On 7/26/07, Philip Seyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It will take a while for me to get to my question. Sorry for that. > > I'm exploring the idea of using PMWIKI for a Singles Wik -- where members of > a singles club can put up a profile of themselves and make contact with > others who may want to meet them. Members will be able to do other things, > too, like post social events. > > The URL for my wiki (which is still quite crude) is: > > http://www.lovemusiclovedance.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php > > The following page will be an overview of various members living in the San > Francisco Bay Area > > http://www.lovemusiclovedance.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=SPRE.BayArea > > To see the details about a member, you would click on the member's ID. > You can send an email to a member whose profile interests you by clicking on > an external link. > > I would like individuals to be able to go in and edit their own page and > upload a picture or > put links on their page, etc. > > My Questions. > > Do you think this is a good use for PMWiki? > On which page would it be a good idea to put a password or ID requirement? > Any hints about implementing the password or ID requirement? > Should an administrator create the individual's page first and then email > him or her the link to it? > > Would it work to just send a Bay Area person to: > > http://www.lovemusiclovedance.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=SPRE.BayArea > > and ask them to create their own ID and brief description? > > Other ideas? Approaches? Better way for members to contact each other? > I'm thinking of using a system like that available at > http://www.memberize.com -- > Memberize is slick, but expensive. > > Thanks, guys, for your help, > Phil Seyer > http://www.pguild.com > > > P.S. I am thinking of integrating my Wiki with ccube, a new free system that > enables social networking by phone. For more info on that, you may want to > see: http://www.pguild.com/ccube
Hi, Philip: Sorry to hear you got no responses to this when you first posted it. Just so you know, these more philosophical questions often go unanswered. I never can predict what will do it -- some questions prompt a veritable flood of give and take; some just lie there, mellowing in the sun... I can't speak to any of the technical aspects of your question, but I do think your project is very interesting. Hosting it on a wiki is also very ambitious. PmWiki sites, especially, don't typically have a lot of the automagic, user-friendly, ajaxy things that I think most users of social networking sites are becoming accustomed to. Are these singles going to be mostly techie types? A couple of thoughts for you 1) read http://www.wikipatterns.com, which is Atlassian's wiki for discussing best practices for, and challenges to, adoption of enterprise wikis. Lots of it won't apply, but some will. 2) as an alternative OR a complementary component, consider a 'roll your own' social network platform, like ning.com. Hope that helps some, Tegan _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
