Three BuddyPress Tales

Multipack WordPress show and tell presentation.
http://lanyrd.com/2012/multipack-presents-may/

Transcript

1. Three
   BuddyPress
   Tales
   By Tammie Lister
   

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2. BuddyPress?
   Social networking, in a box.
   www.buddypress.org
   FRIENDS
   FORUMS GROUPS
   ACTIVITY
   DIRECTORYCOMM
   BLOG
   MEMBERSPROFIL
   A plugin for WordPress
   

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3. Activity Streams User Groups Multisite Blogging
   Friend Connections Extended Profiles
   Discussion Forums Private Messaging
   User Settings ...and lots more
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress
   

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5. Empowering communities
   BuddyPress gets about a bit......
   

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7. BuddyPress rocks because...
   Open source
   Free
   Plugintastic
   Flexible
   ... and so much more
   

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8. Are you sitting comfortably?
   Let me tell you a tale about 3 communities...
   

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9. 1. A music journalism community
   2. Young people with ms community
   3. A community effort theme
   BuddyPress does it all......
   

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10. Rockhaq
    the UK's first music journalism community for schools
    and colleges
    my role : designer and front end developer
    Once upon a time...
    

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12. The Challenges
    The Solutions
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13. Motivation
    Achievements plugin by Paul Gibbs
    http://achievementsapp.wordpress.com/
    Featured post slider
    Leader boards
    

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14. Appeal across ages
    Mobile first responsive design
    Photo image background
    Familiar profile layout
    Easy to see activity streams
    Simple blog format
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15. Just do it
    Child of BuddyPress default
    Let community decide direction
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16. Rockhaq
    www.rockhaq.com
    And they all lived happily
    ever after...
    

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17. Shift ms
    Shift.ms is a social network run by its users where young
    MSers meet share experiences and support each other
    my role : front end developer and advisor
    Once upon a time...
    

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19. The Challenges
    The Solutions
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20. The great site move
    Easy does it in stages
    WP Valet took away the pain - www.thewpvalet.com
    Inform community
    p
    Get a specialist, get solid hosting
    

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21. Strong identity
    Sketch images throughout
    Strong colour threads
    Design thread throughout site
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22. Create a safe haven
    Privacy when need it
    A sense of belonging
    Able to say what gets done
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23. Shift ms
    www.shift.ms
    And they all lived happily
    ever after...
    

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24. Status
    A community created theme for BuddyPress 1.6
    my role : designer and front end developer
    Custom backgrounds HTML5 Mobile first responsive
    Custom link colours User statistics built in Friends in sidebar
    Activity stream focused Template making it members only
    Once upon a time...
    

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26. The Challenges
    The Solutions
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27. It started with a ticket
    A seed of an idea was planted
    Child of BuddyPress default
    Just do it - design in browser for 75%
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28. Different roles
    Designers and front end developers
    HTML5ification
    Theme reviewer
    Testers
    Developers
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29. Beyond BuddyPress
    Activity stream focused like Twitter
    Login template on front
    Profiles extended - colours and backgrounds
    User statistics included
    Mobile first responsive design
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30. Status
    Working copy https://github.com/karmatosed/Status
    Once released will be on wordpress.org
    And they all lived happily
    ever after...
    

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31. The End
    

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32. Thank you for listening
    Tammie Lister @karmatosed www.logicalbinary.com
    Any questions?
    

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