This article showcases the advancement in technology thanks to the open-source software’s which score over proprietary software in more areas than one.
Such is the power of open-source that even the White House website has acknowledged it and made a switch to Drupal, a popular open-source CMS to manage websites. Even social networking scripts are being designed on the open-source platform so as to launch powerful social media campaigns through social networking websites.
So what exactly is open-source? It is nothing but a simple approach towards designing, development and distribution of software along with its source code and making it open for public for further development and maintenance. One can build upon a social networking script using a free to use open-source platform such as Drupal.
Drupal has gained prominence as an ace open-source technology and many tech companies are designing services such as Social Networking using the
social networking scripts designed on the open-source platform.
One can easily create a social networking script using Drupal, which according to my experience of using various open-source is the most robust technology which is constantly re-inventing itself with every newer release. Many popular websites on the internet have deployed Drupal and are benefiting from the fantastic functionalities that their Drupal-powered websites are delivering now.
Following modules can come handy in implementing a
social networking script:
• Activity (Tracks activities which people do on your social networking site. Eg. Jim is Louis’s latest fan)
• Appbar (A toolbar at the bottom of the window with links and AJAX-driven notifications just like Facebook)
• invite (helps in sending and tracking invitations which are an important element on building upon a network)
• comment notify (a utility to alert viewers and notify them of areas where comments were left after their interactions)
• Content Construction Kit (cck lets you make any type of content allowing you to add custom fields to nodes using a web browser)
• private message (Enables messaging from user-to-user)
• flagfriend
• nodeprofiles
• event
• friendlist
For a comprehensive list of modules you can log on to
http://drupal.org/project/modules
About the Author – Gaurav Kumar is internet marketing professional, Presently working with Ebizon NetInfo, one of the leading Web development company offering expert SEO Services,
social networking script, smo services,
Shopping cart and e commerce solutions over the globe.
