Here are some quick CSS tips for customizing avatars in your BuddyPress theme. You can file this under the “cute things you can do with BuddyPress” category. I was inspired by a post in our forums where a user requested a way to distinguish admin / moderator avatars from general users. You [...]
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***UPDATE***
This post is a little outdated now and the new process is outlined at the plugin page in the WordPress repository: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/
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BuddyPress 1.2 official release is finally here with native support for WordPress. The BuddyPress site is also sporting a new look highlighting all of the plugin’s features.
We’re going to see floods of new [...]
Give your BuddyPress default theme a little kick with the @font-face CSS rule. Custom fonts are the quickest way to personalize your social networking environment. Fonts allow you to insinuate tone, create a more engaging site for your users, and consistently maintain your branding without having to produce dozens of image files for headers [...]
In case you’re likely to be doing any theme testing and debugging in the coming days, this plugin will come in handy. Theme Test Drive offers you a way to test out and work on new themes without having to duplicate your installation to test it live. I found this guide over at Inspect [...]
In case you missed it, the big news this week is that the BuddyPress 1.2 Beta has been released! It’s fresh out of the oven and is compatible with WordPress 2.9.1 and WordPress MU 2.9.1 or higher. Here’s what you need to know about the beta:
BuddyPress 1.2 is Sporting a New Default Theme
You’re going to [...]
Clean up your home page and save space with this simple technique. There are quite a few tutorials available for sliding login panels, but I wanted to present this one because it’s a fairly minimalist, bare-bones example that you can customize further. If you’re looking for a quick way to update your site’s login interface, [...]
This is an interactive, cosmetic enhancement to your blog post template that will promote author recognition and interaction on your WordPress blog or WPMU blog network. It’s easy to add to your theme and requires very few modifications. The default styling offered in this tutorial will create an author box similar to the one [...]
BuddyPress community builders have been busy creating some beautiful sites. Before the eagerly-awaited BuddyPress 1.2 is released in late January, we wanted to show our readers more exciting examples of what is possible with this ever-evolving platform. Here are 10 fantastic and fresh new BuddyPress communities in no particular order:
Solo Practice University
Solo Practice [...]
In writing for WPMU.org this year I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a great number of excellent people in the WPMU / BuddyPress community – developers, innovators, designers, and entrepreneurs. We’ve been happy to feature projects from several passionate contributors to the community and look forward to sharing more news and tips [...]
I love hacks that benefit WPMU so I’m always on the hunt to find ones that will be helpful to our readers. If you’ve ever experienced the frustration of getting a lightbox effect for images to be site-wide on your installation, here is your answer. This is a slightly hacked version of the Slimbox plugin [...]
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