The document introduces BuddyPress and WordPress Multi-Site. BuddyPress allows users to build social networks on WordPress. It works with WordPress Multi-Site to manage multiple sites from one WordPress installation. Instructions are provided on getting started with BuddyPress, including downloading and installing the plugin, configuring it, and finding themes. Examples of existing sites using BuddyPress are listed and resources for help or themes are provided.

1. Introduction to BuddyPress and the WordPress Multi-Site feature Atlanta WordPress Users Group by Russell Fair 6/16/2010

2. Topics for tonight's meetup Say Hello to WordPress 3.0

3. What is BuddyPress?

4. Who can use BuddyPress and WordPress Multi-Site?

5. How to get started

6. Finding help

7. Say Hello to WordPress 3.0 WordPress 3.0 gives site administrators the ability to manage multpile sites (or blogs) from one WordPress Installation

8. Word on the street is that 3.0 should be released today!(ish)

9. Download the beta from http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk

10. Multi Site vs WPMU Before WordPress version 3.0 there was a seperate WordPress project called WordPress multi user or WordPress µ

11. This feature gives you the ability to have many blogs (or sites) from a single installation

12. With a Domain Mapping plug-in you can assign a Fully Qualified Top Level Domain to a sub site

13. Why use WPMU or Multi Site? Maintain hundreds of blogs or sites from one installation saves time on upgrades

14. Plug-ins and themes are stored in central location reducing upgrade and maintenance time and cost

15. No need for seperate hosting accounts for individual sites

16. Saves set up and configuration time