hi. i'm working on a site which is about wholesale furniture. i want to make it into a drectory of wholesle furniture suppliers. so i need a reliable program that allows them to add their company. these are the content management programs that my host offers, i was wondering which one do you recommend?

Drupal, Geeklog, Joomla, Mambo Open, Source, PHP-Nuke, phpWCMS, phoWebsite, Post-Nuke, Siteframe, TYPO3, Xoops

I think you need something different if you want to run a directory. Something like these...

http://www.phpmydirectory.com - for business directory listings, lots of useful features and superb developer support

http://www.bosdev.com/bosmarket/ - not as many features as the above but very good developer support

If you want a CMS then I would go for Joomla or Mambo as I think they are the best ones. If you want a directory then you need to goto the likes of hotscripts.com and have a look for one with good reviews.

Personaly rather than using CMS I would write your own script. It will take a bit of time, but at the end it will do exactly what you want it to, and you arn't bound to any TOS's

Mark

i could build you the script... what are you looking to spend?