Martijn, You had mentioned that making monetary contributions to this project would be helpful. I'd like to do send some Drachmas your way if this is something you're still hoping to get. Please let me/us know. If yes, how?

Hey there WTraveler ... Just checking to see whether you're still considering this project as something worth undertaking. ??

kumzzy... xDirectory got its start through the vision of BuilderB. He saw a need and took a good first step by releasing a version of xDirectory. I may be wrong here, but I don't think you can expect to see any additional releases of xDirectory from BuilderB. While he has continued to improve it for his own sites' uses, he hasn't appeared overly enthusiastic about sharing those changes with the rest of the XOOPS community. People have been requesting an updated release for quite some time now, but none has been forthcoming.

Given the fact that no new updates were coming from BuilderB, and the fact that a number of people have expressed interest in this exact kind of module, Martijn has "stepped up" and agreed to create a similar module named efqDirectory. Instead of reverse-engineering the work that BuilderB had already done, Martijn has opted to start from scratch. I think this is a very smart move since it gives us flexibility on the front end to design this module without the constraints of someone's previous work.

Martijn is requesting that interested parties please contribute to its development. More details on this to follow. So, if you see value in this, please consider making a small (or large) donation so that we can get this off the ground. Several members have already pledged support.

Ok, so now I'll probably ask for too much... but hey, "nothing ventured, nothing gained." I suspect that this is one of those requests that when and if it happens, it'll happen much later in time.

I started thinking today that many of the places that I'll be listing on my site (restaurants, bars, galleries, theaters, etc.) will also be listing events to my site's event calendar. There ought to be some sort of integration between efqDirectory and one of XOOPS more popular calendar mods (like piCal). With this kind of relationship in place users could potentially, seamlessly, hop between directory listings and calendar listings.

Naturally this creates a difficult undertaking because it either requires tight coordination between the creators of two independent modules, or it would require efqDirectory to create its own calendar function. Maybe the latter would be easier... but regardless, it would be no small undertaking.

FWIW

Hey Martijn, On the category selection feature... give some thought to how this could be handled more efficiently than XDirectory's current method. X-Directory presents a single drop-down list for all categories, sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, etc. Naturally this can lead to an extremely LONG list (mine currently has nearly 300 items). Naturally this isn't a very intuitive way for a potential customer to find and select a category.

Here's just one example of a more structured, inuitive interface (lifted from eLance).



Would you prefer that I hold my comments/suggestions until after you've set up the project site?

Thx,
-jp

One other feature request... It'd be nice if the administrator could enable an email notification each time a new business added a listing.

I'll offer assistance with Documentation.

Great stuff Martijn!

Martijn, I'm thrilled to see that you're interested in spearheading this task. As for a name... maybe...

"xList" -- XOOPS Listings
"xYPages" -- XOOPS Yellow Pages
"xBizList" -- XOOPS Business Listing

Just some random thoughts.

Ok, so why not just include a link on your page? For instance... Click Here to Play

Whatever media player happens to be installed on the browsing computer will end up playing the MP3 file will end up playing the content.

I suspect this isn't what you want either.