This brief describes the basic steps of getting your own BuddyPress site and lists some of the recommended plugins that we use for our ESL school in Melbourne, Australia. There's also a technical 79-minute video walk-through presented by Boone Gorges on setting up a basic BuddyPress site at http://wordpress.tv/2011/06/29/boone-gorges-buddypress-pt-2/
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To get up and running: 1. ask your existing webhost to set up WordPress (or DIY from http://wordpress.org/ ) 2. Head to your "Plugins → Add New" menu and install BuddyPress. 3. Activate the bundled theme, or any other BuddyPress compatible WordPress theme. Plugins we are using on H-M BuddyPress and that I recommend: BP Disable Activation - Disables the requirement for users to activate by email on a standalone WP install with BuddyPress. WP Hide Dashboard - A simple plugin that removes the Dashboard menu, the Personal Options section and the Help link on the Profile page, hides the Dashboard links in the admin bar menu (if activated), and prevents Dashboard access to users assigned to the Subscriber role. Useful if you allow your subscribers to edit their own profiles, but don't want them wandering around your WordPress admin section. [email protected]@vfowler SMS my mobile: 0412 348 027
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To get up and running:1. ask your existing webhost to set up WordPress (or DIY from http://wordpress.org/ )2. Head to your "Plugins → Add New" menu and install BuddyPress.3. Activate the bundled theme, or any other BuddyPress compatible WordPress theme.
Plugins we are using on H-M BuddyPress and that I recommend: BP Disable Activation - Disables the requirement for users to activate by email on a standalone WP install with BuddyPress. WP Hide Dashboard - A simple plugin that removes the Dashboard menu, the Personal Options section and the Help link on the Profile page, hides
the Dashboard links in the admin bar menu (if activated), and prevents Dashboard access to users assigned to the Subscriber role. Useful if you allow your subscribers to edit their own profiles, but don't want them wandering around your WordPress admin section.
BuddyPress No Mentions - Disable the @mentions capability in BuddyPress. Perfect for users who don't understand Twitter! WP-FB-AutoConnect - A Login/Logout widget with Facebook Connect button, offering hassle-free login for your members. User Name Availability Checker for WordPress/BuddyPress - Check the availability of Username on registration page. Welcome Pack - When a user registers on your site, Welcome Pack lets you automatically send them a friend or group invitation, a Welcome
Message and can redirect them to a Start Page. You can also customise the default emails sent by BuddyPress to ensure that they match the brand and tone of your site.
BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation - Restrict group creation and settings to certain WP Role/Capabilities.
BP Group Documents - This BuddyPress component creates a document storage area within each group. BP Group Hierarchy - Allows BuddyPress groups to belong to other groups. Achievements - gives your BuddyPress community fresh impetus by promoting and rewarding social interaction with challenges, badges and points. BuddyPress Rate Forum Posts - This plugin allows rating of BuddyPress forum posts and user karma. BP Unread Posts - Creates new post icon if there are new posts in the thread. BuddyPress Topic Mover - Allows BuddyPress group mods and admins to move a forum topic to another group they are a member of. U BuddyPress Forum Attachment - Allows visitors to upload files. Several options included such as max file size, blacklist extensions, count per post,
etc. oEmbed for BuddyPress - The easiest way to share your favorite content from sites like YouTube, Flickr, Hulu and more on your BuddyPress
network. BuddyPress Wiki Component - if you need it. Enables site and group wiki functionality within Buddypress. BuddyPress ScholarPress Courseware - if you need it. A LMS for BuddyPress.
Further resources:http://groups.diigo.com/group/buddypress
Log in to http://www.linkedin.com/ and join the BuddyPress group.
Read/write support docs http://buddypress.org/support/ and discuss with the community http://buddypress.org/community/ behind BuddyPress.
A technical 79-minute video walk-through presented by Boone Gorges on setting up a basic BuddyPress site at http://wordpress.tv/2011/06/29/boone-gorges-buddypress-pt-2/
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