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Installing BuddyBuilder
Congratulations! You just got your hands on one of the most extensively customizable themes available for Buddypress. Now what do you do with it? Let’s get it installed first, then go on to enable some...
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Installing a New Style
So, you’ve found a style you like in the Gallery and want to install it on your site? You can do it in just a few simple steps. The first thing to do is to get the stylesheet. The stylesheets for...
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Saving a New Style
You’ve worked hard to create an awesome new style for your site. Don’t lose those settings! (This is especially important before upgrading BuddyBuilder.) Exporting your stylesheet is easy. Once you’ve...
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Adapting Plugin Templates
If you don’t see a Template Support Pack for your plugin on this page, you can adapt it yourself by following the steps below. You may run across a cool plugin you want, but find that the pages it...
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Exclude your main blog from the directory
Ever want to exclude your main blog from the “Blogs Directory” listing? Here’s how: Copy bp-default/blogs/blog-loop.php to your child-theme, while maintaining the same folder structure. (If you’re...
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Insert a full-width ad above or below a BuddyBuilder header
Want to insert an ad, a slideshow, a row of YouTube videos, or anything else above your BuddyBuilder header, or below it? It’s actually very easy to do with the theme’s built-in features. This tutorial...
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Merge and redirect group forums to Global Forums plugin
If you have Global Forums by Brajesh Singh installed on your site, you know how versatile that plugin actually is. If you don’t know about it, you really should check it out at BuddyDev.com. It’s a...
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Use WordPress Custom Menus for Buddypress Components
Adding items to your main menu that link to specific Buddypress components couldn’t be easier with WordPress Custom Menus and BuddyBuilder. This little tutorial will show you a neat trick to get it...
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Create a private community complete with splash page
Some of you have asked for the ability to create a Facebook-like splashpage for your Buddypress homepage and the ability to lockdown your site. As of version 1.2.1 of BuddyBuilder, you now have that...
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Style a splashpage with tabbed content
Want to give your site visitors a lot of information on your splashpage, but don’t want them to have to endlessly scroll for it? The solution is nested & tabbed content. Here’s a tutorial to give...
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