Adding A Social ‘Stache To WordPressBuddyPress, 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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Authenticity Matters

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BuddyPressOkay, NOW we’re getting

somewhere!

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BuddyPress

• “Social networking in a box”

• Friends

• Private messaging

• Activity streams

• Groups

• Forums

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Whoah, whoah, whoah!

That sounds pretty complicated!

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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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Don’t Be This Guy

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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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You never want to see this face.

Huh?

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Use Cases

• Document collaboration

• Classified ads

• Courseware

• Affinity group discussions

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Accessorize!

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BuddyPress.org Redesign

Shhhh. Don’t tell!

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Today.

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The future.

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Movember

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Mustavatar

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Links

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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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Much thanks for to your attendance.

Remember to please make benefit glorious charity Movember!

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