Creating a Social Networking script

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Well, after about hours of reading through numerous books and online articles, I am looking to start my own cutting edge social network.

However, I will not be using Joomla, Droopel or any of those, I wish to build it myself to maintain full control over what I am using, and have the technical expertise to fix something and develop new things with the community.

SO: Can someone point me in the right direction for writing a community script? I want it to be fully my own. IT is just when it comes to things like authentication and such writing it all, it is a pain and I have absolutely no knowledge in this field of coding whatsoever, so if you could provide some good links for creating a social network script or community software I would be more than happy, and some rep to you 😉

Thanks
 
Have you seen how social networks are made to give you a fair idea? Ning would be a good start... all you pretty much need is a CMS and add the features... OR build your own. 🙂
 
I plan on building my own, as I said.

PHP seems the esiest way to build the site, however Ruby on Rails seems faster.
 
Your not really coding it yourself if your watching tutorials and using their coding exactly how they are.
 
Raymond said:
Your not really coding it yourself if your watching tutorials and using their coding exactly how they are.
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I am not going to do what they are doing. I am seeing how they do it and get the basic idea of how to code it.<br /><br />-- 12 Aug 2010, 17:20 --<br /><br />I heard ASPX was good too?
 
The Hat Tipper said:
I heard ASPX was good too?
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I would go with PHP.
PHP is used so much more than ASPX, so you won't have a lot of luck using ASPX.
 
Desireful said:
The Hat Tipper said:
I heard ASPX was good too?
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I would go with PHP.
PHP is used so much more than ASPX, so you won't have a lot of luck using ASPX.
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i was just wondering seeing as many new networks are taking hold of the aspx language and create some really awesome stuff.
 
PHP would be the best as it the best to work around with Databases.
 
The coding isn't the most important thing right now. It's the idea/concept. Is it going to appear to be a copy of another social network? Will it be marketable in itself? Design, features, potential? 🙂
 
dotDavid said:
The coding isn't the most important thing right now. It's the idea/concept. Is it going to appear to be a copy of another social network? Will it be marketable in itself? Design, features, potential? 🙂
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I have been writing all these things down and planning it carefully.
 
Having a small team of 3 - 4 developers and a few people to helpy uo would be the best idea as they can help you build upon your idea's.
 
ok here are some ideas:

Own Profiles and Profile pages Like facebook only customizable like colors and images etc...

Arcades, user made groups, spotify, twitter and formspring abilities might be some ideas.
 
Johnny said:
ok here are some ideas:

Own Profiles and Profile pages Like facebook only customizable like colors and images etc...

Arcades, user made groups, spotify, twitter and formspring abilities might be some ideas.
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I am asking for coding help, not ideas for the site. I already I have ideas out.
 
You wont be able to make anything with out knowledge, I suggest hiring a development team that wants to create one as well. Also it needs a catchy name and I suggest using PHP as it goes hand in hand with MySQL.
 
Um. Before you would be in a position to make a community from scratch, you'd need to understand php VERY intimately (yes...know it better than your left hand). Anyway, get some paper and a pen, start drawing up a chart of which pages you want. Don't worry about the extras right now (add those later) - I mean, you don't install a cash mod before you get phpbb up and running eh? 🙂

So, once you have your framework down on paper, you can start using php and random tutorials online to get the groundwork coded. It's going to look rough for a while so...don't get discouraged! As for which languages to use...well: php & mysql for data storage and front end retrieval, java, c++, xml and xslt for backend data retrieval, probably some perl, definitely css and html for the front end.

I would suggest getting your own idea of what you want. Facebook and Myspace are pretty much the same, Twitter has taken over the 1 status at a time, there are lots of 'here's my page - look at me and be friends with me' sites. LinkedIN for professionals. uh...

Think of something original - which also helps get more people to begin with. I mean, no one wants a 2nd facebook (some of us dont even want 1!) hah. You'll be fine and just ask questions whenever you need help.

Another bit of advice with this project - don't ask for help every time you come to a seemingly impassible dead end. There aren't many people who will offer assistance and if it seems like they are building it more than you, they wont help anymore (that's just the coding world for you). So, try to find a few people to help, and rotate between them 😉 Good luck dude.

-Rich
 
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