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Today, Online Networking and Community Websites have become the major success story of the Web 2.0 revolution. You could be a part of this success - and we can get you there. We provide the ultimate solution for online communities. Below is a list of included features.

Ajax Capabilities

General Commenting
Compose PM
Group Friend Invite

Music Module

Users can create albums and upload MP3s to their albums.
Genres
Albums Pictures
Album Year
Flash Player to play audio files
Users can listen to tunes direct from the Music module and can either listen to a specific song or album
Powerful search tool which can find a musician, album or song.
Admins can feature a song or musician which will show up on the index page of the Music module
Music module index page displays the latest songs uploaded, featured musicians, featured songs, genres, recent visitors and a search form.
Members can add a song or an album to their favorites list
Members can comment on all songs and albums
If a user uploads a set of songs they will all show up on their profile page
Users can add another users song to their profile direct from the video module
Admins can approve an album or song
Admins can add/edit/delete genres
Admins can edit the maximum file size an MP3 can be during the upload routine

Poll Module

Members can add/edit/delete polls and specify the question and the possible answers. They must add at least one answer and a maximum of four
Polls added are displayed in the main index page of the Poll module
Members can vote on any polls
Once a member has voted on a poll they can view the results for the poll
Results list all the members that voted on the poll and a diagram of the answers
On the index page of the site it will display a random poll
Admins can:
- view the results for all the polls
- can specify if they want to approve polls before they are displayed publicly

Gallery Module

Members can add/edit images and specify:
- the title
- the category
- who can view the image (Everyone, Friends & Nobody)
- tags
Images added publicly can be seen in the main browse section for the Gallery module. Powerful search tool is provided to:
- find images for a specific category
- order images by: Time, Top Rated or Most Viewed
- view images in different modes (Thumbnail, List or Info Image)
- limit how many images can be displayed per page (6, 12 or 24)
- create the method of how you want to view the image (Site Viewer or Profile Viewer)
- find images by description or tags
Images added publicly are displayed in the Rate section of the Gallery module.
Rate section features include:
- Members can rate on images based on a rating of 1-10 (10 being the highest)
- Rate images in a specific category
- View the Top Rated & Most Viewed images
- View the Top Rated male and female members
- Skip an image
- Each image displays: Image Title, Total Views, Total Comments, Rating and the User
Images added publicly are displayed in the Battle section of the Gallery module. Battle section features include:
- Members can select an image they feel will win the battle between two images
- View images in a specific category
- View Battle leaders
Featured images are displayed randomly on the index page of the Gallery module.
Sub-section to display featured images
The latest images added by a user is displayed on their profile pages
User profiles are fitted with a personal gallery
The latest images added are displayed on the sites main index page
Members can comment on images
Admins can feature/unfeature an image direct from the main browse section for the Gallery module
Image watermarking supports:
- Watermarking images with a smaller image or text
- Watermark image can be specified from the Admin CP
- Watermark text can be specified from the Admin CP
- Watermark text color can be specified from the Admin CP
Admins can:
- enable Lytebox
- set the max upload size
- enable the feature to approve images before they get added into the main gallery
- set the max width/height
- set the max width/height for thumbnails

Group Module

Members can create/edit/delete groups and specify:
- the name of the group
- a headline
- the main contact email
- the group category
- if group members can invite other members to the group
- if members can join the group
- if the forums are public
- if the group should be hidden
- if group members can post images to the group gallery
- the location
- the city
- the state (optional)
- default group image
- the description
Each group consists of the following features:
- Group index page has:
  - links to each of the features provided with a group
  - all the information regarding the group
  - an image and a link to the user that created the group
  - a mini list of the group members
  - a shoutbox
  - a forum
  - a box to display the latest images added to the group gallery
- Gallery
- Forum
- Browse section that displays all the group members
- Ability for group members to invite other members using the group invite tool. This tool provides 3 methods for a group member to invite other members or friends to the group. These methods include:
  - Search for a user (AJAX Powered)
  - Select a friend
  - Sent out emails
- Ability for group members to upload images to the group gallery
The index page for the Group module provides a list of all the group categories and how many groups belong to each category. It also lists the latest groups that were added to the module.
The Group module also provides a powerful search tool that can:
- Find groups by a specific category
- Find groups by their location (Country, State (Optional), ZIP and City)
- Sort the order by: Time, Name or Most Popular
- Keyword search which picks up on a groups title or description
If a user belongs to a group or if they created a group it will show up on their profile.
Admins can:
- delete or edit any of the groups
- can view all groups even if they are not public
- can view all a non public forums
- can add/edit/delete any of the group categories direct from the Admin CP

Multi-language Capabilities

Ability to create/upload/download language packages.
Users can select the language they would like to view your site in direct from the Account Settings.
Admin can enable or disable the Language Package system
Left to Right and Right to Left text direction support.
HTML Character Set support
Language Manager in the Admin CP supports:
- Edit language package settings
- Edit phrases
- Edit site content
- Edit drop down options
- Find missing phrases
- Find missing options
- Find duplicate options
- Support to Revert Phrases or Options
Modify database collation

RSS

Main RSS feed link found at the bottom menu
RSS feed supports blogs, users blogs, events, forums and forum threads
Each blog comes with a RSS image which links a member direct to the users blog feed

Chat & Shoutbox Modules

Chat & Shoutbox provides a easy way for your members to communicate with each other. Chat Features Include:

AJAX Powered
Multiple rooms, which Admins can add/edit/delete from the Admin CP
WYSIWYG text editor with emoticons
Flood control
Bad word filter
List of who is online chatting
Only displays chat messages from the present day, this option can be turned off from the Admin CP.

Shoutbox Features Include:

AJAX Powered
Shoutbox located on the index page of your site and on the index page for each group.
Admins can view and delete any shout outs from the Admin CP
Flood control
Bad word filter

My Account

My Account - Index:

Users current profile image with a link to change it
Message center which notifies a user if they received:
- a new PM
- a new comment alert
- a new friends request
- a new crush alert
- a new event invite
Theme selector
Account info & activity which displays:
- URL for the users profile
- Membership type (Admin, Staff, Gold, VIP, Normal etc...)
- Points they have earned
- Member since
- Profile views
- Spaced they have used
Bulletin board lists the latest bulletins added by other members
List of their friends (Displays Top Friends first)

Settings:

Account Settings
- Email
- Password Modification
- Gender
- Location
- State (Optional)
- ZIP (Optional)
- City
- Date of Birth
- Language Package (English, Swedish, German etc...)
- Email Notifications for:
  - Comments Posted
  - New Mail Messages
  - New Crush Alerts
  - New Forum Replies
  - New Friends Requests
- Privacy Settings for:
  - Only friends can view my profile
  - Only friends can post comments on my profile
  - Don't allow HTML on my guestbook comments
Profile Settings These profile fields can be modified from the Admin CP, as well as the ability to add new fields using the Custom Fields manager. Listed below are the default profile fields we provide:
- Headline
- Job
- Smoke
- Dating Status
- Drink
- Religion
- Orientation
- Body Type
- Turn Ons
- Turn Offs
- Hobbies
- Movies
- Music
- Books
- About Me

Profile Picture - Area where members can upload their default profile image

Design My Profile - We provide your members a powerful tool to edit their profile design. Your members will not need to know any CSS code to design their page. They can upload a background image, change the color of the main menus, change the color of all the comments and much much more. For advanced users we also provide a CSS box where they can add CSS code to spice up their profile. We also provide a detailed layout guide and the option to revert their page back to its default state.

Profile Theme (For those who don't want to design their profile and would simply like to select one of the themes provided by your site they can do this using the ProTheme plug-in. )

Messages:

Inbox - Members personal messages can be found here.

Sentbox - All the personal messages a member has sent out can be found here.

Compose - Where a member can compose a new message to another member.

Comment Alerts - Displays links to comments that are posted on a members profile or any of their items.

Crush Inbox - Members personal crush messages can be found here.

Crush Sentbox - All the personal crush messages a member has sent out can be found here.

Friends:

My List - Lists all the friends a member has. It also lists the Top Friends they have selected with the option to "Drag-and-Drop" new friends.

New Requests - Any new "Friend Request" can be found here.

Pending - If a member has sent out a friends request to another user it will remain here until the other member accepts or denies the request.

Favorites:

Members can add a user, songs, albums or videos to their favorite list. This list gives them easy access to find their favorite profiles or items. This list is also displayed on their profile.

Bulletin:

View Bulletins - View all the bulletins posted by other members.

My Bulletins - View all the bulletins you have posted.

Post A Bulletin - Post a new bulletin.

Invite:

Invite Friends - Invite your friends to the site using the email invite tool we provide. Each invite is tracked and if the invitee signs up for the site both the inviter and invitee become friends. Plus the inviter gets points for inviting the new member.

Pending Invites - All pending invites are listed here so members can keep track of who they already invited.

Video Module

Support for users to upload videos direct from their computer or from sites like YouTube, MySpace, Google etc...
Video conversion is done by FFMPEG, which will convert videos into the .flv format which will allow users to view videos in a Flash video player.
Video conversion routine also creates a thumbnail image on the fly.
Option to either allow videos direct on your site or have them approved before they show up in the main video section.
Option to edit the "Allowed" file extensions.
Option to edit the color layout of the video player.
Option to watermark the video player with your sites logo.
Option to modify the time the software takes a snapshot of a video which in return creates the thumbnail for the video.
"Latest Videos" AJAX box found in your sites index page.
"AJAX BOX" displayed in the main index page of the video module displays the Featured, Most Viewed, Most Discussed and Top Favorite videos.
AJAX option to feature videos
AJAX option to save videos to a users "Favorite" list.
AJAX option to share videos with other users on the site.
AJAX option to report videos to the site staff.
Option for the staff to view all reported videos.
Users can tag videos
AJAX comments. When a user submits a comment or would like to view comments on for example the 2nd or 3rd page they won't have to refresh the entire page and load the Flash video player once again.
AJAX rating feature for videos.
"Related" videos box is displayed when viewing a video.
"Users Video" box is displayed when viewing a video or viewing a users profile.
Search bar found on all areas of the video module.
Option for staff to edit video categories.

Blog Module

Members can add/edit blogs and specify:
- the blog title
- tags
- the content
WYSIWYG text editor
Displays the top bloggers in the main index of the Blog module
Blogs added can be seen in the main browse section for the Blog module. Powerful search tool is provided to:
- order blogs by: Time, Most Viewed or Most Talked About
- view blogs in different modes (Half-Text or List)
- limit how many blogs can be displayed per page (5, 11, or 17)
- create the method of how you want to view the blog (Site Viewer or Profile Viewer)
- find blogs by their description or title
RSS support
Social Bookmarking support
Admins can enable the Digg Integration
Blogs will be displayed on a users profile
User profiles are fitted with a personal blog section
Members can comment on blogs
Index page of the site displays the latest blogs added

Forum Module

Members can create/edit/delete threads
Members can post/edit/delete replies to threads
Ability to view all your topics
Ability to mark all threads as "Read"
Members can subscribe or unsubscribe to their threads from the Account Settings
New threads are displayed on the sites index page
Quotes
RSS support
Social Bookmarking support
Admins can:
- create/edit/delete forums direct from the Admin CP
- move topics
- delete any topics/posts
- create a thread that is an Announcement or Sticky

Classified Module

Members can add/edit a classified and specify the following:
- Subject
- Category
- Location: Country, State (Optional) or City
- Description
Members can delete any of their own listings
All listings are added to the main page of the Classified module. This page lists all the categories and the latest listings added to that category
The Classified module also provides a powerful search tool that can:
- Find listings by a specific category
- Find listings by their location (Country, State (Optional) and City)
- Keyword search which picks up on a listings title or description
Admins can:
- delete or edit any of the listings
- can add/edit/delete any of the listing categories direct from the Admin CP

Quiz Module

Members can add a quiz create up to 10 questions
Members can delete any of their own quizzes
All quizzes are added to the main page of the Quiz module. From there members can view all the quizzes and attempt to take them
Members that have taken a quiz can then view their results as well as any other members that may have taken the same specific quiz
Each quiz lists the latest person to have taken the quiz and displays the score they got
All quizzes must be approved by an Admin before it gets added to the main Quiz module
Admins can delete any of the quizzes

Event Module

Members can add/edit an event and specify:
- the events name
- the contact email
- the event type (private or public)
- the category
- a short description
- the starting date & time of the event
- the place or venue
- the address
- the location (Country, State (Optional), ZIP (Optional) & City)
- a description
All events added publicly get listed in the main index of the Events module.
Powerful search tool provided which can:
- find events by category
- find events by location (Country, State (Optional), ZIP (Optional) & City)
- find events using a keyword search which picks up events by their Title, Short Description or Description
Members can check all the events they have added and delete any if needed
Members can check all the events they are attending
Each event features:
- Detailed information about the event
- Display of all the members that have RSVP
- Members can comment on the event
- Members can RSVP (Yes, No or Maybe)
- Event owner can invite users using the "Invite Friends" tool provided
- Members can forward events to other users
- Social Bookmarking support
RSS support
Featured events
Admins can:
- edit/delete any events
- Feature or unfeature an event
- add/edit/delete any of the categories direct from the Admin CP