I've used Drupal on sites like www.saynotoviolence.org... it was a little clunky to customize the way this particular client wanted, but allows for people to create their own login, their own page, upload files, etc. They have their pages public, but they could be made private. kara Kara Masi Web Producer FENTON | communications 260 Fifth Avenue, 9th floor New York, NY 10001 212.584.5000 x 212 203.520.3229 cell www.fenton.com Follow us on Facebook: http://www.fenton.com/fb -----Original Message----- From: webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G Barnes Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:41 PM To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; solutions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [webproducers] Re: Creating an online community Have you looked @ a ning. network. Have found them to be very handy to set up online communities. There is also some great software with php like ZebraDots if you want to set up a single website server with a regular pc and a static ip as long as the server can be left on 24/7 Geoff --= Too much e-mail? Manage your subscription at at http://webproducers.org/?page_id=9 Web Producers Job Board http://jobs.webproducers.org Join us on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3877&trk=hb_side_g Messages are archived in our publicly accessible web archive. Trim your posts and delete personal information if you do not want them in the public web archive. --= Too much e-mail? Manage your subscription at at http://webproducers.org/?page_id=9 Web Producers Job Board http://jobs.webproducers.org Join us on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3877&trk=hb_side_g Messages are archived in our publicly accessible web archive. Trim your posts and delete personal information if you do not want them in the public web archive. --= Too much e-mail? Manage your subscription at at http://webproducers.org/?page_id=9 Web Producers Job Board http://jobs.webproducers.org Join us on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3877&trk=hb_side_g Messages are archived in our publicly accessible web archive. Trim your posts and delete personal information if you do not want them in the public web archive.