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[stooper101]

Hadn't thought about social networking-type sites, nor have I ever worked with one. I was thinking more along the lines of portals like Simple Machines or phbb3 Portal.

Maybe something like social networking could be a good idea. I vote green!
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[KWSN imcrazynow]

That's what I was thinking. Security is better and more personalization.
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And a few that won't update for some reason.

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[Sir Hamster of Elderberry]

Here's a bare bones Ning network. Check it out at http://kwsnii.ning.com/

Um ... maybe this link instead?
http://kwsnii.ning.com/?xgi=09SrZAggkgC53r

... and I just read that Ning is phasing out free service. Not a show stopper, but there are other free services.

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[Adam Alexander]

The forum on Ning is sort of weak, but I like the other features. We could scout out a few more options before we commit to anything.
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[stooper101]

[Al Dente]

I've just spent (wasted/frittered) an hour going through that article.

For me, BuddyPress looks good, written as a WordPress app. As well as "normal" blog/forum facilities, there are lots of plug-ins available, e.g. a wiki (could be useful to build up a project listing, FAQ's etc.), galleries (still/movie/audio), post ratings, CAPTCHA, moderation & move topic facilities, e-mail notifications, location maps, etc., etc. (7 pages of 'em).

Lovd By Less also seems pretty good, written with Ruby-on-Rails, but without the user pug-in contributions.


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[stooper101]

Would anybody want to see a couple sample sites I put together? I had a little time and decided to do a little experimenting. I got curious and wanted to see what a couple of these software actually looks like. I tried my hand at Simple Machines and XOOPS.

If you want to see them, I could post the addresses.
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[Adam Alexander]

I wouldn't mind taking a look
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[John Galt 007]

I would too...but post them in a PM, so you don't get any unneeded traffic....
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[stooper101]

You got it, I put it under "My Experiments"
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[Sir Hamster of Elderberry]

I'm sorta out of time for the present (he said, posting from work at 10 pm), but we got a little bit done. What's the next step?

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[stooper101]

I suppose we should narrow our search. Should we go with Ning, which is kinda fancy and hosted but will be a paid service? Do we go the Social Networking route that seem to be limited in forums? Or the forum route that seem to be limited in social networking, but could convert our current board? There seem to be many download-and-install software items, but not so much hosted software. I tend to prefer SMF, I think some of the security issues could be minimized with the proper mods and we could convert this board and still use the url. It would be a little work setting things up though.

Too many questions! I'm getting myself all confused!
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[mohrorless]

I have just found the NIng! It is interesting. I must explore it further. Has any decision been made on the time to make a decision?
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[Adam Alexander]

I like Ning. What is the pricing for it?
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[stooper101]

Moving to this new pricing plan in July... http://about.ning.com/announcement/?xg_source=www.ning.com

First level - $19.95/yr for only 150 members (we could surpass this if it turns into our main Orbiting Fortress)
Second level - $199.95/yr unlimited members, use your own domain, use chat, pages, groups, events...
Third level - $499.95/yr - ability to upload music and videos, premium support, remove ning links...
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[Adam Alexander]

Thanks for the info stooper. So. I guess the next question is, what level do we need?
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[stooper101]

So, I see the ning site is still active. SHoE, did you pay out of pocket to keep it up? Should we pass the hat to cover some costs? Maybe we should start to play over there more often and really start kicking the tires.

edit: Nevermind, just saw the note on the site: This Ning Network will go offline if a plan hasn't been selected by August 20, 2010.
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