Tips and Tutorials

Continuing where our Photo Sharing post left off, let’s talk video! Photos may be in the spotlight recently, but some say videos are next, with Viddy and others racing to be the next Instagram of video. Netflix streams Hollywood to our homes, we upload clips to the web—one hour of video is uploaded to YouTube…

Social media interaction is often as visual as it is textual. Facebook’s billion dollar acquisition of Instagram, and the popularity of photo-sharing focused services like Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr and others, means people enjoy sharing photos, and may even expect your community to offer these sharing features. Of course, photos may not be right for every…

So you’re ready to create a social networking community with SocialEngine. To start, you need a server. Already have one? Great! Don’t have one? No sweat. It’s as simple as signing up with a company like Arvixe who offers optimized servers configured for SocialEngine. Arvixe is not your only option either. Really, any server that…

SocialEngine is more than just a turnkey solution. A visit to our customize section demonstrates how dynamic a SocialEngine site can be with custom development. Modifications, simple or extreme, result in a social networking website specialized for you and your community. Sounds great, right? So how do you start? One place is our documentation section.…

Add arcade games to your community with add-ons developed by SE4Mods, ITterra, and Radcodes. Members can compete with one another over high scores and leaderboard rankings in thousands of games intergrated from services like Mochi Media and Kongregate. Use MochiAds to earn revenue while members play. A Games Plugin is a fun and simple way…

Presentation is an important element when creating your community. How are you representing your idea visually? In what ways can design improve the experience? A glance at our client showcase sites demonstrates how differently a SocialEngine website can be themed. Our default themes provide some variety, but for those you who find these themes too…

Hello everyone! I’ve been hearing a lot of requests to explain what kind of IDE and environment we use for local development. In house, we all agreed to use Netbeans IDE. This has great SVN support and works well with the Zend Framework. I will go over setting up a SocialEngine project below. Depending whether…

We want to let everyone know about the photo albums we’ve been posting on our Facebook Page. Give us a “Like”, if you haven’t already, and check out the links below for helpful screenshots and documentation. We’ll be posting more photo tutorials on Facebook, so be sure to check in from time to time! Membership…

During development of your SocialEngine site you may wonder, how do I monetize my Social Network? For some, monetization simply means covering the costs of the niche Social Network they have built, and for others the goal is to grow into a profitable business. Here are some key features you may find with SocialEngine that…

Many of you have emailed us asking how to best protect your community from spam and fake user-profiles. Our software includes built-in tools for spam control, however some of them are not enabled by default. The Spam & Banning Tools article in our Knowledgebase can walk you through the Settings > Spam & Banning Tools…