New - Friendly URLs with mod_rewrite
Intechnic has received a huge amount of requests for integrating In-portal with mod_rewrite – the Apache web server’ module allowing to rewrite the URLs on the server-side and call server software with different attributes for rendering different URLs. With the latest release (In-portal v1.1.4 and In-link v3.1.3) In-portal adds support for this feature and makes it a very powerful tool in webmaster’ hands. Click here for more information.
Paid Listings Support
The support for Paid Listings has been requested by our customers for a long time and we finally made it a reality through this release of In-link 3.1.1 and In-commerce 1.0.1. We have also prepared a “Paid Listings Directory Guide” that will walk you through the process of setting up a Paid Listings Directory or converting your existing In-portal site into a powerful e-commerce solution. Click here for more information.
Main Features
In-link boasts more features and flexibility than virtually any other Directory Management solutions available on the market today. Years of experience and feedback from our customers helped us to design a product that includes a number of features making In-link stand out. In-link automatically integrates with all of the centralized services managed by the In-portal Platform and allows seamless introduction of countless additional features offered by other modules.
General Features
- Unlimited number of Links per category
- Paid Listings support (configurable unlimited paid listing types, automatic expiration)
- Link-modifiers – new, hot, pop, editor’s pick
- Configurable output options – sorting, pagination
- Configurable Links priority
- Link reviews
- Link rating/voting system
- Link submission form on the front end
- Link modification form on the front end
- Suggest category form on the front end
- Unlimited number of custom fields
- Different type of custom fields – text, drop-down, checkboxes etc.
- Configurable Search Settings – relevance, fields to search in etc.
- Configurable Output Settings – sorting, pagination, priorities etc.
- Configurable E-mail Settings – which notifications to send and to/from whom
- Links Validations – locates the dead links in the directory
Front End User Experience
The front-end users of your web site, regardless of the structure and the purpose of your site, will enjoy convenient and intuitive features and interfaces offered by In-link. In-link does not only allow your users to effectively view, navigate and search the information; it also allows your users to interact directly with that information, by viewing and applying it in accordance with their preferences and continuously keeping it up to date. It allows front-end users to suggest new information, maintain their own listings, rate and review the existing listings. In-link automatically maintains top rated, new and most popular listings, editor picks and keeps track of various markers, counters and statistics on all categories and listings in the directory.
Front End Features
- Sortable link listings with adjustable pagination
- Friendly URLs - perfectly spiderable, meaningful URLs with no query string; configurable category and items names in the URL*
- Breadcrumbs (category path) display on every page
- Quick search for links
- Advanced search for links
- Link submission forms (extensible with custom fields)
- Instant or pending administrator’s approval link submission
- Instant or pending administrator’s approval link modification
- Links Enhancement for submitted links (Paid Listings)
- Renewal notifications for Enhanced (Paid) Listings
- Multiple Enhancement types selectable when enhancing listings
Administrative Experience
The centralized Administrative Console allows you to manage your entire In-link directory of listings and all of its related services through a central Catalog. The interface of the Catalog is similar to the File Explorer in Microsoft Windows™, allowing users to work with multiple listings and categories, just like with files and folders on your computer, including but not limited to moving, copying and pasting categories and listings. The Catalog allows administrators to add, edit and delete listings and categories, validate pending listings and perform other administrative services.
In-link stores detailed information for each listing (link) in the database, including its title, description, date of entry and unlimited custom fields that can be used to store any information pertinent to your web site. Each listing has properties that the system automatically maintains based on the administrator’s preferences and the interaction with the end users. Additionally, the Administrative Console allows managing multiple settings and preferences and provides access to many useful tools, such as Link Validator, for example.
Administrative Console Features
- Catalog view – displays listings by category
- Advanced view – displays all the listings regardless of the category in one grid
- Reviews management – display all reviews in single section, allowing to edit and approve or deny it
- Graphical toolbars on every page
- Cut/Copy/Paste functions for managing links and categories
- Approve/Deny available from the toolbar
- Keyword-searchable data-grids (Catalog, Advanced View)
- Customizable View Options (pagination, sorting, display by link status etc.)
- Links verification – allows to automatically verify the availability of every link in the system
- Adjustable Output settings (sorting, pagination, priorities)
- Customizable Search settings – allows to specify fields for searching, relative weight of each field in calculating relevance etc.
- Customizable E-mail settings – allows to specify the from/to addresses for all automatic e-mails such as link added, link modified, link approved etc.
- Custom fields management – add/edit/delete unlimited custom fields, specify custom field types, labels etc.
- Paid Listings management add/edit/delete Paid Listing Types, create, modify, extends, approve or deny Paid Listings
- Import data from In-link 2.x
* Requires Apache web-server with mod_rewrite module enabled