Facebook-like apps?

[Seth Cohn]

You can do all of the below with Drupal.  Most all of it without any
custom coding, using a mix of contrib modules to do the various parts.

Books for guidance:
Drupal 6 Social Networking, by Michael Peacock
Drupal 6: Ultimate Community Site Guide  http://book.drupalfun.com/

I spent all day working (for pay) on sites like this, so I know it's
very doable, and it all exists.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Paul Lussier<p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> With such vague requirements, I would suggest looking at Drupal:
>> http://drupal.org.
>
> Yeah, I'm familiar with drupal, I'm just not entirely sure it's what I
> want.  Of course, I'm not entirely sure I know what I want, though, I'm
> fairly certain it doesn't exist :)
>
> My basic idea started out with some kind of social networking software
> loosely based on family tree connections where each person could log
> into their own account and connect to other people along relationship
> lines.  Each would have their own little world inside this site, but
> could then also be connected to others.  They would then be able to jump
> from person to person.  Kind of like LinkedIN connections, except you
> can just see everyone's connections because you're all related.
>
> Additionally, I wanted each account to have the ability to post stuff
> relevant to the family connections, pictures, letters, audio/video
> etc. Much like Facebook.
>
> Drupal does some of this, but not all, as does Joomla.  Bascially, I
> want a mash-up of LinkedIN and Facebook, with a little bit of Flikr and
> a side of YouTube! :)
>
> Anyone want to work on building a social networking site like this? :) I
> haven't the faintest idea on how to get started on something like that,
> but I'd certainly be up for getting together to work on hacking it
> together!