Friday, March 25, 2011

Constructing Dating Software Using PHP

There are so many dating software's available on the internet. As PHP is an open source language, most of them are built over it. Hence you will get to see a lot of php dating software. Some of them will be available at no cost also. When you are trying to start your own online dating business and when you are constrained with the money then a free php dating software is the best solution for you.

More often than not free PHP dating software will not have all the advanced features. It will definitely have all the basic features like profile creation, searching for profiles with a definite criteria, online message and even an offline message board. These basic features will definitely give you a chance to get a head start in setting up your own dating business on the internet.

If you are enough passionate about the online dating phenomenon then it will not take too much amount of time for you to understand what all the visitors come to a dating site on the internet expect. If you are not aware of their requirements and expectations it is always advisable to go ahead and get registered with a few top notch online dating websites along with a few new bees.

If you do that, then you will get to know what all the advantages of those respective websites and where they are actually lagging in. If you can find the pain points on those businesses in a proper way then you will be able to work on your PHP script to address those pain points, which in turn will make your online dating business a big success story.

One important thing which you should keep in mind while starting an online dating business is that, you should think really big and far ahead of the present scenario. Only if you can expect the future trends in technology and the possible new requirements that the users of online dating websites may raise, then only you can address them in your business offering and hence you can tap that market of unsatisfied users.

Before choosing the right PHP dating software, go ahead and implement at least one or two free PHP dating software. This will help you in understanding the basic framework of the PHP script. There are so many free web hosting providers available on the internet that will provide you with enough web space to install and test a few free PHP dating softwares.

After testing a few, list down all your requirements and try to find the best PHP dating software among the available pool. Even if a PHP dating software doesn't have all the required features but if it is easy to customize that PHP script even without great PHP programming experience then it should be the best. Because of the rapidly changing technologies and the rapidly changing requirements of the dating website users, it is always better to go for a simple and effective customizable solution.

Now, it is time to get a customized and simple to use design for your PHP dating software. The design should be very attractive but simple. For any website its User interface will create the first impression on the visitor and it is more important in the case of a dating web site. Hence get a good designer to get a customized design for your PHP script.

When you are done with the design, find a suitable hosting package for your PHP dating software. The hosting package can range from a dedicated server solution to a shared package. That is entirely dependent on the number of visitors which you are expecting on your online dating business and more importantly on your allocated budget.

But, think at least two months a head while deciding a hosting package if not you will end up in a great chaos which can easily damage the brand of your online dating business. As we all know, bad word travels much faster than the good one. So, try and avoid such chaotic situations by keeping yourself ahead of the time at least by two months.

If followed a proven methodology with enough passion and dedication, more often than you will end with quite a bit of success in the online dating business. Final word of caution is to get a concrete revenue model right from the start of the online dating business. After all, any business is there to make money and online dating business is no exception for that.

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