This Developer Spotlight features Vidit and Niranjan of longtime SocialEngine development team, SocialEngineAddOns. These prolific module developers provide customization and support services for the SocialEngine community, as well as some of the highest rated add-ons. Here’s Vidit and Niranjan! SocialEngine: How was SocialEngineAddOns founded? When did you begin SocialEngine development? SocialEngineAddons: Our team has been developing social networking software for a long time. In 2008, we came across SocialEngine for the first time when it proved to be the best platform for a Client's project. We had developed modules for other platforms previously, so moving ...Read More »

This Developer Spotlight features Vidit and Niranjan of longtime SocialEngine development team, SocialEngineAddOns. These prolific module developers provide customization and support services for the SocialEngine community, as well as some of the highest rated add-ons. Here’s Vidit and Niranjan! SocialEngine: How was SocialEngineAddOns founded? When did you begin SocialEngine development? SocialEngine: Our team has been developing social networking software for a long time. In 2008, we came across SocialEngine for the first time when it proved to be the best platform for a Client's project. We had developed modules for other platforms previously, so moving ...Read More »

This Developer Spotlight features Vidit and Niranjan of longtime SocialEngine development team, SocialEngineAddOns. These prolific module developers provide customization and support services for the SocialEngine community, as well as some of the highest rated add-ons. Here’s Vidit and Niranjan! SocialEngine: How was SocialEngineAddOns founded? When did you begin SocialEngine development? SocialEngine: Our team has been developing social networking software for a long time. In 2008, we came across SocialEngine for the first time when it proved to be the best platform for a Client's project. We had developed modules for other platforms previously, so moving ...Read More »

Continuing where our Photo Sharing post left off, let’s talk video! Photos may be in the spotlight recently, but some say videos are next, with Viddy and others racing to be the next Instagram of video. Netflix streams Hollywood to our homes, we upload clips to the web---one hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second---and SocialEngine communities use our Video Plugin to share moments of charity work in Thailand, races at the motocross track, and clips of that videogame we all can’t stop playing, so join ...Read More »

You all gave us great questions for our ASK JOHN feature. Mootools vs. Jquery What were the reasons (benefits) for choosing Mootools over JQuery? At this point, it’s not reasonable to switch to JQuery as the switch would require significant code rewrites for ourselves and also for third-party developers. The choice between using Mootools and Jquery were based around our goal of creating a platform that could be highly customized by anyone with access to the direct code yet easy to use right out of the box. There is a debate that jQuery is ...Read More »

Social media interaction is often as visual as it is textual. Facebook’s billion dollar acquisition of Instagram, and the popularity of photo-sharing focused services like Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr and others, means people enjoy sharing photos, and may even expect your community to offer these sharing features. Of course, photos may not be right for every community, but for anyone looking to increase engagement, photo sharing is a sure bet. How is member interaction encouraged? Profile photos share personality and identity with other members. Photos promote discussion, and are often relevant to purpose of the community---members share photos ...Read More »

Hey everyone! We've released 4.2.3, a minor update mostly featuring bug fixes. Here's the changelog, and you can download 4.2.3 from your account. Remember to backup before upgrading! Highlights: Option for admin to receive email notifications when members register. Added Knowledgebase Articles to the Admin Panel: only for new installations. Fixed issue with editing profile question choices. Videos with https links can be shared properly. Restored paragraph capability for About Me. Restored paragraph capability for Event description. Rewrote Profile Address description. Rewrote ...Read More »

So you're ready to create a social networking community with SocialEngine. To start, you need a server. Already have one? Great! Don't have one? No sweat. It's as simple as signing up with a company like Arvixe who offers optimized servers configured for SocialEngine. Arvixe is not your only option either. Really, any server that meets our requirements is capable of running SocialEngine. Check out hosting providers like HostUpon and SiteGround as well. When shopping for a server, the choices are shared hosting servers, ...Read More »

Continuing off our last Add-On Highlight post, here are some more add-ons recently developed for SocialEngine! Use the Contact Developer buttons to ask them any questions, and we're always available as well! Contact us. Add-on: SpurIT integrated LiteCommerce with SocialEngine to offer web store capabilities. Add-on: SpurIT also developed a Theme Selector. Members can select from available themes for individual look. Add-on: Hire-Experts developed a Credits Plugin so members can earn, purchase and spend credits! Add-on: WebHive developed Timeline for SocialEngine. ...Read More »

SocialEngine is more than just a turnkey solution. A visit to our customize section demonstrates how dynamic a SocialEngine site can be with custom development. Modifications, simple or extreme, result in a social networking website specialized for you and your community. Sounds great, right? So how do you start? One place is our documentation section. Browse our tutorials and articles to trick out SocialEngine yourself. Or, if this PHP stuff is too technical, consider working with third-party developers active in the SocialEngine community. There are many ...Read More »