Digital Village Announces Alternative to Myspace and Facebook now Available Church and Youth Groups

In light of the announcement from Facebook that it is now open to everyone Digital Villages, LLC. has moved to help Church and Youth Groups meet the need for a private, secure and safe social networking platform. This complete system includes chat messaging, blogging, forums, picture gallerys, file sharing and many more features.

A Church can be up and running on their own system for less than a thousand dollars and provide a private closed system for their congregation or youth group. These communication tools are easily managed and provide all of the group management features necessary to easily run the system.

The only ongoing expense will be a $125.00 hosting fee charged to support the system at the server.

Security

* Application, database, and security best practices
* Microsoft recommended best practices for password management
* Highly granular permissions allow for control over all user aspects
* No write permission required in web site directory
* Ability to create secure private communities
* Support for anonymous user profiles
* Delegated permissions system
* Auto-login
* Evict online active users to force re-login
* Configurable HTML filters to prevent Cross Site Script Injection (XSS) attacks

Licensing

* No artificial limits or governors
* Server based perpetual licensing
* Free Community License (with restrictions)
* Flexible commercial licenses

Installation and Setup

* Web based Installation Wizard
* Web based administration and management
* Full source (available as separate download)
* 100% Microsoft .NET code (No COM, Java, or other formats)
* Designed for multiple language support

Performance and Scalability

* Designed from the ground-up for multi-server configurations (web farms)
* Proven performance and scalability
* Implements ASP.NET Caching best practices
* Abstract, extendable data layer
* Designed for growth
* Innovative background processing system
* Integrated error reporting
* No dependencies on ASP.NET Session state

Integration

* Full source code (available through separate download)
* Event driven programmable "pipeline"
* Add-on modules for extending capabilities
* Pluggable authentication/authorization stack

Customization

* Theme driven customization
* Use of style sheets (CSS) to drive look-and-feel
* Over 90 ASP.NET Server controls for declarative programming

Content Publishing

* Syndication support using RSS 2.0
* Receive all messages through email
* Email subscriptions to a topic
* Email other members privately
* Message other members via "Private Messages"
* Global administration email notifications

Banning and Moderation

* Easily ban users by email, date range, or IP address
* Optionally enable per-user moderation levels
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