Creating a social networking/ dating site with CI general advice

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[quote author="Andy78" date="1288255717"]Hi

Iv been looking into php rapid app development frameworks for while as well as CMS systems like Joomla. I stumbled across CI and it seems like the best most well balanced framework for me.

Iv only been learning ci for about a week but I got the basics down, I plan to develop a social dating and I'm looking for general advice on the best way to go about this using CI.

I think Ill start by developing the user registration, login and access level functionality first then move onto the people to people relationships and so on.

Firstly is there an existing library or helper that would be particularly suited to handling the user registration, login and access levels of this type of site? Id like to be able to set access levels such as user, paid user, admin and so on.

I'm not sure how much of this id have to develop from scratch using ci yet so all advice is welcome.[/quote]
Hi Andy,the fact that you have used codeigniter for a week is at times not enough time to get well acquainted with most codeigniter features for you to embark on such an ambitious project and this is why.I have written a blog on what an ordinary developer would require for his or her own projects.You can read it at http://designrules.tumblr.com/

If you read the blog,you will see,it will require more than popular and highly recommended codeigniter libraries,helpers and hacks to get your project off the ground.I wish you the best as you build your software.