I did not share any mentionable content over LIS Links website for a long time. So, I thought of bringing the platform that can be used to build social network / website. You can use the following platform to design and develop a social network just like LIS Links (http://lislinks.com in your own and totally free of cost. But before proceeding please note that I am personally not in the favour of duplicate social networking. You should not develop a social networking site for the same subject or area, where such network already exists. If you try to develop, it will be just wastage of time and effort and nothing else. This is as because you will not be able to compete with the existing networks in terms of members and facilities. I just list out the platforms for developing social networks so that you can at least develop a social networking site for your own institute to bring the teachers and students under a common platform. This way you can play a vital role in the age of internet.

1. Name:Spruz

Website:  http://www.spruz.com/

Facilities:Facebook Connect, Polls, Social Bookmarking in Community, Events, Full ownership, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Music Player, Status Updates, Front End Language Switch, Full text email notice, Custom javascript, Paid membership option, Google Gadget, Map Friends, Widgets + Extra Pages,.

2. Name:  Grou.ps

Website:  http://grou.ps/

Facilities:Facebook Connect, Polls, Events, Comments & Walls, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Ads on Site, Music Player, Mobile Friendly, Status Updates, Multilangage Interface, Custom javascript, Paid membership option, Yahoo Groups Integration, PHPBB Migration, Google Gadget, Map Friends, Use Own Domain (free), Widgets + Extra Pages, Public/Private, 10GB  free storage.

Example of a Website: http://grou.ps/thehumantouch

3. Name:Wackwall / Xitti

Website:  http://www.wackwall.com/

Facilities:Technical Support (Multilinguage), Facebook Connect, Social Bookmarking in Community, Full ownership, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Mobile Friendly, Status Updates, Multilangage Interface, Full text email notice, Custom javascript, Self-hosting, Paid membership option, Use Own Domain (free), Public/Private.

4. Name:Kickapps 

Website:  http://www.kickapps.com/

Facilities:Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site.

5. Name:  Community Builder

Website:  http://www.joomlapolis.com/

Facilities:Full ownership, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Points/Karma/Levels, Ads on Site.

6. Name:JomSocial

Website:  http://www.jomsocial.com/

Facilities:Technical Support (Multilinguage), Social Bookmarking in Community, Full ownership, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat (Ad on), Points/Karma/Levels, Ads on Site, Self-hosting.

7. Name:Joomla.org

Website:  http://www.joomla.org/

Facilities:Polls, Full ownership, Photo Sharing, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Music Player, Self-hosting, Use Own Domain (free), Widgets + Extra Pages.

8. Name:  Grouply

Website:  http://www.grouply.com/

Facilities:Yahoo Groups Integration.

9. Name:Flux

Website:  http://www.flux.com/

Facilities:Comments & Walls.

10. Name:Enjin

Website:  http://www.enjin.com/

Facilities:Technical Support (Multilinguage), Events, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Message Boards, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Custom javascript, Paid membership option, Google Gadget, Widgets + Extra Pages.

11. Name: Webs
Website: http://www.webs.com/
Facilities:Technical Support (Multilinguage), Facebook Connect, Polls, Full ownership, Comments & Walls, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Status Updates, Multilangage Interface, Full text email notice, Paid membership option, Map Friends, Widgets + Extra Pages.

12. Name: Yuku
Website: http://www.yuku.com/
Facilities:Technical Support (Multilinguage), Facebook Connect, Polls, Calendar, Comments & Walls, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Status Updates, Multilangage Interface, Use Own Domain (free).

13. Name: Lefora
Website: http://www.lefora.com
Facilities: Full ownership, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Multilangage Interface, Front End Language Switch, Flickr Int., Full text email notice, Paid membership option, Use Own Domain (free), Widgets + Extra Pages, Public/Private, Internal Search All Sites
Example of a Website: http://lifehousenation.com

14. Name: iGroops
Website: http://www.igroops.com/
Facilities: Technical Support (Multilinguage), Events, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Theme Customization, Chat, Paid membership option, Use Own Domain (free) Widgets + Extra Pages, Public/Private, "Internal Search All Sites", Notes
Example of a Website:http://www.igroops.com/members/thehumantouch

15. Name: Elgg
Website: http://www.elgg.org/
Facilities: Technical Support (Multilinguage), Polls, Social Bookmarking in Community, Events, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Music Player, Mobile Friendly, Status Updates, Multilangage Interface, Front End Language Switch, Paid membership option, Map Friends, Use Own Domain (free), Widgets + Extra Pages
Example of a Website:http://www.keetup.com/projects/

16. Name: Boonex
Website: http://www.boonex.com/
Facilities: Facebook Connect, Polls, Social Bookmarking in Community, Events, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chat, Ads on Site, Multilangage Interface, Self-hosting, Map Friends, Use Own Domain (free), Widgets + Extra Pages
17. Name: SocialGO
Website: http://www.socialgo.com/
Facilities: Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Notes
Example of a Website: http://tht.socialgo.com/

18. Name: WP 3.0  (+BuddyPress)
Website: http://buddypress.org/
Facilities:Facebook Connect, Comments & Walls, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Points/Karma/Levels, Monthly Subscription, Ads on Site, Status Updates, Use Own Domain (free),

19. Name: Groupsite
Website: http://www.groupsite.com/
Facilities: Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Message Boards, Notes
Example of a Website:http://thehumantouch.groupsite.com/

20. Name: Zanby
Website: http://zanby.com/
Facilities: Technical Support (Multilinguage), Facebook Connect, Polls, Social Bookmarking in Community, Events, Full ownership, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chats, Multilangage Interface, Front End Language Switch, Full text email notice, Custom javascript, Self-hosting, Paid membership option, PHPBB Migration, Use Own Domain (free), Widgets + Extra Pages
Example of a Website:http://free.zanby.com

21. Name: DOLPHIN 7.0
Website: http://www.boonex.com/
Facilities: Technical Support (Multilinguage), Facebook Connect, Polls, Social Bookmarking in Community, Events, Full ownership, Comments & Walls, Several Groups in the Same Network, Moderation, Privacy & Private Messaging, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Theme Customization, Twitter Feeds & Activity Stream Display, Invitation Engine, Message Boards, Video Sharing & Photo Tagging, Chats, Points/Karma/Levels, Ads on Site, Ads on Site, Mobile Friendly, Status Updates, Multilangage Interface, Front End Language Switch, Full text email notice, Custom javascript, Paid membership option, Google Gadget, Use Own Domain (free).
Example of a Website:www.singlesbarcelona.net

Other platforms

* Name: WetPaint.com. Website: http://www.wetpaint.com/

* Name: SiteSuites.com Website: http://sitesuites.ning.com/

* Name: B2evolution Website: http://b2evolution.net/

* Name: Edomo Website: http://www.edomo.com

* Name: JingProject  Website: http://jingproject.com/