Establishing Community at the Heart of Your Site Building Social Web pplications ORE|LLY° Gavin bell
Web Development/Social Web Building Social Web Applications Gavin Bell s book is agem- it offers an excellent Building a web application that attracts and retains regular visitors is tricky enough, but creating a social application that encourages balance betueen designing visitors to interact with one another requires careful planning. This for people and under book provides practical solutions to the tough questions you'll face when building an effective community site--one that makes standing wbat's needed visitors feel like they' ve found a new home on the Web tecbmically--the ke If your company is ready to take part in the social web, this ingredients of amy successful book will help you get started. Whether you're creating a new site from scratch or reworking an existing site, Building Social social web application.” Web Applications helps you choose the tools appropriate for your -Elizabeth churchill audience so you can build an infrastructure that will promote interaction and help the community coalesce. You'll also learn Principal Research cientist. Yahoo! research about business models for various social web applications with examples of member-driven, customer-service-driven, and and vP of ACM SigCHI contributor-driven sites It willprovide botbpractical a Determine who will be drawn to your site, why they'll advice and an intellectual stay, and who they'll interact with framework to anyone n Create visual design that clearly communicates how your site works starting theirown project. n Build the software you need versus plugging in one-size- -Matt Biddulph fits-all, off-the-shelf apps C10, Dopplr n Manage the identities of your visitors and determine how to support their interaction n Monitor demand from the community to guide your Gavin Bell designs social choice of new functions eb products for the Nature Publishing Group. He has pre- n Plan the launch of your site and get the message out iously worked in advertising, publishing, and academia INTRODUCTORY INTERMEDIATE ADVANG O'REILLY° Previous web development experience is strongly recor oreilly.com Us$3499 CAN$43.99 ISBN:978-0-596-51875-2 Safari. for 45 days with purchase of 6m5
Building Social Web applications
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Building Social Web applications Gavin bell ORE|LLY° Beijing. Cambridge.Farnham. Koln.Sebastopol. Tai
Building Social Web Applications Gavin Bell Beijing Cambridge Farnham Köln Sebastopol Taipei Tokyo
Building Social Web Applications Copyright 2009 Gavin Bell. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, C CA95472. O'Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use Online editions arealsoavailableformosttitles(http://mysafaribooksonline.com).Formoreinformationcontactour corporate/institutionalsalesdepartment:(800)998-9938orcorporate@oreilly.com. Editor: Simon St laurent Indexer: Lucie Haskins Editor: Loranah Dimant Cover Designer: Karen Montgomery Audrey Doyle Interior Designer: David Futato Proofreader: Loranah Dimant Illustrator: Robert romand ember 2009: First Edition Nutshell ok, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O'Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O'Reilly nc. Building Social Web Applications, the image of garden spiders, and related trade ks of O'Reilly Media, Inc Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as rademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O'Reilly Media, Inc was aware of a trademark claim. the d ions have been printed in caps or initial caps While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information con- tained herein ISBN:9780-596-51875-2 IMI 1252956734
Building Social Web Applications by Gavin Bell Copyright © 2009 Gavin Bell. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (http://my.safaribooksonline.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or corporate@oreilly.com. Editor: Simon St.Laurent Production Editor: Loranah Dimant Copyeditor: Audrey Doyle Proofreader: Loranah Dimant Indexer: Lucie Haskins Cover Designer: Karen Montgomery Interior Designer: David Futato Illustrator: Robert Romano Printing History: September 2009: First Edition. Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O’Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Building Social Web Applications, the image of garden spiders, and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media, Inc. was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. ISBN: 978-0-596-51875-2 [M] 1252956734