BuddyPress Theme Contest
Posted on May 2, 2009 by Chris
Now that you’ve got your BuddyPress installation up and running, I’m sure you’ve decided that it’s time to find some new themes. After all, who wants their site to look identical to every other site that uses the same CMS and plugin? Not me. That’s for sure.
Have you noticed the lack of BuddyPress themes? Yeah. Me too. It’s sort of frustrating. But right now, with the release of BuddyPress 1.0 being so new, it makes sense that there aren’t thousands of templates to choose from.
But, I have good news. Soon there will be many more themes released by way of a competition being hosted by Free BuddyPress Themes.
How You Can Help
You may be thinking to yourself that you’re no designer. You pat yourself on the back if you can get that dang header to change colors. What? Is that just me?
Even if you’re not a developer or a designer, you can still help!! You can get the word out about the theme contest. You can advertise via your blogs & sites & twitter. The more people that enter the contest, the more BuddyPress themes we’ll have to choose from.
So get out there and let everyone know!! I’m dying for a new theme. *smiles*
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Integrating BuddyPress 1.0, WPMU 2.7.1 and bbPress Alpha 6
Posted on April 30, 2009 by Chris
Before beginning, you must install Wordpress Multi-User 2.7.1 (WPMU) as well as BuddyPress 1.0.
Remember to save (and upload) your work often when modifying the php files.
1. Download bbPress 1.0-Alpha-6
2. Unzip it and upload the entire bbpress folder to your root directory.
3. Change the name of the directory from bbpress to forums & chmod it to 777 if it isn’t already.
4. Go to yoursite.com/forums Click “Let’s get started”
5. Enter the same database information that you used while installing WPMU.
6. Click “Show advanced settings”
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How To Get New Cookie Keys For WPMU
Posted on April 30, 2009 by Chris
When installing WordPress Multi-User, secret authentication keys are created and stored in your configuration file. The generated codes are generally a string of mixed up letters and numbers.
To make your cookies more secure, WordPress has created a way to get codes that are even more mixed up than the codes generated during installation.
1. Click on the following link. http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1.
2. Copy ALL of the codes you’re given.
3. Open wp-config.php This will be in your root folder.
4. Scroll down and find the lines that look like the ones you just copied (AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, LOGGED_IN_KEY, NONCE_KEY)
5. Highlight those FIRST FOUR lines. Not 7 lines. FOUR LINES. Then right click and paste. This will replace your old security codes with the ones you just copied.
6. Save the wp-config.php file.
Please note that if you have integrated your WPMU login with other components, you’ll need to change these codes in your other configuration files as well.
For instance, bbPress has a bb-config.php file that will need to be modified.
Make sure that all authentication keys match site wide.
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BuddyPress & bbPress - Moving The buddypress-enable Plugin
Posted on April 27, 2009 by Chris
Before your BuddyPress & bbPress installations will work together, you need to move a plugin.
The plugin can be found in the following location:
wp-content >> plugins >> buddypress >> bp-forums >> bbpress-plugins >> buddypress-enable.php
Assuming that you’ve put your bbPress installation in your root folder, in a directory called ‘forums’, move your buddypress-enable.php to the following path:
forums >> bb-plugins >> buddypress-enable.php
This plugin must be enabled via your forums admin dashboard.
*Note: If you are in the process of following my tutorial about Integrating WPMU, BuddyPress & bbPress, do not worry about activation at this point. First of all, it’s impossible because forums aren’t installed. Secondly, we’ll get to that later.
BuddyPress 1.0 RC-2 Download Page
bbPress 1.0-alpha-6 Download Page
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BuddyPress 1.0 RC-2 - Where Do I Put The Themes?
Posted on April 27, 2009 by Chris
Your first step after uploading BuddyPress 1.0 RC-2 should be to move the themes (or templates) into the appropriate locations. These destinations vary from older versions.
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Integrating WPMU, BuddyPress and bbPress
Posted on April 25, 2009 by Chris
Update: Please note that this tutorial is for BuddyPress 1.0 RC-2. A new and official release of BuddyPress is now available.
Though the directions within this tutorial will work for the new release, I’ve written a 2nd tutorial that cuts out a few unnecessary steps. The new tutorial can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »
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Getting Started
Posted on April 25, 2009 by Chris
I know there’s not much to see here right now. I’ve just finally decided to take this opportunity to start up a new site I’ve been thinking about for awhile.
The goal will basically be to help others with Wordpress & Wordpress MU problems. I also intend to help with the marketing aspect of your sites as well as give my suggestions for great plugins & features.
Have a look around. It shouldn’t take you more than 2 minutes at this point. I’m open to suggestions so feel free to leave a comment and let me know if there’s something you’d like me to write about.
Chris
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