Nizhny Novgorod social network - vkolce.ru

In this topic I will talk about a new startup, the Internet portal of Nizhny Novgorod www.vkolce.ru

What is "vkolce"? In Nizhny Novgorod (as, probably, in other cities) there is a peculiarity of local Internet providers - sites that are located at sites of local providers have either preferential or free access. When people ask about whether a site is located on such a site, they simply ask: “In the ring?”. From here and the name.

The engine for the site was completely written "from scratch".
What is implemented on the site now? Advanced user profile, forum, news, search by users, user photo gallery, groups + “knowledge”.
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It is on the “group” + “knowledge” that I want to stop and tell in more detail what it is.



What “groups” are all probably represent, but what are we having, now we will try to describe:

We have on the portal every registered user has the opportunity to create their own group. And what will he get?

- its members
- group news
- group forum
- bulletin board (currently being finalized, will work on the last week)
- photo gallery
- contacts, about group
- the ability to assign to each section (news, forum, photo, etc.) their moderators from group members
- access: open, pre-moderation (each member who joins is checked by the owner of the group / moderator), closed (the group gets only at the invitation of the owner of the group / moderator)
- the ability to turn on and off all modules
- the ability to download the group icon, the color of the substrate
- knowledge

On "knowledge" I want to stop in more detail. If all other possibilities are quite standard, then “knowledge” is a feature of our “groups”.

Knowledge is an analogue of Wikipedia, but attached to each group. These terms may be added by either the group administrator or moderator. A regular user can send a proposal through the form for adding a new term, the user can also edit any term, but whether the new term is added or the term is changed, the decision is made by the moderator or the group owner.

For what purpose is it necessary? For example, the group "Designers" was created. People communicate in their own circle, write their news, communicate in their own language. With the advent of "knowledge", users themselves create a library for themselves and their colleagues. That is, the group does not work in vain, but on the common goal of being a source of information for people. Among other things, when a novice appears with the question “what is photoshop”, he will be given a link to the term in knowledge and he will receive an exhaustive answer.

Groups: www.vkolce.ru/group
Registration: www.vkolce.ru/reg

You can create a group in your profile: www.vkolce.ru/cabinet by the link “Create a group”.

In the near future, besides the fact that each group has its own knowledge, there will also be global “knowledge” of the portal. All “knowledge” from all “tested” (determined according to specified assessment parameters) groups will be collected there. Thus, all groups will create a large information base.

It is interesting to hear how habraedi appreciate this idea.