qlweb directory script review
May 26th, 2006
Qlweb is a Polish webdirectory and directory script of the same name. Unfortunately, there are no no English instructions. Backend interface is in Polish at the moment, though the author wrote he plans German and English translations. Frontend can be configured in English, it is rather easy, but there is no mention of how in docs, you are on your own to figure out (basically just change to language file value from PL to EN one in one of the config files). Version 2.8.7 is reviewed here, latest release at the time of writing.
Implementation example: Hotel Web Directory
Features:
Categories: It seems to me it has only one level of subcategories, ie. you can only have:
main page->category->subcategory. You can’t have further subcategory of that subcategory. What other scripts miss: qlweb will import list of categories easily. Cool!
Google sitemap support
Frontend: user submits url, script grabs meta information, but user can rewrite with own description and keywords.
Easy to add new pages to the category, for example Contact, About, few articles, or whatever else…..
Probably easy to do templates (css, and few simple files). Comes with three ready templates.
Voting. Cool mod_rewrite/seo friendly url’s. Auto approval of categories and links. Captcha. Last added websites. Easy banning. Sorting. Pagerank import. Caching.
Drawbacks:
Free version, requires you to keep two sitewide links to author.
Doesn’t support paid nor featured links.
Usable for English speaking admins only after Polish admin interface is translated (Shall be not too hard. Might happen that I will have to do it myself.)
Qlweb is easy to administer, simple backend interface, and I really love the way it produces the SEO friendly url’s, and the banning feature. There are some commercial scripts that could learn a thing or two from Qlweb. If development will continue and the English verison will see the light, Qlweb will definitely find it’s place in webmaster’s arsenal.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Hi,
If you use qlweb will be better to update it. In 2.8.9 and earlier version everybody can delete your data base or add site via sql query.
http://www.qlweb.info/instalacja2.html - new ver.
Or only some files update: http://my.opera.com/qlweb/blog/show.dml/431290
September 3rd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Thanks for notice. It’s a bit hard for myself to keep up with updates of a Polish language non-mainstream directory. Glad you posted.
November 18th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Looks like a good script but may have to learn polish.
November 29th, 2006 at 1:57 pm
That’s true. Thankfully I can understand Polish to some extent, otherwise the script would be completely unusable for me.
It comes with some English support, but very basic one, so I think it can’t be used by someone not speaking Polish, as it just translates the outer interface, in fact not completely. I talked to author and if I remember correctly he said he might do English translation, but he had other priorities at that time.
June 17th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
qlWeb Directory Script is now available in English with PayPal and many new features. Free version is available now and Paid version is coming out in a few weeks. It has Deep Links, Meta Fetch, 5 Languages Option, Banner Rotator, Optional Instant Approvals, Implementation of Ads, Text, Banners directly through Admin, Instant Category Creation, Multiple Link Options for users and many more.
You can grab a free copy at: http://www.qlWeb.com
or see a Demo at: http://www.qlWebDemo.com
Have Fun!