Elgg’s new support community has brought new contributions from Elgg’s Development team.
Ben Werdmuller created a COPPA plugin. COPPA is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act which prohibits website from collecting personal information from children under thirteen. This plugin inserts a check box into the registration page, requiring individuals to affirm that they are over 13. One small mistake with this plugin is that sites can collect information of children over 12, not 13.
I have edited the languages/en.php file changing I am over 13 years of age to over 12 years of age. I notified the creator, but I uploaded the revised version here.
Dave Tosh contributed a Twitter Widget. This widget allows users to put a twitter feed from any user in their profile or dashboard page. Just enter the twitter username and the number of tweets to show, then set the access.
Once displayed it displays the user’s tweets:
Both of these plugins are installed by uploading them to the mod folder and activating through the Tools Administration interface.
I look forward to seeing more plugins from the developers, particularly some that I see on their community site. They have a Privacy and a Terms of service plugin that displays links to these pages on the Elgg community site’s footer. Additionally, the site has an Events plugin that I’m sure everyone would like to have access to.
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