BuddyPress For Dummies

Lisa Sabin-Wilson

Get your buddies together with BuddyPress and create your own social community Got a cause, a hobby, or some other obsession you can't wait to share with a like-minded community? BuddyPress is the buddy you need to get that community started. Here's how to get BuddyPress up and running on your WordPress Web site and use its free tools and themes to host a social network devoted to your pet projects, right on your site. Full court press -- start by obtaining a Web hosting provider and installing WordPress, then install and configure BuddyPress It's your domain -- register your domain name and use FTP to transfer necessary files Member options -- explore BuddyPress features for creating profiles, avatars, and community friendships Growing with the group -- integrate members' blogs, set up member groups, and add discussion forums with BuddyPress Custom Buddy -- expand BuddyPress...