Thinking Outside TheBox With BuddyPress

David “HIDE YOUR TACOS” Bissetdavidbisset.com / @dimensionmedia

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Thinking Outside TheBox With BuddyPress

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A.K.A.Just an excuse to

TALK ABOUT BUDDYPRESS FOR ~30 MINUTES

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WHAT IS BUDDYPRESS?WHAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED

UNIQUE EXAMPLESELEMENTS & CONCEPTS

START THINKING BIG

Extended Profile Fields

ACCOUNT SETTINGS

FRIEND CONNECTIONS

PRIVATE MESSAGING

ACTIVITY STREAMS

GROUPSNOTIFICATIONS

SITE TRACKING

PROFILE PRIVACY

THEME COMPATIBILITY

Activity Streams

ACTIVITY STREAMS

ACTIVITY STREAMS

EXTENDED PROFILE FIELDS

EXTENDED PROFILE FIELDS

EXTENDED PROFILE FIELDS

EXTENDED PROFILE FIELDS

ACCOUNT SETTINGS

FRIEND CONNECTIONS

Friendship Connections

Friendship Connections

PRIVATE MESSAGING

PRIVATE MESSAGING

PRIVATE MESSAGING

GROUPS

GROUPS

theme compatibility

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SO WHAT’S THE BOX?

BUDDYPRESS DEFAULT THEME

BUDDYPRESS DEFAULT THEME

BUDDYPRESS DEFAULT THEME

theme compatibility

THEME COMPATIBILITY

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MOST TYPECAST ACTOR EVER

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SAYING BUDDYPRESS JUST “ADDS SOCIAL TO A SITE”

WORDPRESS IS JUST “BLOG SOFTWARE”

DEFINE “SOCIAL NETWORKS”

Step 1

This ONE TIME,AT WORDCAMP...

YOU

CLIENT

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

GOOGLE PLUS

INSTAGRAM

INSTAGRAM

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IT NEEDS A SOLUTION CUSTOM TAILORED FOR CLIENTS THAT MAKE SENSE

SOME EXAMPLES OF UNIQUE BUDDYPRESS SITES

Step 2

TASTYKITCHEN.COMCOOKING COMMUNITY USING BUDDYPRESS

TASTYKITCHEN.COMCOOKING COMMUNITY USING BUDDYPRESS

TASTYKITCHEN.COMCOOKING COMMUNITY USING BUDDYPRESS

MSOE.EDUMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

TRAINERSPACE.COMSEARCH AND HIRE PERSONAL TRAINERS ONLINE

TRAINERSPACE.COMSEARCH AND HIRE PERSONAL TRAINERS ONLINE

TRAINERSPACE.COMSEARCH AND HIRE PERSONAL TRAINERS ONLINE

LIVENINJA.COMLIVE VIDEO CHAT AND NETWORKING

LIVENINJA.COMLIVE VIDEO CHAT AND NETWORKING

LIVENINJA.COMLIVE VIDEO CHAT AND NETWORKING

PROJECT “TEACHERPRESS”ONLINE CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

PROJECT “TEACHERPRESS”ONLINE CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

PROJECT “TEACHERPRESS”ONLINE CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

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BUDDYPRESS WAS USED

SOME EXAMPLES OF ELEMENTS IN BUDDYPRESS TO HELP US

BUILD AWESOME SITES

Step 3

GROUPS API

GROUPS API

GROUPS API

MEmbersOWN ACTIVITY STREAMOWN FORUM (bbPRESS)

OWN METADATAOWN PRIVACY / INVITE SYSTEM

B+--.Pr$,, Gr%+/, H"v$:

GROUPS API0"1/)$: Cr%w-2'-&'( S&#$

GROUPS API0"1/)$: C%'f$r$'3$ S&#$

www.conference.com/groups/session-name

www.conference.com/SESSIONS/session-name

www.PROJECTSOCIAL.com/PROJECTS/PROJECT-name

www.SHARESTORIES.com/STORIES/STORY-name

www.MYFAMILY.com/FAMILIES/FAMILY-name

NOTIFICATIONS API

NOTIFICATIONS API

CONCEPTS

Step 4

GAMIFICATION

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Achievements gamifies your WordPress site with challenges, badges, and points. Badges and points are the funnest way to reward and encourage members of your community to participate. Leaderboards and rankings bring friendly competition to your community.

HTTP://WORDPRESS.ORG/PLUGINS/ACHIEVEMENTS/

B.&/"OS C-++%,($' A&&-O,Developer: Credly / webdevstudios

BadgeOS™ turns your WordPress site into an achievement and badging system. And with BuddyPress enabled on your site, achievements are not only awarded by demonstrating skills and knowledge, but also by participating in community activities.

HTTP://WORDPRESS.ORG/PLUGINS/BADGEOS-COMMUNITY-ADD-ON/

CUSTOM FORMS

CUSTOM FORMS

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• OPEN SOURCE

• CONTROL YOUR OWN DATA (NSA PERMITTING)

• CUSTOMIZATION - YOU ARE IN CONTROL

• Great for internal sites, proof of concepts

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BUDDYPRESS THEMES EXIST

D,'’- S"- )$r$!GET INVOLVED!

PEOPLE TO STALK@jjj@bmess@pgibbs@boone@buddypressdev@BoweFrankema@karmatosed

@modemlooper@r-a-y@slaFFik@imath@pollyplummer@konradsroka

THANK YOU.

David “SHOULD HAVE HAD A V8” Bissetdavidbisset.com / @dimensionmedia

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David “SHOULD HAVE HAD A V8” Bissetdavidbisset.com / @dimensionmedia