buddypress @ wordcamp sf 2009
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Cooking With BuddyPress at WordCamp San Francisco 2009.TRANSCRIPT
Cooking with BuddyPress
Andy Peatlinghttp://apeatling.wordpress.com / @apeatling
Saturday, May 30, 2009
What is it?
Why should I use it?
How do I skin and extend it?
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Multi-Blog Platform
Multi-Blog + Social Platform
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Profiles
Private Messaging
Friend Connections
Content Groups
Discussion Forums
Comment Wires
Activity Streams
Status Updates*
Photo Albums*
Blog Tracking
“Just a Plugin”
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Why?Build passionate users around
a specific niche.
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Sports Teams Niche Communities
High Schools
Universities
Companies or Products
Intranets
Blogging Networks Cities & Towns
Newspapers
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A social network: to beor not to be?
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BuddyPress is not all or nothing.
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Why BuddyPress?
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Open Source
Power & Stability
Community
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BYOTOS(Bring Your Own Terms Of Service)
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Custom Branding
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Existing Plugins
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University Intranet
Profiles
Comment Wires
Activity Streams
Blog Tracking
+ LDAP Login Plugin
+ “More Privacy” Plugin
+ Group Blogs Plugin
Content Groups
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How do I install BuddyPress?
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Download & Install WordPress MU
(stick with sub-folders if you can)
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One click download & install
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Oh, and move the themes...
Default WP ThemeDefault BP Theme
/wp-content/bp-themes/bpmember/
/wp-content/themes/bphome/
(optional)
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Choose your components
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Drop in social widgets
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Set up bbPress for forums(will become easier!)
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How do I skin BuddyPress?
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WordPress themes arefor blog/content pages
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BuddyPress themes arefor social pages
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Theme combinationsW
P Th
eme
BP
Them
e
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Blog Networks
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BuddyPress themes have specific template files for each
component
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Neatly ordered into sub-folders
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Don’t need a component? Delete ‘em!
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URL’s map to template files
http://example.org/members/andy/messages/compose/
/wp-content/bp-themes/bpmember/messages/compose.php
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BuddyPress themes use “The Loop” but not just for blog
posts
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Output any BuddyPress content through custom loops
http://bit.ly/bploopdocs
bp_has_activities()
bp_has_site_members()
bp_has_site_groups()
bp_has_site_blogs()
bp_has_blogs() bp_has_posts()
bp_has_comments()
bp_has_friendships()bp_has_groups()
bp_group_has_members()
bp_has_message_threads()
bp_has_wire_posts()
bp_has_profile()
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The “Site Members” Loop
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Fine grained control over loop output
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The “Skeleton Theme” is a BuddyPress theme framework
(it’s bundled with every BuddyPress download)
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How can I extendBuddyPress?
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BuddyPress is as extensibleas WordPress
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All BuddyPress components are coded and structured the same way
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Standardization and consistency makes happy developers
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BuddyPress functions allow you totalk directly to the theme
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Building your component navigation
bp_core_add_nav_item ( ‘Profile’, // Name ‘profile’ // Slug);
bp_core_add_subnav_item ( ‘profile’, // Slug of parent ‘Edit Profile’, // Name ‘edit’, // Slug of sub nav item $bp->loggedin_user->domain . ‘/profile’, // parent URL ‘xprofile_screen_edit’ // Function to run when clicked);
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bp_core_add_subnav_item ( ‘profile’, // Slug of parent ‘Edit Profile’, // Name ‘edit’, // Slug of sub nav item $bp->loggedin_user->domain . ‘/profile’, // parent URL ‘xprofile_screen_edit’ // Function to run when clicked);
function xprofile_screen_edit() { // Do stuff (save changes etc)
bp_core_load_template ( ‘profile/edit-profile’ );}
[activetheme]/profile/edit-profile.php
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BuddyPress components are all URLaction based
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http://example.org/groups/wplovers/members/ban/345
$bp->current_component $bp->current_item $bp->action_variables(array)(string)(string)
$bp->current_action(string)
Easily create and use pretty URL’s in your components
http://example.org/members/andy/wordcamps/attended/sf/2009
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Hook in everywhere
http://bit.ly/bphooks
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The “Skeleton Component” is a BuddyPress plugin framework
http://bit.ly/bpskelcomp
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The Future....Cast your votes!http://bit.ly/bpvote
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Thanks! Questions?
@apeatling
@buddypressdev
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