Interview with Paul Gibbs, Core BuddyPress Developer
BuddyBoss MarketingMichael spoke with Paul Gibbs about the future of BuddyPress and working as a Core Developer. Paul enjoys speaking at WordCamps, crafting code, and helping people. He provides consultancy on projects and designs custom plugins. You can contact Paul for custom work at paul@byotos.com, in #buddypress-dev on freenode, or on twitter as @pgibbs. Michael Eisenwasser:
Read MoreMaking Profile the default landing page in BuddyPress
BuddyBoss MarketingIf you have Activity enabled on your BuddyPress site, you will notice that Activity is the default landing page for user profiles. However for many sites it makes more sense to keep the public Profile page as the user landing page. It’s actually pretty simple to implement. We just need to reorder the tabs so Profile
Read MoreStreamlined BuddyPress registration process
BuddyBoss MarketingThe BuddyBoss registration process is cleaner, quicker and significantly more intuitive than that of the BuddyPress default theme. Your users will no longer be confused about how to complete their registration. Watch the video for a live demo. http://vimeo.com/17960025
Read MoreWordPress 3.0 Custom Menus in BuddyPress
BuddyBoss MarketingAll BuddyBoss themes now include support for WordPress 3.0 custom menus. This video explains how to set up custom menus using our themes.
Read MoreHow to combat spam signups in BuddyPress
BuddyBoss MarketingIf you have been running a BuddyPress site without any spam protection, you will probably notice that you are receiving a lot of spam. The biggest areas for spam are: fake user signups fake activity updates fake blog comments fake blogs created (if you have user blogs enabled in BuddyPress) This can be incredibly annoying
Read MoreHow to edit PO/MO language files in BuddyPress plugins
BuddyBoss MarketingMany BuddyPress and WordPress plugins come with language files defining the text used throughout the plugin. In some cases you may want to edit the languages used, and this tutorial will explain how to do so.
Read MoreAuto-join new users to a BuddyPress group
BuddyBoss MarketingTo automatically join new users to an existing group on your BuddyPress site, you will need to add a function to your functions.php file. Add this function, replacing <# group ID #> on line five with the numeric ID of your group. You will need to figure out the group’s numeric ID. Here’s a trick.
Read MoreHow to set up a single bbPress forum with BuddyPress
BuddyBoss MarketingOut of the box, BuddyPress allows for instant integration with bbPress. It automatically themes the forum to match the rest of the website, and even tracks a user’s forum activity throughout the site. These are compelling reasons to use bbPress over other alternatives such as Simple:Press on any BuddyPress site. Unfortunately, BuddyPress forces bbPress forums
Read MorePresentation: Extending WordPress to build a community of active users
BuddyBoss MarketingToday I am doing a presentation with the Chicago Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group. The presentation will be titled “Extending WordPress to build a community of active users.” Description By using BuddyPress, the community platform for WordPress, you can turn casual readers of your blog into active participants. Bring in new visitors through user generated content,
Read MoreHow we became a BuddyPress development company
BuddyBoss MarketingWhen we decided to build EasyOutsource, a community job site, our first attempt was to build it on the Drupal platform. At the time it appeared to be the best solution available due to several plugins that could potentially, when combined, work as a social networking site. However we discovered a number of issues with Drupal, mainly that these
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