Web 2.0 is an exciting moment and Digg is one of the leaders of the pack.

The moment I saw Digg I wanted a site like it. It’s just so perfect for a community coming together on any topic. I assumed it would be impossible to get a similar site up and running, but then I came across Pligg, which is an open source version. I’ve set it up and now have my own social community web 2.0 site running of which I am inordinately proud.
Want a site of your own? It’s perfectly possible, but a little tricky, so here is the method I used to get my site http://www.concepttshirts.com/bands up and running.

Before you do anything you need to set up a Mysql database and user for Pligg. Once you have done that, download pligg from http://www.pligg.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5 and unzip it.

Now upload all the files to your webspace.
Open the config.php file and alter define('my_base_url', 'http://localhost') to your base URL (no slash after the URL)
If installing in a subdomain then add the subdomain before the slash in the next line: define('my_pligg_base', '/')
Upload config.php
Now set the permissions:
chmod 777:
/configs directory
/templates_c directory
/templates
config.php
/libs/dbconnect.php
/libs/options.php

Open a browser and navigate to YOURSITE.COM//install/install.php
Delete the /install folder.
chmod 655:
libs/dbconnect.php

Now login to the account god with password 12345 and start work on your new social website!
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Errors are generally owing to not setting the permissions correctly.
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Pligg is a great community tool, so big up to the boys at pligg.com