[WEB4LIB] Re: Link Managment tool

[Chris Gray]

Aside from PHP modules that allow you to pull data from the Open Directory
Project (like phpODP), a quick search on freshmeat leads to the PHP-based
"Birch".

"Birch is a set of PHP scripts that allow you to create your own Yahoo! or
ODP-style hierarchies. It uses the PHP PEAR DB abstraction layer, so it
should work with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or almost any other database backend."

I'm not familiar with it, but it sounds like it may be what you're looking
for.

<http://birch.sourceforge.net/>

Chris


On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, kevin smith wrote:

> Just a bit of clarification:
>
> I am hoping that some day, there will be multiple editors.  I just
> looked at the PirateSource software.  I don't think that this will
> work for me since I don't have the ability to create databases on the
> server, only to create new tables in my existing database.  This
> solution also seems like overkill for my relatively small public
> library.
>
> What I would like to be able to do is have a page of  categories and
> subcategories with dynamically generated lists of links with
> annotations.  Something like this
> http://www.libraryforlife.org/hotlist/
>
> If there are any good tutorials around that explain how I could do
> this myself, that would also be great.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin Smith
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:13:56 -0500, kevin smith <ashkev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am looking for a basic link management tool for my library's web
> > site.  Our web site is hosted off site; however, I have access to
> > Mysql and PHP.  I am not looking for a full fledged CMS, I am using
> > Movabletype for that.  I would just like a solution for managing links
> > in categories and sub-categories, and displaying them appropriately.
> > I have experimented with placing information from the MT blog, onto
> > the front page of the site, but I have only limited experience with
> > PHP and Mysql.  I am using Dreamweaver MX 2004.  Any suggestions would
> > be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Kevin Smith
> > Reference and Web Services Librarian
> > Cass District Library
> > 269-445-3400 X 31
> > cass.lib.mi.us
> >
>