10 Easy Ways to Start a Social Network

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So you want to start a Social Network do you? Fear not, there are tons of way to do so, from software you can download to online solutions that are both free / require a fee. There’s definitely more than one way to make it happen. What you’ll find below is a mix of free [...]

Elgg Review – The Social Networking CMS

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Elgg is a free, open source CMS that has been around for a number of years. Over the years, the community has grown exponentially and now boasts a rather active set of users. With a plugin repository of over 1000 available plugins for the system, it has quickly become the go to CMS for open [...]

Elgg CMS 1.7.8 released

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Elgg (news) 1.7.8 contains important security enhancements and bugfixes. All network owners are encouraged to upgrade. Security Enhancements: Properly encoding search queries (Thanks to lord epsylon (of Lorea) for the report!) Bugfixes: Blogs – Fixed disappearing blog draft issue. Groups – Editing a topic from discussion list page works now. Search – Group names used [...]

Elgg 1.7.3 and 1.6.3 security releases

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Georg-Christian Pranschke from http://www.sensepost.com/ discovered a vulnerability in Elgg that could potentially allow SQL injection attacks using crafted URLs or POSTs. Versions 1.7.3 and 1.6.3 correct this and are highly recommended for all Elgg users. 1.7.3 also includes additional bugfixes for problems found in 1.7.2: Entering an invalid captcha now forwards to the referring page [...]

Elgg, the open source social networking CMS announced version 1.7.2

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A new version of the popular open source social networking CMS, Elgg has been released!  1.7.2 is primarily a bugfix release. Here is a brief list of some of the more annoying bugs that were squashed: Saving drafts and previewing blogs works as expected. Page titles can now be edited in the Pages plugin. Group [...]

Elgg Social Networking CMS – Review and Commentary

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Described as the open source social engine which powers all kinds of social environments, Elgg, was first created back in 2004 and built to run on the popular php/mysql combination. Elgg is easily installed once a database and its proper credentials have been created. In my test install, I created a new website at my [...]

Elgg CMS version 1.6.1 has been released

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The Elgg team have released a new update to the popular open source social networking cms. Version 1.6.1 brings about the following changes: Errors on registration with Default Widgets enabled Broken tag search Broken “Tools Administration” page when simplecache is disabled Bookmark links missing “View friends resources” links not working Full details and download available [...]

Elgg Social Networking CMS 1.6 has been released

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The announcement has finally come. Elgg, the popular open source social networking CMS has a new release with version 1.6. Details are still sparse on the Elgg.org site about what exactly is included in this release but the announcement has been made according to this post on Twitter: “Elgg 1.6 has been released! Grab it [...]

Elgg launches new site and offers Commercial Services

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This new venture offers commercial services from the core development team. This is great news for those who currently run the platform or for those who are interested in starting a social network with this incredibly good software. Having the expertise of the core development team on your side is a huge advantage for those [...]

Elgg Social Networking CMS – Founder Interview

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Elgg CMS is an open, flexible social application engine, designed to run at the heart of any socially-aware application. Building on Elgg is easy, and because the engine handles common web application and social functionality for you, you can concentrate on developing your idea. We recently had an opportunity to interview Ben Werdmuller, the co-founder [...]