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Building Social Networking Application in Drupal 6 Training Course
Duration
Requirements
Good Drupal User Knowledge
Public Course Dates
This course would cost you around 1390GBP + VAT.
Please submit a public course date request for the exact price.
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.
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

