Best Social Network Community Software?
 

Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm looking for the vbulletin or the rolls royce of social networking scripts.

vbulletin is the way to go

I like VB but I'm looking for something with more features.

have you looked at all the add-ons?

I'm tempted to go the vb route. All that stops me is the facking around. There are some great add-ons, I know. It would just be nice to have everything there after the one install.

vb is looking to be the choice so far, however.

sometimes the add-ons can be a bitch, it's too bad you can't get a full customized one right off the bat

Maybe this one fits the bill:

http://www.phpfox.com/

$300, I don't think so

Isn't your software $295 per license? :1orglaugh

By social networking, do you mean MySpace or Friendster type scripts?

I'm not too bothered about the expense. I had a look at one and the cheapest version was $15K. That's more than I want to spend for this project, but I dont mind hundreds or a few k. Looking at that link. Custom is an "option" but again there is a lot of facking around and nothing ever works right for months.

Contact the kid who owns this site. He's an old partner of mine and he's mentioned in the past that he'd be willing to license it out.

http://chillaxen.com - completely custom coded.

Along the lines of myspace: forums, chat, blogs, messaging, rating, so on. I have 2 sites I'm currently working out business plans for. One is adult, the other is regional and mainstream (to benefit from ad revenue from offline as much as online biz). Traffic levels will be huge, so I need reliable scripts that will perform well under pressure.

A regional site is exactly what he put his script together, so contact him thru the site and I'm sure he'd be willing to work with you.

That's a sweet little script - thank you. Will look some more and consider contacting your buddy. Cheers for the info :thumbsup

custom coded. worth the hassle...

No comparison

I just noticed that he's in the process of putting a new version online and testing.

like myspace? or a forum

joomla, mambo
joomlaancers.com for dev's

I'm hearing good things about this script: http://www.dzoic.com/features_overview.php

Here's another one that seems decent: http://www.vastal.com/buddy-zone-soc...ng-script.html

The Internet reborn.

id have to agree that custom coded is the way to go.

This has turned into a very useful thread for me, cheers. Will continue considering my options and appreciate any further links you throw up. Thanks.

good thread with some good results i would have said VBulletin 3.5.4 but alas it was not the right answer :thumbsup

This is still a strong possibility for the mainstream, if not the adult. I'm familiar with it, which helps, the payment modules would work (no need for something like amember), and it will do the job for basically a regional meeting place. I have more competition with the adult sector i'll be targetting and this would mean modding the hell out of vb to compete (still an option, but Im getting lazy and probably need a vacation).