Is there any user documentation for BuddyPress? I’m thinking of things like an overview of how groups and forums work. I’m going to have to write something for a site I’m developing, and it would be good to be able to point the users to something else, and explain the peculiarities of the site in question, rather than reinvent the wheel entirely.

[@mercime Participant 13 years, 4 months ago]

https://codex.buddypress.org/home/

Currently setting up and updating docs for BP 1.5 – feel free to list down specific information you need here and/or even submit articles as well.

[@jcarroll Member 13 years, 2 months ago]

I, too, am looking for documentation. I found the BuddyPress codex [1]. However, I find it somewhat lacking. Is it a wiki like the WordPress Codex[2]? If so, I may add what I learn to help others.

Ideally, I am looking for a single-document version of the documentation. I would like to print it and have it as a reference as I work. Has that been done before? What would it take to write a script to combine the existing docs at [1] into a single document (HTML, PDF, etc.)?

@mercime, I am specifically looking for information about user profile fields: I’d like to import an existing set of user fields. I haven’t searched the plugins yet; I’m still trying to get oriented to the BuddyPress support system. As for “submitting articles,” where do the articles live? How do I submit one?

Thanks!

[1] https://codex.buddypress.org/home/
[2] https://codex.wordpress.org/Help:Contents

[@r-a-y Keymaster 13 years, 2 months ago]

The only way to import generated profile fields at the moment is to do a straight database export of the xprofile field tables and then import them into your new site. (These database tables are “wp_bp_xprofile_fields” and “wp_bp_xprofile_groups” by default.)

The codex is basically a WordPress blog. I believe everyone who has an account with buddypress.org should be able to login at codex.wordpress.org/wp-admin/ and post something. Though, your post might be held as a draft until someone with higher permissions can look at it.

If you have ideas for codex articles, please feel free to post them. If you encounter problems, let us know.

There isn’t a single document to reference for documentation. I don’t believe WordPress has a document like that available on their codex. (I could be wrong though!)