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The idea here is to set up a social networking system that will offer a system for rating iPhone and Droid apps that is independent of the companies that sell or manufacture these products. The site is aimed at providing an open and transparent social networking environment for the exchange of listings and reviews. This information sharing and rating system will provide users with a platform on which to showcase what they have done or can do with the specific apps they have on their phones.
The information from this network could provide app developers with insightful information about specific apps. And it could help provide users and potential buyers with valuable information regarding product capabilities and limitations.Such a service has the potential to provide users with information and thereby offer potential users of specific apps the opportunity to make informed purchases. It may also provide developers with insight to product capabilities and limitations, which could be used to improve existing products or facilitate the creation of new apps.
SOBI is a free GPL Joomla! component that allows for the creation of professional directory and review systems for Joomla!-driven sites. And it integrates seamlessly with JomSocial through the requisite plugins. SOBI can be downloaded from the official website, at http://www.sigsiu.net. To perform this installation and integration, we will need the following:
The SOBI2 component, modules, and plugins are installed just like any other Joomla! extension. As with similar Joomla! components, it is always good to configure the extension before using it. To configure SOBI, we need to do the following:
<?php
/**
* @version $Id: sobi2.details.tmpl.php 5379 2010-02-26 17:30:01Z
Sigrid Suski $
* @package: Sigsiu Online Business Index 2
* ===================================================
* @author
* Name: Sigrid & Radek Suski, Sigsiu.NET GmbH
* Email: sobi[at]sigsiu.net
* Url: http://www.sigsiu.net
* ===================================================
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 Sigsiu.NET GmbH (http://
www.sigsiu.net). All rights reserved.
* @license see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-
2.0.html GNU/GPL.
* You can use, redistribute this file and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by
* the Free Software Foundation.
*/
/*please do not remove this line */
defined( '_SOBI2_' ) || ( trigger_error("Restricted access", E_
USER_ERROR) && exit() );
/* --------------------------------------------------------------
* This is the template for the Details View
* -------------------------------------------------------
*/
?>
<?php HTML_SOBI::renewal( $config,$mySobi ); ?>
<table class="sobi2Details" <?php echo $style; ?> >
<tr>
<td><?php echo $ico; ?><h1><?php echo $mySobi->title; ?></
h1></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $img; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php HTML_SOBI::showGoogleMaps($mySobi, $config); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div id="sobi2outer">
<?php HTML_SOBI::waySearchUrl( $waySearchLink,$config );
?>
<?php echo HTML_SOBI::customFieldsData( $fieldsFormatted
);?>
<br />
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="sobi2DetailsFooter" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<?php HTML_SOBI::addedDate($config,$mySobi); ?>
<?php HTML_SOBI::showHits($config,$mySobi);?>
</td>
<td><?php HTML_SOBI::editButtons($config,$mySobi); ?></td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php echo $plugins['reviews']; ?>
Comprehensive documentation is available on the SOBI2 website (http://www.sigsiu.net/).
After setting up SOBI2, we need to activate the SOBI2's JomSocial plugins, similar to activating any plugin. This can be done by clicking on Components | JomSocial | Applications.
We will rename My SOBI Entries to My Listings.
Because the main goal of this site is for users to provide app reviews, we will make My Listings part of the core profile applications (that is, all users will have this as part of their core profile, and cannot remove it).
A Joomla! component cannot be used without a link to it. So we need to go to our menu manager and create a link to our SOBI2 component.
To create a link to our new component, carry out the steps below:
There are no apps listed at this time because we have not entered any. We have configured the SOBI component and it is ready for use.