Article directory owners

I am planning to create an article directory soon, i want it to be private, not funneled by article marketer or such, i have enough content to fill it with original articles to be indexed and ranked on google.

I have had a look at article dashboard and articlems and i was not satisfied with them. I am planning to purchase article friendly soon.

Did anyone use it? Any feedback? Are there any other better scripts out there? Should i bother to make a custom one, or these scripts are good enough?

Article directories owners are cordially invited to express their experiencesD

Thanks btw.

Nick, from my experience, ArticeMS is very good for an article directory. We can customize it as much as possible... Nothing encrypted.... I am using ArticleMS for some 6-7 sites... I am greatly satisfied with it... There will be a "powered by" line, but if you pay money for the license you will get the permission to remove the line...

My programming knowledge is only <hr> and <br>... I did many customizations with this little knowledge... Imagine, then a programmer can do wonders with this script...

My vote for ArticleMS!!!

I had looked into several article directory scripts and finally decided on using Article Live. It's a pretty penny for the script, but none of the code is encrypted, so you can modify anything you wish to suit your needs. The script comes with about a dozen different templates to pick from, or you can make your own and the script will automatically adjust to accommodate any new template so everything looks clean. There's a blog and news section, and of course RSS feeds. It has an adsense module built-in, so you can earn revenue with relevant adsense on each of your pages. And it is compatible with content sites like iSnare and Article Marketer. I hope this helps you out.

Yeah, you should purchase article live. Only a small sum of cash, nothing huge...

It is not about the money, it is about the usability. Have you used it personally? Does it have a lot of features?

So far, i am still heading towards article friendly or a custom made one-probably the last one.

Im glad people are building foundations for themeselves, Ive started a bookmarking site and I have huge projects coming up... I applaud this approach, ive seen a snippet whiles searching of vivvo, try this... hxxp://freewebscripts.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html

Yes, I do use Articlelive. I has alot of functionality and is much more easier to customize to suit your needs than packages like Article Dashboard. I haven't used Article Friendly, however I believe the developer of it was once a mod for Article Dashboard.