Due to the popularity of sites such as MySpace and FaceBook, people have been searching on how to build a social network. The highly popular sites are custom jobs but there are free social network software like MySpace and YouTube.
Before going on with the free social networking scripts, let us determine first the social network requirements. We usually need a blogging component, some profile page a la MySpace, and a forum of sort for community discussion. We should look for these capabilities in a social networking script.
An old hand, and therefore proven and tested to be stable, at social networks is the free script elgg. It started out as university project to get the professors and students connected. It is now one of the most popular social network script.
A recent newcomer is BuddyPress, based on the popular multi-blogging platform Wordpress-MU. Coming from the creators of WordPress, BuddyPress will soon be up there with the rest of the free scripts in popularity.
Finally, if we have some web development talents, we can always tweak and customize a Drupal installation into a social network. Drupal is an extremely versatile and powerful Content Management System (CMS).
Actually, the most difficult part of building an online social network is finding our niche and getting members to join.
Free social network software.
Due to the popularity of sites such as MySpace and FaceBook, people have been searching on how to build a social network. The highly popular sites are custom jobs but there are free social network software like MySpace and YouTube.
Before going on with the free social networking scripts, let us determine first the social network requirements. We usually need a blogging component, some profile page a la MySpace, and a forum of sort for community discussion. We should look for these capabilities in a social networking script.
An old hand, and therefore proven and tested to be stable, at social networks is the free script elgg. It started out as university project to get the professors and students connected. It is now one of the most popular social network script.
A recent newcomer is BuddyPress, based on the popular multi-blogging platform Wordpress-MU. Coming from the creators of WordPress, BuddyPress will soon be up there with the rest of the free scripts in popularity.
Finally, if we have some web development talents, we can always tweak and customize a Drupal installation into a social network. Drupal is an extremely versatile and powerful Content Management System (CMS).
Actually, the most difficult part of building an online social network is finding our niche and getting members to join.