What Does it Take To Develop a Site Like Digg?

by Sean A McAlister

Posted: 15 years ago 17 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I have a Question.

What do you need to have in place to create a social book mark site
similar to Digg? I have a few ideas that i would like to get going on
but need some more information from those of you who know your
stuff in this area.

Is this a huge undertaking, hard? Looking more for the technical
side of things like dedicated servers, site scripting etc. I am not
savvy in these area's

And....what would you estimate the cost to be for the development?

Thanks
Sean

#develop #digg #site

Dan C. Rinnert 15 years ago

Here's the software: Pligg Content Management System (CMS)

Requires a server with PHP and MySQL.
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Jared Alberghini

15 years ago

Pligg Content Management System (CMS)

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Sean A McAlister

15 years ago

Its that easy.....

Then all that is left is the marketing of it eh.....huh.

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Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

Here's the software: Pligg Content Management System (CMS)

Requires a server with PHP and MySQL.

Originally Posted by Jared Alberghini

Pligg Content Management System (CMS)

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Sean A McAlister

15 years ago

So....do you just do a FTP transfer to your server and tweak like a regular site?

And since it is a free download....there are no other costs other than hosting and the Domain?

EDIT

Would a hosting company work...such as Bluehost or Host Gator?

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Dan C. Rinnert

15 years ago

Originally Posted by The IM Reporter

So....do you just do a FTP transfer to your server and tweak like a regular site?

And since it is a free download....there are no other costs other than hosting and the Domain?

I'm sure Dana will charge YOU at least double her regular prices for the press releases. ;-)

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Jared Alberghini 15 years ago

hehe... Ya beat me Dan! I better learn to type quicker...

Sean, send me a PM if you need any help setting up/customizing Pligg.

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- Dan C. Rinnert 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jared Alberghini
  
  hehe... Ya beat me Dan! I better learn to type quicker...
  
  Well, if Sean had been following my conversations on Twitter, he would have learned about Pligg yesterday. ;-)
  
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  Sean A McAlister 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  Well, if Sean had been following my conversations on Twitter, he would have learned about Pligg yesterday. ;-)
  
  I can't keep up with you....what happened to the good old days?
  
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  Dan C. Rinnert 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by The IM Reporter
  
  I can't keep up with you....what happened to the good old days?
  
  What do you consider the good ol' days? Back when I had fewer followers and conversations, or back before Dana turned me against you? LOL!
  
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- Sean A McAlister 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jared Alberghini
  
  hehe... Ya beat me Dan! I better learn to type quicker...
  
  Sean, send me a PM if you need any help setting up/customizing Pligg.
  
  - Jared
  
  PM sent hommie ...thanks
  
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JayXtreme 15 years ago

Scuttle does this too

Peace

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tomm 15 years ago

You can also do what Kevin Rose did and go to Elance, and get quotes there

Kevin Rose Diggs Elance | Elance
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getsmartt 15 years ago

Also check out Drigg - your Digg clone software, in Drupal uses Drupal as a back end a lot more powerful and easier to customize than Pligg IMHO.
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Devan Koshal 15 years ago

To be honest if your trying to get as big as digg you need a unique idea.

Innovate don't imitate.
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- Sean A McAlister 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Devan Koshal
  
  To be honest if your trying to get as big as digg you need a unique idea.
  
  Innovate don't imitate.
  
  I appreciate that.... The concept is the same but with innovation. So therefore I am looking for a higher level of customization. However, I do not
  want to convolute the process.
  
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write-stuff 15 years ago

If you can do it with a canned app, jump on it. If you try to recreate something like Digg from scratch, you're looking at $10K-$20K worth of client/server programming. The basics are easy to do. It's all the little stuff under the hood that kills you.
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jmorris18 15 years ago

Hey guys , my question about this software platform is related to security concerns - How do any of us know if these no cost downloads , or digg , Myspace scripts etc is built with security in mind?

Can anyone with coding experience please explain this? I appreciate any info that you can provide.

Thanks,
Jason
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