Social Networking Scripts
 

Which ones have you used both free and purchased scripts, and in your opinion which was the best ?

Not dating scripts please

what are you aiming at?

Have been looking at that one, do you know if it has good support/updates after buying the script ?

mainstream social networking community prefably with addons or mods

Bump for more scripts...

I'm starting testing on joomla and the jomsocial plugin after a couple of other projects are out the way... there was some good advice in a thread I started on here a while ago.

Thanks mike I will have a look at it

Thanks Fris that looks pretty good

Social Media 2 is pretty good, has good mods/forum/support.
http://www.mediascripts.com/social_features.html

Thanks will also have a look at this one

phpizabi.net

Have had a look at that one.. cheers

I have a bookmark for php fox

but I have not used it. on these scripts they are kind of worthless if you cant customize them. thats my opinion. I would love to find one that could be easily customized and add plug in ect

Dolphin is working well for me as a social/dating and exchange site:
http://www.boonex.com/products/

I'm also using Dolphin, along with the other add-ons that Boonex offers, with no problems at all so far. Nice script, and has a free and paid version.

thanks for all the replys so far ..bump for more

Hmmz interesting thread. Does anyone happen to know if there are language files available for Dolphin? I'd like to try it but in Dutch.

@halfpint: once you made up your mind can you let us know which script you'll be using and why?

good luck, you'll need it

That looks awesome but for this.... ala cart addons. Good in one way but bad in another, lots of extra costs.

http://www.socialengine.net/order.php

Plugins and Extras
Select the additional features and extras you want to include in your social network.

Photo Albums Plugin ($40)
This plugin gives your users their own personal photo albums. These albums can be configured to store photos, videos, or any other file types you choose to allow. Users can interact by commenting on each others photos and viewing their friends' recent updates.

Blogs Plugin ($40)
This plugin gives each of your users their own personal blog. This is a great way to encourage content generation and personal expression. Blogs are also an excellent way to improve the search engine visibility of your social network.

Groups Plugin ($40)
This plugin lets your users create their own groups. These groups encourage interactivity between users based on mutual interests and characteristics. Users can become leaders, create private groups, invite members, browse each other's memberships, and much more.

Events Plugin ($40)
This plugin lets your users create events. Each user is given their own personal calendar with which they can plan events and invite other users to join. When users receive invitations to events, they can specify an RSVP. Each event has its own main page where users can post comments and interact.

Chat Plugin ($30)
This plugin installs a live chatroom on your social network. Adding chat is a great way to encourage users to interact and create new connections with one another.

Classifieds Plugin ($40)
This plugin allows your users to post classified listings. As the admin, you create the categories (like "For Sale", "Jobs", "Personals", etc.) and your users can post relevant listings. Your users will also be able to search for other listings via a "browse marketplace" area, and each users' listings will appear on their profile.

Polls Plugin ($30)
This plugin allows your users to create and share polls. This adds another fun and useful activity to your social network. Your users will also be able to search for polls via a "browse polls" area, and each users' own polls will appear on their profile and recent activity feed.

Music Plugin ($30)
This plugin allows your users to upload music, create a playlist, and show a skinnable Flash music player on their profile. This is a great way to encourage profile customization and personal expression on your social network.

Video Plugin ($40)
This plugin lets your users upload and share videos. Uploaded videos are encoded into Flash files on-the-fly and played via an embedded Flash video player. This is a great way to encourage content creation and personal expression on your social network. This plugin requires FFMPEG on your server - be sure to check the system requirements before purchasing and installing this plugin.

At the moment I am playing about with http://elgg.org/index.php.

I do like the script but I am finding it very hard to customize and it does have some minor bugs especially with some of the mods. The standard script works fine btw and I like the way it gives users the option to add their own widgets to their profile/dashboard., so they can basicaly customise their own pages.

They are releasing a new version very soon so I am kinda hoping that they are gonna make it easier to customize. I think this script has great potential in the future.

Bump for more social scripts

If you're going to try Joomla, I found this a few days back and have had someone here in the office setting it up.

http://my.joomunity.org

Thanks for the link

No problem. We've been checking out a number of these because it seems to be a popular request from potential clients.

This seems to be a great solution so far. I've got a nice install setup that we're playing with.

i like buddypress it looks nice, missing a few features that can be added with plugins or custom coding. But, its unique it doesn't look the the typical social site which is good.

Glad I opened this thread.

Yep I liked that to, and I am thinking that the users would be pretty "at ease" using it, Its very user friendly compared to some of the social scripts. Seeing that its wordpress I am guessing that it would also do well with google. Plus the users would be creating the new posts for you..lol what more could you ask for. Although Iv been playing with elgg Im am seriously thinking of installing buddypress now.

Heres a nother one I have just found

http://www.iscripts.com/socialware/index.php for $99.00

I think mediascripts FTW.

What is it with some of these scripts that want to charge you another $300.00 on top of what they charge for the licence for the copyright removal. This kinda thing puts me off from buying the script

Kind of like how GFY charges to skin their board with another company's name? That is completely justifiable.

http://utalkwetalk.com/ made with Iscripts, some nice flash on here

I just see it as another way to make more money from a script that has most prob made them more $$ back that it cost to develop, plus they are getting free advertising from the webmasters who dont pay for the copyright removal. :2 cents: