UPDATE: I gave an updated version of this presentation to the Atlanta Drupal User Group. You can get the newer slides here.
I gave a presentation on Social Networking at DrupalCamp South Carolina on June 13th, 2010 (hosted by the SouthEast LinuxFest). Here are the slides I presented (complete with my notes on them) in various formats, as well as a link to the demo site (feel free to play around) and the downloadable Feature I exported based on the demo site.
Demo site: http://sndemo.dev3.webenabled.net/
Feature: http://community.featureservers.org/project/self-social-network (also attached)
View slides online: http://www.slideshare.net/mediacurrent/social-networking-in-drupal-isaac...
If you want to download the slides, I recommend the PPTX.
Finally, thanks to Mediacurrent and Doug Vann for making it possible for me to give this presentation.
June 14, 2010 - 7:39AM
Isaac,
I'm trying to find your Social Networking PowerPoint slides to share at my Drupal Meetup tonight. I'm at the following page, but I don't see a place to download the Powerpoint-- maybe I'm missing it...http://www.isaacsukin.com/news/2010/06/10/social-networking-drupal-my-southeast-linuxfest-drupal-day-presentation
thanks,
Tom
June 18, 2010 - 2:14PM
The download links are in the "Attachment" section above -- you may have to right-click and choose "Save Link As" from the context menu. For some reason just clicking on them doesn't seem to be working. Alternatively I've now uploaded the slides to Slideshare so you can see them there.
I'm glad you are interested in showing the slides!
June 22, 2010 - 12:31PM
Just curious, what are your thoughts on relationship module? You Chose flag friends instead of user relationship. What criteria you thought important in the choice? I am torn between using one of them and would appreciate an opinion. Because once you choose one, it needs to be scalabale, expandable and there is not easy way to go back.
June 22, 2010 - 10:03PM
ajayg, I'm actually planning a blog post on that topic very soon. I chose Flag Friend mostly because I already had the Flag module installed (I'm using it for the "Like" button on status updates).
Both are mature, viable solutions. The main difference is that Flag Friend is much simpler. It allows only a single, two-way relationship, whereas User Relationships allows multiple relationships that can be both one-way ("follow," "fan") and two-way ("friend," "family," "co-worker"). User Relationships is therefore a more robust solution for a serious social network, and it has a bunch of submodules that make the experience very similar to that on Facebook. Flag Friend, on the other hand, is mostly a click-once-and-be-happy solution.
Hope it helps.
August 7, 2010 - 8:14PM
I like the demo profile style you setup, but there wasn't any log out button, was there?
I have one question is there ant way to show users activity on their profile page, such as
Users recent posts, uploads, attachments, comments and so on... I am trying by to make this happen using view but I am missing something if you have any idea please help me.
Thanks
August 9, 2010 - 10:53AM
I've added a log out link -- doesn't seem necessary to me since it's a demo site but I understand some people want it.
Yes, you can show all kinds of activity on user profiles using the Activity module. The Activity module creates a View of users' activity which FBSS can then display and automatically update when a new status is posted.
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