Help pls with inklink type game!

Hi guys and gals, im quite new to flash and have chosen the daunting task of creating a small multiplayer drawing game, similar to shockwaves ‘inklink’, as a college project.

I have done the easy parts (i.e. the interface) and have used xml to pull in user profiles. I am now using a socket server (electroserver) to connect multiple users, and im finding it quite difficult! Im not to sure if this server is suitable as i may need to use svg to draw.

Does anyone have any suggestions or know of any tutorials that could help me on any of the above?

Thanks