June 15, 2010 If you’re not familiar with the Welcome Pack plugin, check out the video below. This is one of the best plugins available for personalizing your BuddyPress community. This new version, released a couple of days ago, adds a new Start Page feature. When a new user logs into your site for the very first time, the Start Page will them anywhere you’d like. This plugin is compatible with WordPress 3.0 and sports a very user-friendly plugin options page.
Welcome Pack 2.1 – Introduction from Paul Gibbs on Vimeo.
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Would love to know how other buddypress sites are using the start page functionality.
Thanks for mentioning Welcome Pack!