Hi Everyone,
I have just finished installing Drupal on a test site.
I currently run a Xoops platform social networking site, using a module called Yogurt.
I am currently trying to improve on what I currently have.
Drupal has had some good reviews so I thought I would take the time to attempt to create a social platform for my site using drupal.
I have been through the modules in the download section and installed them, at this stage it is not doing what I would like it to be doing.
I thought as I am new I would ask the community what Module or Modules they would use to create a social platform for all Audio,Pictures,Videos,Friends.
If you have an example website where this is already happening I would love to see it.
I really hope you can assist me.
I found this article http://cmsreport.com/node/1315 that shows drupal 2nd for social networking along with Elgg.
Please someone assist me,
Kiwi Chris.
Edited by: VeryMisunderstood; Moved to appropriate forum
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A few to start with
http://socnet.shellmultimedia.com
http://shellmultimedia.com/tutorials/contributed-modules
http://drupalsn.com/learn-drupal
http://drupalsn.com/modules_used.php (was made back with D5, some would be different now with D6).
The link you mentioned is very old though. In 2007 that most likely referred to Drupal 4.x, which is ancient in Drupal years :D
Not sure they had a "social networking" category after that, though Drupal 5 and 6 have taken all the top awards since then: http://www.packtpub.com/award
You absolutely need: CCK, Views, Filefield, Imagefield, Imagecache. Depending on your video needs there are a variety of options. For locally hosted and converted, Filefield for storage, Media Mover for transcoding, SWF Tools or jQuery Media for display. If you will have offsite hosted videos, check out Embedded Media Field module. There's some good videos on setting up on http://www.mustardseedmedia.com/podcast
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Kudos to you Keyz
I will work with what you have given.
as regards to that competition I did what anyone does I Google'd and that popped up.
Problem with Google Searches they are not always Recent.
I will let you know how I get on.
So far not so good
Hi, well I installed the many modules that was listed which lead to more modules to intall.
And I am still to see much in the way of a good social Site.
This is disheartening and I may need to look for another cms, as its not really doing what I want and I keep getting funny errors popping up.
I will have another look at it in a few days just in case there is something I have missed to configure with the site, with so many links within the admin area this is possible and with very little drupal experience.
I still think it would be good if there was one download and not 50 to try to make a social site.
Oh well, that's my 2 cents.
hey
"I still think it would be good if there was one download and not 50 to try to make a social site."
then all social sites would look alike now, wouldn't they? :D
;)
Drupal is a very powerful CMS but if I were you, I wouldn't use it. This is due to your poor experience. You will find yourself struggling with CCK and Filefield (things that need coding) unless you know some good handy php. Think out of the box and decide whether you are going to use it or not and always remember that the most difficult part about Drupal is to decide which modules you will be using to produce your site.
good luck!
Powerful, not simple
Honestly, if you are looking for a turnkey solution you are better off looking at a propriatary system designed for social networking where you have it all in one hand holding package. Drupal is very powerful and is used to power some high end social networks but it takes work to build the site. I've put about 30 hours so far into building my demo site and I'm no where near done. My real site I expect will take at least 500 hours for the rebuild, and that's after the thousands I put into the first version.
Michelle
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Shell Multimedia - My sporadically updated mostly Drupal blog.
I wouldn't recomment
Imagefield on this one. You can achieve everything without using Imagefield. This is because later you might have problems regarding Filefield and Imagefield comptabilities.
Use views, filefield, imagecache, CCK and swf tools solely.
What do you mean no
What do you mean no Imagefield? Almost every Drupal site in the world uses Imagefield. Imagefield is simply a way of having Filefield handle a file as an image and provide image specific formatting and display options. Perhaps you mean Image module, which yes, is not recommended by me.
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I never said
"no Imagefield". I said that I would not recommend it because YES, I was talking about the combination ImageField and Image :)
m.
Thanks for the responces
So from what has been written I am guessing I may not have the ability to make a site out of Drupal,
I do appreciate that you wouldn't want all sites to be identical, and that Drupal has the ability to go High End etc.
It appears after getting the modules one must work under the hood so to speak to make it work.
Thank you all for taking the time to answer my post.
I wish Drupal all the best for the future.
Kiwi Chris
Comparison?
What are the key advantages of imagefield over image.module?
I run a couple dozen 5.x sites and I'm developing a handful of fresh new sites in 6.x, and after I'm done with that I'll be looking at upgrading to 6.x on all sites. I've been using image.module in all its incarnations almost since its inception and I'm aware of some of the teething problems it has had, but I've still been working with it in 6.x because I'm familiar with it.
What do I gain or lose using imagefield instead?
I don't know
all I know is that upgrading is a pain if you are using image and imagefield. If you look into the projects' code you will understand.