The goal of the Drupal Social Network Framework (DSNF) is to bring together largely existing Drupal functionality into a cohesive install profile that simplifies the process of rolling out a site that uses social networking functions.
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This review evaluates existing contributed modules to establish a baseline of the best implementations of social networking functions in Drupal 6. For each social networking function, functionality requirements are discussed and then modules are rated against them and other metrics, such as the current responsiveness of maintainers to bug reports. Following the individual reviews, remaining requirement gaps are presented. The collection of selected contributed modules and gaps still needed to be implemented will conclude this review.
Contents
1 Evaluation Metrics
1.1 Functionality requirements
1.2 Popularity
1.3 Module maintenance
1.4 Code quality/compliance
2 Social Networking Functions
2.1 Forums
2.2 Friend/User relationships
2.3 User profiles
2.4 Private messaging
2.5 Live chat
2.6 User groups
2.7 User recent activity/heartbeat
2.8 Date/events
2.9 Moderation/Spam control
2.10 Text filters/input editors
2.11 User-controlled privacy (access control)
2.12 Fine-grain access control
2.13 Photo/image handling
2.14 Rewards
3 Gap Analysis
4 Conclusion
Evaluation Metrics
Functionality requirements
Popularity
Module maintenance
Code quality/compliance
Social Networking Functions
Forums
Friend/User relationships
Review of Buddylist, Friends modules
User profiles
Private messaging
Live chat
User groups
User recent activity/heartbeat
Facebook-style Statuses (Microblog)
Another comparison
Date/events
Moderation/Spam control
Text filters/input editors
User-controlled privacy (access control)
Fine-grain access control
Photo/image handling
Rewards
Gap Analysis
Conclusion
Notes to self:
Forums
Friend/User relationships
User profiles
Private messaging
Live chat
User groups
User recent activity/heartbeat
Date/events
Moderation/Spam control
Text filters/input editors
User-controlled privacy (access control)
Fine-grain access control
Photo/image handling
Rewards
Forum
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advanced_forum
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