Import and Export in Elgg 1.0

Perhaps one of the most useful and unique features about Elgg 1.0 is its ability to import and export data. Initially this is accomplished via OpenDD, but we have added hooks which make it very easy to add other formats. I’m going to talk a little bit about how this works. Firstly, Export. Export works […]

Marcus Povey

Perhaps one of the most useful and unique features about Elgg 1.0 is its ability to import and export data. Initially this is accomplished via OpenDD, but we have added hooks which make it very easy to add other formats. I’m going to talk a little bit about how this works. Firstly, Export. Export works […]

Syndicating friends activity using OpenDD

You are probably all aware of the concept of the River in terms of social networking platforms; being able to see what your friends have been up to as a list of events – what they have been doing, who they have made their friend etc. This feature – made popular by the facebook “mini-feed” […]

Marcus Povey

You are probably all aware of the concept of the River in terms of social networking platforms; being able to see what your friends have been up to as a list of events – what they have been doing, who they have made their friend etc. This feature – made popular by the facebook “mini-feed” […]

Changes to the river code

The latest Elgg 1.0 code changes how the river works slightly from that discussed in my previous article on the subject. These changes are entirely under the hood so they’ll only be noticeable to plugin writers, however it simplifies matters immeasurably and makes it possible to do some quite funky things. In a nutshell, the […]

Marcus Povey

The latest Elgg 1.0 code changes how the river works slightly from that discussed in my previous article on the subject. These changes are entirely under the hood so they’ll only be noticeable to plugin writers, however it simplifies matters immeasurably and makes it possible to do some quite funky things. In a nutshell, the […]