BUDDYPRESSIt’s like I am beating a dead horse.

What it is, what it’s not, what it can do, and setup.

Local BuddyPress Yapper: Tim McKenna aka @AzraelGroup aka Godzilla

GETTING STARTED

BUDDYPRESSStarted out as WordPress Multisite hack, now owned by Auttomatic.

A set a elegant social media components rolled into a plugin.

Activity StreamsUser Profiles

Options to add user profile fields and sectionsAvatar uploadsGroup Creation

Group discussion forums (via bbPress)Group logo and Wire

Friend systemMessaging

Custom themesBlogs per user (via the WordPress engine)

BUDDYPRESSLead Developers of BuddyPress

John James Jacoby@JJJ

Paul Gibbs@pgibbs

Boone Georges@boone

Andy Peatling@apeatling

Follow them on Twitter. Do it, Do it now.

BUDDYPRESSGetting Started

Find out your business requirements and do research

Setup up development environment

Development

Testing (try to break it)

Staging the site

Go live

BUDDYPRESSGetting Started

Go to BuddyPress.org and sign in (WordPress.org credentials).

Join in the forums when asking for help be as specific as possible.

Read the BuddyPress Codex, refer to it often.

Download the plugin.

Save until you setup your development environment.

Resource: BuddyPress Codex

BUDDYPRESSFind out your business requirements and do research

What is the purpose of your social site?

How should your site engage users in a meaningful way?

How are you going to address bugs?

Who do you hand the project off to once live?

This is a conversation you need to have with your stakeholders. This conversation is imperitive because it will help define the necessitities and avoid scope creep.

Resource: Develop and present project plan, scope, and timeline

BUDDYPRESSSetup your development environment

Create a local installation of WordPress and work on your desktop.

Setup your local install of WordPress and upload your BuddyPress plugin.

Download a theme and begin work on a child theme or use a starter theme like Bones, Underscores, Roots or Handcrafted.

Work with a designer (preferably one familiar with web design)

Get your favorite Text Editor or IDE and get to work

Resources: Local Installer - BitNami, Text Editor - Atom or Sublime Text

BUDDYPRESSDevelopment

Front End Development - Design the UI and map out the UX.

Extending the Site: Download various plugins that meet you specific needs.

Customize Installation - Create custom post types, Edit roles and permissions, etc.

Version Control - Use Github and push up master files before branching off.

Test Features - Test features with others on OS’s, browsers and devices.

Resource: Access website over local network from other devices

BUDDYPRESSTesting

Resource: The 5 Minute WordPress Security Audit

Test your site in multiple Browsers, make sure your elements scale correctly and work across the board.

Test all functions and features in every possible browser. Perform a security audit.

BUDDYPRESSStaging the Site

Move your local installation to a staging site.

Retest everything.

Make sure to keep up with version control.

Get approvals to move forward with launching project.

Discussing managed hosting plan for live site (Bonus: Anchor Hosting).

Organize all of your documentation.

Resource: How to Create Staging Environment for a WordPress Site

BUDDYPRESSGo Live

Do a soft launch, move it to live server and quietly do some more testing.

Once you have gone through your last testing, announce site is live

Having marketing and PR (whomever) announce site.

Hand off site to client or move into a maintenance/support role.

Updates to live site will only occur after thorough testing on staging site.

Keep up with version control.

Resource: 25 Things to Test Before Your Site Goes Live

BUDDYPRESSPAFP Community Configuration

AdminizeAAFP DB Import Members*

AntiVirusComet Chat

bbPressBetter WordPress Minify

BP Group DocumentsBP Group Organizer

BuddyPressBuddyPress Activity Plus (TK version)

BuddyPress Anounce GroupBuddyPress Group Email Subscription

BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Fields TypeCustom Login

Export Users to CSV

Gravity FormsIE Enhancer & ModernizerJKC Admin Bar ToggleJCWP copy paste blockerPrivate BuddyPressPrivate Community for BP LiteResponsive Image WidgetRole ManagerW3 Total CacheWordPress Database BackupWP-OptimizeVaultPressWP Smush.itWP TogetherJSVaultPress

*Fork of Import Users from CSV

BUDDYPRESSRole Manager

BuddyPress has an additional set of roles due to the addition of groups

and forums (thanks to bbPress). Role Manager allows me create/rename/

delete roles and capabilities. It hasn’t been updated since WP 2.2, but we’ve picked it up and maded

updates for WP 3.9, BP 2.0.1 and we plan to post it to Github.

BUDDYPRESSeLearning Modules

Using a combination of SlideShare, Private Google Hangouts on Air, and CometChat we created live,

interactive webcasts. Videos were recorded, uploaded to Vimeo

and saved for continuing medical education accreditation (CME).

CometChat allowed for us to have real time, private chat while the

speaker responded live.

BUDDYPRESSJWCP Copy Paste Blocker

We had to deter copy and paste from inside the PAFP Community,

as it was stressed that all communications inside were privy

to just members. JWCP Copy Paste Blocker allowed us to turn off this common action. While members

can paste into the input field from an outside source, they cannot copy

and paste from inside of the site.

BUDDYPRESSMember Database Integration

We use Avectra NetForum for our membership database, which is

tied to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) member information. We created a simple procedure that dumps member

information from Avectra into a .csv, in which we automated the Import User from CSV plugin at the end of each month. Members do not register for the site, they already

have login credentials.

BUDDYPRESSPlanned Integrations and Features

Retiring CometChat and integrating Meetings.io as our new interactive video

and chat platforms.

Directing membership to do all event registration and payment inside the PAFP

Community.

Since the PAFP Community is completely advertising free, we plan on integrating

GoFundMe.com as a crowdfunding platform inside the site to raise money for

medical student scholarships.

Upon three unsuccessful login attempts, we are going to have the Jurassic Park

Denis Nedry Denied Access gif as a popup.

Develop a new theme, based on Bones, for use with other medical societies.

Member podcasts via SoundCloud to be uploaded and added to member profiles.

BUDDYPRESSIt’s awesome, seriously.

Email me: hello@azraelgroup.comTweet at me: @AzraelGroupLinkedIn at me: Tim McKenna

QUESTIONS?