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Vernon Fowler

gglnx/private-buddypress · GitHub - 0 views

  • Can I change the URL where non-loggedin users are being redirected? = Yes, currently you need to write a filter function in your functions.php. `function redirect_nonloggedin_users($current_uri, $redirect_to) { // Redirect users to the homepage // Caution! Exclude the homepage from 'Private BuddyPress' options // to avoid redirection loops! return get_option('siteurl') . '/?from=' . $redirect_to; } add_filter('pbp_redirect_login_page', 'redirect_nonloggedin_users', 10, 2);`
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    Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view the installation and all other users will be redirected to the login page. Users attempting to view blog content via RSS are also authenticated via HTTP Auth. You can exclude the registration, the homepage and blog pages (e.g. posts, archives and non-buddypress pages) from protection. In combination with the plugin 'Invitation Code Checker' your installation stays private but the registration is for users with a special password open.
Vernon Fowler

Linda Peng » Blog Archive » 10 Lessons I Learned from Designing an Online Com... - 0 views

  • I recommend giving people single sign-on options using Twitter, Linkedin, OpenID, Livejournal, etc. as well as Facebook.
  • The rest of your target market still needs to be convinced to care about your community enough to join.
  • Make your homepage interesting enough to visit twice.
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  • There’s probably a reason Quora, Stackoverflow and most Ning networks all have news feeds on their front pages.
  • Clearly define your niche.
  • clearly define your site’s niche so that users will have an easier time understanding how your site adds value to their lives. For example, Quora is the social network where one gets their questions answered; Stackoverflow is a Q&A network for programmers; Linkedin is a specific network for jobhunting professionals. What specific need does your social network cater to?
  • Beware of outdated plugins and themes.
  • Look at the description closely and check to see if it’s been tested up to the WordPress version you’ve installed. If you’re unsure, search for the plugin forums (every WordPress plugin should have one) and see the latest praises or issues people are discussing on the threads.
  • If a new theme or plugin crashes your site, rename or delete it.
  • I recommend giving people single sign-on options using Twitter, Linkedin, OpenID, Livejournal, etc. as well as Facebook.
  • Your site needs an FAQ. No, really. It does. Although you personally might think that the activity feeds and groups and profile editing links are in the most obvious locations in the world, your users will not. They’re used to their own oft-frequented social networks (cough, Facebook), and  they’ll ask you why clicking on their avatar doesn’t automatically bring them to a “change your profile picture” page or if logging into your site using Facebook Connect will mean that everything they post will automatically get cross-posted to their Facebook wall. In addition, users want to know about your site features.
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    I re-discovered my fascination with online community building around the time I subscribed to a shared hosting service, installed WordPress, discovered the Buddypress plugin, and stumbled upon open-source forums where people were amazingly helpfully about sharing troubleshooting tips and code.   This was last December. The discovery turned into an independent study I dubbed "Volunteerism in a Web 2.0 World," which turned into the development of a website and lots of meetings and several pages of an annotated bibliography - all of which I submitted to my Research in Practice Program (RIPP) advisor at the end of the semester.Over the course of my meetings with "stakeholders" (Duke students and administrators) to asses the value of the "website" (an online social network for Duke civic engagement), I learned a few things about designing an online community using WordPress and Buddypress.
Vernon Fowler

BuddyPress Global/Sitewide Unified search update for BuddyPress 1.5+ | Buddy Dev - 0 views

  • This post is all about making unifiead search work with BuddyPress 1.5+. It is a long post, so please  have a cup of coffee and let us get started. List of things we will cover below:- Installing Global Unified search Plugin Basic setup for the theme Showing search results for:- Members search Groups search Activity search Blog Posts search Blog search Group Forum search(BBPress 1.0 which you use for group forums) BBPress 2.0 based forums topic search
Vernon Fowler

BuddyPress Showcase: 12 Unique and Inspirational Sites - WPMU.org - 0 views

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    Want to see what designers and developers are doing with BuddyPress these days? Here's another installation of our BuddyPress eye candy series, featuring a few of the latest communities with uniquely customized themes. Newcomers to BuddyPress always have questions about how flexible the platform is for theming. If you're wondering what's possible with BuddyPress, just check out a few of these sites for a bit of inspiration.
Vernon Fowler

BuddyPress.org → Docs → How to Set up Your Main Site Navigation Using the Bui... - 0 views

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    The latest BuddyPress 1.5 default theme now includes the standard WordPress menus that you can easily set with drag-and-drop capabilities. You also have quite a bit more control over where your BuddyPress components are now displayed. Here are the basic steps to setting up your main site navigation after BuddyPress is installed. (*Please note that this only applies to BP 1.5+)
Vernon Fowler

WordPress › Import from Ning « WordPress Plugins - 0 views

  • What content will Import From Ning import? Import From Ning currently imports the following items from a Ning export: members, member profiles, member avatars, members comments (the "wall"), groups, discussions, and blogs. The plugin attempts to recognize inline images and copy them to the BuddyPress installation, so that you don't lose the images you've put in your blog posts.
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    "Imports the contents of a Ning Network Archive into BuddyPress"
Vernon Fowler

Eliminate BuddyPress Spam Registrations - 0 views

  • The one and only turn key solution that fixed it permanently and down to a zero-spam-registration was installing the plug in Wanguard and then enabling a security question.
  • Without security questions it keeps spam registrations at a minimum but I am now considering adding a security question. I prefer not to do this as it negatively impacts the UX at the outset but I see no other way that the spammers can’t eventually find a way through.
Vernon Fowler

Eliminate BuddyPress Spam Registrations - 0 views

  • The one and only turn key solution that fixed it permanently and down to a zero-spam-registration was installing the plug in Wanguard and then enabling a security question.
Vernon Fowler

How to improve BuddyPress speed and performance | BuddyBoss - The Ultimate BuddyPress T... - 0 views

  • Hyper Cache is specifically written for people who have their sites on low resource hosting providers. This plugin will make an enormous speed improvement and is recommended instead of other similar plugins such as WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache. It will work better with BuddyPress and is quite simple to set up.
  • The problem was with the DB Cache Reloaded plugin. Not only would the notifications not go away but when individuals submitted anything on a wall or activity stream, this would not be published for several minutes. When I removed the DB Cache Reloaded plugin, the problem went away!
  • However, every additional plugin you install will need to request information from your database and the cumulative effect of having dozens of plugins is that your site will slow down. Use only the plugins that you actually need. Try to remove the rest.
Vernon Fowler

Accelerator - Accelerator's journey to a hybrid Learning Management System - 0 views

  • the software felt overly-complex for our needs and a little unintuitive – or ‘clunky’!
  • our Moodle installation suddenly stopped working altogether one day, and we couldn’t repair upgrade to the latest version we were forced to end the Pilot Project and seek another solution – fast.
  • The hybrid solution: WordPress v3.3.1 – Basic foundation for the site BuddyPress v1.5.4 – Adds social features ScholarPress Courseware 0.9.5 – Adds LMS features Fishbook theme v1.2 – Starts to get the site looking like Facebook BP Group Management v0.5.2 – Allows us to ‘enrol’ users in courses
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  • 4. Adjusted the language to match our own, across the site: ‘Groups’ to ‘Courses’ ‘Lectures’ to ‘Modules’ ‘Schedules’ to ‘Events’ ‘Assignments’ to ‘Pre- and Post-work’ ‘Friends’ to ‘Contacts’ (and removed the Friends functionality) ‘Activity’ to ‘Newsfeed’
Vernon Fowler

WordPress › Heavy Analytics « WordPress Plugins - 0 views

  • While it currently only provides data for single site WordPress installations, we have BuddyPress and Multi-site addons in the works!
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