Presentation

1. bbPress 101
Jared
Atchison
WordPress
Developer
&
Consultant
jaredatchison.com
/
@jaredatch
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2. Just
who
the
heck
is
this
guy?
ABOUT ME
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3. About Me
• 2008
Texas
A&M
graduate
(whoop)
• WordPress
developer
&
consultant
• Featured
Genesis
developer
• WordCamp
speaker
and
aNendee
• Plugin
author
(bbPress!)
• Custom
Metaboxes
co-­‐author
(CustomMetaboxes.com)
• bbPress
contributor,
forum
moderator
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4. Diving
in…
BBPRESS (BBPRESS.ORG)
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5. So…
• Do
you
know
what
bbPress
is?
• Do
you
use
bbPress?
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6. “bbPress
is
forum
so1ware
with
a
twist
from
the
creators
of
WordPress.
Create
a
simple
and
engaging
community
to
compliment
your
WordPress
powered
website
or
blog.”
bbpress.org
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7. Simply said, bbPress is forum.
Also
known
as
bulle[n
board
and
message
boards.
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8. Not to be confused with
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9. bbPress != BuddyPress
(but
we
like
BuddyPress
too!)
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10. bbPress is simple – on purpose
• What
do
you
want
in
a
forum?
• What
do
you
need
in
a
forum?
• Core
vs
plugins.
• Examples:
signatures,
aNachments,
advanced
no[fica[ons,
search,
quotes
• bbPress
is
a
solid
founda[on
built
to
be
extended
(more
on
that
later).
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12. Some background
• bbPress
0.x
–
the
MaN
release
– stand-­‐alone
• bbPress
1.x
– stand-­‐alone
• bbPress
2.x
–
the
JJJ
release
– plugin
(bw)
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13. 2.x
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14. bbPress 2.x (behind the scenes)
• Completely
rewriNen
• One
of
the
most
advanced
examples
of
CPTs
• Loads
of
trickery
(great
learning
example)
• Forums
=
CPT
• Topics
(threads)
=
CPT
• Replies
=
CPT
• Topic
tags
=
custom
taxonomies
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15. THREE CPTS? WAT?
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16. Question
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17. Answer
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18. The cutting edge
• Any
2.1
users?
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19. bbPress 2.1
• Tons
of
fixes
and
enhancements
• New
theming
method
• WYSIWYG
editor
(TinyMCE)
• improved
importer
(bw!)
• All
around
awesome
• Release
is
imminent
• hNp://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolu[on&milestone=2.1
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20. Starting fresh? 2.1!
Give it a whirl.
(after backup)
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21. GETTING MORE IN-DEPTH
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22. Theming
• Theming
in
2.1
is
improved.
And
awesome.
• bbp-­‐theme-­‐compat
– Tableless.
• Op[ons.
You
have
them!
• Theme,
theme
packs,
oh
my!
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23. Developers. Developers. Developers.
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24. It
will
not
make
you
a
pina
colada
:(
BBPRESS IS A DEVELOPER’S PARADISE
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26. Developing with bbPress
• Hooks
and
filters
everywhere.
Everywhere.
• Coding
standards++
• The
documenta[on
has
documenta[on
– It’s
that
good.
(All
inline).
• Great
learning
planorm.
• Learning
bbPress
will
make
you
a
beNer
developer
and
more
familiar
with
WordPress
• bbPress
plugins
are
in
high
demand
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27. Plugins to consider
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-­‐bbpress-­‐tools/
– Bbcode,
quotes,
signatures,
search,
toolbar
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-­‐bbpress-­‐aNachments/
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-­‐visual-­‐hooks/
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-­‐custom-­‐css-­‐file/
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-­‐digest/
– send
daily
digest
with
forums
ac[vity
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-­‐genesis-­‐extend/
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpressmodera[on/
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-­‐recaptcha/
• hNp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-­‐new-­‐topic-­‐no[fica[ons/
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28. bbPress in the wild
• www.makeupgeek.com/forums/
• www.getshopped.org/forums/
• www.wpcandy.com/forums/
• hNp://codex.bbpress.org/showcase/
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29. Discussion time.
Jared
Atchison
WordPress
Developer
&
Consultant
jaredatchison.com
/
@jaredatch
5/19/12
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101
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