[BNM] Open Source Social Networking choices

[Joe Aliferis]

It also has a plug-in architecture with a community of developers 
producing all sorts of weird and wonderful add-ons for it

If you can't find the functionality you need, you can develop your own 
plug-in !

Joe

> Yeh, would be quick if the site were up! Not a good sign!
>
> Elgg indeed is a great choice for getting something up and running,
> i.e. 10 mins, and as long as it does what you want it to do in terms
> of functionality then yer'll be fine.
>
> If you can find a 1.x version for download somewhere then do it, the <
> 1.x versions are a lot different.
>
> Steve Purkiss
>
> http://stevepurkiss.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> ELGG !
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>     
>>> Thanks all,
>>>
>>> The objective is to get something on-line fast as a proof of idea and not get stuck with something which eats into my time and thus my ROI will need to be greater.
>>>
>>> So, ideally a simple codebase/sql install with good separation/flexibility to introduce brand/style via template/css.
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Steve Purkiss <steve at purkiss.com>
>>> To: Brighton New Media <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 13:45:21
>>> Subject: Re: [BNM] Open Source Social Networking choices
>>>
>>> If it's scalability you're looking for then Drupal FTW!
>>>
>>> http://teamsugar.com/ is a good example of a large Drupal site, and
>>> next Tuesday we're launching the new http://holymoly.com site on
>>> Drupal which has a large readership/userbase.
>>>
>>> Perhaps if you could part with a few more details about what you're
>>> building we could be more specific in our answers...
>>>
>>> Steve Purkiss
>>>
>>> http://stevepurkiss.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:39 PM, joseppi c <joseppic at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> There is always a trade-off between generic and bespoke solutions but I don't want to make efforts adapting something which on the outset looks scalable but infact is a load of marketing balls.
>>>>
>>>> J.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Michael Bailey <m at madhavaji.com>
>>>> To: Brighton New Media <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 13:31:22
>>>> Subject: Re: [BNM] Open Source Social Networking choices
>>>>
>>>> Do you want something 'out-of-the-box' or are you prepared to put some build
>>>> energy in?
>>>>
>>>> Michael.
>>>>
>>>> 2009/4/28 joseppi c <joseppic at yahoo.co..uk>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m looking for an open source
>>>>> (PHP) social networking application which I can deploy on my own server. I
>>>>> have looked
>>>>> at hosted options like Ning and KickApps but these companies are charging
>>>>> for
>>>>> extra bandwidth and /or control of advertising.
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve looked at Buddypress which
>>>>> sites on top of Wordpress MU. This has the advantage of a familiar codebase
>>>>> (wordpress) but the feature set is less rich.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know of a better
>>>>> solution?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> J.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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