least a few of your readers. (Features added Daily).

Get your site wide links on the Cantufind.com/forum

**Ohiosweetheart** · Feb 25th, 2007, 6:59 am

Those are humble offerings??? I'm impressed.

**redQueen** · Feb 25th, 2007, 2:44 pm

hmmm impressive features, I've been studying how to skin this big boy for a day or two now, let's see how it goes...

**Solidghost** · Feb 26th, 2007, 6:59 am

Are there any free templates available?

**seveneth** · Feb 28th, 2007, 3:15 pm

That is a lot of features for free script, impressive.
I've download the free version, and still play around with the template.

Btw, is the full version out yet ? and how much it cost ?

**pinqprincess** · Mar 1st, 2007, 6:58 am

as they all said.. very impressive

**Kevin** · Mar 4th, 2007, 11:22 am

Originally Posted by Solidghost

Are there any free templates available?

There are some, and more getting made, if you look around the forum at cantufind.com/forum You can even ask there I'm sure there'll be a few people who will accomodate your request.

**Kevin** · Mar 27th, 2007, 9:08 am

Is there any way of editing posts Forum bosses? The phpLynx script features have moved on a little here and rather than duplicate content could we add? If not, I can always just add the additions here.