BuddyPress For Dummies (Paperback)

Get your buddies together with BuddyPress and create your own social community

Got a cause, a hobby, or some other obsession you can't wait to share with a like-minded community? BuddyPress is the buddy you need to get that community started. Here's how to get BuddyPress up and running on your WordPress Web site and use its free tools and themes to host a social network devoted to your pet projects, right on your site.

• Full court press — start by obtaining a Web hosting provider and installing WordPress, then install and configure BuddyPress

• It's your domain — register your domain name and use FTP to transfer necessary files

• Member options — explore BuddyPress features for creating profiles, avatars, and community friendships

• Growing with the group — integrate members' blogs, set up member groups, and add discussion forums with BuddyPress

• Custom Buddy — expand BuddyPress themes, personalize them with CSS, and learn how to create your own

• It's on the wire — promote community interaction through wire postings for individuals or groups

• Gather the gang — integrate Twitter®, Facebook®, Flickr®, YouTube®, and other social media into your community

• Go farther — discover third-party plugins that add more options

Open the book and find:

• Cool things you can do with a BuddyPress site

• Requirements for a hosting environment

• Where to find and download free themes

• What you can do with widgets

• Ways for members to create and manage their own forums

• How member avatars are used

• Tips on using member group features

• Ten BuddyPress sites to check out

組織你的朋友們，使用BuddyPress創建自己的社交社群。

有一個事業、愛好或其他你迫不及待想與志同道合的社群分享的狂熱嗎？BuddyPress是你需要的夥伴，讓你能夠開始建立這個社群。以下是如何在你的WordPress網站上啟用並運行BuddyPress，並使用它的免費工具和主題來托管一個專注於你的個人項目的社交網絡。

- 全力以赴：首先獲取Web主機提供商並安裝WordPress，然後安裝並配置BuddyPress。
- 這是你的域名：註冊你的域名並使用FTP傳輸必要的文件。
- 會員選項：探索BuddyPress的功能，創建個人資料、頭像和社群友誼。
- 與團體一起成長：整合成員的博客，設置成員群組，並使用BuddyPress添加討論論壇。
- 自定義Buddy：擴展BuddyPress主題，使用CSS個性化它們，並學習如何創建自己的主題。
- 在線上：通過個人或群組的線上發布促進社群互動。
- 聚集一群人：將Twitter®、Facebook®、Flickr®、YouTube®和其他社交媒體整合到你的社群中。
- 走得更遠：發現添加更多選項的第三方插件。

打開這本書，你會找到：

- 關於BuddyPress網站的酷炫功能。
- 主機環境的要求。
- 在哪裡找到並下載免費主題。
- 關於小工具可以做什麼的介紹。
- 成員如何創建和管理自己的論壇。
- 成員頭像的使用方法。
- 使用成員群組功能的提示。
- 十個值得一看的BuddyPress網站。