taming buddypress

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Hello!I am Tanner Moushey

@tannermoushey

✖ CEO and Lead Dev at iWitness Design

✖ WordPress and BuddyPress core contributor

✖ Author of multiple WordPress plugins

✖ Entrepreneur

✖ SaaS Builder

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Taming BuddyPress

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1. Defining your Audience2. Defining your Solution3. Defining the Experience

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Step 1. Define the Audience

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Solutions are more important than features

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Define the Audience

✖ Define your target audience

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Define the Audience

✖ Define your target audience

✖ Discover the problem that you can

provide a solution for

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Step 2. Define the Solution

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Define the Solution

✖ Create your solution, use features

when necessary.

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Define the Solution

✖ Create your solution, use features

when necessary.

✖ If you are competing with Facebook,

you are doing it wrong.

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BuddyPress is not ALWAYS the right solution

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Define the Solution

✖ Create your solution, use features

when necessary.

✖ If you are competing with Facebook,

you are doing it wrong.

✖ Why is BuddyPress the right

solution?

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Step 3. Define the Experience

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Define the Experience

✖ Focus on user flow

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Provide solutions not options

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Define the Experience

✖ Focus on user flow

✖ Focus on admin flow

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Define the Experience

✖ Focus on user flow

✖ Focus on admin flow

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Making it Real

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Plugins

✖ GravityForms (User Registration)

✖ BP Force Profile

✖ BuddyPress Conditional Field Groups

✖ Invite Anyone

✖ User Switching

✖ Restrict Content Pro

✖ RCP + BP

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Themes

✖ BuddyBoss

✖ WeFoster

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Thanks!Any questions?

You can find me at:@tannermoushey