Are you building a community? Discover if BuddyPress is right for you.

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Better BuddyPress Communities
Tanner Moushey,
CEO, Lead Developer,
iWitness Design
tanner@iwitnessdesign.com
@tannermoushey
https://tannermoushey.com

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Finding BuddyPress
by connecting people

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Better BuddyPress Communities
● BuddyPress is AMAZING!!!
● BuddyPress is hard
● Tools to build a successful BuddyPress site
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BuddyPress is Amazing!

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BuddyPress is Hard.
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BuddyPress is a
Toolbox
It takes patience and skill to use
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User Flow
Step 1
User registration.
Step 2
Account setup.
Step 3
Use things (break
things, etc)
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“We have all known
the long loneliness,
and we have found
that the answer is
community.”
- Dorothy Day

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Resources
Slides: iwitnessdesign.com/wcsea17
Twitter: @tannermoushey
Email: tanner@iwitnessdesign.com
Plugins
● GravityForms (User Registration)
● BP Force Profile
● BuddyPress Conditional Field Groups
● Invite Anyone
● User Switching
● Restrict Content Pro
● RCP + BP
Themes
● BuddyBoss
● WeFoster