Social networking scripts allow website owners to create online communities where members can socialize, share interests, and network with others. These scripts offer customization options, membership controls, privacy settings, and features such as status updates, live feeds, and event announcements. They also help increase site popularity and search engine rankings.
A social networking script is software that allows a website owner to create an online social networking community, which is a group of members who socialize with each other online and share common interests, activities, values, or beliefs. Often, members are able to network with other members in other parts of the world or with members they may not otherwise meet. Social networking scripts allow site owners to easily launch social networking site (SNS) and customize content without having to know programming languages.
Social networking scripts allow SNS owners administrative control over SNS, including the ability to create themes that affect a website’s appearance, colors, and fonts used. Users can change the layout or placement of website features on a user’s screen. Social network scripts may include ban filters that allow owners to filter or block members or content such as profanity. Since there is competition among emerging social networks, social network scripts often have features that help increase site popularity and search engine rankings by incorporating keywords for search engine optimization.
Since SNSs are membership oriented, the software will contain membership controls that allow website owners to manage memberships, add members or charge membership fees. Social network scripts also allow members to add friends or allow other members to join their personal community. Members can also adjust privacy levels, controlling who can see personal information and photos. Social Network Scripts contain features that allow members to post status updates, share links with other members, and communicate with members via public comments or forums, or privately via email.
Many social networking scripts have a live feed where members can see other busy members’ status updates and activities while on the site. These feeds allow users to comment on other members’ activities and status updates. Some SNS software allows users to rate feeds and participate in member feed discussions. Social networking software may have features that allow members to cross the divide of cyberspace into the real world by announcing real-life events, sending invitations to other members, and responding to invitations through the site.
Since one of the functions of SNSs is to help members locate each other, social network scripts often embed search engines into sites. Members can also send an email to non-members inviting them to join the SNS. These features help the site owner to grow the social networking site indirectly by encouraging current members to recruit from their network of real-life friends and family.
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