Bronson is a WordPress obsessed designer/developer from Brisbane.
This presentation is a case study of a hot-new BuddyPress site Bronson created for The Edge.
2. OVERVIEW
Take an existing theme that is designed for responsive design
Turn it into a child theme
Add BuddyPress templates to child theme
Fix CSS styling
All this in 30 minutes!
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3. WHO AM I?
Brisbane based WordPress Developer
Working with different CMS for 12 years
Die hard Smashing Pumpkins fan!
Organiser of the WordPress Brisbane Meetup group
Just a guy who is obsessed with WordPress!
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4. MY SETUP FOR THIS WORKSHOP
A fresh WordPress install
WAMP
Firefox & Firebug
PhpStorm
Lets do this!
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5. RESPONSIVE DESIGN
Who knows what responsive design is?
Design for mobile, iPad, desktops
TwentyEleven is responsive and the WordPress admin will be responsive soon too!
http://themetrust.com/demos/reveal/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/
Resize your browser window on sites if you’re bored!
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7. BUDDYPRESS
BuddyPress: “Social networking in a box”
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8. ALRIGHT STOP…BUDDYPRESS TIME!
http://testbp.org/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/
BuddyPress 1.5 Wizard
BuddyPress Template Pack
Life is so much easier with BuddyPress 1.5
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9. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?!
Lots of new folders with templates in them!
activity
blogs
forums
groups
members
registration
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-default-data/
It’s not as scary as it first looks!
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10. FIREBUG IS YOUR FRIEND
Tweak BP-admin-bar styles
#wrap and #main on internal pages
FitVid.js for responsive vids
It’s not as scary as it first looks!
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11. COOL PLUGINS
BP Labs http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-labs/
BuddyPress Activity Plus
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-activity-plus/
BuddyPress Like http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-like/
Welcome Pack http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/
You’ve now got a social network!
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12. THANKS & QUESTIONS
Andy Peatling (@apeatling)
Paul Gibbs (@pgibbs)
Boone B Gorges (@boonebgorges)
All the people on BuddyPress.org & the WordPress community!
And thanks to you for your time!
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