BuddyPress is the WordPress platform's answer to community driven websites. BuddyPress is customizable and can be designed to match the style of your website through the use of CSS and understanding BuddyPress templates. BuddyPress For Dummies takes the reader through the steps of modifying and creating customized BuddyPress themes.
The book will cover:
* Setting up the WordPress foundation required to run BuddyPress
* Installing BuddyPress on a WordPress powered site
* Discovering the social benefits to your community members
* Navigating and understanding the different BuddyPress components, including extended profiles, private messaging, friends, groups, the wire, activity streams, blog tracking, forums, status updates, and photo albums
* Troubleshooting BuddyPress once it is up and running
* Extending BuddyPress through the use of addons and plugins
* Customizing the style of BuddyPress through CSS and template tags
* Bringing all of your social community subscriptions together in BuddyPress, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube
