Express Yourself With BuddyPress Themes

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1. qwertyuiop[a sdghjkl;zxvbn m1234567890qw ertyuiop[asg hjklzxcvbnm12 34567890qwert yuiop[]asdgh jkl;zxcvbnm12 Tammie Lister

   logicalbinary.com Express yourself with BuddyPress Themes

2. Who am I? Tammie Lister logicalbinary.com I’m a designer, passionate

   about communities

3. Individuality f Look around... we’re all different

4. Fight club got it wrong because we make ourselves unique

   We are unique snowflakes

5. Real world customisation - stickers on laptops - school folders

   / notebooks - hair dye - tattoos - fashion - anything that makes you, you

6. i Branding is more powerful than ninjas

7. A product is something made in a factory; a brand

   is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a competitor; a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated; a successful brand is timeless Stephen King - WPP GROUP LONDON

8. h The logo game - spot the company

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17. A word of caution... A brand is not just a

    logo. Consider everything part of your brand. Your site is a brand

18. I’m kind of a design snob I’ve got a confession...

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19. Leave the snob at home Let people express themselves BUT

    give boundaries When it comes to community...

20. In the beginning there was the default theme...

21. Pity the fool that doesn’t use child themes

22. So... how do you avoiding turning up wearing the same

    dress to the party?

23. Five steps 1. Customise it 2. Brand it 3. Pimp

    your pages 4. Create a voice 5. Get widgey with it Express yourself with the default theme...

24. Customise it - Custom headers - Custom backgrounds E

25. Custom Headers Instant, use for logos or just to decorate

26. Custom Backgrounds Photos, repeat images - easy fast expression

27. Personalise it - Logo - Colour Schemes - Fonts c

    dive into the child theme

28. Logo How do you add a logo? - Easy =

    upload as custom header - Otherwise to the child theme! h1#logo{ text-indent: 100%; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; background:url('whateverthepathistoyourimage')no-repeat; height:heightofyourimagepx; width:widthofyourimagepx; }

29. Colour Schemes The power of colour - Use one main

    and one sub colour to maximise impact - Create a colour scheme - Unite your site with the colour scheme - Colour similar meanings the same Useful links: - http://www.colourlovers.com/ - http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html - http://www.colorschemer.com/

30. Fonts Free option = easily change the look of your

    site using Google fonts http://www.google.com/webfonts But... Google is not the only font resource

31. Pimp your pages - Full frontal hubs - Profiles u

32. Full frontal hubs - Make your front page truly a

    home page - Create your contents page with your design - Show off your community - Give incentives through displaying on front just like parents do with fridges

33. Profiles The most overlooked part of a BuddyPress site -

    Give your users a home of their own - Make it good enough to share - Let your imagination run wild - think beyond social network profiles

34. Create a voice - Customise your text - Carry throughout

    site K

35. Language files for all Carrying your voice - Customise email

    messages and lots more : Welcome pack for BuddyPress - Create custom language files and go beyond the default http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/

36. Get widgey with it - Built in - Custom widgets

    - Roll your own q

37. Get widgey with it The default theme has 5 widget

    areas

38. Beyond the default - Free BuddyPress themes - Paid BuddyPress

    themes - Custom BuddyPress themes

39. Free BuddyPress Themes

40. Free BuddyPress Themes http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/frisco-for-buddypress http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/citizen-kane http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/custom-community http://317.milo317.com/?wptheme=Secondary https://github.com/karmatosed/Status and lots

    more... Frisco Citizen Kane Custom community Secondary Status - a community theme contributions welcome

41. Paid BuddyPress Themes

42. Paid BuddyPress Themes http://ghostpool.com/wordpress/?theme=bounce-bp http://huddle.themedemo.net/ http://para.llel.us/themes/mingle-wp/ http://themeloom.com/themes/pure-theme/ http://themes.swishthemes.com/feature/ Huddle Mingle

    Pure Feature Bounce and lots more...

43. Custom BuddyPress Themes

44. Custom BuddyPress Themes http://eeif.co.uk/ http://my.telegraph.co.uk/ http://startupweekend.org/ http://jasonmraz.com/ http://bitsythis.com/ and lots

    more... Bitsy Energy & Environmental industries forum My Telegraph Start up weekend Jason Mraz

45. Get inspired http://www.bpinspire.com/ http://buddypress.org/showcase/

46. D Thank you for listening, any questions? Tammie Lister @karmatosed

    www.logicalbinary.com