Drupal 6 Social Networking

EBook Description: Drupal is ideally equipped to be used as a base system for creating a custom social networking site like Facebook and MySpace. While these large social networks have their place, niche social networking web sites can help promote businesses, products, projects, and hobbies of any nature. This book provides careful instructions and clear explanations to take you through the setup and management of your social network site, covering topics from users to marketing to maintenance. It will help you create your own social networking site, suitable for whatever audience you decide! This book will take you from the very basics of both Drupal and Social Networking right through to more complicated aspects, like creating your own custom design and features for the site. With no experience of Drupal required, the book will introduce you to this award winning CMS and carefully take you through the steps to create a social networking site from it. As the book progresses, you will learn how to add to and expand your social networking site, adding more features and adding value for your users, and how to make your users feel part of the community. Social networking web sites rely on their users contributing to the site, and this book helps you structure a site in a way users can easily and enjoyable contribute to the site creating a powerful social network. The book begins with the fundamental concepts of a Social Networking site, and how we can use Drupal to create such a site. It then goes through installing Drupal before looking at expanding the out of the box feature set with third party modules designed for Social Networking. Once the web site is running, it looks at securing the Social Network, deploying it on the Internet, and keeping it running and well maintained. It doesnt stop there however; as Social Networks rely on their user base to run and become successful, the book also covers marketing the Social Network using Search Engine Optimization, Online Marketing, and a range of new Social Media. What you will learn from this book? Get started with Drupal and explore the features of this powerful Content Management System. Build a social networking site from the ground up using Drupal 6 Use a combination of features, modules and some simple custom development to allow user interaction and user contributions Enable your users to interact and communicate with one another, building friendship Let your users contribute to the site, from those who wish to add a little content to those who wish to help run the site on a daily basis Import content into your site from elsewhere on the Internet using the Aggregator module Create user profiles, set up roles and permissions, and handle security settings Explore Drupals modular system, and use it to create modules to add additional functionality relevant and useful to your social network. Customize the look and feel of your site by enabling and installing new themes, ensuring that your site is distinctive Deploy and maintain your social networking site on the Internet using the maintenance mode, reports, and cron to keep everything running smoothly Recover from virus attacks and hacking attempts to your Social Network by making and maintaining regular backups, in case the worst should happen Promote and market your Social Network using advertisements, advertising networks, other social networks, and search engine optimization Approach This book is packed with clear instructions and careful explanations for creating a powerful Social Networking web site using Drupal 6. With each chapter, you add new features and content until the Social Network is ready to be released to the Internet where it can grow. By the end of this book, you will have a powerful Social Network either like that of the case study, or of your own design based on the setup and features the book walks through. Who this book is written for? This book is aimed at anyone looking to create their own social networking web site, including: Businesses building a Social Network around a product or service can improve your company profile and increase customer loyalty. Alternatively, an internal social network gives you employees a place to keep resources, discuss ideas, raise concerns, and keep up to date on company policies. Hobbyists create a community around your hobbies and interests; create a local or distributed user group. Organisations & Charities Raise your profile, promote your events / services / fundraisers and get help from the community in organizing them. Families For large families based across the country or across the globe, keep up to date with everyone, and let everyone know what you are up to. You dont need any experience of Drupal or PHP to use this book. If you are a Drupal user you will find this book a great way to rapidly tailor an existing installation into a social orientated web site.

If you�re new to IT and networking, this is the place to start.
Microsoft�s 70-366 certification tells employers that you know how to set up and administer basic networks and have a good foundational knowledge for higher level network administration. This series shows you how to create good network design, and explains how wireless networking and network equipment (particularly layer 2 and 3 switches and routers) work. By the time you�ve finished watching this series, you�ll be ready for the certification exam and know how to perform basic server administration for a small business or department.

Home and Small Office Networking ISO

Home and Small Office Networking ISO

Quantum Communication and Quantum Networking

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Quantum Communication and Quantum Networking, QuantumCom 2009, held in Naples, Italy, in October 2009.
The 38 full papers were selected from numerous submissions. This conference has been devoted to the discussion of new challenges in quantum communication and quantum networking that extends from the nanoscale devices to global satellite communication networks. It placed particular emphasis on basic quantum science effects and on emerging technological solutions leading to practical applications in the communication industry, culminating with a special section on Hybrid Information Processing.

Home Networking Do-It-Yourself For Dummies

A home network allows you to share Internet connections, photos, video, music, game consoles, printers, and other electronic gadgets. This do-it-yourself guide shows you step by step how to create a wired or wireless network in your home.

In the For Dummies tradition of making technology less intimidating, Home Networking Do-It-Yourself For Dummies breaks down the process into easy steps with clear instructions.

Increasing broadband speeds, cellular technology, the explosive growth of iPhone sales, and the new Home Group feature in Windows 7 all contribute to a booming interest in home networking
This step-by-step guide walks do-it-yourselfers through the process of setting up a wired or wireless network with Windows 7 and Windows Vista
Demonstrates how to connect desktops or laptops, printers, a home server, a router, high-speed Internet access, a video game system, a telephone line, and entertainment peripherals
Shows how to share files, music, and video, and connect to an iPhone
Provides maintenance and troubleshooting tips

Home Networking Do-It-Yourself For Dummies enables you to take advantage of everything a home network can offer without hiring a technology wizard.

From the Back Cover
Network your family's computers so you can share files, printers, and more - now it's easy!

Connecting all your home's computers into a network lets you share files, devices, entertainment, and more. This friendly book shows you, step by step, how to create your very own wired or wireless network.

You'll learn what hardware you need, where to position a wireless router, how to connect a Bluetooth device, how to arrange access for different family members, and everything else necessary to get your network up and running. Then you'll learn to secure it, monitor the kids' online activities, speed up your Internet connection, and even set up a gaming network. What are you waiting for?

NETWORKING 2011

The two-volume set LNCS 6640 and 6641 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference held in Valencia, Spain, in May 2011. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 294 submissions. The papers feature innovative research in the areas of applications and services, next generation Internet, wireless and sensor networks, and network science. The first volume includes 36 papers and is organized in topical sections on anomaly detection, content management, DTN and sensor networks, energy efficiency, mobility modeling, network science, network topology configuration, next generation Internet, and path diversity.

"PHP 5 Social Networking"

Create a powerful and dynamic Social Networking website in PHP by building a flexible framework
Build a flexible Social Networking framework using PHP which can be extended to fit the needs of any Social Networking site
Develop a suitable structure for our framework, with MVC to structure the architecture and a Registry to store core Objects
Allow users to connect and communicate with each other using communication with friends list, flexible user profiles, messages, discussions, and much more
Plan marketing and scaling strategies, to entice more users and ensure the site can cope with the demand
Packed with real-world code and clear explanation, this book uses an ongoing case study for creating a Social Networking framework
In Detail
Social Networking has quickly become a very popular activity on the Internet, particularly with the emergence of sites like Facebook and MySpace. PHP is a flexible web development language used on a wide variety of sites, including Facebook and Yahoo! But building a social networking site from scratch using PHP involves some complex logic, and also some serious coding.
This book will demonstrate how to create, maintain, and extend a powerful social network site. It shows how to create your own flexible social networking framework, allowing users to sign up, customize their profile, befriend other users, share information, communicate, interact with one another, and much more.

Wi-Fi Home Networking

Wi-Fi Home Networking /by Raymond J. Smith. Describes the costs, benefits and necessity of networking. Reviews software networking tools that save money for small-time operators �Summarizes business expenses and savings to help a prospective user choose their office setup �Offers criteria for deciding on distribution media
Compares wireless versus wired connections �Includes important, practical information about security, viruses, and backing up

Networking All in One For Dummies (2011)

If you plan to build a home network or if you struggle with network settings each time you sit in front of new computer, Networking All in One For Dummies should be a perfect read for you!

Network administrators now have a single, convenient place to turn for all the information they need. Networking All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition is like ten books in one, covering such topics as networking basics, network security, setting up TCP/IP and connecting to the Internet, handling mobile devices, and much more. This valuable book covers all the newest updates and trends, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research"

To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) culled five decades' worth of articles from its various journals to present a thorough, single-volume retrospective of the most notable works. The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research presents fifty-six papers, divided into two categories�Communications and Networking�and grouped chronologically. This landmark resource provides readers with:
Research articles that have set the standard for quality, selected from the most respected journals in the field
An introductory essay by the editors that explains the selection process and puts the collection in historic context

Selected by a team of today's finest researchers in the field, each of the featured articles is a milestone unto itself. For everyone interested in communications and networking research, The Best of the Best serves as a guide to the field's history and as a benchmark for future research.

The Encyclopedia of Networking & Telecommunnication

This thorough update to Novell's Complete Encyclopedia of Networking expands upon the original and provides a more comprehensive collection of data for all levels of network users. This Encyclopedia offers in-depth analysis of hardware, software, networking topologies, and network operating systems. Details on cabling, interface cards, shells, applications, standards, and protocols are also included.

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