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Create a new social networking site in few hours using pinax platform (django). — The Usware Blog - Django Web Development. By : rama What is satcmo? Satchmo is a django based framework which allows you to create an online store very quickly. Satchmo also offers powerful customizations which allows you to tune a store to your specific business needs. Sample Demo Store : Login details Use below mail and password to login into the site: Email : test@test.com password : welcomeUse dummy credit card number like 4222-2222-2222-2222 (VISA) to make any purchases.

Above is the sample demo store which is being provided by satchmo outofbox just after installing it. In this blog post we will discuss very basic things about satchmo like how to install satchmo? Installing satchmo Please note below Installation instructions are applicable to the latest version of satchmo which is available in the trunk.We assume that python setuptools has already been installed on your system.You must have latest version of Django 1.1 beta. Just follow the below 5 steps to install various dependencies of satchmo. The Del.icio.us Lesson « Bokardo – Social Design by Joshua Porter. Personal value precedes network value. The amazing popularity of the bookmarking site Del.icio.us is one of the hallmarks of the current social software renaissance happening on the Web. Along with Flickr, Del.icio.us is a poster child of tagging, a simple feature whereby people attach words or phrases to an item. In the case of Del.icio.us, those items are bookmarks.

While Del.icio.us rose to prominence, much was made of the ability to aggregate the tags that the service’s user population created. The resulting framework, called a folksonomy, promised to redefine web navigation. If users could tag their own bookmarks and navigate to them through a direct tag-based interface, then there was really no need for an overarching, expert-developed taxonomy. One of the hardest problems in web design is to speak the user’s language. Personal Value Precedes Network Value The one major idea behind the Del.icio.us Lesson is that personal value precedes network value. Blinded by the Aggregation Light.