Icon Finder Website?

[Jay]

I am interested in creating a website that provides icons for the community, such as iconfinder.net, iconarchive.com, etc. But I dont really know how I would do it.

In order to make the site, would I need to make everything from scratch or is there some script out there that already has images, a layout, etc?

This is just for my knowledge, as I would just like some general information.

 

[Mr. Duck]

I was looking for exactly the same thing earlier today, but i didnt get anything.

 

[Quacker Jack]

To my knowledge, a site like that would need a custom script.

 

[Gizmo]

I am interested in creating a website that provides icons for the community, such as iconfinder.net, iconarchive.com, etc. But I dont really know how I would do it.

In order to make the site, would I need to make everything from scratch or is there some script out there that already has images, a layout, etc?

This is just for my knowledge, as I would just like some general information.

A gallery software could do something like this. http://gallery.menalto.com/ has comments, search, ratings... the whole lot.

 

[Jay]

Hmm, idk if sites like icon finder uses a gallery. :S

 

[Gizmo]

Sites like Icon Finder pay people to make software such as the software.

 

[Justin]

Well you could use a search engine script and modify it

 

[Jay]

Yea, I could do that but theb what about the images, how will i display those?

 

[Taz]

Maybe you should contact iconfinder.

 

[Mr. Duck]

It could be a search engine script but for images like google images

 

[Iconfinder.com]

Hey

I'm the owner of Iconfinder and I just found this thread.

The code behind the site is custom made. I doubt you would get a good result by using gallery software, but using a framework such as Zend or CodeIgniter for PHP would be a good idea. I have not paid anybody to code the site, since I'm a programmer myself. The difficult part is probably no the code, but instead building and optimizing the database and of course getting a large user base.

You're welcome to ask me questions about the site and how to get started.

Best regards,
Martin LeBlanc<br /><br />-- 23 Dec 2010, 22:56 --<br /><br />

Maybe you should contact iconfinder.

You don't have to - Iconfinder contacts you.

 

[Jay]

Thanks alot man! That really gave me some general knowledge on a website of that type.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

I think it's a good idea but how could it do against the main ones already out there, Icon Archive and Icon Finder are pretty big already. IcoJoy is also another good premium icon site.

 

[death180]

Hey

I'm the owner of Iconfinder and I just found this thread.

The code behind the site is custom made. I doubt you would get a good result by using gallery software, but using a framework such as Zend or CodeIgniter for PHP would be a good idea. I have not paid anybody to code the site, since I'm a programmer myself. The difficult part is probably no the code, but instead building and optimizing the database and of course getting a large user base.

You're welcome to ask me questions about the site and how to get started.

Best regards,
Martin LeBlanc

-- 23 Dec 2010, 22:56 --

Maybe you should contact iconfinder.

You don't have to - Iconfinder contacts you.

Ummm.... Why do I feel I want to call shenanigans on this one?