Open source Social Networking
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Social networking adheres to our desire to share, to be together. Open source Social Networking takes this idea a step further. What if you want to have a social networking site devoted to golf enthusiasts? What if there was a social networking group for rocket scientists only? To satisfy such needs many opt for open source social networking sites. They not only give you greater control over the whole set up but also allows you to make important changes.
Pligg
Pligg has emerged as the widely accepted social networking platform on the Web. Pligg is a PHP system that let visitors submit their own websites and blogs for voting or ranking. As a platform, Pligg offers many innovative features such as trackback support. Trackback support allows an author to keep a track of who is linking to their articles. Other features include automatic title discovery and the ability to import RSS functions. Some of the Pligg based Websites are PlugIM and Simply Fired.
News cloud
News cloud is another very famous open source content management system. Like Pligg, News Cloud also offers story ranking feature. To expand their reach they have also come up with a Facebook app for their service. This new service is also open source and is available as a free download from the main Website. The only downside is the layout which is slightly newsier.
Dolphin
BoonEx is the leading dating and community software company. Their latest innovation is Dolphin, a free community building application. It has gained tremendous popularity in dating circles. The only downside to this open source social networking website is its fee based structure. If you want to remove the company logo from your website you would have to pay them extra money.
Mugshot
Mugshot is developed by Red Hat, a US based open source provider. Mugshot allows you to post your reading list, allows you to discuss and share what you are listening. Mug shot is a favorite among people looking for niche social networking. As both the client and server code are open source.
GetBoo
GetBoo lets you to save your favorite Websites and share them with your family, friends or groups. It also allows the users to have public and private groups.
Open source social networking software’s
if you are looking for more control over the Website, including the branding, the domain name, the templates, the features, the community setup, or the database details. The best way is to get social networking software for your system.
Elgg
Elgg was the winner for best open source social networking platform for the year 2008; this speaks volume about the efficiency and usability of the software. It is a remarkably user friendly tool that offers you number of Internet services like blog, social networking, collection of news via RSS tapping and file sharing. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that it is indeed one of the most versatile pieces of software.
Mahara
Mahara is a platform that allows its users to demonstrate their passion, special skills. Mahara allows the users to showcase those to special set of audience. Mahara offers several creative features; with it you can create an e-portfolio platform and even set up an online learner community. Other features include blogs, a CV builder, a file manager, institutions detail and the social networking aspect where you can add and maintain groups.
Lovd by Less
Lovd by Less is one of the first open source social networking platforms that are functional on Ruby in Rails. Like other open source social networking sites, it also offers blogs, photo gallery with captions, site search for friends, etc. it also allows seamless integration with YouTube and Flicker. Lovd by Less is easy to use and contains many essential applications.
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About the author: Rebecca is a blogger by profession. She loves writing on technology, lifestyle and gadgets. Last weekend she went to see a boat show with her close friend.