The Friends module takes you a step further towards Social Networking for your website. It allows your users to create and manage lists of friends just like Facebook. Aside from the typical friend request/confirm method, some alternate usages might be to follow other members, only allow “friends” to view your full profile, “bookmark” your favorite authors and subscribe to their weblog entries, etc.
Along with Facebook-esque friends functionality, Friends includes complete private messaging (which works off of native EE private messaging), status updates, comment walls, “hugging” (“poking”), website invites and referral tracking system, and virtual groups where users can create and join groups. In combination with the User module, the possibilities are endless.
We’ve also included a Friends Code Pack which includes sample template data. What this means for you is that with a couple clicks of your mouse, you can have a COMPLETE Friends “wonderland” happening on your site, just like ExpressionEngine installs sample templates that all work together with each other. You can view this in action right here!
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This add-on uses the Solspace Bridge Expansion software, which allows you to install a single set of files for both ExpressionEngine 1.x and ExpressionEngine 2.x versions. After downloading the latest version of the add-on, unzip the download file and follow these instructions…
ExpressionEngine 2.x Installation Instructions
1. Copy Add-on Files
This add-on requires that you use the Solspace Bridge Expansion software with ExpressionEngine. It will be included with your download in a separate folder.
Copy the bridge folder into your ./system/expressionengine/third_party/ directory.
Copy the folder named favorites into your ./system/expressionengine/third_party/ directory.
If the ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory DOES NOT exist, copy the solspace_themes folder in the download into your ./themes/ directory.
If the ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory DOES exist, copy all of the contents inside of the solspace_themes folder in the download into your ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory.
NOTE: Installations on ExpressionEngine 2.x DO NOT USE the ext.favorites_extension.php extension file.
2. Installing the Add-On
Go to the Modules tab in the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, find Favorites in the list, and click Install.
3. Setup & Configuring
To adjust any settings in Favorites, click on the Preferences tab in the Control Panel area and then modify as necessary.
This add-on requires that you use the Solspace Bridge Expansion software with ExpressionEngine. It will be included with your download in a separate folder.
Copy the bridge folder into your ./system/ directory.
Copy the folder named favorites into your ./system/modules/ directory.
Copy the extension file named ext.favorites_extension.php into your ./system/extensions/ directory.
If the ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory DOES NOT exist, copy the solspace_themes folder in the download into your ./themes/ directory.
If the ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory DOES exist, copy all of the contents inside of the solspace_themes folder in the download into your ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory.
2. Installing the Add-On
Go to the Modules tab in the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, find Favorites in the list, and click Install.
Go to the Extensions Manager area in the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, and make sure the jQuery for the CP extension exists and is enabled.
3. Setup & Configuring
To adjust any settings in Favorites, click on the Preferences tab in the Control Panel area and then modify as necessary.
After downloading the latest version of the add-on, unzip the download file and follow these instructions...
ExpressionEngine 2.x Updating Instructions
1. Upgrading from Favorites 2.x to Favorites 3.x (if applicable)
If you're planning to upgrade BOTH ExpressionEngine AND Favorites to ExpressionEngine 2.x, we recommend that you upgrade Favorites first. Favorites uses the Solspace Bridge Expansion software which allows a single set of files for an addon to work with both ExpressionEngine 1.x and ExpressionEngine 2.x, therefore making it more seamless to upgrade your Solspace addons in the process of upgrading your ExpressionEngine 1.x site to ExpressionEngine 2.x.
This add-on requires that you use the Solspace Bridge Expansion software with ExpressionEngine. It will be included with your download in a separate folder.
Copy the bridge folder into your ./system/expressionengine/third_party/ directory.
Copy the folder named favorites into your ./system/expressionengine/third_party/ directory.
Copy all of the contents inside of the solspace_themes folder in the download into your ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory.
NOTE: Installations/Upgrades on ExpressionEngine 2.x DO NOT USE the ext.favorites_extension.php extension file.
3. Updating the Add-On
Go to the Modules tab in the ExpressionEngine Control Panel and click the link for Favorites
Click the Update link now displayed in the module's control panel.
1. Upgrading from Favorites 2.x to Favorites 3.x (if applicable)
If you're upgrading from Favorites 2.x to Favorites 3.x, please follow the special instructions below:
Take your site Offline. We recommend that you take your site offline for the duration of the update so that people visiting your site won't see any PHP errors, etc.
Go to the Extensions tab in the ExpressionEngine Control Panel, find Favorites in the list, and click Disable.
Delete the extension file named ext.favorites_ext.php in your ./system/extensions/ directory.
Delete the language files named lang.favorites.php and lang.favorites_ext.php in your ./system/language/english/ directory.
Delete the folder named favorites in your ./system/modules/ directory.
Delete the folder named favorites in your ./system/modules/ directory.
2. Copy Add-on Files
This add-on requires that you use the Solspace Bridge Expansion software with ExpressionEngine. It will be included with your download in a separate folder.
Copy the bridge folder into your ./system/ directory.
Copy the folder named favorites into your ./system/modules/ directory.
Copy the extension file named ext.favorites_extension.php into your ./system/extensions/ directory.
Copy all of the contents inside of the solspace_themes folder in the download into your ./themes/solspace_themes/ directory.
3. Updating the Add-On
Go to the Modules tab in the ExpressionEngine Control Panel and click the link for Favorites
Click the Update link now displayed in the module's control panel.
