I'm hoping to create an internal social networking site for my company. I would like people to be able to create profiles which contain information about themselves including photos and video. I would also like them to able to make connections with each other and for the site administrator to be able to see those connections to measure the interconnectedness of the organization. There could be anywhere from 1,000 to 30,000 users. Is Elgg a good choice for what I want?
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You must log in to post replies.Absolutely!!! elgg does those things with ease. It also does a lot more!
Thanks for the response. One more question - is Elgg searchable? It would be great if people in the company could search for someone with expertise in a certain area.
We have 36,844 users on a dedicated. Those features you mention can probably be managed by plugins or custom code. re: searching expertise -> you might find this of interest -> http://community.elgg.org/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=324462&group_guid=52477 --- we're doing pretty much just that functionality there.
Elgg's search is quite lacking at the moment, but we've completely rewritten it for 1.7. 1.7 betas / pre-releases will start toward the middle of November, with 1.7 final due by the end of the year.
I have looked at different social engines and found that elgg is also easier to use for the end user (when compared to Joomla jomsocial and vbulliten).
Since you are looking to install for a company, you might find the skills widget interesting: http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/c.west/read/151952/skills-review-widget
Another great feature of elgg is that the users can create their own groups of friends (not to be confused with user groups) and address those groups directly without others seeing the content.