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Learn How to Make a Social Networking Website

Learn how to make a social networking website in this excellent video training course entitled Building Custom Social Networking Websites. Here, youll get to know the best tools and practices for designing and creating Facebook-like social networking web sites customized for specific targeted audiences or needs.

What you will learn:

• The best tools and practices for designing and creating social networking websites
• How to design sites that encourage users to interact and communicate with on another and build friendships, trust, and community
• How to import content into a site from elsewhere on the Internet
• How to encourage users to contribute to the site
• How to earn revenue from your social networking website

Youll also be introduced to the following tools for building these social networking websites: Ning, WordPress, Moodle, and Joomla.

To learn more about the course, start watching the video tutorials below:

Course Introduction

What You Will Learn from the Course
Target Audience
Why Build Social Networking Sites

What is a Social Network?

Definition of a Social Network
Options for Creating Your Own Network
Hosted Social Networking Solutions
Self-Hosting Your Own Site
Examples of Custom Social Networks

Elements of a Social Network

Users & Profiles
Groups
Activity Streams
Discussion Forums
Blogs
Photo & Video Uploads
Polls
Chat & Events
RSS Feeds
Apps

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