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PHPFox Social Networking Software Updated to Version 3.30

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A new version of PHPFox has been released. Version 3.30 became publicly available on the 1st of this month and includes some new features for this popular software for social networking. For those who are unfamiliar with PHPFox, check out our PHPFox Review to learn more.

On with the changes!

Timeline

The timeline feature includes an update on the users profile. Admins can control if the Timeline should be forced on all users or whether they will have the option to enable Timeline on their own profiles. If  optional, it can be enabled by visiting: Profile >> Edit Profile. This is somewhat similar to the way Facebook Timelines work and is a pretty cool addition.

Here’s how it looks:

social network

 

Theater Mode for Photos

By blending Facebook and Google’s photo viewing capabilities, the PHPFox developers have come up with a new feature called Theater Mode  that looks great and, in my opinion, is the best of both worlds for your users when they are viewing photos on your social networking website.
Here’s how it looks:

social networking

 

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 Membership Comparisons

Perhaps your social networking website is set up with membership levels. You can now add a comparison chart to showcase the differences between the two quickly and easily.

Here’s how it looks:

social networking

New Sharing Features

Perhaps you’ve uploaded a great photo and (since the point of social networking is sharing) you want to share it on a friends wall. Now you can, as this capability has now been included in version 3.30.

Here’s how it looks:

social networking

This is just a sampling of the changes in this release. The development team at PHPFox have really been working hard on making their software more and more powerful and it shows with this release. There aren’t many products on the market that stay on top of the trends as well as these guys do so if you are looking for a solid piece of software to run your social networking based site, you can’t go wrong with PHPFox.

You can learn more about PHPFox’s great social networking suite (or to try their demo) visit their website: PHPFox

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  • andylau

    Hello Mike and anyone who can help me out,
     
    I am planning to buy PHP fox, i have also tried Sosial engine, but im not technical at all, im just a graphic designer. I found that Sosical Engine has more add ons than PHP fox. I have found many good plugin for Sosial engine which can be used on my new site. But SE has so many negative feedback, especially bad support and not a good system for handling million of users.
     
    My first new site is a Cityportal with community such as http://www.popsugar.com/ or http://www.Nymag.com 
    My budget for this project i more than 20 000 USD, i must launch my site after 6 months. thats why i can’t just hire a team and start coding everything from scratch. If i buy PHP Fox  then we need lot of customization and hack to the Core.
     
    I dont know PHP fox is good for my project or not, let say if i have 5 million users, and more than 500 000 users longed on and browsing my site simultaneously.
     
    Which platform i should select?
    SE 4 vs PHP fox 3
    Thank you very much in advance

    • http://www.cmscritic.com/ cmscritic

      @andylau Andy, at this time, I would recommend phpfox. It is tried and tested and people like it. http://www.cmscritic.com/out/phpfox

      • http://www.cmscritic.com/ cmscritic

        @andylau You could also consider oxwall.com, elgg.com or similar products

      • andylau

        @cmscritic Wow, i didn’t expect so quick reply from you.
        thank you very much Mike.
        i have also tested Oxwall and elgg, but i like PHP fox the most, maybe its because its user friendly design:)
         
        Thanks again.
        Have a lovely day ahead.
        Regards
        Andy

        • http://www.cmscritic.com/ cmscritic

          @andylau Glad I could help. Take care.