Introduction to ELGG, the Open Source Social Network Platform

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    1. An Introduction to www.mobicules.com [email_address]
    2. What is Elgg ?
      • Elgg built on LAMP and is open source
      • Roll out your own social network
      • Bundles social networking components
      • Building on Elgg is easy
    3. Components Pages RSS Files Tags Comment Blog Messages Widgets Friends/Groups Forum
    4. Features
      • Advanced user management and administration
      • Cross-site tagging
      • Powerful access control list
      • Internationalization support
      • Multiple view support (eg. cell phone, iPhone)
      • Advanced templating engine
      • Widget framework
      • Opensocial support
    5. Customize Page
    6. Elgg Data Model
    7. Events
      • Events triggered when certain things happen
        • User Action
        • Callbacks
        • Special Events (Boot, Init)
      • Hook has to be registered to handle the specific events
      register_elgg_event_handler('init','system','entities_init');
    8. Views
      • Elgg site can support different interface pages
        • Standard HTML
        • HTML optimised for accessibility
        • Mobile Internet
        • iPhone
        • Embeddable widget
    9. Plugins
      • Most of the end user functionality in Elgg comes from plugins
      • Plugins reside under /mod folder
        • start.php : control hub of a plugin
        • Register plugin inside Elgg init event
      register_elgg_event_handler('init','system','entities_init');
    10. Creating a Simple Blog Plugin
      • Create Form
      • Create Object View
      <h1><?php echo $vars['entity']->title; ?></h1>   <p><?php echo $vars['entity']->body; ?></p>   <?php echo elgg_view('output/tags', array('tags' => $vars['entity']->tags)); ?> <form action=&quot;<?php echo $vars['url']; ?>action/blog/save&quot; method=&quot;post&quot;>   <?php echo elgg_echo(&quot;title&quot;); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/text',array('internalname' => 'title')); ?> <?php echo elgg_echo(&quot;body&quot;); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/longtext',array('internalname' => 'body')); ?> <p><?php echo elgg_echo(&quot;tags&quot;); ?><br /> <?php echo elgg_view('input/tags',array('internalname' => 'tags')); ?></p>   <p><input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;<?php echo elgg_echo('save'); ?>&quot; /></p>   </form>
    11. Contd…
      • Create Save File
      $blogpost = new ElggObject();   $blogpost->title = get_input('title');   $blogpost->description = $description; $blogpost->access_id = ACCESS_PUBLIC; $blogpost->owner_guid = $_SESSION['user']->getGUID(); $blogpost->save();   $blogpost->tags = string_to_tag_array(get_input('tags')); forward($blogpost->getURL());
      • Display Blog
      require_once(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))).engine/start.php&quot;); $body = list_entities('object','blog',0,10,false); $body = elgg_view_layout('one_column', $body); page_draw(&quot;Our Blog&quot;,$body);
    12. Business Opportunities in Elgg
      • Education (Social E-learning)
        • Universities
        • Schools
      • Social Intranet for organizations
        • Employee activities
        • Knowledge base
        • Company events
      • Custom Social Networks
    13. Profile
    14. Groups
    15. Dashboard
    16. Files
      • Thanks

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