What's the best script for a social community?

[colombiano]

I am trying to build a social community and have the alstrasoft e friends script. However I have read bad reviews of it. What script do you suggest me? Is there any free? Thanks in advance

 

[thedorf]

A really easy way to launch an online social community is to use:

hxxp://www.ning.com

Not sure if this is what you are looking for but it sure is easy!

 

[greyhatdude]

My first choice is a "clean" (nulled) version of Dolphin from modmysite.com but here's a link for you that I haven't tested: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/member-downloads/30549-get-1-600-ablespace-1-0-mixer-key.html

 

[greyhatdude]

Not a script - but if you are willing to do a little bit of coding, checkout dev.live.com/Quickapps/

 

[colombiano]

Thanks for your replies. One more question: what hosting do you reccomend for such a script? I'm thinkink of HostICan virtual hosting. What do you think?

 

[greyhatdude]

The type of hosting depends purely on traffic and membership levels + cpu capacity and RAM needed for simultaneous uploads/downloads. If the script is mysql based you'll need to focus on RAM.

 

[xplicit]

I use handshakes on my social site and love it. Might be worth a gander. Just g**gle it, its the top one

 

[colombiano]

 

[xplicit]

Sure. Here ya go

hxxp://www.talktosoldiers.com

 

[Marko]

Dolphin is best! Check hxxp://boonex.com

 

[xplicit]

First off, whats with the pic?

And I tried all sorts of scripts including dolphin and non had the features that handshakes has. But that just my opinion.

 

[colombiano]

OK xplicit I have seen your site and it looks very nice. BUt tell me, what are those features Handshakes has that Dolphin does not?

 

[xplicit]

Just look at them and do a comparison, I cant go through them all. Also take a look at phpfox, I havent used it but there are some good reviews about it.

Just g00gle "best social script" and you will get tons of reviews.

 

[greyhatdude]

Damn. That script, and your site, look great -- especially for only $425 with all the optional features. I mean... DAMN I'm getting ripped OFF....

 

[greyhatdude]

Dolphin is best! Check hxxp://boonex.com

It's even better once the bugs have been removed. Hit modmysite.com

 

[Mckinise]

I dunno about the Dolphin script. I used to use it. THe clean version doesn't have chat or forums. You have to find a way to incorporate your own. The actual Dolphin 6.14 script is buggy, and many webhosting companies are unable to run it.

What hosting company are you using?

 

[wickid]

I run a social network using phpFox and love that script. The base package comes with some nice features, their are a lot of free mods that spruce things up...Their is a bunch of coders that release paid mods as well...and a lot of them are floating around on nulled script forums if you don't want to pay. I am just over 10,000 members with an average of 30-40 people online at once and I have no issues.

 

[greyhatdude]

I dunno about the Dolphin script. I used to use it. THe clean version doesn't have chat or forums. You have to find a way to incorporate your own. The actual Dolphin 6.14 script is buggy, and many webhosting companies are unable to run it.

What hosting company are you using?

I'm not running Dolphin right now, I have a custom script under development and plan to host it at home. Hostforweb.com is apparently familiar with dolphin, according to boonex.

 

[greyhatdude]

wickid, are you running a paid site or is it a free site?

 

[proroy]

For a social membership site, a dedicated server is the utmost essential to handle the bandwidth. I am also in the process of making one, and I really got some cool script help from this thread.
Thanks to everyone....BHW rocks