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PornGuru · 2007-09-18, 08:49 PM

Lemmy,

I agree with you partially. Many link list scripts don't even offer thumbs in the directory.

The main issue with LinkX is that it uses Smarty. I don't want to call it an issue, but I did.

Since Smarty is a layer (templating system) that gives designers a way to interact w/ the PHP code, there are a lot of features that quite simply JMB if they chose to list them all in LinkX then you could in effect have 20 pages of options.

About 1/2 the stuff that I have paid as a plugin for gossamer, I can do out of the box with LinkX. I think I am at close to $700 on Gossamer and plugins.

I am hoping that version 2 of LinkX will make it a bit easier.

I guess I like diving into code too much. I started writing a review script which I was going to sell, then realized that to make it easy for the webmaster, all review sites would look pretty much the same (css being the only difference and possibly a header), if I made it so it was powerful enough for anyone to change and make unique, i would be giving support all day. Smarty bridges the gap between the two extremes somewhat.

But, being able to start a review site w/ a $70 investment and 20 hours work, sure beats paying someone 3k to cutom code one, especially when many just modify Joomla!.

2007-09-18, 08:49 PM	#18
PornGuru Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12	Lemmy, I agree with you partially. Many link list scripts don't even offer thumbs in the directory. The main issue with LinkX is that it uses Smarty. I don't want to call it an issue, but I did. Since Smarty is a layer (templating system) that gives designers a way to interact w/ the PHP code, there are a lot of features that quite simply JMB if they chose to list them all in LinkX then you could in effect have 20 pages of options. About 1/2 the stuff that I have paid as a plugin for gossamer, I can do out of the box with LinkX. I think I am at close to $700 on Gossamer and plugins. I am hoping that version 2 of LinkX will make it a bit easier. I guess I like diving into code too much. I started writing a review script which I was going to sell, then realized that to make it easy for the webmaster, all review sites would look pretty much the same (css being the only difference and possibly a header), if I made it so it was powerful enough for anyone to change and make unique, i would be giving support all day. Smarty bridges the gap between the two extremes somewhat. But, being able to start a review site w/ a $70 investment and 20 hours work, sure beats paying someone 3k to cutom code one, especially when many just modify Joomla!.