BuddyPress 1.6.2

What is BuddyPress, how to set it up, and what it can do

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1. Suzette Franck @mt_Suzette WordPress Evangelist Lead Media Temple 1.6.2 Ventura County WordPress Interest Group January 2, 2013 Wednesday, January 2, 13
2. What Is BuddyPress? • Social Networking Plugin for WordPress • Features Similar to Facebook • First Released in May of 2009 • Open Source • Built Upon MySQL and PHP Technologies • Latest Version is 1.6.2 Wednesday, January 2, 13
3. Requirements • WordPress 3.4 • PHP 5.2.4 or better • MySQL 5.0 or better • Apache Module mod_rewrite enabled for “pretty permalinks” • Good Backup of all Files & SQL Dump Wednesday, January 2, 13
4. Features • Activity Streams & Status Updates • User Self-Registration • Extended Profiles • Friend Connections • Private Messaging • Blogging & Static Pages • Discussion Groups & Forums • Member Listing Wednesday, January 2, 13
5. Installation • Enable Components • Setup Pages: Activity, Forums, Groups, Members, Activate, & Register • Update Permalinks • Activate BuddyPress Enabled Theme or Use BuddyPress Template Pack • Finish & Activate • Public Access (Settings > General) Wednesday, January 2, 13
6. Upgrading/Backing Up • Backup all files through sFTP, SSH, or plugin of choice • Backup database (codex) • Test on demo site when possible • Consider subdomain for established sites • Troubleshooting (codex) • Before upgrading: Backup Backup Backup! Wednesday, January 2, 13
7. BuddyPress Administration • Settings > BuddyPress • Enable Components • Setup Pages • General Settings • Forums Setup: Groups or Sitewide Forums • User Profile Fields (Users > Profile Fields) Wednesday, January 2, 13
8. Forum Installation • bbPress 2.1.2 • Group Forums Limited to Group Members Only • Sitewide Forums Open to Everyone • Forum Setup (codex) Wednesday, January 2, 13
9. Extended User Profiles • Users > Profile Fields • Add fields relevant to your audience • Text Box, Multi-line Text Box • Date Selector • Radio Buttons, Checkboxes • Drop-down Select Box, Multi-Select Box • Privacy Recently Added Wednesday, January 2, 13
10. Parent & Child Themes • BuddyPress default theme files are at: /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default NEVER EDIT BP-DEFAULT THEME OR CORE FILES DIRECTLY! • Create a new folder under: /wp-content/themes • Copy bp-default theme files to new folder • Replace style.css, delete content of functions.php in new folder • BuddyPress Template Pack for existing themes Wednesday, January 2, 13
11. Example style.css /* Theme Name: BuddyPress Custom Child Theme Theme URI: http://example.org/wp-content/themes/bp-custom/ Description: Modified Child Theme for BuddyPress. Version: 1.0 Author: Suzette Franck Author URI: http://suzettefranck.com/ Template: bp-default Tags: buddypress, two-column, light, white */ Default theme and admin bar styles are inherited by default (codex) bp_dtheme_enqueue_styles() Wednesday, January 2, 13
12. BuddyPress Plugins • 458 BuddyPress plugins • Many WordPress plugins work with BuddyPress • Listed in WordPress or BuddyPress directories • Good star rating • Number of votes • Reputation in support forums • Updated regularly • Good documentation with screenshots Wednesday, January 2, 13
13. BuddyPress Plugin Examples • BuddyPress Template Pack • BuddyPress Private Community • Configure SMTP (works well with Google Apps) • s2Member (monetize memberships) • AdRotate & Advertising Manager • BuddyMobile & BP Extended Settings • Achievements • Search plugins for “BP” instead of BuddyPress Wednesday, January 2, 13
14. BuddyPress Resources • BuddyPress: http://buddypress.org • Support: http://buddypress.org/support • Documentation: http://codex.buddypress.org • WPMU Dev & WPMU.org http://premium.wpmudev.org http://wpmu.org Wednesday, January 2, 13
15. BuddyPress Examples • http://tastykitchen.com • http://rideoregonride.com • http://students.sosdp.org • http://helloecoliving.com • http://culturadigital.br • http://beercredits.com Wednesday, January 2, 13
16. Q & A • I love tweets! @mt_Suzette • sfranck@mediatemple.net • http://suzettefranck.com Wednesday, January 2, 13