SocialEngine is a PHP

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 social networking service platform, that provides features similar to a social network on a user's website. Main features include administration of small-to-mid scale social networks, some customization abilities, unencrypted code, multilingual capability, and modular plugin/widget compatibility. There is a range of templates and add-ons available to extend the basic features already included in the SocialEngine core.

Current Development

SocialEngine version 4.0 has been released, and has been built on an entirely different codebase than previous versions, Zend Framework

Zend Framework

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. This was intended to provide scalability and new feature sets. SocialEngine most recently announced that the newest features to be added will be built in membership billing as well a simple package manager.

Official plugins

Webligo Developments, LLC offers a variety of plugins to extend the functionality of SocialEngine into blog hosting, photo album hosting, groups, music sharing and hosting, video sharing and hosting, chat and instant messaging services, event planning, online polls, and forums.

Third-Party plugins

Third-party companies, such as SEplugins, SocialEngineMods, Hire-Experts, Radcodes, WebHive, OpenCrypt, iExperts, SocialEngineZzz,Cogzidel Technologies, SocialEngineMarket, and many others offer modular add-ons to create new functionalities. These functionalities may include:

• OpenID authentication
  OpenID
  OpenID is an open standard that describes how users can be authenticated in a decentralized manner, eliminating the need for services to provide their own ad hoc systems and allowing users to consolidate their digital identities...
  
  
• Twitter
  Twitter
  Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
  
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• Skype
  Skype
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• Membership/subscriptions
• File sharing
• Language packs for multilingual support
• Games
• Searches
• Icons
• Directory
• Community ads
• Questions&Answers
• Quizzes
• Webcam avatars
• Employment / Work History
• Rating system

Third-Party templates

SocialEngine installations are unbranded by default. Webligo does not supply templates to alter the appearance of an installation, but these templates are available through third-party vendors.

See also

• Comparison of social networking software
  Comparison of social networking software
  -Social Network Engine Comparison:Social Network Engines or Social Engines provide the basis for community driven content and social/business networking....
  
  
• List of social networking websites
• Social network
  Social network
  A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
  
  
• Virtual community
  Virtual community
  A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals...
  
  
• Web 2.0
  Web 2.0
  The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
  
  

External links

• SocialEngine.net Official SocialEngine website
• Webligo.com Official site of Webligo developments
• SocialEngine Camp Unofficial Questions&Answers Community for SocialEngine developers
• SocialEngineBase Unofficial Forum for SocialEngine clients and developers