To add to that, I noticed on Dave Johnson's twitter account that SocialSite is moving along, thanks to Apache infrastructure help. "looks like user accounts, mailing-lists and Subversion are all in place for Apache SocialSite (incubating). Thanks INFRA! next up: code #fb"
http://twitter.com/snoopdave/status/2397830007 Definitely looking forward to seeing more SocialSite / Shindig integration. <http://twitter.com/snoopdave/status/2397830007>-Dan On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Chris Chabot <chab...@google.com> wrote: > Hey Viggo, > > FYI as someone who often writes long emails about how to connect shindig to > your local data back-end, and often find my self saying "check out > partuza", > we've also always referred to SocialSite (I actually do in my presentations > about OpenSocial as well), however the last few weeks it's been a bit > harder > since http://incubator.apache.org/socialsite/ is showing nothing but a 404 > and I'm not sure what the state of the original SocialSite svn is. > > That being said, we all think SocialSite rocks, so I look forward to > hearing > lots about it in the future! > > -- Chris > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Viggo Navarsete > <viggo.navars...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have been monitoring this mailing list for some time now, and time and > > time again I see questions like "how do I take Shindig to the next > level", > > "how do I replace the XML backend with a 'real' database", "what do I > have > > to implement in order to create my own SNS", "is there a Java alternative > > to > > Partuza".. > > > > My question is rather: WHY would you do that at all?? Why not rather join > > the SocialSite community and contribute to create the best Java SNS ever? > I > > have to admit, I'm not a contributor to SocialSite at the moment, but > plan > > to be so when it's fully transitioned to Apache (will happen soon). > > I also had these initial questions above when I started to look at > > OpenSocial and how to utilize it for my own business, but after some > > googling I stumbled across SocialSite, and I don't think I have to ask > > those > > questions again. It's got a database backend, a REST API (not the one > > defined in OpenSocial at the moment, but I guess/require that it will be > > align as soon as SocialSite aligns the Shindig version supported to the > > current one) and a complete user interface for looking at user details, > > activities, friends and so on. Even an administrator section exists > within > > the user interface to administrate users access. > > > > I'm not trying to hijack this mailing list with SocialSite things, but I > > guess many people new to OpenSocial will ask themselv the same questions > as > > I did, and instead of sitting by ourself and implement (almost) the same > > things (at least the People, Activities and AppData interfaces), we > should > > rather focus all our effort to do the same things as the PHP guys (and > > girls) are doing with Partuza; > > > > Create the best Open source Java SNS based on Shindig!! > > > > Some useful links: > > The existing SocialSite project: https://socialsite.dev.java.net/ > > The new Apache SocialSite proejct: > > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/socialsite.html > > > > Best regards, > > Viggo > > >
