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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Additional Options for Social Networking and User Profiles


In many social networking sites, people often want to allow users to "become friends" with one another. Although the advisability of this type of interaction in a classroom setting is a matter of much debate, this functionality can be delivered through two different modules: User Relationships and Friendslist, available at http://drupal.org/project/user_relationships and http://drupal.org/project/friendlist, respectively. These two modules achieve similar goals, and it is not inconceivable that, over time, one of these modules will supersede the other. As of this writing (October, 2008), however, both modules are actively supported.

Another module that is worth checking is the Advanced Profile Kit, available at http://drupal.org/project/advanced_profile. This module provides a set of tools for building and theming complex user profiles.

Additionally, if you want to work directly with the theming layer, the possibilities for user profiles...