I've only recently been introduced to BoonEx and at first glance, it appears to be a very feature-rich and functional Community application. However, it appears that social introductions (dating) is the primary feature. Has anyone used BoonEx for a community where dating or social introductions aren't the main attractions? For example, what if someone wanted to start a community whose primary focus was getting people together for grass-roots political and economic discussions, information and events?
Non-dating site with BoonEx
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Dolphin is extremely well suited for what you are looking for... many sites have used it to build a non-dating specific community.
Daniel |
Daniel, what are you smoking! Dolphin is well suited as a dating site, but to tell a new user that it "extremely well suited" for non-dating sites is a stretch to say the least. Those of us who have made business sites know how much work this has been. Just getting rid of age and sex designations - inappropriate or even illegal in some business situations, is a big hassle requiring major modifications. Hopefully this will improve in the next version- but I don't want skycor to be misled into thinking something is easy when it isn't. - Rob |
I appreciate both of your replies. I look forward to seeing what version 7 has in store. |
I've only recently been introduced to BoonEx and at first glance, it appears to be a very feature-rich and functional Community application. However, it appears that social introductions (dating) is the primary feature. Has anyone used BoonEx for a community where dating or social introductions aren't the main attractions? For example, what if someone wanted to start a community whose primary focus was getting people together for grass-roots political and economic discussions, information and events?
Here are some non-dating sites I've built with Dolphin:
I've got a set of tutorials at my www.BoonexNerd.com site to get your started. There is also a growing resource section that points to other sites that give Dolphin tutorials.
This forum has some excellent advice and is a great hub for info.
You can check out www.darrenpowless.com and www.dialme.com. Both those guys have some good Kung Fu skills using Dolphin.
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Daniel, what are you smoking! ...Rob
lol...omg that made me laugh...
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your soccerspace is a really nice looking site!!!! 10+ Kids first |
Thank you for that information. I perused the four sites that you've put together with Dolphin. I like the different layouts and themes. However, each of those sites still requires that "gender" be a part of the registration process. I would really like to get away from having to ask for gender. The site www.darrenpowless.com is the only dolphin-powered site of those I've visited that seems to have really pared down the number of questions asked while registering, including gender:
In addition, it generated an email that I had to open to confirm my registration. I like that feature! Although the captcha feature that is used by default also works well. |
My BoonexNerd.com site does not ask for gender. See
http://www.boonexnerd.net/dolphin/join.php
To take out the gender, you just have to remove it from the fields builder.
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your soccerspace is a really nice looking site!!!! 10+
:D Thanks!
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Awesome! Thanks! |
I've got a set of tutorials at my www.BoonexNerd.com site to get your started. You can check out www.darrenpowless.com and www.dialme.com. Both those guys have some good Kung Fu skills using Dolphin. Excellent! Welcome to the WebResources section of my browser's Favorites! |
Also checkout this site, this is a non-dating web site. www.av-techonline.com There are none so blind as those that will not see. |
non-dating terabyte-hosting.com naked-hosting.com two webhosting platforms built using dolphin, the latter is still in progress. Regards, DosDawg When a GIG is not enough --> Terabyte Dolphin Technical Support - Server Management and Support |
Also these three sites are no-dating Kids first |
Below is the legacy version of the Boonex site, maintained for Dolphin.Pro 7.x support.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.