From technologies to solutions

Birmingham : : Packt Publishing, , 2008.

1 online resource (196 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Social Networks and Elgg; Types of Social Networks; How Can a Social Network Help You?; Tools of the Trade; What's so Special About Elgg?; So, What can Elgg Do?; Summary; Chapter 2: A Tour around Elgg; Playing With Elgg-Powered Networks; Sign Up; Account Settings; Your Profile; Customize Your Account; Define Access Privileges; Your Blog; Manage Your Files; Find People; Make Friends; Your Community; Your Messages; Your Resources; Your Presentation; Recent Activity; Summary; Chapter 3: Users, Profiles, and Connections. - Connecting to Friends and UsersInviting Friends to Join; Let Elgg Handle Registration; Build a Profile; The Various Profile Options; What is FOAF?; A Face for Your Profile; Access Control; Define Your Own Control Lists; Making Friends with Internal Members; Use Your Profile to Find Connections; Making Connections; Friendship Moderation; Managing Friendship Requests; What's Friend Of?; Other Account Settings; Attracting Visitors; Welcoming Guests; Administration Options; Add Users in Bulk; Change User Settings; Playing Boss; Blocking Users; Can I Formally Warn Users?; Removing the Ban. - Handling Improper ContentFlagging Improper Posts; Managing Flagged Content; Filtering Blog Posts; Preventing Spam; Who Can Comment?; Using Plug-ins; Implementing Captcha; Restricting to Anonymous Users; Increasing the Vocabulary; Handling Improper Words; Downloading Blogs; Managing Resources; Feeding Stuff; Creating Feeds; What Feeds are Available?; Inducting Feeds; Adding Feeds from External Sources; Adding Popular Feeds; Viewing the Feeds; RSS Feed for Files; Podcasting with Elgg; Listening to Podcasts; Blogging Podcasts; Summary; Chapter 5: Communities and Files; Creating Communities. - Limiting Users on the SiteChanging Space Quota; Sharing Admin Rights; The Scope of an Elgg Administrator; Summary; Chapter 4: Blogging and Resources; Handling Files; Creating Folders; Uploading Files; Right to Share; Viewing Files; Moving and Deleting Files/Folders; Commenting on Files; Start Blogging; Posting a New Entry; Adding External Videos; Embedding Files in Blogs; What Does the Number Mean?; Saving Drafts; Mark Posts as Private; So, Why Use a Plug-in?; The Draft Post Plug-in; Editing/Deleting Posts; What Are Your Friends Blogging About?; Keeping Track of Posts and Discussions. - Moving and Deleting Files/Folders. - Search for Existing CommunitiesHatching a Community; Grooming the Community; Community Profile; Community Picture; Announcing the Community; Joining the Community; Membership Restriction; Handling Membership Requests; Leaving the Community; Community Ownership; Using the Community; Community Blog; Removing Improper Posts; Moderating Communities; Other Community Administration; Community Forum; Handling Files; Creating Folders; Uploading Files; Right to Share; Adding Files to a Community Repository; Send Messages; Sharing Bookmarks; Using Files; Viewing Files; RSS Feed for Files. - Create and manage your own social network site using this free open-source tool

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