[Julian]

Thanks! Hopefully I get the green light soon. They seem pretty inclined to use BuddyPress. When they asked me about suggestions for Content Management Systems, guess what first came to mind?

[Julian]

I will be surprised if GoDaddy cooperates with BuddyPress at all. I am currently working on another WordPress site that moves like molasses with GoDaddy. Fortunately for them their hosting/domain expires in a month so they can easily change hosting providers. In the case of where I am planning to install BuddyPress it looks like they have a long time left until GoDaddy ends. I probably will have to figure out other solutions to optimize WordPress and BuddyPress if it’s real slow.

Thanks for the advice about building a child theme!

[Julian]

Great! I am thinking of also using it to create blogs for each of the runners and volunteers if GoDaddy can handle it. Also, would I be better off sticking with the default theme and customizing it for now?