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Yup. That article from seomoz.org points out the basics of URL semantics/relevancy and underscores my own convictions on the matter. (“…they are also open to reasoned debate about whether they are right or wrong!”
)Oh, but I DO want a huge huge site! (So performance is an issue.) Therefore, in an attempt to “get” the best of both worlds, my new URL structure is thus:
/%year%/%category%/%postname%/If I’m not mistaken, I believe you’ve been inspired by http://www.workathomemommies.com/
If you want to learn how to widgetize a page so you can put whatever you want on it, here’s a great tutorial:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-widgetize-a-page-post-header-or-any-other-template-in-wordpress/If you just want to style the appearance of blog posts on your frontpage, you can do that through CSS.
There are any number of great resources and tutorials in the vast wilderness of cyberspace to help you learn what you need to know. To help you identify exactly what you need to change in your theme’s CSS to get the effect you want, I highly recommend installing the Firebug for Firefox addon:
http://getfirebug.com/Hope this helps!
I agree – of course ensuring that the main keyword is prominent in url, title & description is a good thing; that’s one of the ways SEs determine the relevance of content… and up goes the pagerank
(Otto does come off as being a “bit” opinionated on that point, doesn’t he?)But he does illustrate a valid point about performance and WordPress’ rewrite rules. Here’s an interesting discussion on trac about URL routing, and how to improve same (over my head, but interesting nonetheless):
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12935Thanks for the link to that excellent post by Otto! Very educational reading.
I’ve updated my permalink structure following Otto’s recommendations (and WP’s rules) and guess what… even though activity stream item URLs don`t appear to have changed, the new structure redirects instantly to the proper post.
Thanks again!Yes, the theme will support custom menus via the addition of my Add-All-Nav-Links-to-BP-Adminbar plugin.
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/add-all-nav-links-to-bp-adminbar/
http://nowrecovery.com/justfunstuff/add-all-nav-links-to-bp-adminbar/The original idea for this theme, and the reason I’m developing it, was to help make navigation more streamlined for users by combining the adminbar and main nav into a single unit. I released the plugin first, ‘cuz it works just fine with child themes of bp-default. Now I’m working on the theme to go with it. Of course, the theme will work just fine without the plugin, but…
When will it be available to purchase? Hopefully by the end of this month, I’ll have an initial release of the freebie. If all goes well on road tests of that release, the premium should become available by end of November.
Yes, all these things are possible with Buddypress. There are a great many plugins designed specifically for the BP environment that can enable you to build a powerful community. For your specific needs, it may be necessary to do a bit of custom coding, but here are a few examples to get you started:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-auto-group-join/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/welcome-pack/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-system-report/Here`s a great example of an academic cummunity built on BP:
http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/Hope this helps!
Yes: child-theme of bp-default.
child-theme/header calls child-theme/style.css and child-theme/custom.css
child-theme/style.css imports bp-default/style.cssSo if I remove the background property from, say div#container in child-theme/style.css, it gets that background from bp-default. Then if I add the background property to child-theme/custom.css, nothing changes, even with !important added.
Like I say, I’m stumped
Install Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/custom-profile-filters-for-buddypress/
Add a select box to the base field group in your Buddypress profile field setup with the different selections: dj, musician, producer, etc. Make sure this is in the base group so users must select one when registering. Follow the instructions in the plugin to turn each selection into a search link.
When you click on any of the selected labels in a user’s profile, that brings you to the members directory but displays only the users who have also selected the same.
Hope this helps!
You’re very welcome
1 – Phew!
2 – Cool!
3 – Umm… no more for now
