Overview of Open Source Social Network

Introduction

This tutorial is an overview of Open Source Social Network (OSSN) and how it actually works. The script is desgined as a social networking software, which will allow you to design your own community of people sharing similar passions or interests. You can build up dating websites, specialized community of people with passion for sports and much more.

There are numerous advantages that may lead to choosing Open Source Social Network (OSSN) for the development of your website.

Advantages

FaceBook-like design: A default OSSN script provides a theme, which is similar to the look of Facebook. This is a great advantage as once you put your website into production, the users that are familiar with FaceBook will feel more comfortable browsing your website as well.

User-friendly: Open Source Social Network is a user-friendly product. It provides a large number of different features that are a must for a social community software.

System requirements

The Open Source Social Network system requirements are standard and the application is suitable for all of our hosting plans. The requirements of the script are:

• PHP: version 5.4 and above.
• MySQL: version 5 and above.
• Operating system: Solaris, Linux, BSD, Windows or Mac.
• Web server: Apache , Nginx , Lighttpd
• PHP GD Library , PHP cURL , PHP ZIP , JSON Support , XML , Mod_rewrite

Useful resources

It is always important to know where to search for more information on how to use a particular script. This way, if you need assistance, you will always be able to find such.