A Review of Article Dashboard Article Directory Software
by Andre Best

Article Dashboard is a very capable article directory website generation software usable by both novice and experienced webmasters. And because this software creates websites fulfilling the needs of todays internet article writers and online content seekers, its users will discover that this is a very versatile, useful and robust software scripting program.

Most active web surfers know that it is information or 'content' that they seek when they surf websites. But outside of the major Search Engines, there really isn't any way to find content that one seeks if they're looking to add content to their website, that is, content they don't have to write, or pay for. But this is where Article Dashboard fills that gap.

The Article Dashboard software basically serves two purposes. Firstly, it allows one to generate a website resource where article authors can post their articles for free distribution. Secondly, it serves as a content portal for website owners seeking free content for their websites.

This website program is not just some software add-on that allows one to scrape content off the web and post it on their site, potentially illegally. And to clarify, the Article Dashboard article directory software is NOT like other directory generating software in that it does not simply plug in thousands of keywords and generate useless directories and content pages. Rather, it automatically creates a fully-functioning article directory website and also allows the owner of the article directory site to monitor and manage all aspects of the website's operations.

More specifically, it allows a webmaster to generate a fully-functioning website that:

- automatically generates webpages consisting of the submitted content
- creates error messages and login retrieval messages
- sends personalized emails
- creates automatic login confirmations and firewalls
- generates RSS feeds for submitted content
- tracks article statistics for users
- maintains a separate administration interface for the webmaster, and
- other subtle features that can only be experienced through usage

As you can see, the Article Dashboard software program may sound like other website building software, but this PHP-based scripting program is specially designed for the unique needs of article directory webmasters and to fulfill the original intent of the Internet, that is, to be a resource for viable, genuine information - or using today's jargon...content.

Of course, as with any software of this magnitude there are minor glitches, but these are constantly being addressed by the software developers - Jason Bradley and Patrick Stockwell - and the software improved based on user feedback and input given through the software developers forum.

Think about how one has to go about building a website to provide other writers content for free usage. The writers have to submit the content to the webmaster and the webmaster has to build a webpage for that content. All the HTML has to be inputted, including keywords, a title, an article description, signature lines, links, and the article has to be referenced on the master article directory and sub-directories where it is placed.

But with Article Dashboard software this is literally all done for the webmaster/article directory owner. Once a webmasters customized website is set up, the webmaster simply has to view a submitted article and can immediately approve, edit, or reject the article. Upon a one-click approval, all of the information referenced in the paragraph above is automatically generated and the website pages and references are also created. Simple.

About the only aspect of the software that is not absolutely basic to use and modify is the need for customization of the visual aspects of the article directory boilerplate templates. These templates involve PHP, CSS, and some HTML and modifying these aspects is not for the faint of heart. Any customization to make a unique-looking Article Dashboard site should only be undertaken by webmasters with a pretty decent understanding of these scripting programs.

Because of this, we recommend that a clean backup of the original files be kept in reserve, just in case one modifies the template files too much during customization and they need to 'start over'.

Overall, the ArticleDashboard software more than easily serves the needs of any webmaster seeking to create a website focusing on content sharing and content creation. Considering the elimination of the need to build a website from the ground up, and the easy creation of an information portal for todays content writers and content seekers, one should be able to easily see why Article Dashboard is quickly becoming the standard for article directory creation software.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.ArticlesandAuthors.com - THE Premier Site for Articles AND Authors

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