activity

I'm not sure if anyone else has seen this announcement (http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=225) but I think it's a pretty important step in the right direction.

I'm currently planning the rule based custom logging module, which I'm going to write after rules 1.0 is out. I post this to the activity group too, because I think there is quite a overlap to 2.x version, which is currently under development.

Checkout how MySpace has adapted this spec. We can get some idea on how to implement this as they have some example ATOM feeds listed.
http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_...

I got this from the following Google group thread: http://groups.google.com/group/activity-streams/browse_thread/thread/d86...

Does anyone have a better demo site I can link to from the project page? The old one is no longer... any good. I plan on getting a new demo up at http://activity.sirkitree.net - but wondering if anyone has one right now.

Here are some links to relevant discussions of late.

Ultimate activity feed - programming, technical
Ultimate activity feed - features, UI
Activity logs in Drupal
Activity BoF Notes

Maintainers of activity type modules, or other interested parties,

If you had to rewrite your module from the ground up, or architect the ultimate end-all be-all module for recording and displaying user activity on your site, how would you go about it now, knowing what you know?

From maintaining the Activity module, I think I've come up with some basic needs for this kind of feature, so let's discuss how to best go about implementing the functionality of the ultimate solution.

Basic needs:

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I think pretty much anyone looking for this sort of feature for their site comes from knowing how it is implemented on facebook and are looking for something very similar. If that is the case, there are a few main things that we're looking for it to do, how it should look and act from a user's standpoint. But what are your expectations?

Functionally:

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Hi,

I need to create a social networking site with Drupal 6 (yay). As a social networking site, there is obviously a need for an "Activity log" of some sort. The Activity module had its last commit abut 4 months ago -- and judging from the issue queue, that's not because it's immaculate.

Then, I read this message:

http://drupal.org/node/249927

I am not sure what "Content log messages" are. However, I was thinking: would a module that exports just:

1) A database structure
2) Rules integration to "add" a record and that's it

hey all, at the last meetup while showcasing the Sony musicbox website (http://musicbox.sonybmg.com) I promised to let you all know when my modules that are being contributed back to the community were finally released. Well they are and you can take a look at them here:

Activity (http://drupal.org/project/activity)
This module is an attempt at recreating the neat facebook feature where you are able to keep track of your friends' activity on a drupal site with buddylist enabled.

Smackdown (http://drupal.org/project/smackdown)