Title: BuddyPress For Dummies
Description: 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 themes, personalize them with CSS, and learn how to create your own  It's on the wire -- promote community interaction through wire postings for individuals or groups   Gather the gang -- integrate Twitter®, Facebook®, Flickr®, YouTube®, and other social media into your community  Go farther -- discover third-party plugins that add more options    Open the book and find:    Cool things you can do with a BuddyPress site  Requirements for a hosting environment   Where to find and download free themes  What you can do with widgets  Ways for members to create and manage their own forums   How member avatars are used  Tips on using member group features  Ten BuddyPress sites to check out  The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices.
Subjects: Computer Technology, Nonfiction, Web site development, Online social networks, WordPress (Electronic resource)