Daily Tip: Upload a Custom Default Avatar for BuddyPress Groups
February 8, 2012 New plugin makes it easy to use your own custom default avatar for groups within BuddyPress.
How to Add a Custom Background Image to BuddyPress Avatars
Let’s do something fun with BuddyPress! We had someone on Twitter request a tutorial on how to give BuddyPress avatars a custom background, specifically a Polaroid image, so that’s what we’re going to use as an example today. The only [...]
BuddyPress Tutorial Roundup: 15 Useful Hacks and Customizations
The BuddyPress community is coming up with many excellent tutorials lately, but with so much constant buzz it’s possible to miss some of this high quality content. That’s why we’ve gathered 15 of the best hacks and snippets for customizing [...]
Make Your Identity Interactive With Video Avatars for Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress
An exciting new service called Vanityvid is adding a new layer of interaction to social websites. The Vanityvid plugin turns avatars or profile pics into videos on your WordPress site. Wherever your avatar shows, your Vanityvid will be attached to [...]
TwitConnect Plugin Now Integrates Twitter and BuddyPress for Single Sign-on and Avatars
TwitConnect plugin has been around for a year or so but it was recently updated to be compatible with BuddyPress. This plugin was written by Shannon Whitley and utilizes oAuth to authenticate users on your site with Twitter. Adding this [...]
Simple BuddyPress Avatar CSS Tweaks: Rounded Corners, Shadows, Highlight Admin / Moderator
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 [...]
