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Why I still cannot use OXwall for a production site ( noncommercial ) ? | Forum

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risha
risha Feb 21 '13
The site is hobby in nature, do not aspire to be huge but local .... but needs very good usability and modern-time features :

How can newsfeed on main page be filtered according to
blogs only
photos only
etc

How can newsfeed or activity be filtered according to
my activity | friends activity | all activity


How can an user customize her blog with an header image and a theme of own choice?
Any plug in to do this?
How to make private or friends-only an individual blog post?


Tagging directly on photo - how?
If these are not available what is the cost approx of doing all these?


[ Drupal Commons and Buddypress and Elgg does this as default or as free plug in BUt
they do not let post comment to blog from activity/newsfeed page, buddypress do not have the like or star feature like oxwall or elgg, buddypress ""évent'' is clunky ]

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How can site super admin create users or import users?
SL
SL Feb 21 '13
Try to use this http://www.oxwall.org/market/specialists
or pay the available oxwall dev here: http://www.oxwall.org/store
Alia Team
Alia Feb 25 '13
Risha,

>>How can newsfeed on main page be filtered according to
blogs only
photos only

Standard Oxwall package doesn't have this functionality. But it can be added via custom code modification or via plugins.

>>How can newsfeed or activity be filtered according to
my activity | friends activity | all activity

For this purposes Oxwall has 2 newsfeeds: newsfeed on main page and newsfeed on user's dashboard. Main newsfeed shows all activity. Dashboard newsfeed shows user's and friends' activity.

>>How can an user customize her blog with an header image and a theme of own choice?
Any plug in to do this?

You will need to search the store.

>>How to make private or friends-only an individual blog post?
Tagging directly on photo - how?

This can be done only via custom code modification.

>>If these are not available what is the cost approx of doing all these?

We don't do custom code modifications ourselves. Feel free to use links provided by Raden to find a developer to complete this work for you. You can also suggest these improvements to UserVoice
risha
risha Feb 25 '13
Hi Aliia Thanks again.

I think I posted something at Uservoice BUT why does Oxwall uses a third party - true also for FB log in here ( FB does not have Oxwall log in and was smaller than Oxwall when it started )
( To find back in future what I posted at Uservoice means registration there, again to post job one has to register at Odesk - this means 3 registrations to use oxwall org - is someone being not serious ?? sorry 4 the rant )

Aliia the features I mentioned are very basic and what an user expects of a social net just as an email script is incomplete without a Compose and Inbox. Custom mod and DEv by payment are too time consuming as the world is moving very fast, and even may be impossible for us.

Unless the Devs are listening and acting immediately ( true they are doing it for free and in their free time) Oxwall is not going to gain a huge user base. Many users are just silently moving away, and I speaking does not mean I am the only one :)

Anyways thanks always for your prompt replies.
The Forum post is edited by risha Feb 25 '13