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Description Building Custom Social Networking Websites
In this VTC course, author James Gonzalez reviews the best tools and practices for designing and creating Facebook-like social networking web sites customized for specific targeted audiences or needs. This course covers the principles needed to design effective and profitable social sites and the best tools available for building them. Four social website building tools are introduced in this course: Ning, Moodle, WordPress running the BuddyPress social plug-in, and Joomla! running the JomSocial and Community Builder Components. |
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01 Course Introduction
0101 What You Will Learn from the Course
0102 Target Audience
0103 Why Build Social Networking Sites
02 What is a Social Network?
0201 Definition of a Social Network
0202 Options for Creating Your Own Network
0203 Hosted Social Networking Solutions
0204 Self-Hosting Your Own Site
0205 Examples of Custom Social Networks
03 Elements of a Social Network
0301 Users & Profiles
0302 Groups
0303 Activity Streams
0304 Discussion Forums
0305 Blogs
0306 Photo & Video Uploads
0307 Polls
0308 Chat & Events
0309 RSS Feeds
0310 Apps
04 Planning Your Online Community
0401 Focus on Your Audience
0402 Encouraging User-Created Content
0403 Fostering Community pt. 1
0404 Fostering Community pt. 2
0405 Be Dynamic
0406 Simplify
05 Getting Started
0501 What You Need to Start
0502 Starting with a Hosted Service
0503 Auto-Install Sites with Smart Scripts
0504 Setting Up Local Servers with MAMP
0505 Setting Up Local Servers with XAMP
0506 Setting Up Local Servers with WAMP
06 Building a Social Network with NING
0601 Enrolling & Setting Up a Site
0602 Resources for Getting Started
0603 Setting Layouts with Design Studio
0604 Changing Site Colors with Design Studio
0605 Customizing Member Settings
0606 Setting Member & Content Controls
0607 Setting Privacy / Language / Features
0608 Adding & Removing Features
0609 Adding Apps
0610 Modifying Menu Tabs
0611 FaceBook Integration & Other Tools
07 Building Social Networks with WordPress
0701 WordPress Social Sites with Buddy Press
0702 WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
0703 Auto-Installing WordPress with a Script
0704 Self-Installing WordPress to a Server
0705 Installing the BuddyPress Plugin
0706 Configuring BuddyPress Social Components
0707 Customizing User Profiles
0708 Create Test Users to Learn BuddyPress
0709 Creating Blog Posts
0710 Creating Pages & Menus
0711 Where to Learn More
08 Building Social Learning Sites with Moodle
0801 Introduction to the Moodle
0802 Auto-Installing Moodle on Your Host
0803 Self-Installing Moodle pt. 1
0804 Self-Installing Moodle pt. 2
0805 Configuring Your Admin Account
0806 Creating Courses
0807 Adding & Moving Course Blocks
0808 Adding Course Resources
0809 Assignments / Forums / Other Activities
0810 Creating & Configuring Quizzes
0811 Site Appearance & Themes
0812 Finding & Installing More Themes
0813 Where to Go from Here
09 Building Social Networking Sites with Joomla!
0901 Joomla! Features & Advantages
0902 Auto-Installing Joomla! on Your Host
0903 Self-Installing Joomla pt. 1
0904 Self-Installing Joomla pt. 2
0905 A Tour of the Joomla! Workspace
0906 Creating Articles & Categories
0907 Building & Configuring Menus
0908 Creating & Positioning Menus
0909 Extending the Functionality of Joomla!
0910 Advantages of Using Joomla! & CB
0911 CB Features & Capabilities
0912 CB Configuration Possibilities
0913 Installing Community Builder
0914 Intro to the JomSocial Component
0915 JomSocial Features & Capabilities
0916 Configuring JomSocial pt. 1
0917 Configuring JomSocial pt. 2
0918 Installing the JomSocial Component
10 Earning Revenue from Your Site
1001 Overview: Earn Income from your Site
1002 Selling Subscriptions
1003 Selling Products or Services
1004 Advertising on Your Site
1005 Free Content & Premium Content
1006 Asking for Donations
11 Conclusion
1101 Course Wrap Up
12 Credits
1201 About the Author
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