Some pre-sales questions?

Hi

I'm building a directory of French campsites, and my USP is 'more French campsites than any other website' and 'The Wikipedia of French Campsites'.

I need to list approximately 20,000+ campsites, is this possible bearing in mind hosting limitations?

I'll want to apply a theme to the script, what format should this be?

thanks

Sorry, I meant to aska further question?

I intend to get my initial data from Open Streetv Maps, and the French Government data source at data.gouv.fr - what is the preferred file format for importing to the PHPlistings script?

Thanks

Nick Garnett

Hello Nick,

thank you for your inquiry.

I need to list approximately 20,000+ campsites, is this possible bearing in mind hosting limitations?

The phpListings software can comfortably handle more than 100,000 listings on a standard shared hosting plan, so managing 20,000 listings won’t be an issue at all.

I'll want to apply a theme to the script, what format should this be?

You can integrate any template as long as it’s available in plain HTML. phpListings uses a widget-based layout system, so you’ll just need to adapt sections of your template into the corresponding widgets. We can also help with the integration, just let me know.

I intend to get my initial data from Open Streetv Maps, and the French Government data source at data.gouv.fr - what is the preferred file format for importing to the PHPlistings script?

The best approach is to prepare a compatible CSV file with your listing data. You can find the required format in the manual below:

https://www.phplistings.com/manual/listings/import-export

You can also download a sample CSV by exporting any listing type data from the phpListings demo site at

https://demo.phplistings.com/admin

login: admin@phplistings.com

password: admin

go to any listing type under Admin → Content, click Export, and generate the file. Once the scheduled task completes, you’ll be able to download it and use it as a template for your listings.

Thank you.