Display BuddyPress Members Who Have Uploaded an Avatar

by Sarah Gooding July 3^rd, 2012 Leave a comment

The BuddyPress recent members widget doesn’t bother to check if a user has uploaded an avatar. Some BuddyPress site admins would prefer not to show any users who are still using the generic mystery man avatar. You can get more control over your widget display by using a plugin that checks for avatars specifically. BuddyPress Members With Uploaded Avatars Widget is a free plugin from BuddyPress developer Brajesh Singh of BuddyDev.com. This widget lets you showcase a list of members who have uploaded an avatar recently or changed their photos.

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13 Shining Examples of BuddyPress in the Wild

by Sarah Gooding July 2^nd, 2012 10 Responses

It’s amazing how many different and unique ways people are putting BuddyPress social networking to use for their community websites. In these examples you will see people from all over the globe connecting on mutual interests, including sports, spirituality, fundraising, beer, education, music, and more. Check out a few of these sites to find some inspiration for using BuddyPress to connect people across the globe in new ways.
Venture Capital for Africa

Hoboken Mommies

Shift.ms

Vloggea

Worship Ministry

StuConnect

SportsRantz

Beer Credits

rockhaq

Mac Miller

VMC

Engage

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BuddyPress 1.6 Will Require WordPress 3.4

by Sarah Gooding June 26^th, 2012 1 Response

Here’s an important message for all of the BuddyPress-powered communities out there looking to upgrade to 1.6. This next release will require WordPress 3.4. If you’re wanting to take advantage of everything new that BuddyPress 1.6 has to offer, it’s a good idea to go ahead and upgrade your WordPress site to 3.4. If you haven’t already upgraded, you’re definitely missing out, given all of the fancy new theme customization features in the 3.4 release. Get your sites ready so you can jump on BuddyPress 1.6 when it’s officially released.

BuddyPress, BuddyPress Development, BuddyPress Plugins, BuddyPress Themes, Community

Planning and Building an Intranet with WordPress

by davidalbert June 22^nd, 2012 5 Responses

Ah, the Intranet. Long hailed as the red-headed step child of web portals, Intranet’s are increasingly becoming more sophisticated as companies realize the true potential of a well-designed central hub to share, collaborate, reference company and client information, and even manage projects and track time.

While there’s no shortage of hosted Intranet solutions on the market, fortunately for the WordPress inclined a plethora of themes, widgets and plugins are available whether you’re looking to build an Intranet for 5 employees or 500.

BuddyPress, Tutorials

WordPress login page not right for your site? Build your own sidebar login with member info!

by Patrick Cohen June 21^st, 2012 18 Responses

We all know and love the WordPress login page, and many of us have tried to customize the heck out of it at some point or another. But even if we get it looking and working more or less the way we want, it’s not always a good fit for the type of site we’re running. In many instances, a sidebar login seems to be a more appropriate choice. For one thing, a sidebar login is always there, enticing your visitors to connect and to engage with other users. That can be especially true if you’re running a niche community network with Buddypress.

Wordpress login page sidebar alternative

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New Features Coming to BuddyPress Checkins Plugin

by Sarah Gooding May 22^nd, 2012 2 Responses

Last month we let you know that the new BuddyPress Location Checkins plugin is now in beta. If you’ve been following this plugin’s progress, you’ll be happy to know that imath has added BP Checkins to the WordPress repository, in anticipation of some exciting new features, including:

The ability to add photos to checkins
Community Places – an area to share the places you like and have checked in
Foursquare API – members will be able to authorize BP Checkins to get their foursquare checkins

Here’s a teaser of what you can expect in the next version:

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Redirect BuddyPress Users After Login

by Sarah Gooding May 20^th, 2012 Leave a comment

By default members of a BuddyPress site are redirected to the home page after logging in. BuddyPress Login Redirect is a simple plugin that lets you change this. Currently you can select from three different locations to redirect:

Personal Profile / Personal Activity
Site Wide Activity
Friends’ Activity

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BuddyPress My Moods Plugin Adds Moods and Smileys to Status Updates

by Sarah Gooding April 27^th, 2012 1 Response

Want a fun way to get members interacting more on your BuddyPress site? BuddyPress MyMood is a new plugin that lets members post moods and smileys with status updates on profiles and group pages.

Posted moods then show up in the activity stream where other users can comment on them:

A user’s most recent mood post shows up in the profile header above the most recent status update.

One great feature of this plugin is that it is entirely customizable through the dashboard, should you wish to change or remove any of the moods in the dropdown list.