[support] Can Drupal be customised to create a student-group hub (social-network)?

[Bill Fitzgerald]

Drupal is a great choice for this.

You can use VoiceBox to get this done very easily - for two examples of 
VoiceBox-based sites, see http://youthvoices.net/ and 
http://voicesonthegulf.org

VoiceBox is an installation profile built with funding from the Knight 
Foundation as part of the Knight Drupal Initiative.

The codebase, and accompanying documentation, is available at 
http://code.funnymonkey.com

Cheers,

Bill

On 08/16/2011 07:48 AM, Alec Taylor wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> I'd like to utilise a social-network site for student-groups using
> only Free and Open-Source tools.
>
> Mockup of the student-group homepage (dashboard):
> http://i.stack.imgur.com/ggEDC.png
>
> I am looking at various solutions both Drupal based (Drupal Commons,
> OpenAtrium&etc) and not (Diaspora, Insoshi, Yogurt Social Network,
> BuddyPress, Elgg, Mahara, CommunityEngine, Lovd by Less&etc).
>
> Is Drupal the best platform for this site, or should I use something
> else? — If Drupal, please tell me which modules (or distribution of
> modules, or project) to use.
>
> Thanks for all suggestions&  information,
>
> Alec Taylor