Best Open-Source Social Network Platform
April 12, 2009
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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August 21st, 2010 at 9:07 am
As I am reading this I cant help to think back of when the web came to fruition back in the 90′s. Remember the Mosaic browser
The web has really evolved and look at all the information which is readily available at ones finger tips today, especially with all the social networking and blogging sites like this one. Can’t even imagine what the web will be like in the next 10 years. Really if you site there and think about it, its quite amazing. Just my two bits for a saturday morning.
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:46 am
Just found this site in Yahoo this week. Been following it for a few days now. Great blog. Bookmarked!
I will be back!