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1. BuddyPress Integration
Jake Spurlock
jake@petomundo.com
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2. Why BuddyPress?
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3. Social Network In A Box
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4. Social Network In A Box
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5. Open Source Social Network
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6. What is
BuddyPress?
Robust set of plugins that
transform a vanilla
WordPressMU install into a
robust social network.
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7. Why?
Have you scoured the web
looking for ways to tie
social actions into visitors of
your site?
Are you using WordPress as
a CMS?
Want to tie your visitors
together in new ways?
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8. What do I get?
Extended Profiles
Private Messaging
Friends
Groups
Wire
Activity
Blogs
Status Updates (coming soon)
Albums (coming soon)
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9. What does it
take?
•WordPressMU
•A couple of plugins
•bbPress (optional)
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10. Integration
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11. wp-content
mu-plugins
member-themes
themes
plugins
blogs.dir/uploads
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12. Component Based
bp-core
bp-groups
bp-admin
bp-messages
bp-activity
bp-wire
bp-blogs
bp-xprofile
bp-forums
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13. HOME THEME
ROBUST WIDGET READY THEME FOR ADDING LOTS OF CONTENT
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14. MEMBER THEME
PREDEFINED, GORGEOUS, AND LOTS OF FLEXIBILITY
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15. Secrets...
Home theme integration
plugin-sidebar.php
plugin-template.php
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16. plugin-template.php
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php do_action('bp_template_content') ?>
<?php bp_get_plugin_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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17. Petomundo!
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id=quot;contentquot;>
<div id=quot;homepagequot;>
<div class=quot;searchfeaturedquot;>
<?php do_action('bp_template_content') ?>
</div>
</div>
<div id=quot;bp_thumbquot;>
<?php bp_get_plugin_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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18. MEMBER AND GROUP DIRECTORIES
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19. What about plugins?
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20. Hey, it’s WordPress!
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21. Plugins
YouTube
Flickr
Invite Friends
Auto-Suggest
TinyMCE
Widgets
Join This Blog
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22. Petomundo Demo
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23. BuddyPress Integration
Jake Spurlock
jake@petomundo.com
Saturday, February 28, 2009