I've been recommended to use the community server as the platform for a ~$20 000 web project.
I'm of course wondering if this is a good idea or not.
The website that will be built needs to be multinational. Seperate content for each language version.
Every registered user will have several blogs.
The website will have social networking features, friends, favorite blogs, guestbooks, user presentations.
A good interface for administration, to handle abuse and moderation etc.
Be able to handle thousands of simultaneous users / language.
And more...
Will the Community Server cut it?
I'm very thankful for your opinions and all relevant information.
Thanks!
Cainrajraj,
I'm with Telligent so you may want to hear from other Community Server users as well, but I'd say definitely YES to all of your specifications.
I've worked with several individuals on multiple language-specific sites, so it's definitely doable with some initial configuration requirements.
Remember that everything you see here at communityserver.org IS Community Server. This will give you a good indication of its social networking features particularly.
As for thousands of simultaneous users, the same codebase used for this site is used for sites like Direct2Dell, MSNBC Cosmic Blog, Microsoft MSDN Blogs and other highly traffic'd sites.
Regards,Dave
Daveburke:
Thank you, that is good to hear.
I'd really appreciate some more input on this matter. Preferably now by someone who doesn't work for Telligent.
Thanks, Russ! No, I wasn't making that stuff up.
Not to minimize what CS can do. and do very well.. (CS is the choice for all your Blogging/Forum needs).. but, little or no emphasis has been placed on the features/functionality needed for "Social-ly Network-ing" your user base. The things you mentioned- guestbook, friends.. along with- user-customization of homepages, "spaces", or profiles.. and the ability to search / group /combine.. join.. your users.. identify/feature/nurture the "networks/subCommunities" within.. etc.. is lacking or just missing- "out of the box" , anyway. I've ranted a couple times about this but has mostly gone unnoticed.
But I would be inclined to think that Telligent has noticed the "social networking" craze and is figuring, or planning, on how CS might work/play in these environments. Hope to see these things built-in someday.
davelee:Not to minimize what CS can do. and do very well.. (CS is the choice for all your Blogging/Forum needs).. but, little or no emphasis has been placed on the features/functionality needed for "Social-ly Network-ing" your user base. The things you mentioned- guestbook, friends.. along with- user-customization of homepages, "spaces", or profiles.. and the ability to search / group /combine.. join.. your users.. identify/feature/nurture the "networks/subCommunities" within.. etc.. is lacking or just missing- "out of the box" , anyway. I've ranted a couple times about this but has mostly gone unnoticed.
Exactly Davelee.This is my biggest concern and this is what I know more about.This social networking functionality is critical for my website.
Has anyone made such modifications to CS? Is it even possible?If possible, and done, how will upgrades to future versions of CS work?
davelee: But I would be inclined to think that Telligent has noticed the "social networking" craze and is figuring, or planning, on how CS might work/play in these environments. Hope to see these things built-in someday.
Is there any official word on this?
Cainrajraj:Has anyone made such modifications to CS? Is it even possible?
Has anyone made such modifications to CS? Is it even possible?
What you're trying to do sounds a lot like the CS implementation over at http://thespoke.net/. It's a multi-lingual site where every user who signs up gets a hub with a blog, a photo gallery, and so on. It's based on an older version of Community Server.
Hope this helps,
Xander
Xanderno: Cainrajraj:Has anyone made such modifications to CS? Is it even possible? What you're trying to do sounds a lot like the CS implementation over at http://thespoke.net/. It's a multi-lingual site where every user who signs up gets a hub with a blog, a photo gallery, and so on. It's based on an older version of Community Server. Hope this helps,Xander
Yes thank you. That website is more along the lines of what I'm looking for. Not quite there but in the right direction.
Xanderno: Cainrajraj: Has anyone made such modifications to CS? Is it even possible? What you're trying to do sounds a lot like the CS implementation over at http://thespoke.net/. It's a multi-lingual site where every user who signs up gets a hub with a blog, a photo gallery, and so on. It's based on an older version of Community Server. Hope this helps,Xander
Cainrajraj: Has anyone made such modifications to CS? Is it even possible?
Cool site, thanks for posting that. I was also looking for a social networking type implementation of CS. I've seen hive.net, but that is just a very customized CS implementation, not geared towards social networking. Is there a database of CS implementations?
Also, is the "hub" feature built into CS 2.1?
TheMez:Cool site, thanks for posting that. I was also looking for a social networking type implementation of CS. I've seen hive.net, but that is just a very customized CS implementation, not geared towards social networking. Is there a database of CS implementations?
Try the CS Listings site.
TheMez:Also, is the "hub" feature built into CS 2.1?
No, it's not.
CS Listings appears to be down. Nick's probably just tweaking it, but has anyone heard when it might be back up? Just my luck: my boss has finally taken some interest in moving away from old fashioned static include files and into the 21st century. I was hoping to show him a bunch of really nifty skins people have done for CS.
Nick - nb development
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