SocialSite is great, but it doesn't help you when you've already got an established product. "Use SocialSite" would have been a non-starter for hi5, LinkedIn, Orkut, or any of the other established sites that use Shindig.
I do agree that if you're building a brand new site from scratch, though, SocialSite is a great option. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:32 PM, 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 >
