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A few words about Elgg, a new social networking platform

Most internet users try to keep contact with others through social networking sites by starting their own profile. You get to know a lot of new people and also maintain a good relationship with your old ones. But, haven’t you felt that your social networking site should be a little more modified than it is now?

Author: jason john
Date: Oct 20, 2011 - 4:03:15 AM

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Most internet users try to keep contact with others through social networking sites by starting their own profile. You get to know a lot of new people and also maintain a good relationship with your old ones. But, haven’t you felt that your social networking site should be a little more modified than it is now? You may feel happy if the developers had customized the design a little more.  If you have ideas in developing your own networking site, Elgg is the first place for you to contact.

Elgg is a social networking platform where you can customize your ideas in any way you like. You can decide on how the profile of each person should be. You can even publish articles and start your own blogs inside the platform. This idea was first developed by Ben Werdmuller and David Tosh in the year 2004. Their idea was such a big hit that they even won the award for "Best networking platform" for the year 2008.

You can socialize with people and also start communities and add your friends into it. You can also add pop-out notifications if you want, or whichever is most apt for your site. The privacy settings for each member of your site can also be customized. You can bring in strict privacy rules in such a way that members who are not your friends cannot be able to view your profile details and photos. The biggest advantage of this platform is that it provides very easy customization methods and it is user friendly.

All modifications can be brought around very easily. Attractive features like sharing your ideas, posting photos, blocking unwanted people can be brought into this site. There are Elgg plugins for every customization and you can also hire Elgg developers to develop your ideas. There are also many Elgg hosting companies who can offer you their service on a long time basis.

You can make your networking site very famous and increase its traffic by bringing in your unique ideas and correct marketing methods. One way to increase traffic in your site is by sending notification mails and SMS to their personal contacts. Once they notice that your site is interesting and unique, they will automatically be interested in creating a profile and adding friends. Adding chat features inside social networking sites has become a new trend. If you can bring in group video chatting and better stealth settings, it will surely help in increasing the traffic.

There are Elgg consultation companies who can give you clear ideas on how to start a own networking sites. They will give you a clear idea of the plugins and widgets used in this platform. If you are not able to bring in ideas of your own there are well established Elgg themes with which you can create your own platform. Additional modifications can also be brought to these themes. All these features have made Elgg pretty famous in the past years. Just imagine, you are just a few steps away from making a huge networking site of your own.

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