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Vernon Fowler

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  • 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  • Beware of outdated plugins and themes.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.
  • Vernon Fowler on 08 Aug 11
     
    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

Creating you own Social Network with Buddypress on Wordpress - 0 views

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  • Vernon Fowler on 31 Mar 12
     
    Creating your own Social Network with Buddypress on WordPress http://t.co/fazi4kc7
Vernon Fowler

WordPress › Import from Ning « WordPress Plugins - 0 views

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  • 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.
  • Vernon Fowler on 28 May 13
     
    "Imports the contents of a Ning Network Archive into BuddyPress"
Vernon Fowler

Creating a custom email template for your BuddyPress emails | BP-Tricks - 0 views

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  • Vernon Fowler on 24 Jun 13
     
    "With BuddyPress your users get loads of emails for all the notifications they receive. Creating a good looking email template does wonders for the feel of your network, and really gives it a more unique feel."
Vernon Fowler

Slides from Designing For Humans with BuddyPress Presentation - 0 views

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  • Vernon Fowler on 31 Mar 12
     
    Slides from Designing For Humans with #BuddyPress Presentation http://t.co/OlaH2HA5 via @wpmuorg
Vernon Fowler

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BuddyPress plugin shortcodes

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  • There are 12 shortcodes available in order to display a specific member, a group, a list of members, the friends of the displayed or loggedin user, the groups of the displayed or loggedin user, the messages and the notifications of a loggedin user, blogs of the network, posts from the blogs of the network.
  • Vernon Fowler on 15 Jul 13
     
    "Allows users to simply insert BuddyPress specific data into posts, widgets or theme files by using shortcodes."
Vernon Fowler

http://wpmu.org/ning-to-buddypress-importer-plugin/ - 0 views

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  • Vernon Fowler on 01 Jul 11
     
    This plugin is designed to fully import all of a Ning network's users, custom profile fields, and avatars to BuddyPress. In short, everything that you can import from Ning to BuddyPress... While members are being imported the plugin displays a user-friendly status page with a nifty list of user avatars, details, and current progress as the import page refreshes and processes the import file in batches of 5 members. All imported members receive a fully customizable introduction email with their login link, username and password. And on the off-chance you have a very large Ning member list that's too big to upload via the plugin, you can also use FTP to upload the file and import all of your Ning network members.
Vernon Fowler

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  • Vernon Fowler on 23 Jun 11
     
    A Learning Management System add-on for BuddyPress (a social network in a box).
Vernon Fowler

Ning vs Buddypress: Where are the differences? Should I switch? - JenSocial: Social Net... - 0 views

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  • because Wordpress and Buddypress is all stored on a server that you have access to, then you have complete control over your member's information.
  • Did we mention that Wordpress and Buddypress are run on a GPL license as well? That's a fancy way of saying "it's free."
  • there are other parts of Ning that Buddypress doesn't have right out of the box, namely events, photo and video sharing.
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  • you're in charge of handling hosting. And unless you have a cousin who works at a hosting website that'll hook you up, well, that's going to cost some money too.
Vernon Fowler

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  • Vernon Fowler on 24 Jan 12
     
    Let your #Buddypress members and groups add their twitter follow button to their profiles http://t.co/PtuXsyVh via @itsCharlKruger
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  • Import From Ning imports the contents of your Ning Network Archive into BuddyPress.
Vernon Fowler

Educator's presentation says schools should buddy up with BuddyPress | WPCandy - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 02 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Vernon Fowler on 02 Jul 11
     
    WordPress has certainly taken strides in recent years to improves as a content management system, or CMS. But one area that is still being explored is the use of WordPress as an LMS, or a learning management system.
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