For social networking, you'll find that CS has just about all the modules you'll want already bundled. Their installer will preconfigure much for you. You'll probably want to add the spam 2.0 module, but CS is pretty self-contained.
For example, interest matching might be a natural extension of profile or contacts or even the new CRM. There's a lot of interest on CSL to enhance the relationship building tools, so you might find some interested parties there. (They mostly visit here, too, but it's easy to miss a post on the forums here.)
I'll seach CivicSpace for more social networking functionality, but CivicSpace really adds a lot of confusion. Of course it's a fork! And I'm not happy I have to sort of sign up for CivicSpace's implicit leftwing politics to use their modules...
CS is a distributed bundle of Drupal plus an assortment of contributed modules, most of which can be found here. But yes, there's a lot to learn, but that's only because there's a lot of power.
As for politics, I don't believe there's any political declaration or loyalty oath required. ;)
CS is based on 4.5 right? What about drupal 4.6 features?
CS site says these are pre-releases. Additional features like Massmailing, CRM etc. are still under development. When the 1.0 is comming?
I wish there were a stepwise guide like Dgroups to covert into CS so that I would know which drupal files were changed. In future if I require I could get back to core drupal. What do you think?
They call it "pre-release" because they've not given it the 1.0 release number yet. You might want to explore their development path posts to learn more about intentions for that.
However, CS is a distribution of Drupal. That means, for the most part, you could build the same kind of site piece by piece using Drupal and contributed modules. What CS provides is pre-configuration via a robust installation script that can save you time in admin settings, plus some new patches and integration fixes that may not yet be re-committed to Drupal.
CS is not a fork, so it is as mature as Drupal. It's just that they're bundling some 30 additional modules with it for developers/site admins who have the need or goal to build a community website.
It's really up to you. Do you want to just get it up and running? Or do you want to tinker with each and every feature? Do you even need all the features in CS? That should inform your decision on which way to go.
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CivicSpace Stable?
Can I use CivicSpace for production site?
- Anim
Sure. But you should be more
Sure. But you should be more verbose if you want a more detailed answer...
Uwe.
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Recommend CS
For social networking, you'll find that CS has just about all the modules you'll want already bundled. Their installer will preconfigure much for you. You'll probably want to add the spam 2.0 module, but CS is pretty self-contained.
Laura
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Halfway there...
I asked the same question here and never received a real answer either.
A lot can be done with the Profile, Members and PrivateMSG modules, but there are still plenty of blind spots.
An interest match module would really help.
Here's another unresolved discussion of the interest match module.
You might work with current developers
For example, interest matching might be a natural extension of profile or contacts or even the new CRM. There's a lot of interest on CSL to enhance the relationship building tools, so you might find some interested parties there. (They mostly visit here, too, but it's easy to miss a post on the forums here.)
Laura
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Thanks!
I'll seach CivicSpace for more social networking functionality, but CivicSpace really adds a lot of confusion. Of course it's a fork! And I'm not happy I have to sort of sign up for CivicSpace's implicit leftwing politics to use their modules...
Not a fork
CS is a distributed bundle of Drupal plus an assortment of contributed modules, most of which can be found here. But yes, there's a lot to learn, but that's only because there's a lot of power.
As for politics, I don't believe there's any political declaration or loyalty oath required. ;)
Laura
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pingVision • scattered sunshine
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CS is based on 4.5 right? What about drupal 4.6 features?
CS site says these are pre-releases. Additional features like Massmailing, CRM etc. are still under development. When the 1.0 is comming?
I wish there were a stepwise guide like Dgroups to covert into CS so that I would know which drupal files were changed. In future if I require I could get back to core drupal. What do you think?
- Anim
Current CS is 4.6
They call it "pre-release" because they've not given it the 1.0 release number yet. You might want to explore their development path posts to learn more about intentions for that.
However, CS is a distribution of Drupal. That means, for the most part, you could build the same kind of site piece by piece using Drupal and contributed modules. What CS provides is pre-configuration via a robust installation script that can save you time in admin settings, plus some new patches and integration fixes that may not yet be re-committed to Drupal.
CS is not a fork, so it is as mature as Drupal. It's just that they're bundling some 30 additional modules with it for developers/site admins who have the need or goal to build a community website.
It's really up to you. Do you want to just get it up and running? Or do you want to tinker with each and every feature? Do you even need all the features in CS? That should inform your decision on which way to go.
Laura
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pingVision • scattered sunshine
_____ ____ ___ __ _ _
Laura Scott :: design » blog » tweet