An Introduction
Andy Peatling
andyp@automattic.com / @apeatling
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Multi-Blog Platform
Social Networking Platform
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“Just a Plugin”
Profiles Blog Tracking
Activity Streams Friend Connections
Content Groups Comment Wires
Discussion Forums Status Updates*
Private Messaging Photo Albums*
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Why?
Build passionate users around
a specific niche.
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Sports Teams
Niche Communities
High Schools
Universities
Companies or Products
Newspapers
Intranets
Blogging Networks Cities & Towns
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http://buddypress.org/
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Why BuddyPress?
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Power & Stability
Open Source
Plugins & Themes
Community
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BYOTOS
(Bring Your Own Terms Of Service)
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Branding
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Plugins, Plugins, Plugins.
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Auto Upgrades :)
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Test Drive:
http://testbp.org/
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Download
BuddyPress 1.0
http://buddypress.org/download/
(or via the plugin browser!)
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Grazie!
http://buddypress.org/about/
@buddypressdev
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