Review of CNcat

• Control Panel: it allows an admistrator to manage the directory, edit the template and back-up the files, in XML format.
  
  
• Link Management: Allows you to write, edit and delete descriptions about websites in your directory. You can either link to the websites in your directory by using the jump.php or directly linking to the websites. Administrators can also use the “Multiple links confirmation" plugin to add several sites at the same time.
  
  
• Catagory Management: You can add, rename, and delete catagories. You cannot, however, move an entire category, with one click.
  
  
• Duplicated Link Warning: It will alert you if a duplicated link is submitted.
  
  
• Broken Links: Allows users to alert you, if there is a broken link.
  
  
• Confirmation Email: Can send an email to tell people, who submit their websites, if it is accepted or denied.
  
  
• Customizable Template: You can change the look and feel of the directory through the control panel.
  
  
• Plugins: You can write your own plugins to fit your needs.
  
  
• Importing: By using the included plugins you can import directly form PHP-nuke, or from XML files that are exported through CNcat.
  
  
• Exporting: You can export links, directory structure, and design into XML files (plugin).
  
  
• Visitors can submit links

• CNcat is very easy to use.
  
  
• It's very easy to modify.
  
  
• Pretty well documented in the manual.
  
  
• Free, unless you want to take off the "Copyright by CNcat"
  
  
• It only costs $10 to remove the "Copyright by CNcat" at the bottom of every page.
  
  
• Includes all the basic features a directory script should have.
  

• There were a few bugs, but they weren't very hard to fix. They weren't very major, either. I'll document them later. Generally, if you just use the default set-up you should be fine.
  
  
• No symlinking
  
  
• You can't move an entire category, unless you want to do it manually entry by entry.
  
  
• The search script is kind of bad.