Marketing Strategies by Studio98 » Social Networking Community http://www.studio98.com/blog Marketing Strategies shared with you by Studio98 on a wide variety of topics from Custom Web Design to Custom Corporate Image. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:44:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Best Open-Source Social Network Platform http://www.studio98.com/blog/development/best-open-source-social-network-platform/ http://www.studio98.com/blog/development/best-open-source-social-network-platform/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:07:43 +0000 Admin http://www.studio98.com/blog/?p=17

I had written a blog post about branding your business through building a Ning community. For the beginner-level website owner, this is still a great option. Recently another option emerged which is by far the best free option for building a community.

BuddyPress.org. This is a plugin for the well known WordPress blog platform that turns your blog into a full social networking platform. Studio98 was recently hired by a client to build a Home Staging Community for them, we did this with BuddyPress. The system is 100% customizable (open source) and coded well for search engine optimization.

The plugin is newer so further developments are still needed, but it has a great base for a start. If someone wants the flexibility, I would definitely recommend BuddyPress over Ning.

Rafferty Pendery
CEO Studio98

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