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Article CMS

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Content, content, and more content. To improve your Search Engine rankings the single most important feature for any website is good quality, relevant, unique content.

The Article Content Management System mod enables both the site admin and registered users to easily add relevant content to your site, potentially adding a significant boost to your Search Engine rankings as well as providing additional revenues should you choose to place PPC adverts such as Google Adwords alongside the...

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Template - Yellow on Dark

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0600

A bold, yellow on dark template which can be used for almost any type of site.

Layout: two-column, fixed width (800px), centered with horizontal main navigation.

This template makes extensive use of standards compliant CSS to generate clean html markup for faster page loading and reduced bandwidth consumption. As an example, our test listing's main page was down from 156715 bytes with the standard template to 13525 bytes - saving an incredible 143190 bytes (as measured by...

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European Union Locations

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Designed to speed up the initial set-up phase of your directory, this mod from our "Locations" section is for those directories targeted at the European Union.

This mod adds the 25 EU countries as the top level location, EU Country regions (161) as the second level location, and EU cities (637,992) as the third level location to your database, using the related locations database tables: loc_one, loc_two, and loc_three.

The locations are utf-8 encoded, so special...

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Spanish Regions and Cities

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Save time populating your locations database with our easy to use data resource.

This mod installs a list of Spanish Regions and more than 8,000 Towns and Cities into your locations database tables.

If you already have your database populated with locations and listings, you can still seemlessly integrate the city data whilst keeping the relationship with your existing regions....

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German Regions and Cities

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Save time populating your locations database with our easy to use data resource.

This mod installs a list of German Regions and more than 66,000 Towns and Cities into your locations database tables.

French Regions and Cities

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Save time populating your locations database with our easy to use data resource.

This mod installs a list of French Regions and more than 7,400 Towns and Cities into your locations database tables.

Canada Locations Database

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Save time populating your locations database with our easy to use data resource.

This mod installs a list of Canadian Provinces and towns/cities.

If you already have your database populated with locations and listings, you can still seemlessly integrate the new city data whilst keeping the relationship with your existing locations....

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Random Banners

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Here's a handy little php script for when you want to add linked banners to your site without using the directory listings.

The script can be used on any php site, not just phpMyDirectory.

Simply edit the php file with the details of your banner filenames, URLs and alt text, upload with the image files and use a simple php include to show the banners.

Images rotate randomly on a ten second rotation, so if a user were to refresh the page within ten seconds the same banner...

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Advanced Product Search

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500

For directories where products/services play an important role, getting the product search right is a must.

This mod has two main features to it.

Firstly it allows site visitors to search for products not only by product name and description, but also by company name/description, company location, offer type, and expiration date.

Secondly it dramatically alters the way the results are displayed.

Instead of displaying products individually, it groups all relevant...

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Visitor Update Listings

pmdmods@wychwebdesign.com (DDurban) — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Seeding your directory with numerous free listings is an important step in making your site a viable proposition.

It's a double edged sword though, as invariably this results in a large number of listings with little or no content.

This mod allows visitors to your site, who will often know the businesses in question better than you do, to submit alterations to the listings for you without having to sign up themselves, or send you a general email through your contact...

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