{"id":5267,"date":"2009-08-12T19:03:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2009-08-12T19:03:12","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:03:12","slug":"build-classifieds-business-dir-phpmydirectory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/build-classifieds-business-dir-phpmydirectory\/","title":{"rendered":"Start a Professional Classifieds Business Directory with PhpMyDirectory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to start a website where i can list multiple information like Local Business, their address, Website URL, Maps etc. This information should be perfectly organized and i should be able to manage it easily. I need one of the best scripts for this job which can handle hundreds or thousands of business details and if someone needs to search for something he should be able to do it real quickly, easily and should be getting the perfect information. Is this possible?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, its possible with already available scripts all over the web like the most favorite script of webmasters which is the PhpLinkDirectory which can help you in building a website links directory, but when were are talking about a really professional classifieds based local business directory where you can list local business centers with multiple details then you should check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amitbp.com\/phpmydirecory\">Php My Directory<\/a> which is a Search Engine Friendly Web Portal System. Overall the system has got hundred of features and costs around 99.5$ and in order to try out i purchased a new licence and installed it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiantimbers.com\/\">Indian Timbers<\/a> domain and wrote down the following installation procedure.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/Images\/P\/PhpMyDirectory.jpg\" alt=\"PhpMyDirectory Logo\" title=\"PhpMyDirectory Logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Installation Procedure :<\/strong><br \/>\nOnce you download the latest version of the PhpMyDirectory Script you will have to extract the zip file and upload all the files to your web hosting service following which you need to access the domainname.com\/install\/ folder to start the procedure. You will be asked to have a Php5 on your Server and will have to create a new Database &amp; User using the Cpanel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/Images\/P\/PhpMyDirectory-Requirements.PNG\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"PhpMyDirectory Php GDLibrary Requirements\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/Images\/P\/PhpMyDirectory-Requirements.PNG?resize=512%2C134\" alt=\"PhpMyDirectory Php GDLibrary Requirements\" width=\"512\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next Enter all the details there along with the email address which would be the admin login ID , along with a password and the Licence Key ID which is available to you under the PhpMyDirectory User Account. Once the Installation is completed you will get the following message as shown below.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to delete the \/install\/ folder for security reasons.<br \/>\nSecondly, set permissions on the defaults.php to 644.<br \/>\nThe installation is now complete.<\/p>\n<p>The first time you login to the admin section which is available at yourdomain.com\/cp\/admin_index.php a Cron Job is run and the following message will be sent to you as a email.<\/p>\n<p>Summary:<br \/>\n&#8211; Database backup failed (Check backup path in Tools-&gt;Backup Manager)<br \/>\n&#8211; Cleanup routine completed<br \/>\n&#8211; Listing counts recalculated for categories and locations<br \/>\n&#8211; Review comments and helpfulness feedback updated<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 invoices created<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 invoice reminders sent<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 first invoice overdue reminders sent<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 second invoice overdue reminders sent<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 third invoice overdue reminders sent<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 listings suspended<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 links validated<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 dead links found<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 links with no reciprocal link found<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 queued emails sent<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 listings with empty coordinates updated<br \/>\n&#8211; 0 listings with empty coordinates failed to update.<br \/>\n&#8211; XML sitemap submitted to search engines (google,moreover)<\/p>\n<p>Once you are inside the Admin Panel you will find a list of different options. Once you are inside the Admin Panel you will find a list of different options which are listed under ToDo List where you can add different Categories , Products &amp; Pricing for lists. You can even setup options like GZIP Compression, Friendly URL&#8217;s, Meta Tags &amp; Friendly URL Listing ID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to start a website where i can list multiple information like Local Business, their address, Website URL, Maps etc. This information should be perfectly organized and i should be able to manage it easily. 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