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  1:28 pm on June 24, 2009 Permalink
  Tags: announcement ( 24 ), event ( 2 ), presentation ( 5 ), vancouver ( 3 )   

  Anahita™ will be showing skin at the DemoCamp Vancouver 07 

  
  Vancouver DemoCamp – photo by Megan Cole

  On July 7th 2009 we will be doing a presentation of Anahita Social Engine ™ at the 7th Vancouver DemoCamp. There will also be people from the BuddyPress project presenting their project in the same day. We are thrilled to be presenting in the same day with them since BuddyPress has been one of the projects that we have always admired.

  This is event is named “Return of DemoCamp”. You can read more about the history of DemoCamp Vancouver on the Barcamp wiki. The theme of this event is about Social Web Platforms.

  Outline

  July 7th, 2009. Buzz 400 – #21 Water Street, Gastown, Vancouver to come up to WorkSpace.

  • 6pm – 6:10pm Introductions
  • 6:10pm – 6:30pm 30 second pitches (non scheduled pitches) + voting + networking
  • 6:30pm – 7:15pm featured presentations
  • 7:15pm – 8:00pm 5 x 6 minute pitches

  The event is free but requires registration as we have limited space at WorkSpace. If you want to present, please pick a Pitch Presenter ticket and fill out a short description of your concept.

  To Register

  please go to this page

  Sponsors

  

  Thanks to WorkSpace for donating their space.

  Our special thanks to Mr. Boris Mann and other wonderful people at the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society
   
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  1:51 am on June 17, 2009 Permalink
  Tags: api ( 5 ), Nooku Framework ( 11 )   

  Developing the Anahita Social ™ Discussions Application 

  A social website often needs to have a discussion board either as a stand alone social app or as a part of other social hubs such as Groups, Events, Organizations and such.

  In the quest for finding a simple and organic design inspiration for developing a discussion board for the Anahita Social Engine I have been snooping around in different projects.

  There are some existing forum extensions available for Joomla. In fact we did try ccBoard and realized that with some modifications to make it work with the Anahita Social Engine user profiles, it would work perfectly. So here is one good candidate.

  We have also been using PHPBB3 for Tazzu Community and it seems like a complete forum out of the box and the UI is pretty good although I’ve found it to be a little too bulky for our purpose. We want something much more nimble and lighter. Besides, the user management in phpbb3 and the way it has been coded is not really our style so we’re not too sure about this one!

  I must admit I have been fascinated with BBPress for quite some time. This is the discussion board app developed by the same folks who developed WordPress and these guys have a nice touch when it gets to getting the usability right.

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  Rastin Mehr, FidelGonzales, Tomisin Akindele and 2 others are discussing. Toggle Comments

   
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    Gergő Erdősi 7:09 am on June 17, 2009 Permalink

    In the last few weeks I was looking for a wiki and forum solution for my new site and it seems I don’t need to search any more, because I found the perfect solution: Anahita Social Discussions! I’m so excited, can’t wait to install the first public release. Keep up the good work guys!

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    Rastin Mehr 8:47 am on June 17, 2009 Permalink

    Sounds good

    Just would like to add that this application requires Anahita Social Engine to be installed. All the Social applications such as Discussions and Photos will be available through the Anahitapolis support and distribution website under GPL license to the members.

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    Tomisin Akindele 9:00 am on June 20, 2009 Permalink

    I look forward to this extension, you guys should bear in mind that some of your to-be-customers would want a migrator in place. Something that can help migrate users from either Jomsocial/Community Builder/Joomunity.

    Keep the good work progressing.

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    FidelGonzales 1:32 am on June 23, 2009 Permalink

    Outstanding progress. Beyond the migration from social/community components, a forum migration tool from Kunena/phpBB/SMF2 to the native Anahitapolis would also be very much appreciated.

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    Rastin Mehr 1:44 am on June 23, 2009 Permalink

    @Tomisin, @FidelGonzales,

    Thank you! yes migration scripts will be developed too once we get to the further stages of the project.

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  9:05 am on June 10, 2009 Permalink
  Tags: framework ( 5 ), joomla ( 7 ), nooku ( 10 ), social networking engine ( 21 )   

  Anahita Social Engine ™ with Joomla! from Nooku TV 

  Anahita Social Engine with Joomla! from Nooku on Vimeo.

  Peter Russell interviews me about Anahita (a social engine framework for Joomla). At its core Anahita is powered by Nooku Framework.
  My experience with Nooku Framework took Anahita to unexpected levels:

  • rmd Studio and Peerglobe Technology discover Nooku Framework
  • Subsequently entirely re-wrote Anahita (using Nooku) in six weeks
  • Far more fun!
  • Could not have built Anahita without Nooku Framework
  • Plugs into Joomla!
  • “Symbiotic Alien-life form inside Joomla! makes Joomla better and smarter and live longer…”
  • Nooku is “the MVC core that Joomla always wanted”

  nooku.org • anahitapolis.com

  Thank you SO much peter and the Nooku team, you guys are amazing.

  I wish my best friend and business partner Ash Sanieyan was there with me in the interview as well. He has been spending countless sleepless nights perfecting the Anahita Social Engine ™ technology and he could have provided many interesting inputs about the project from his perspective. Perhaps next time, he’ll get to play the solo on the stage!