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Contents
1 Project information
1.1 Description
1.2 Links
2 Project schedule
3 Status updates
3.1 May 25, 2009
3.2 June 09, 2009
4 Work
4.1 Module review
Project information
Project page on drupal.org: Drupal Social Network Framework Install Profile
Student: James An (JamesAn on d.o, JamesAn@drupal.org on g.d.o)
Mentor: Laknath Semage (buddhika)
Co-mentor(s): Michelle Cox (Michelle)
Local mentor(s): no one official yet.
Description
Create a social framework in Drupal that ties existing contrib modules together so that Drupal social sites can be more easily rolled out.
The Drupal community has built a number of contrib modules to add interactivity into multi-user Drupal sites. Aggregated, they represent most of the features needed and wanted for building a social site. Unfortunately, finding, evaluating, and integrating these modules together is very time-intensive due to the varying quality of contrib modules.
Creating a social framework in Drupal will pull together these modules into a cohesive package.
Links
Official Google Project Page
Drupal Proposal and Discussion
Project schedule
Coming soon...
Status updates
May 25, 2009
- Sorting out administrative details (getting CVS account, working out contact arrangement with mentor, etc.).
- Reviewing current modules that implement social networking features.
June 09, 2009
- Reviewing current modules that implement social networking features.
- Constructing install profile scaffold
Work
Module review
The review evaluates existing contributed modules to establish a baseline of the best implementations of social networking functions in Drupal 6. The review is maintained as a wiki page.
The review is maintained as a wiki page here.