Adding a Social 'Stache to WordPress: BuddyPress, bbPress and Beyond
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Who Am I?
• Doug Stewart
• WordCamp Philly co-organizer
• Philly WordPress Meetup co-organizer
• @zamoose
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Thesis:Like a good mustache, bbPress and
BuddyPress can add that missing spark to your everyday blog
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Why Social?
• Increases user engagement
• Encourages contribution
• Lowers barriers to entry for content
• Gives “freshness” to a site
• Increases a sense of ownership
• And Community
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bbPress...That forum software
for WordPress that you probably knew about
but completely forgot exists
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bbPress
• WordPress-native forum software
• Akin to phpBB, vBulletin, etc.
• Utilizes core WP functions to create and manage forums
• Dead-simple to install
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Install
• Go to “Plugins” > “Add New” in your Dashboard
• Type ‘bbpress” into the search field
• Click “Install Now”
• Click “Activate”
• Go to “Forums” > “New Forum”, create a forum, and start posting
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Notable bbPress Installs
• WordPress.org support forums
• WordPress.com support forums
• Dropbox support forums
• Stephen Fry’s discussion forums
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Extend bbPress
• Support forums
• (Selectively) use bbPress topics in lieu of comments
• BBCode (no relation!)
• Signatures
• Attachments/images
• Email notifications!
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Coming in 2.1
• Fancy editor using TinyMCE in any WordPress theme
• BuddyPress 1.6 Group integration (multiple and hierarchical forums)
• Setting of minimal role requirement for public/private/hidden forums
• Topic & reply moderation using moderation_keys (from commenting/Discussion Settings)
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BuddyPress
• “Social networking in a box”
• Friends
• Private messaging
• Activity streams
• Groups
• Forums
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Simplicity For You
• Plugin installer: do what we did for bbPress, only use “buddypress” instead
• Walk through steps presented by BuddyPress installer
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(Make Sure You Install BP Theme Compat Plugin)
Not quite right.
There. That’s better.
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Simplicity For Them
• Progressively introduce features at a pace that makes sense
• Allow users to get used to site
• Extend functionality in ways that make sense for your community/user base
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Use Cases
• Document collaboration
• Classified ads
• Courseware
• Affinity group discussions
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• BuddyPress
• http://buddypress.org
• bbPress
• http://bbpress.org
• Movember
• http://us.movember.com/
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• Get Shopped Support Forums
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-vip-support-plugin/
• bbPress Topics for Posts
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/
• bbPress New Topic Notifications
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-new-topic-notifications/
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• http://wordpress.org/support/
• http://en.forums.wordpress.com/
• http://forums.dropbox.com
• http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/
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• BuddyPress Classifieds
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-classifieds/
• BuddyPress Docs
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-docs/
• BuddyPress ScholarPress Courseware
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-courseware/
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• Mustachify Me
• http://mustachify.me/
• Dougal Campbell’s Mustavatar plugin
• http://dougal.gunters.org/plugins/mustavatar/
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• Axe Cop
• http://axecop.com
• Your Canadian Boyfriend
• @sween / http://iamyourcanadianboyfriend.com/
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• Philly WordPress Meetup group
• http://meetup.com/
• Philly WordPress Community site
• http://phillywp.org
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