Social media solution
I’ve seen it twenty times in the last year. A company will release a social networking type application that seems to promise anything and everything you will need to accomplish your goals.
The inherent problem is that generally these apps are trying to meet many different needs of many different types of organizations, which means that you must conform to the functionality they deem broad enough reaching to include into their app.
At Gateway, we are looking to accomplish some things on the web that will meet the communication needs of our groups and also create an environment somewhat like a classroom.
On the money side of things it would be best to look at what is already available out there.
I have been tinkering with a few options and the one that is showing the most promise is Elgg.org. Its a PHP/MySql social network/classroom environment app…which sounds like what we’re looking for
I want to know what else is out there that might meet our needs….fire away.
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Filed under News | Comment (0)We picked a platform….yippy!
WordPress.
That’s right, the WordPress.
At first I was a little skeptical that it could do all that we needed in an organization the size of Gateway Church, but a few tweaks and a few plugins later, it looks like it will meet our needs.
The clincher was usability for novice users. Yes, other CMS options can do more out of the box, but not one came close to the back end usability that WordPress offers.
So with that, here’s a photo of Jimmy Superfly Snuka:
