Can’t ignore Elgg anymore
I almost feel I’m committing some infidelity by even posting this, but after returning to the elgg site after putting it on the back burner for some time I realize this platform can no longer be ignored. True platform power comes from both it’s community and it’s ability to integrate with so many other popular platforms and Elgg really seems to be finding a way to weave it’s way into the mix. 
I’ve been committed to phpfox for some time now and have been highly anticipating it’s v2 release, yet there is something wordpress’ish about the feeling I’m getting from elgg. The development community seems vibrant and professional and the coding fresh. It seems as though there are individuals making plugins for all the latest needs… twitter api, facebook connect, openID, and the likes. I’m not sure I can turn my head on this development any longer. It was only a short 4 or 5 months ago that I noted a yet non-existent community. Why are they doing it? Well.. I did happen upon the yet to be released beta site for the full service Elgg by Curverider Ltd - Perhaps they don’t want us to see this yet but one of their pages must have stumbled into googles search engine :) Found here beta.elgg.com you can see the many services they plan on offering. It is my only hope that they maintain full source on the free open source side for those that have the technical know how to utilize such. I have no problem with them running a service based side of their creation but I hope the platform itself remains open. Anyway, I’ll be giving this a full look into. Probably tonight I’ll install the platform into a development site and start playing with it. If I can feel comfortable that this might meet my communities needs then I may strongly have to consider it as a viable option. Oh, the decisions. Maybe phpfox should open source their platform and make money off of hosting and services instead. I think the power of scripts today is all about community. The more people using it the better you are and the more comfortable the individual developers are using it… cause when something goes wrong, you’re not the only one crying until its resolved :)
