There are a lot of Community Software Programs, such as dating sites, forums, chat rooms, and so on. Now you can build your own Community with the help of these programs.
Dolphin 7
Dolphin is an ”all-in-one” free community platform that you can use to your own social networking, community or online dating site without any limits and under your full control. There are hundreds of features, module plugins and tools. Everything is included and there are many extension possibilities. It comes with PHP community scripts, Flash plugins, Adobe AIR and Mobile apps that provide full control and flexibility. Once you launch your site, you can customize it. You can use it for free with a BoonEx link in the footer or buy a $99 permanent license to remove that requirement.
Simple Machines Forum
SMF is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes. If you want a program that will let you work with your forums and your website, SMF is the one. It has a template engine that gives you control of the lay-out of your message board and with Server Side Includes (SSI) – function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other. Another thing of importance is that SMF is written in the PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. S
Oxwall Community Software
Oxwall is a flexible and easy to use PHP/MySQL community software platform. Because it is flexible you can easily modify the program using Oxwall plugins. These plugins are complete units of functionality that can be used for various purposes. You can use Oxwall for a wide range of projects ranging from family sites, custom social networks to collaboration tools and enterprise community solutions.
Summary
If you are interested in having your own community site on the Internet these tools will provide you with a lot of opportunities to start from scratch and built something useful and innovative.
