How to run a digg like site - pligg
Posted by webstuffscan on December 18th, 2006
Are you looking for a software to run a site like digg? Pligg is a CMS which has digg like features out of the box. Pligg is a free and open source software which requires PHP and MySQL.
Some interesting Pligg features are,
- All the main features are Ajax enabled.
- Automatic preview of the site linked.
- Color schemes for categories.
- Automatic tag cloud.
- Avatars and Gavatar support.
Unfortunately Pligg (beta8 ) still requires considerable modification before it can be used on a production site. Also pligg is yet to implement email activation, so you will end up fighting spammers or implementing activation features yourself. On my server, Pligg was damn slow sometimes taking almost 10 seconds for submission!
Check out the Pligg demo which is based on the latest beta 9!
Further Reading
Download Pligg
How to install Pligg?
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