shortysbest Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 Thank You! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1211198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepingpeace Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Test Name here haha. Just checked out a lotta' features on your site and as I already told you, I'm simply blown away. Rock on man. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1211258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcapon1 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I think you should have a link where your logo is so that you go to a page where it tells more about the site. Its the first thing I wanted to do because I am very skeptical about giving information unless I know what it is, even if it is just to sign up for something. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1211401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 I have a test login page: Â usr: PhpFreak@yahoo.com pass: phpfreaklogin Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1211404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I like your sense of humor: http://www.kithell.com/#/profile&id=2 hehe http://www.kithell.com/#/profile&id=34 .. http://www.kithell.com/#/profile&id=22  (kit)Hell and friendship/romance don't work well, think of a different name  I can't say anything about your back-end skills, but you certainly have awesome front-end skills. I really like the website, clean! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1211543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maknib Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 i really like this , i've always wanted to build my own Social network but again.. what can i offer that facebook hasn't is what i get stuck on. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1213569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsnewbie28 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 WHOA! this is beast!!!!!!!!!!!!  sorry for a noob question  may i know what text editor and web programming language you used??  how many programming languages should i learn to code a website?   Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1214581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I am not the author of the website but I think it's pretty obvious the programming language was PHP backed by a MySQL database. So you should at least learn 5 languages: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1214860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Yes. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1214862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdrian21 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 have a look at these books it should help: Oreilly.Designing.Social.Interfaces.Sep.2009.pdf Designing for the Social Web.pdf Oreilly Building Social Web Applications.pdf Tagging People-powered Metadata for the Social Web.pdf wowebook_Addison.Wesley.The.Developers.Guide.to.Social.Programming.Aug.2010.pdf PHP5.pdf i have all these books at my disposal but am having problems posting them on here . good luck and good site and you should work on your layout of the site although the functionality of it is good having an easy to use interface and aesthetic look will bring home the crowd. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1215001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohdang888 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 WHOA! this is beast!!!!!!!!!!!!  sorry for a noob question  may i know what text editor and web programming language you used??  how many programming languages should i learn to code a website? a website this well-coded will take an advanced user. Assuming you have no background in programming, it would take AT LEAST a year of programming to get to that level (AT LEAST!), then months to build it.   Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1215487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 WHOA! this is beast!!!!!!!!!!!!  sorry for a noob question  may i know what text editor and web programming language you used??  how many programming languages should i learn to code a website? a website this well-coded will take an advanced user. Assuming you have no background in programming, it would take AT LEAST a year of programming to get to that level (AT LEAST!), then months to build it.  Yes, I started PHP around a year ago (probably only spent around 3-4 months actually programming though). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1215521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugix Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Looks pretty good. Nothing to do on it though. Will need to add a lot of functionality to it. Like the Ajax work you did on it thus far though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1215737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 Looks pretty good. Nothing to do on it though. Will need to add a lot of functionality to it. Like the Ajax work you did on it thus far though. Â Thank you. Yeah there needs to be a lot more features before it's usable, once I get out of High School in 3 weeks I will be spending my time doing so. Haven't had very much time to work on it recently with Graduation upcoming. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1215743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderwell Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 one man Vs the might of facebook Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1216243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Popularity of facebook is crumbling, it has reached about it's maximum potential. Facebook is old we are already looking for new ways. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1216360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Website looks very clean. I would check your url param validation throughout. I can change the params/ids in the url that produce unexpected results. Make sure you are protected against code injection. Â I would recommend you find a niche for your site. It's pointless just going global with it as another social network for everyone to use. People may say they have issue with FB but the simple fact is that they will not let go of it. It is too large. It's the same as when Apple launched the iPhone 4 with faults. Everyone kicked up a fuss, got offered a refund or a rubber case by Steve Jobs, did they go for the refund, no, they bought more. All down to the brand! Â Go for something small to start like getting people from school to use it. I would tailor groups to what goes on in your school. Then, if it is successful open it up further to other areas. Â Unless you have a niche then nobody will use a second network along side FB as it will be seen as double the effort and a waste of time. Â If you are using this as a development exercise then I say well done. You have produced something that functions & looks very good. If you are looking at a commercial venture then I think you need more thought. Â Again, well done. Â P.S If you are the next Mark Zuckerberg i'll be asking for a job! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1216411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I feel I am looking at a JomSocial Social Network Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1216685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 neil.johnson: Thanks, I totally understand what you're saying. It is too much alike facebook at the moment, I intend to change that, I am just building a skeleton with basic functions to get it all up and running and overtime my intentions are to evolve it into something completely different and better. This is primarily a project to expand my skills and show them, however if I can build something enough people like and want to use regularly I will continue working on it as a company, I would love to have a big social networking website, that's my dream, but I'm just going one step at a time. Even if this doesn't become popular, well, I've got a website to show companies what kind of skills I have. (Mind you I haven't even graduated High School yet) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1221450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 have been adding new features, A photo system is becoming to come together (very far from done). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1231335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 It's a decent start, and I can see a lot of work has gone into it, but it's very insecure. Â You need to be doing validations on everything. It only took me about 30 seconds to find my first exploit: You're not doing validation on who can delete what. Anyone can call your post_remove() javascript function, or query ajax/post_remove_add.php and delete any post they want. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1231595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAlone Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I managed to delete all the posts on your site and hijack any account in a couple of minutes. Â For the love of god, please don't trust the client with ANYTHING. Â If you need more detailed info, PM me. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1231600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdbwb05 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I like the user page design. It reminds me of a twitter site. My suggestion is to make it a specific niche and to figure out how you plan to make money either through adwords or what with it. I started a site like it www.nibbie.com (its not up) --however it will function like http:www.spiffiedeals.com, which I am working on now. But, one thing I wish I thought of was the ads(or whatever) within the design before I started making it. Because, its been alot of work changing everything around. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1231993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortysbest Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks for your feedback! & yeah, I have thought about ads, merely, I have kept that in my mind throughout designing the pages so when the time comes it will be an easy implication, however I am going to do my best to limit the number of ads it has, just enough that it would cover the expenses for the website, and some profit. I don't want to be known as the website that only has ads, like many websites do. (This is all assuming I am able to make a successful social network) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1231994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdbwb05 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 its really really hard. Most of my time with my site has been getting it to work right. which for the most part I have alot of the issues worked out. Next, is getting users to create accounts and content on the site. but you can get by, by just creating fake users to create content which I have been doing. last is figuring a way to make a profit off of it which I am working.  But, for me if I make money I make money its more about the challenge of creating and designing the site.  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  http://www.spiffiedeals.com/   Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/234064-my-social-networking-website-in-progress-looking-for-suggestions/page/2/#findComment-1231998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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