Elgg

=    = Carl Wicklund Assignment 5.1 EDP 279

 
 === Elgg is one of the newest social networking advancements on the market. It provides on methods to build social environments, from a campus wide social network for colleges or big powerful companies there are millions of ways to expand your target audience through Elgg. They have brand building communication tools and platforms for collaborations. Prounced like "elk," Elgg's initial funding was by a company called [|Curverider] which was started by David Tosh and Ben Werdmuller. Today, Elgg is a fully open source product protected and sponsored by [|The Elgg Foundation] and has a variety of contributors. ===

__**Description:**__
==Described by its founders as a 'learning landscape', [|Elgg] provides each user with their own weblog, file repository (with podcasting capabilities), an online profile and an RSS reader.There is everything from fully public Elggs, to only readable by a particular group or individual. All of a user's content can be tagged with keywords - so they can connect with other users with similar interests and create their own personal learning network. However, where Elgg differs from a regular weblog or a commercial social network (such as MySpace) is the **degree of control** each user is given over who can access their content. Each profile item, blog post, or uploaded file can be assigned its own access restrictions, == 

==Elgg is built on LAMP and is open source that has its own plug-in architecture, and supports a number of open standards. he OpenID support is being developed as part of a project called [|Open Academic] - which will allow a single login across installations of [|Elgg], [|Moodle] , [|Drupal] and [|MediaWiki]. == 

__** Why use Elgg? **__
==Whereas most commercial networks are one space branded in one particular way, Elgg will allow organizations to host their own systems customized to their specific requirements, but still retain connectivity from site to site. We're trying to build a truly distributed learning landscape which allows for locally-produced relevant content, with the wider benefit of being able to make relevant connections across sites. There are also themes and many different personalized models to use on Elgg so that each person can make it work individually for them. ==

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www.elgg.org

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