Social Networking

While Tiki has a "friendship" feature, it is so basic, that it is practically "missing". What is missing is proper Social Networking with "transactions" between community members (Ex.: hospitality exchange network, carpooling, dating service, etc) with reputation system. Something like LinkedIn, Facebook or the www.phpbeer.com project.

Who

• Yan Levasseur
• Marc Laporte
• luci
• Shawn Adler
• Alexander 'amette' Mette

What

Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking

Examples of Use Cases

• Use Tiki to build a SN Community website
• Use Tiki to connect with other SN websites and services
• Job board
• Dating site
• Hospitality exchange
• Car Pooling
• Business Directory - Offer Personal Services (programming, consulting, etc) & also with the ability to market products with links to other shopping carts and websites where visitors can click through and buy from this vendor online.
• Exchange market of offers and demands (objects, and knowledge; with no money): http://intercanvis.net

Current features in Tiki

• some My Tiki preferences can be considered as SN related
• Inter-User Messages
• Friendship Network
• some wiki plugin(s ?) to share content on various Social Networks via Sharethis!

Missing in Tiki

• "transactions" between users and a rating system of how each transaction went.
  • Maybe reuse/refactor Mod CC, which records transactions between users indeed?.
• "connectors" - easy possibility to connect with other social networking web sites, apps and services

How To Implement It

• Use the Trackers feature to extend a user SN information and Pretty Trackers Smarty tpls or wiki pages templates to display it nicely on the site
• Extend current Tiki features to support SN connectors, e.g.
  • My Tiki (could serve as Profile Dashboard)
  • User Bookmarks (could connect and synchronize e.g. with Magnolia)
  • ...
• Use Profiles to Install pre-configured SN ready Tiki
• ...

See also

• supportive SN demo site under development
• http://profiles.tiki.org/Social_Networking_Service
• http://profiles.tiki.org/Pretty+Tracker

Related tracker items

Friendship network

	Rating	Subject	Importance	Category	Created
	(3)	Send direct message via tiki-user_information.php	9 high	Feature request Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2009-02
	(3)	accepting friendship request produces notice: undefined variable local_sender_email in messulib.php	6	Bug: Error Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2007-04
	(4)	Social Networking-type transactions between members	6	Feature request Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2008-06
	(0)	When activated, make it much more obvious for users to make User pages	6	Bug: Usability Feature request Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site Less than 30-minute fix	2009-09
	(1)	Create a profile from the Social Networking enhancements (luci) usable for Barter networks	5	Feature request	2010-01
	(0)	userlist heading link color	4	Bug: Error Bug: Regression Less than 30-minute fix	2010-11
	(1)	Friend network email notification has html	1 low		2005-04

Related: Friendship Network

Social Networking

	Rating	Subject	Importance	Category	Created
	(3)	integrate a schedule coordination tool in tiki like doodle	7	Feature request	2009-10
	(2)	Social networking complications	7	Bug: Usability	2010-11
	(0)	Unable to remove shoutbox input after social network feature (facebook) has been activated	6	Bug: Error	2011-01

Related links

• Workspace Ideas
• Customer Relationship Management
• Project Management
• DISO

http://cc.tikiwiki.org - http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Mod+CC

http://portal.insoshi.com
http://ning.com
http://xing.com
http://buddypress.org/

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