Hi all,
I just want to gather your honest opinion about creating a social network (community site) + some content (articles writeups) + product stores. Right now, I'm considering if I should develop a social network with features like blogs, activities updates, groups. generic forums, friend / buddylist, privatemsg and other cool modules / plugins that could be added together and fits nicely to fully run as proper social network site. Initially 2 - 3 weeks ago, I was head set to use Drupal (D6) to start constructing and "gluing" the bits and pieces of the site together.
But, only just now did I realized that I was having difficulty especially in future upgrades of modules and the maintainability of some of those modules (if gets left out or no longer supported).
So, let's start from the current Drupal 6 version and beyond.
Some modules needed are:
- Blog
- OG
- PrivateMsg - Not ready
- BuddyList / Friendlist - Not ready
- Activty - Not ready
- CCK
- Views
- Panels
- Forum / Adv. Forum
- Content Profile
- LoginToboggan
Others that is non-related (to social networking), but maybe needed for featured article posting and maybe setting some specific profile page for brands / products:
- Fivestar
- Flag
- Events / Calendar - Not ready
Others not found / ready to be deployed: