I posted a couple of days ago... I want to upgrade my flashcards website to include social networking features, and am wondering the best way to go about it. Here is the current website:
Moone Leaf Flashcards: Picture Index
I have a couple of options I am considering. I bought a book off Amazon yesterday, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Web-2-0-Applications-PHP/dp/1590599063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204553047&sr= 8-1">Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP</a>, which focuses on developing Web 2.0 applications with the Zend Framework and Smarty Templates. I have been using Zend for PHP programming, but not the Framework yet, and this book is supposedly a good intro to the Zend Framework.
I also found a thread on this board suggesting that Drupal can be used to build social networking portals. I found that the Gallery (picture display) module is *sort of* integrated into Drupal, and maybe there is an audio module as well. Perhaps it would be possible to write a "flashcard module" for Drupal that would work together with the image and audio modules. The advantage to using Drupal would be not having to write the user administration pieces of the webapp.
I am also wondering... since Drupal is GPL, would I be required to distribute the source code of any modifications I make? I know I would be required to do this if I distribute the program, but what if it is just running on my web server?
Thanks in advance for any advice.