MultiUser Blog system recommendations

[Simon]

I'm 1 stage away from having WPMU and Pligg integration, although in an indirect root since I use vBulletin as the master user database, and feed other things off that. I actually looked at elgg recently (it looks nice) and I guess that in effect what Im doing is creating an elgg type system from more specialised componenets - a method I actually prefer, since all in 1 scripts will never have the same level of detail as taking the time to properly combine more specialised scripts.

It has sometimes been a pain though, I admit, but worth it in the end!

[dollars5]

I agree Simon, Elgg is worth our time and efforts - considering how active the development is, recent releases, community, plugins and ease of use - I am more leaning towards Elgg.

[blast]

have someone heard something about pligg and a wiki engine!!!???

[magpie2419]

You might want to have a look at this its open source.

LifeType Development Journal | Features

Bloggers love it
User Friendly Interface

Writing articles is comfortable with the included state of the art WYSIWYG editor. Adding pictures and sound files (for Podcasting) is just a matter of browse and click.
The Dashboard provides you with all the information you need every time you log in. Recent articles, comments and trackback as well as brief statistics get you updated about your blog immediately.
Integrated Media Management

Podcasting, automatic thumbnail generation, mass uploading of files, a filebrowser and custom descriptions for each file is supported through the administration interface
Choose your Style

Looking for a nice design for your weblog? Go check out the many freely available templates. Installation is as easy as uploading a file through your administration interface!
Add a Feature

If you're looking for a feature not available with the standard installation, you will probably find it in the wiki plugins overview, providing you with over 60 features for you to add in no time.
Some of the most popular are: Moblogging, Template Editor und Nested Comments.
Built-in anti-spam Filter

The built-in bayesian spam filter keeps comments and trackbacks in you blog clean. And comment moderation, Captchas and trackback validation is available through plugins.
Support for Trackbacks

Trackback blogs you read by simply linking to them! LifeType will automatically find the trackback URL of the blog you are linking to.
Multiple Users per Blog

[HealthGurl]

Using Expression Engine in the way that was described in the OP is a violation of their terms of service, so you can cross that one off of the list.

If it were me, I'd go with WordPress MU. If you have a 'bugdet', go with the package that is already developed by Edublogs (I think that's their name). Everything is ready to go.

Another option is to us the vBulletin Blogging system if you have your Pligg integrated with vB. The blog system should be released soon (but you can demo it at vbulletin.com), and they are also developing an SNS profile system.

vBadvanced, and vBlogetin also have blogging systems that integrate with vb.

[vuxes]

An integration of Pligg with WP MU would catapult Pligg into the stratosphere as far as user acceptance is concerned. But for Pligg to gain wide acceptance, a simple "Post to <pligg-based site>" script from any blog is necessary. The way it might work is for the reader of the blog to highlight an extract, click on "Post to <pligg-based site>" and, if the reader is already logged ino the pligg-based site, the article URL would be carried over, the title would be copied from the blog site, and the highlighted extract would become the content of the pligg content -- all with one click.

[beyond547]

Originally Posted by dollars5

There is some recent interest in this topic, so some detailed information of my research that I gathered on this - sharing for others: if anyone find anything interesting or willing to participate - do let know in here.

WordPress MU
Site: WordPress MU › Home
Popular sites using: WordPress.com » Get a Free Blog Here , Le Monde.fr : Blogs , Edublogs - education blogs » Get free education blogs at Edublogs (neat, clean UI, clear nav)
Features: blogging alone, similar to wordpress.com , multiuser-blogging (collaborative blogging)
Expansion: Most features can be added via pluggins - but not sure if Wp plugins work here, community is not as active as that of WP.org, very few new versions recently
Requirements: Apache, mySQL, PHP
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That very important to me,thx for you summary introduce of them!