I submitted a while back to Dmoz (didn't quite get it then and can't
even remember which category). It hasn't been listed yet. I use
Homestead, which I now understand creates errors. I've tidied the site
as much as possible to eliminate errors, but have never imported any
html (and Homestead promises these errors are not a problem).Could
this have prevented my site's listing? If so, should I go ahead and
resubmit? Thanks, Lynda-www.peregrined.com

Hi Lynda,

Editors at DMOZ are volunteers, and tend to have a high load compared
to their time available.  I doubt that problems with your code would
have caused a DMOZ editor to have rejected you, but it is possible. 
An editor might have also decided that the category you sent it to was
not actually appropriate for the site.  If that was the case, he/she
would have either deleted it or forwarded it to the "correct" category
- which would then bump it back to the end of the waiting list to be
reviewed in the new category.

The recommendation given below by tlspiegel is a good one.  In general
it is a good idea to wait about a month after your first submission. 
In my experience as a former DMOZ editor (1999-2002), the people who
submit, wait a while (and make improvements, etc to the site), then
submit again are not penalized.  The "don't submit a URL more than
once" is designed to keep people from either spamming the directory or
from submitting a site to more than one category at a time (to try for
multiple placements).  DMOZ keeps track of all URLs submitted in their
database, so an editor is able to tell whether your site was accepted
or rejected and can see notes giving reasons.

Upon looking at your website and wandering around DMOZ a little bit, I
think the best place to submit your site would be
http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Furniture/Tables/Handcrafted.
 This is because 1: it's a shopping area, which means people are
expecting to be able to buy stuff off these sites, 2: other mosaic
table-oriented sites are listed in that category, and 3: yours are
handcrafted, not machine-made tables.  For more information on this
category, read the "Description" at
http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Furniture/Tables/Handcrafted/desc.html

When you fill out the submission form, you might want to put a note in
that the page has been recently updated to solve HTML errors.  Also,
make sure you put your email in the form - this gives an editor a way
of contacting you if there is a problem with your submission.

I hope these suggestions and comments help you.  I've based them
largely on my experience as a DMOZ editor (which I no longer am), and
some research I did at the DMOZ site.

librariankt

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Clarification of Answer by librariankt-ga on 14 Feb 2003 13:10 PST

Hi Lucy8 -
If you want, you can send email to the editor of the category.  People
very rarely send editors emails, and even more rarely get a response. 
But in your case it might not be a bad idea.  Especially if you make
it clear that it was your goof and you're sorry.  ;)
- librariankt

HI lucy8,

If you feel it's been longer than 3 weeks, I'd suggest you resubmit.

As stated from How to Add a Site to the Open Directory:

"Procedure After Your Site is Submitted
An ODP editor will review your submission to determine whether to
include it in the directory.  Depending on factors such as the volume
of submissions to the particular category, it may take several weeks
or more before your submission is reviewed.  Please only submit a URL
to the Open Directory once.  Again, multiple submissions of the same
or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those
and all affiliated sites.  Disguising your submission and submitting
the same URL more than once is not permitted.  If a site you submitted
has not been listed after three weeks, you may submit it again or you
may send an e-mail to an editor of the category for which the site was
submitted."

http://dmoz.org/add.html

Hope this helps,

tlspiegel
Google Answers Researcher

Resubmitted (actually to contemporary furntiture as we are producing
runs, not individual pieces). I found no way to add a note to the
submission form- tried to sneak an aside in to the description, but it
made it too long---should I e-mail the editor and let him know I
improved and believe I sub'd to the wrong place last time? Thank to
you both X3, Lucy8