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Michael P · April 12th, 2006, 02:25 PM

Okay, let me try and inject some thoughts here.

None of our products is really a 'directory' product; PhotoPost PRO (and PhotoPost vBGallery) are expecting a member/user to upload an image or a multimedia file into a gallery. PhotoPost Classifieds is specific to ads that members would place and ReviewPost is specific to items which members can provide feedback on.

If I understand this conversation, you are looking for a podcast directory - a user uploads some info along with an XML URL and that information is presented back to the user with a link to launch the XML file using Wimpy as the interface (never heard of wimpy before 20 minutes ago, but is a flash-based MP3 player). I'm not really inclined to become a Wimpy expert in the next few hours, so will go based on the little I read so far.

What Chuck was saying was that you could add a custom field where a user uploading an image could also specify a URL to an XML file. What you did with the XML link would be up to you - you could add your link to the display page to launch wimpy with the URL with some minor programming changes; however, PhotoPost is still expecting something to be uploaded that will be displayed - either an image or a multimedia file.

If what you want is a directory of XML links with information, then I think that PhotoPost would be overkill for your situation - simply because the whole system is based on the idea that people are uploading files to the server and when you take out that element, alot of the features of PhotoPost don't apply.

So, my take on this is that while it can be done, it isn't the most pratical application to do it with. It would seem that you are looking more for a directory program of some sort that would allow you to add fields that can be displayed as links on an item detail page.

ReviewPost is probably closer to what you are looking for - it can even be configured to not allow image uploads. But again, you'd need to rework some of the templates to suit your needs. Assuming you want users to provide reviews of podcasts, it could work fairly well as a podcast post and review section.

April 12th, 2006, 02:25 PM	#27 (permalink)
Michael P PhotoPost Developer Verified Customer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 11,860	Okay, let me try and inject some thoughts here. None of our products is really a 'directory' product; PhotoPost PRO (and PhotoPost vBGallery) are expecting a member/user to upload an image or a multimedia file into a gallery. PhotoPost Classifieds is specific to ads that members would place and ReviewPost is specific to items which members can provide feedback on. If I understand this conversation, you are looking for a podcast directory - a user uploads some info along with an XML URL and that information is presented back to the user with a link to launch the XML file using Wimpy as the interface (never heard of wimpy before 20 minutes ago, but is a flash-based MP3 player). I'm not really inclined to become a Wimpy expert in the next few hours, so will go based on the little I read so far. What Chuck was saying was that you could add a custom field where a user uploading an image could also specify a URL to an XML file. What you did with the XML link would be up to you - you could add your link to the display page to launch wimpy with the URL with some minor programming changes; however, PhotoPost is still expecting something to be uploaded that will be displayed - either an image or a multimedia file. If what you want is a directory of XML links with information, then I think that PhotoPost would be overkill for your situation - simply because the whole system is based on the idea that people are uploading files to the server and when you take out that element, alot of the features of PhotoPost don't apply. So, my take on this is that while it can be done, it isn't the most pratical application to do it with. It would seem that you are looking more for a directory program of some sort that would allow you to add fields that can be displayed as links on an item detail page. ReviewPost is probably closer to what you are looking for - it can even be configured to not allow image uploads. But again, you'd need to rework some of the templates to suit your needs. Assuming you want users to provide reviews of podcasts, it could work fairly well as a podcast post and review section. __________________ Please do not PM me for support or sales questions. Thank you for your understanding. Last edited by Michael P; April 12th, 2006 at 02:29 PM.