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Should I use BuddyPress for this clients request?

  • @callumoberholzer

    Participant

    Hi all!

    I’m building a site for (SAINE – South African Innovation Network) and one of the requests have been that we create a site that has ‘membership profiling’ and where members can search for other members according to what they’re looking for (i.e a university, incubator or corporate searching for certain people to create a professional relationship with) and then communicate privately with so that intellectual property can be discussed securely.

    I have also looked into UserPro, but to be honest i haven’t used either of these platforms.
    Am i heading in the right direction here?

    Thanks in advance!
    Callum

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  • @henrywright

    Moderator

    Hi @callumoberholzer

    BuddyPress allows you to have:

    • member profiles
    • an advanced member search (through the BP Profile Search plugin)
    • private messaging

    So it looks like your requirements are covered. My advice would be to set up a test install and try out all of the features to see if they meet your requirements.

    @callumoberholzer

    Participant

    Hi Henry,

    I’ve just installed it now and am starting to fiddle. Will definitely check out that BP Profile Search. Will come back to this thread if I have any more questions.

    Thank you!

    @sooskriszta

    Participant

    @callumoberholzer BuddyPress profiles have been getting more and more robust.

    Member search is something BuddyPress is not very good at though. Plugins such as BP Profile Search offer a partial solution. So if you feel search function is too limited, do feel free to contribute code to make BuddyPress better. Any help is always welcome.

    @callumoberholzer

    Participant

    @sooskriszta Sure thing! Always willing to contribute.
    Thanks

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