Elgg 1.8 social networking : create, customize, and deploy your very own social networking site with Elgg / Cash Costello, Mayank Sharma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costello, Cash.

Contributor:

Sharma, Mayank.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Open source : community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Online social networks--Development.

Online social networks.

Open source software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides more than just a step-by-step guide to installing and using Elgg. It includes practical advice gained through experience on what it takes to deploy and maintain an Elgg-based site. If you are a software developer or are familiar with PHP, it provides both a tutorial-based introduction and a quick reference guide so that you can quickly extend and customize Elgg. If you want to create a social networking site using Elgg and do not have a background in software development, this book provides all the information and advice that you need written just for you.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; About the Author of 1st edition; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Social Networking and Elgg; Social features; Profiles; Relationships; Content sharing; Activity and notifications; Groups; Communication; What is Elgg?; The Elgg engine; User management; Privacy controls; Theming; Commenting; Tagging; Widgets; Internationalization; Feeds; Web services; The power of plugins; Bundled plugins; Third-party plugins; Themes; Building your own plugins; Case studies; Niche social network

Designing and building the site Deploying the site; Plugins mentioned; Corporate intranet; Designing and building the site; Deploying the site; Plugins mentioned; Educational collaboration; Designing and building the site; Deploying the site; Plugins mentioned; Elgg resources; Elgg community; Elgg wiki; Developer resources; A few words of advice; Take notes; Save resources; Be methodical; Finding help; Summary; Chapter 2:Installing Elgg; Preparing the server; Checking requirements; Downloading the latest version; Extracting the files; Moving files to your web server directory

Configuring the server Create the database; Run Elgg's installer; Loading the database; Configure Elgg; Creating the admin account; All done!; Summary; Chapter 3:A Tour of Your First Elgg Site; Getting around; Registering users; User profiles and avatars; Profile information; Avatar; Profile widgets; Friends; Activity stream; Tools; Blogs; Bookmarks; Files; Groups; Pages; Messages; The wire; User settings; Your settings; Tools; Notifications; Administration; Activating plugins; Site categories; Custom profile fields; Default widgets; Site pages; Reported content; Customizing your site

User registration and authentication Widgets; Friendship model; Roles; Help and support; Summary; Chapter 4:Sharing Content; Blogs; Creating a blog post; Embedding photos and files; Publishing; Finding and viewing; Search; Lists of blog posts; RSS feeds; Widget; Commenting; Use cases; Customizations; Bookmarks; Adding a bookmark; Bookmarklet; Viewing; Use cases; File; Uploading a file; Viewing; Use cases; Customizations; The wire; Posting; Viewing; Twitter integration; Use cases; Customizations; Summary; Chapter 5:Communities, Collaboration, and Conversation; Groups; Creating a group

Group profile Membership; Discussion forum; Group tools; Finding groups; Use cases; Customizations; Pages; Creating pages; Viewing; Use cases; Customizations; Messages; Inbox; Composing; Customizations; Message board; Customizations; Summary; Chapter 6:Finding and Using Plugins; Plugin administration; Filtering and sorting; Plugin dependencies; Plugin settings; Finding plugins; Browsing the repository; Searching; Evaluating before downloading; Look at the plugin overview; Read the comments; Check the history; Custom plugins; Installing plugins; Test server; Copying the code

Activating and configuring

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613457530

9781283457538

1283457539

9781849511315

1849511314

OCLC:

796384660