Building Social Networking Application in Drupal 6 Training Course

Overview

This course helps people to build Social Networking software using Drupal as a framework. The course has been created for Drupal users, developers, project managers, directors and anyone who is interested in Drupal and Drupal modules related to Social Networking. This course starts by explaining module functionality and then works through Drupal limitations and alternative solutions.

 

 

 

Requirements

Good Drupal User Knowledge

 

Duration

14.00 hours
 
 

Course Outline

Social Networking in Drupal Overview

Drupal as a Social Networking platform

Open Source and Commercial solutions

User Profiles

Modules related to user profiles and their extensions

Profile Counters and Recent Visitors

Commenting on user profile

Keeping fields private or visible only to friends or certain groups

User registration process

Terms and Conditions

Images and Photo Galleries

Comparing existing solutions (gallery, acidfree and other)

Forum

Core forum module and its limitations

Form module alternatives

Subforum, locking threads and permissions

Forum performance

Buddylist/Friends

Buddylist and Friends modules

Friend's reciprocation

Organic Groups

Organic Groups functionality

Organic Groups and nodeaccess

Events

Events module

Repeat events

Calendar module

Private Messaging

Private messaging module and alternatives

Blog

Blog module and alternatives

Search Facility

Indexing

Moderation

Content Rating and Voting

Tags

Feedback and Contact forms

Sending emails to users

WYSIWG Editors

Dash Board and User Sites