Designing for communities with BuddyPress

WordCamp Uk talk 2012 - Edinburgh

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1. Designing for communities with BuddyPress Tammie Lister
2. www.logicalbinary.com or on Twitter @karmatosed Who am I?
3. com·mu·ni·ty/kəˈmyo͞onitē/ Noun: 1. A group of people living together in one place, esp. one practicing common ownership: "a community of nuns". 2. All the people living in a particular area or place: "local communities"
4. Four elements of sense of community -McMillan & Chavis theory: Membership attributes Influence Integration and fulfilment of needs Shared emotional connection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_community
5. RIBS Remuneration Influence Belonging Significance ‘Design to thrive’ - Tharen Howard
6. Social network != Community
7. Why BuddyPress?
8. This is a HUGE subject - Examples of communities - 5 Principles of designing for communities
9. The Social Network : Facebook facebook.com
10. Summary profile headers
11. Timelines and Streams
12. The Game Community :World of warcraft eu.battle.net/wow/en/community/
13. Clear direction on front page
14. Gaming profiles are the gold standard
15. Gaming loves achievements
16. The niche : Ravelry ravelry.com
17. Tools that fit the community
18. Make finding help easy
19. One size doesn’t fit all
20. Kill the designer ego
21. 5 Principles of designing for communities - Create safe havens - Encourage engagement - Don’t cause headaches - Develop passionate users - Make sharing easy
22. Create safe havens
23. BuddyPress 1.6 brings profile field privacy!
24. The power of is_user_logged_in() <?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?> # # <?php do_action( 'bp_before_sidebar_me' ); ?> # # <div id="sidebar-me"> # # # <a href="<?php echo bp_loggedin_user_domain(); ?>"> # # # # <?php bp_loggedin_user_avatar( 'type=thumb&width=40&height=40' ); ?> # # # </a> # # # <h4><?php echo bp_core_get_userlink( bp_loggedin_user_id() ); ?></h4> # # # <a class="button logout" href="<?php echo wp_logout_url( wp_guess_url() ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Log Out', 'buddypress' ); ?></a> # # # <?php do_action( 'bp_sidebar_me' ); ?> # # </div> # # <?php do_action( 'bp_after_sidebar_me' ); ?> # # <?php if ( bp_is_active( 'messages' ) ) : ?> # # # <?php bp_message_get_notices(); /* Site wide notices to all users */ ?> # # <?php endif; ?> <?php else : ?> http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in
25. Shift.ms : Locking down areas of your site shift.ms
26. Engage : Be transparent about what can access swbhengage.com
27. Encourage engagement
28. Make it sticky! v
29. Hub pages Think of these like your site’s contents page - your summary of all the content inside.
30. Feel The Yarn feeltheyarn.it
31. Hoboken Mommies hoboken.mommies247.com/
32. Rockhaq : The ‘fridge feature’ effect... rockhaq.com look ma !
33. Use with care. Techniques don’t equal community success. Don’t create candy floss websites.
34. Gamification + Communities = +10 interaction ... the infusion of game design techniques, game mechanics, and/or game style into anything. http://gamification.org/
35. Common techniques in Gamification ▪ achievements / badges ▪ levels ▪ leaderboards ▪ progress bars ▪ activity feeds ▪ avatars ▪ real-time feedback (notifier) ▪ virtual currency ▪ gifting ▪ challenges and quests ▪ trophy case ▪ embedding small mini games within other activities * Orange = Already in BuddyPress
36. Gamification 101 : Achievements c http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/achievements/
37. Teen summer challenge teensummerchallenge.org/
38. Rockhaq rockhaq.com
39. Give users methods to interact with content 1
40. Plant the seed and let the community grow itself
41. Make sharing easy
42. Beer Credits : Making social easy beercredits.com
43. Ride Oregon Ride rideoregonride.com/rides
44. Don’t cause headaches
45. Lying in disasters causes more panic People need to know good or bad fg
46. Keep people in the loop u
47. Not all people get along all the time...
48. Give ways for the community to police themselves http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-moderation/ e
49. Don’t frustrate - allow clear paths 7
50. Downsyndrome : Make joining and leaving easy downsyndrome.com
51. EEIF : Tell users what they get eeif.co.uk/membership
52. hMag Action bars give easy access h-mag.com
53. Solo Practice University : Lead your users solopracticeuniversity.com
54. Little Sketchers : Have a clear about page littlesketchers.com/learn-more
55. Develop passionate users
56. A sense of belonging is powerful 0
57. Startup Weekend : Show some personality startupweekend.org
58. Plazaa.de : Profiles as focal points plazaa.de/profil/poolie
59. Tasty Kitchen : Member lists and feature members tastykitchen.com/recipes/members
60. Enterprise Nation : Show off your numbers enterprisenation.com
61. Kitemap.it : Map your members kitemap.it
62. Shift.ms Have a strong identity shift.ms
63. 5 Principles of designing for communities - Create safe havens - Encourage engagement - Don’t cause headaches - Develop passionate users - Make sharing easy
64. Thank you for listening... any questions? Find me at logicalbinary.com or on Twitter @karmatosed