WordCamp Utah BuddyPress Presentation

John Lynnjohn@crashutah.comhttp://crashutah.com

http://givingsports.comhttp://givingsquare.com

Build passionate users around a specific niche.

Social Network in a Box

BuddyPress Features

✓ Activity Streams

✓ Forums

✓ Child Themes

✓ Blog Tracking

✓ Extended Profiles

✓ Friends

✓ Private Messaging

✓ Groups

Extended Profiles

Friends

Private Messaging

Groups

Forums

Activity Streams

BuddyPress is not "all or nothing."

Facebook-in-a-box?

WP or WP Multisite?

•Scratch -> Go MU, just in case

•Existing WP Install -> WP

•WPMU -> WPMU & BP

http://buddypress.org/extend/themes/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

-Use BP Translation POT

THEMES

*Just Like WordPress Plugins*Set of BuddyPress hooks, actions and filters

*Group API

PLUGINS

BuddyPress Media (francescolaffi, foxly)BuddyPress Links (MrMaz)

Group Documents (Peter Anselmo)oEmbed for BuddyPress (r-a-y)

BuddyPress Group Email Subscription(Multiple)

BP Moderation (francescolaffi)BuddyPress Like (Alex Hempton-Smith)

Education/Courseware PluginsBP Group Blog (reblevins)

Facestream and Tweetstream (blackphantom)Most WP Plugins Work

PLUGINS

Group Centric

Forum Centric

Blog Centric

Profile Centric

Wiki (Plugin) Centric

Registration

John Lynnjohn@crashutah.com

http://twitter.com/techguyhttp://crashutah.com

http://givingsports.comhttp://givingsquare.com

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