Our three platforms studiVZ, meinVZ and schuelerVZ are Germany's largest social network with close to 16 million users.
We are proud to announce that our platform has OpenSocial 0.8.1 up and running. Developers can upload and test their Apps against our platforms and request the approval to make them available to our users.
All interested developers are invited to visit our developer's wiki at http://developer.studivz.net/wiki, where more information can be found on how to become a VZ OpenSocial App developer. Following the strict German privacy regulations, we introduced a new concept called VCards, which enable users to determine which of their profile information they are willing to share with each of their installed Apps, this can be App-specific if they wish.
VZ Sandbox
Our sandbox is the first instance a freshly developed App has to pass. This is the place where developers can test their newest App revisions before they are published. We currently offer the following features inside our sandbox:
We strongly believe that OpenSocial should also be taken literally, so we initiated a monthly GeekNight, where all interested developers are informed about our current projects and get a chance to mingle with other industry professionals.
For more information on our GeekNight events, feel free to visit
http://www.studivz.net/geeknight.
VZnet Netzwerke LtdWe are proud to announce that our platform has OpenSocial 0.8.1 up and running. Developers can upload and test their Apps against our platforms and request the approval to make them available to our users.
All interested developers are invited to visit our developer's wiki at http://developer.studivz.net/wiki, where more information can be found on how to become a VZ OpenSocial App developer. Following the strict German privacy regulations, we introduced a new concept called VCards, which enable users to determine which of their profile information they are willing to share with each of their installed Apps, this can be App-specific if they wish.
Services
Currently we offer the following OpenSocial services:- People
- AppData
- Messages
- Activities
- Payment (Scheduled for a Q1 2010 launch)
Views
- Profile
- Canvas
- Group (VZ only)
- Preview (VZ only)
- Popup (VZ only)
- Integration (VZ only)
Extensions
Beside the standard extensions we implemented some additional functionality in order to meet our platform's needs and to enhance the user-experience:- vz.invite
- Extended invitation functionality
- gadgets.cache
- For easy CDN access
- gadgets.tracking
- vz.vcard
- Functions for vz specific privacy layer
VZ Sandbox
Our sandbox is the first instance a freshly developed App has to pass. This is the place where developers can test their newest App revisions before they are published. We currently offer the following features inside our sandbox:- Rrevision based storage and deployment
- Online XML-editor
- Statistics and tracking access
- Logging
- Multi-user access and shared development capabilities
- Integrated previews
We strongly believe that OpenSocial should also be taken literally, so we initiated a monthly GeekNight, where all interested developers are informed about our current projects and get a chance to mingle with other industry professionals.
For more information on our GeekNight events, feel free to visit
http://www.studivz.net/geeknight.
