I decided to create a site that I (and my readers) could use to keep in touch with family and friends.  There are plenty of social networks out there for friends to swear and share drunk pictures.  My site OakPages.com, however,  lives under a different concept.  OakPages aims to keep the whole family closer through the Internet, which is why Elgg with its countless plug-ins is a very good fit.  Functions like blogs, web pages and private groups, plus an easy infrastructure for widgets with family trees, video mail and photo sharing, make Elgg the ideal platform for OakPages.

Overall, I am very happy with Elgg for allowing me to implement a powerful website with so little effort.  It does have some issues to work out, but the active community is fixing them as quickly as they are reported.  There are countless enhancements well on their way to production.  I have already helped enhance many plug-ins and provided code that I wrote in just a few minutes, even without knowing much about the Elgg framework.  As I keep programming away, I hope Elgg will keep growing and providing even more powerful tools for OakPages.