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Such is the power of open-source that even the White House website has acknowledged it and made a switch to Drupal, a popular open-source CMS to manage websites. Even social networking scripts are being designed on the open-source platform so as to launch powerful social media campaigns through social networking websites.

So what exactly is open-source? It is nothing but a simple approach towards designing, development and distribution of software along with its source code and making it open for public for further development and maintenance. One can build upon a social networking script using a free to use open-source platform such as Drupal.

Drupal has gained prominence as an ace open-source technology and many tech companies are designing services such as Social Networking using the social networking scripts designed on the open-source platform.

One can easily create a social networking script using Drupal, which according to my experience of using various open-source is the most robust technology which is constantly re-inventing itself with every newer release. Many popular websites on the internet have deployed Drupal and are benefiting from the fantastic functionalities that their Drupal-powered websites are delivering now.

Following modules can come handy in implementing a social networking script:

• Activity (Tracks activities which people do on your social networking site. Eg. ? Jim is Louis’s latest fan)

• Appbar (A toolbar at the bottom of the window with links and AJAX-driven notifications just like Facebook)

• invite (helps in sending and tracking invitations which are an important element on building upon a network)

• comment notify (a utility to alert viewers and notify them of areas where comments were left after their interactions)

• Content Construction Kit (cck lets you make any type of content allowing you to add custom fields to nodes using a web browser)

• private message (Enables messaging from user-to-user)

• flagfriend

• nodeprofiles

• event

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• friendlist

For a comprehensive list of modules you can log on to

http://drupal.org/project/modules

Gaurav Kumar is internet marketing professional, Presently working with Ebizon NetInfo, one of the leading Web development company offering expert SEO Services, social networking script, smo services,Shopping cart and e commerce solutions over the globe.

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