BuddyPress Orange County WordCamp 2011

http://2011.oc.wordcamp.org/speakers/

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1. BuddyPress Presented by Suzette Franck 1 Thursday, December 6, 12
2. What Is BuddyPress?  Social networking plugin for WordPress  Features similar to Facebook  Released in May of 2009  Open Source  Built upon MySQL and PHP technologies 2 Thursday, December 6, 12
3. Features  Activity Streams and Status Updates  User Self Registration  Extended Profiles  Friend Connections  Private Messaging  Blogging & Static Pages  Discussion Forums & Groups  Member Listing 3 Thursday, December 6, 12
4. Requirements  A working installation of WordPress or WordPress MU version 2.9.1 or greater.  PHP version 4.3 or greater.  MySQL 4.1 or greater.  The mod_rewrite Apache module enabled.  A good back up all files in root directory (FTP)  An SQL Dump (Backup of your database) 4 Thursday, December 6, 12
5. Loss Prevention  Backup all files via FTP  Backup database  http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-migrate-db/  More Info:  http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups  Test on demo site when possible  Troubleshooting:  White Screen of Death http://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/blank-pages/  Out of Memory Error Add to wp-config.php file: define ('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M'); 5 Thursday, December 6, 12
6. Installing BuddyPress  Backup Existing Database and Files  Automatic or Manual Installation  /wp-content/plugins /  Update Permalinks  Activate BuddyPress Enabled Theme  Public Access (Anyone can Register)  Other WordPress Settings  Reading (Blog and Front Page)  Discussion (Comments, Trackbacks)  Privacy (Allow search engine robots) 6 Thursday, December 6, 12
7. Plugins ->Add new 7 Thursday, December 6, 12
8. BuddyPress  General Settings  Component Setup  Forums Setup  Profile Field Setup (Extended Profiles)  Welcome Pack (If installed) 8 Thursday, December 6, 12
9. General Settings 9 Thursday, December 6, 12
10. Component Setup 10 Thursday, December 6, 12
11. Forums Setup 11 Thursday, December 6, 12
12. Profile Field Setup 12 Thursday, December 6, 12
13. Add New Field 13 Thursday, December 6, 12
14. Welcome Pack 14 Thursday, December 6, 12
15. BuddyPress Admin Bar  My Account  Activity  Profile  Messages  Friends  Groups  Settings  Logout  Dashboard (Admins only)  New Post  Manage Posts  Manage Comments  Notifications 15 Thursday, December 6, 12
16. Groups and Forums  Privacy Options  Public, Private, or Hidden  Group Roles  Members, Moderators, and Administrators  Front-end Administration  Admin: Edit Details, Group Settings, Group Avatar, Manage Members, Delete Group 16 Thursday, December 6, 12
17. Creating Groups 17 Thursday, December 6, 12
18. Forums – Posting Topics 18 Thursday, December 6, 12
19. Appearance  Themes  Menus  Widgets  Header  Editor 19 Thursday, December 6, 12
20. Themes 20 Thursday, December 6, 12
21. Menus 21 Thursday, December 6, 12
22. Widgets 22 Thursday, December 6, 12
23. Header 23 Thursday, December 6, 12
24. Editor 24 Thursday, December 6, 12
25. Parent/Child Themes  Prevent against modifications loss in upgrades  BuddyPress default theme files are at: /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default  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  More documentation at: http://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a- buddypress-child-theme/ 25 Thursday, December 6, 12
26. style.css /* Theme Name: BuddyPress Custom Theme Theme URI: http://location.com Description: Modified theme for BuddyPress. Version: 1.0 Author: Suzette Franck Author URI: http://location.com/ Template: bp-default Tags: buddypress, two-column, light, white */ /* Inherit the default theme styles */ @import url( ../../plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp- default/_inc/css/default.css ); /* Inherit the default theme adminbar styles */ @import url( ../../plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp- default/_inc/css/adminbar.css ); 26 Thursday, December 6, 12
27. BuddyPress Plugins  Over 312 BuddyPress plugins  Many WordPress plugins work with BuddyPress  Listed in WordPress or BuddyPress Plugin directory  Good star rating  Number of votes  Reputation in Support forums  Good documentation with screen shots 27 Thursday, December 6, 12
28. BuddyPress Plugins  BuddyPress Private Community  Welcome Pack  Configure SMTP  Buddy Press Group Email Subscription  BP Profile Privacy  Buddypress Like  Buddypress Links  WP FacebookConnect  s2member  Advertising Manager  AdRotate  More tested plugins at http://www.PluginXPress.com 28 Thursday, December 6, 12
29. BuddyPress Resources  BuddyPress: http://buddypress.org  Showcase  http://buddypress.org/showcase/  Extend  Themes : http://buddypress.org/extend/themes /  Plugins: http://buddypress.org/extend/plugins/  Support  Forums: http://buddypress.org/support/topics/  Documentation: http://codex.buddypress.org/home/  WPMU/WPMUDEV  BuddyPress Articles  http://wpmu.org/category/buddypress/  BuddyPress Themes  http://premium.wpmudev.org/buddypress-themes/  WPMU DEV Themes Demo  http://buddypressthemes.org/ 29 Thursday, December 6, 12