1. Building FuseFly Brett Profitt August 15th, 2009 Elgg Camp Boston 2009 http://www.fusefly.com
2. What is FuseFly? “ FuseFly is a social network connecting homeschoolers around the world ... [that provides] ... a secure environment for teens … [with] areas for both students and parents.” http://www.fusefly.com/pg/static_content/about_us
3. What is FuseFly? “ FuseFly is a social network connecting homeschoolers around the world ... [that provides] ... a secure environment for teens … [with] areas for both students and parents .” http://www.fusefly.com/pg/static_content/about_us
63. Building FuseFly Brett Profitt August 15th, 2009 Elgg Camp Boston 2009 http://www.fusefly.com
Editor's Notes
Introduction “ My name is Brett Profitt and I'm want to talk about my experiences developing FuseFly, a social networking site for homeschoolers.” Take a functional approach to building the site. Answered the question “What is FuseFly?”
While developing Fusefly, we took a very functional approach. Using the “mission statement,” we asked “What does the software need to do to make FuseFly this site?” There are a few good clues in the mission statement itself to the development that would be required.
A social network. Elgg was For homeschoolers. A secure social network. For homeschooled students and homeschoolings parents. What does this imply for development?
Elgg met 75% of our requirements out of the box. It was open source—we knew where our data was. Extensible plugin system Already loads of community plugins.
Not just hacker proof! Niche site for a conservative crowd. Parents concerned with children privacy. ...with maintaining high morals. Extra security in place.
Students need photos, chat, email, contests, playlists, customizable themes and profiles. Parents need calendars, events, group resource.
Walk through registration. Log in as admin, walk through chat with demerits. Change theme, show changes.
Students registering as guardians Students getting around the censor by using leet speak, making up swears, or using ######. Moderators are S T R I C T.
Students registering as guardians Students getting around the censor by using leet speak, making up swears, or using ######. Moderators are S T R I C T.
Introduction “ My name is Brett Profitt and I'm want to talk about my experiences developing FuseFly, a social networking site for homeschoolers.” Take a functional approach to building the site. Answered the question “What is FuseFly?”
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