Submitted by Bryan on

I'm a big fan of Elgg, a free and open source social software that allows you to build your own social networks.  So it is with great surprise to me that I haven't really covered a lot of news about Elgg here at CMSReport.com.  Take a look at a recent post by Dave Tosh for some examples of the latest Elgg powered sites on the Web.  If that's not enough for you to judge how well Elgg can run social media sites...than Dave has more examples of Elgg sites to show you.

Snapshot of Elgg.orgSnapshot of Elgg.org

Elgg 1.5 is the latest version of the software with download links available at the official Elgg site.  Hopefully, we'll find more time to cover Elgg in the coming months.

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Dave's picture

Elgg is actually very interesting CMS/social networking platform though sadly this particular site is a poor example as there is no content!
The Elgg plug-ins that arent already in the basic build are -like so many for these open source cms systems - not that great or reliable - I've tried to get 2 of the main extra ones to work but cant. There also seems to be some antagonism between developers. However, Elgg is much less complex than some other cms while in theory can do as much (I just wish I could get it to work).

I have had pretty good luck

Don's picture

I have had pretty good luck with plug-ins on our Elgg site with only a couple that I have tried that weren't compatible. Elgg will do just about as much as any available platform... our site has blogs, private messaging, photo albums, event planner, etc. You are right about a bit of antagonism between a few of the plug-in developers and a few offer "light" versions with paid full versions available. You can check out our social networking site at http://www.viewcaster.net/