Hi Ram, Thanks for your mail. Your assumptions are pretty much correct except everyone is using the same site, it's just a way of networking the different groups using it together. I thought I could use shindig because it can integrate with databases. Theres a mysql example online. So can't I store my people data in there and then use the shindig framework to show their activities etc. I just found socialsite also so maybe that's more suitable or if you know of any other java based social network solution then let me know please. Thanks, Sean
-----Original Message----- From: Ram Sharma [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 September 2009 06:17 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Shindig Beginner Hi Sean, If I am not getting you wrong: 1. You just want to have a social network inside your application 2. You would like to have people invite like becoming a friend 3. Probably you would like to invite people from outside to join you site If my above assumptions are right, then I think you are at wrong place. Shindig is neither an invitation tool nor a social networking site. For more details on Shindig, see http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/ On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:58 AM, McCarrick, Sean-Econ < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Sorry if this sounds like a bit of a stupid question but I'm researching > shindig in a very tight time frame. > > I'm involved in building a large scale app and a component of it will be > social networking. > > > > All the people/group data will more than likely be stored in a db and > then we would like to display the people and their relationships on the > front-end. > > The ability to send invites between people would be good also. From what > I've read it looks like shindig can do this? > > > > Although am I right in thinking that the original idea of shindig is a > container where you can get data from other third part open social > compliant apps. > > I suppose what I want to do is simpler as in I just want the social > network component as part of our own app and no interaction with third > parties. > > I'm presuming this is possible. > > Any help on this is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Sean > > > > -- Ram Sharma
