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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  • Beware of outdated plugins and themes.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

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

Migrating from old forums to bbPress 2.2+ · BuddyPress Codex - 0 views

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  • Uncheck “Discussion Forums” and save.
  • Under “Group Forums Parent“, ensure “Group Forums” is selected.
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
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  • Vernon Fowler on 27 May 12
     
    A simple BuddyPress plugin displaying the birthday of members in a sidebar Widget. 9 languages, many options available.
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Accelerator - Accelerator's journey to a hybrid Learning Management System - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 24 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • 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’
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  • anonymous on 20 Nov 09
     
    Some really nice (and free!)  Buddypress themes
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