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Social Networking – A Magic Trick for Business Promotion

Mufti Ali — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:46:51 +0000

With the passage of time we have witnessed so many changes when it comes to internet. Sometimes it gets hard to decide if these changes are for good or bad or if they have made our lives easier or difficult. Obviously, everything in this world has its own pros and cons. These days we can find innumerable freelancers and designers so establishing yourself as a new designer can get really hard at times. To be honest, marketing yourself is not an easy task. One of the major reasons why people do not opt for proper advertising and marketing is that it is really expensive. But, people are good at finding alternatives and so these designers have also fine one.

Everything You Need to Know About Social Networks [INFOGRAPHIC]

Mufti Ali — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:37:49 +0000

It would be an understatement to say that Social Networking is big time. The time has come where it isn’t enough to have the domain name you want available, you must also make sure usernames on the most popular networks are also available.

Most Popular Ruby Based Open Source Social Networking Platform

Mufti Ali — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:04:14 +0000

Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. It is intended to be Used with an Agile development methodology That Is Used by Web developers for rapid development.
There are lots of Websites That use it including popular ones like Twitter, github, Scribd and many more. If you are planning to build a social networking site using ruby on rails. You should to consider most popular social networking platform below, which was built using ruby on rails.

Diaspora

Diaspora is an open source social networking application in Ruby on Rails. It includes most of the features to be expected like friendships, status messages, photos, etc. Diaspora aims to be a distributed network, where totally separate computers connect to each other directly, will let us connect without surrendering our privacy.They call these computers ‘seeds’. A seed is owned by you, hosted by you, or on a rented server. Once it has been set up, the seed will aggregate all of your information: your facebook profile, tweets, anything.

Diapora considered to be a Facebook alternative by many sources. Today, Diaspora, a potential rival for Facebook, released its open source code, inviting designers and programmers to help shape the network. But his unique, one of the people who contributed to fund the development of diaspora is the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.

Insoshi

Insoshi is a social networking platform in Ruby on Rails. You can use Insoshi to make custom social networks; see the Insoshi demo site for an example. Features include activity feeds, profiles, photo sharing, comment walls, blogs, forums, user messaging, and an admin panel.It’s on GitHub, so you can fork it to your heart’s content, and it can act as a base for developing your own social Web application.

Insoshi was originally developed by Michael Hartl and Long Nguyen as part of the Y Combinator program, and is presently maintained by Evan Dorn and Logical Reality Design.

CommunityEngine

CommunityEngine is a free, open-source social network plugin for Ruby on Rails applications. Community Engine is a plugin that can add social networking features to existing Rails applications. Drop it into your new or existing application, and you’ll instantly have all the features of a basic community site.

Features

user profiles, blogs
private messaging
forums
events
plugin
photo uploading
clippings, static pages
commenting
friendship
activity feeds and localization.

LovdbyLess

LovdbyLess is a free and fully customizable social networking platform, built using Ruby on Rails. Built with Ruby On Rails, LovdByLess is feature rich and allows for social interaction on every level.It comes with many of the same features and functionalities of its loved-by-more counterparts, Myspace and Facebook.

Features

blogs with comment capabilities
photo galleries with captions
profile bio and information
the ability to follow a user or “friend” them
site search for friends
user-to-user messaging
profile comments
user dashboard (recent activity feed)
emailed activity
flickr integration
youtube integration

Lovd By Less has the edge by being MIT-licensed, making it easier to use in your own commercial applications.

EngineY

EngineY is a social network and CMS framework implemented in Ruby on Rails that is easy to customize and deploy as your own powerful and feature packed social media or CMS site. Empower users with their own blogs. Enhance collaboration with forums, groups and events. Let your users post Twitter-like status messages. Track all the activity on your site with a live activity stream.

Features

User profiles
Events
Blogs
Private Messages
Photos
Forums
Activity Stream

Tog

Tog is a non-intrusive, extensible open source platform that helps you to add social network features to your Ruby on Rails apps. Using these prepackaged and automated features should let you focus on the real key point about social networks: keep the conversation going with your members. If you’re just starting a social site or wants to polish your community with lovely social capabilities maybe you should give tog a try.

Features

profiles
open/private groups
abuse report
tag clouds
ratings
internal messaging
blogs
photos
CMS
news
Q&A

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You Mean I Could Make Money and Get Traffic? 15 Great Tips

Mufti Ali — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:18:52 +0000

There’s a variety of ways to make money with your blogs but the key is to not lose your subscribers or irritate your visitors. Here are some simple ways ..

Social Media and Graphic Designers – Pros and Cons

Mufti Ali — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:02:32 +0000

Social Media is not a new name and almost everybody is pretty much acquainted with the uses and effects of social media websites. In this techno-oriented world, social media networking is a prevailing trend that continues to grow with increasing awareness. People from all walks of life are prone to its usage. Likewise, graphic designers are also into using social media websites and many of them are pretty fond of it. However, what I have noticed is that with the growing challenges of graphic designing, social media has become more of a necessity for every graphic designer.

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Marketing is Everything

Mufti Ali — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:35:51 +0000

Nowadays as the economical crisis still has a bad influence on many countries the possibilities of a freelancer to gain more and good projects are increasing. This statement is based on the latest studies regarding the market and the large opportunities of the online medium; the companies have the tendency to hire very good specialists, for high quality tasks, paid in high amounts of dollars only for projects and not as full time employees. This sounds as very good news for all freelancers.

Mingle, turn your wordpress blog into Social Network

Mufti Ali — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:27:41 +0000

Mingle is wordpress plugin that let you to turn your WordPress blog into a Social Network. Mingle usesÂ standard WordPress website and standard WordPress theme to create profile pages, user friending, profile page posts, profile activities, social comments, email notifications (with privacy settings) and a full directory of members.

So if you want to create social networking site,Â mingle is worth to try.

Features:

User Profile Pages
User Friending
User Profile Posting (for friends)
User Profile Post Commenting (for friends)
Friend Activity Pages
Full Member Directory
Login & Navigation Widget
Random or Recent Users Widget
Email Notifications
User Email Notification Opt-Outs

Tutorials

Currently video tutorial to getting started with Mingle is available on dubupee.com.

Plugin homepage: http://blairwilliams.com/mingle-wordpress-plugin/
View tutorial : Getting Started with Mingle
License: License free

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5 CMS ready for creating social networking site

Mufti Ali — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:22:58 +0000

There is a lot of success social networking site out there that created using an open source or commercial content management system.

You can get starting create yours social networking site by using avalaible social networking CMS. If you have enought money you can paid for commercialÂ social network CMS. For you guys who have enought time and have passion in programming and design, you can create it yourself. In this post im not talking about how to create social networking from scratch, but i will share with you list of someÂ open sourcesÂ CMS that ready for creating social networking site.

BuddyPress

For WordPress users, BuddyPress may be the best option. With BuddyPress you can turn a WordPress MU installation into a social networking site. BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features youâ€™d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.

Feature

Extended Profiles
Private Messaging
Friends
Groups
The Wire
Activity Streams
Blog Tracking
Forums

Demo

Drupal

Drupal is a popular open source content management system that can be used to create social networking and social media sites. Design Bump, a social news site for the design community, is built on Drupal. You can learn how to create your social networkig site using drupal by readingÂ tutorial on woorkup How to build a Social Networking Website with Drupal

Pligg

Pligg is an open source Content Management System (CMS) that you can download and use for free. Pligg CMS provides social networking software that encourages visitors to register on your website so that they can submit content and connect with other users. Designfloat using pligg as their CMS.

Feature

Groups
Private Messaging
Advanced Comment System
User Profiles

Demo

Elgg

Elgg, started in 2004, is an open source social engine which powers all kinds of social environments – from education to business and sports.

Feature

Activity
Profile
Notifications
Groups
Blog
Embed files Files
Microblogging

Demo

SWCMS

Social Web CMS (SWCMS) is a mature, full-featured, and open source social news application written in PHP and utilizing a MySQL backend. From the web newbie looking for a simple way to enter the playing field to advanced developers hoping to drive social news to the next level, SWCMS is your best source for full, free, and actively developed social news applications.

Feature

SOCIAL CONTENT:
- User Submitted Articles.
- Vote/Bury Articles.
- Threaded Comments.
- Comment Rating.
- Live AJAX Activity Page.
CUSTOMIZABLE CONTENT:
- Sort Submitted Content For Easy Discovery.
- Automatic RSS Feed Creation for Site Sections and Categories.
- Automatic RSS Feeds for Each User.
SOCIAL NETWORKING:
- Member Profiles.
- Private Messaging.
SECURITY:
- Anti Spam Features Built-In (Captcha, Akismet, Email Verification).
- URL Blocklist.
ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION:
- Administrator’s Control Panel.
- RSS Content Importer.
CUSTOMIZATION:
- Smarty Template Engine.
- Search Engine Friendly.
- Multi Language Support.
EXTENSIBLE:
- Addon Module Support.

Aniway, with some manual coding and voteitup plugin, you can also convert your wordpress site into social networking site. Take a look at working example.