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Author Bell, Gavin (Writer on VRML)

Title Building social web applications / Gavin Bell
Edition 1st ed
Published Beijing ; Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 409 pages) : illustrations
Contents Building a social application -- Analyzing, creating, and managing community relationships --Planning your initial site -- Creating a visual impact -- Working with and consuming media -- Managing change -- Designing for people -- Relationships, responsibilities, and privacy -- Community structures, software, and behavior -- Social network patterns -- Modeling data and relationships -- Managing identities -- Organizing your site for navigation, search, and activity -- Making connections -- Managing communities -- Writing the application -- Building APIs, integration, and the rest of the web -- Launching, marketing, and evolving social applications
Summary Building a web application that attracts and retains regular visitors is tricky enough, but creating a social application that encourages visitors to interact with one another requires careful planning. This book provides practical solutions to the tough questions you'll face when building an effective community site -- one that makes visitors feel like they've found a new home on the Web. If your company is ready to take part in the social web, this book will help you get started. Whether you're creating a new site from scratch or reworking an existing site, Building Social Web Applications helps you choose the tools appropriate for your audience so you can build an infrastructure that will promote interaction and help the community coalesce. You'll also learn about business models for various social web applications, with examples of member-driven, customer-service-driven, and contributor-driven sites. Determine who will be drawn to your site, why they'll stay, and who they'll interact with Create visual design that clearly communicates how your site works Build the software you need versus plugging in one-size-fits-all, off-the-shelf apps Manage the identities of your visitors and determine how to support their interaction Monitor demand from the community to guide your choice of new functions Plan the launch of your site and get the message out<p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Credits Illustrator: Robert Romano
Notes Print version record
Subject Online social networks -- Design
Social media.
Application software -- Development.
Web site development.
social media.
COMPUTERS -- Web -- Social Networking.
Online social networks -- Design.
Social media.
Application software -- Development.
Web site development.
Application software -- Development
Social media
Web site development
Form Electronic book
Author Romano, Robert
ISBN 9781449391720
1449391729
9781449379414
1449379419