Creating A Social-Media Site With Users, Profiles, Registrations, Content etc...How?

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    Hey everyone,

    I am interested in creating a social media site. I use the term 'social-media' site loosely because basically I want to create a site where people can join, have a profile etc... I have a few questions

    -> Where do I start?
    -> What's the best programming language/s to use?

    Thank you,
    Fabien
     
    smallfishbigmoney, Oct 25, 2008 IP
  2. fwc

    fwc Peon

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    This is such a large project, you would probably do better using something already made like drupal.
     
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  3. smallfishbigmoney

    smallfishbigmoney Active Member

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    Do you know what kind of programming language was used to create sites like

    Digg
    StumbleUpon
    Facebook

    Thank you :)
     
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Yes it is shabby, it doesn't even load.

    The best language would be PHP, I currently owner a Social networking website, that I've coded in PHP.

    (PHP + MySQL + HTML + Javascript [For dynamic bits]).

    Worth learning them 4 languages.

    /jobs/index.php?ref=pf
    Facebook is PHP, javascript + HTML. :)
     
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  6. smallfishbigmoney

    smallfishbigmoney Active Member

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    Calon: Thank you for your insight...much appreciate as opposed to having people redirecting me to ready-made suites. I like the idea of having my own architecture - that way I know exactly how everything is and I know that I won't go bust...like some of the companies that provide ready-made stuff do (and basically leave you in a pit for when you want to improve). I know HTML, CSS and a little PHP, I will be off to do some extensive PHP, MySQL and Javascript training - thanks again Calon
     
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    Tyler Banfield Well-Known Member

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    If you want to create a social voting website, you should take a look at Pligg.
     
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    I recommend using Elgg - you can check it out at www.Elgg.org. It's an open source social networking platform based on PHP and is the best ready made solution that I've found. It's easy to customize, there are many plugins and themes available, and they have an active community of developers so there should be plenty of support for future versions.
     
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