TimCarey

<p>Creates a bp Group Frontpage from a form BuddyPress Group Admins can fill out. Like a book cover. For instance group banner image, large description, and links. Compatible with Suffusion child theme with Suffusion buddy pack and BP compatible themes.</p>
<h3>Info Before Activation</h3>
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<li>This plugin is designed for use with network sites or MU site in conjunction with buddypress</li>
<li>Buddy Press 1.2.7 or greater should be activated prior to activation of this plug in. </li>
<li>bp Album+ should be activated prior to activation of this plug in. </li>
<li>works on most buddy press compatible themes. </li>
<li>Now fully functional with the buddy press default theme. </li>
<li>Background colors and other frontpage settings relating to the looks can be simply adjusted by changing the included CSS document.</li>
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<h3>To Come Eventually</h3>
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<li>The ability for group Admins to be able to add up to 4 more ad hoc areas by choosing number of ad hoc areas from a drop down..</li>
<li>A menu under the buddy press menu in the website admin for this plug in.  There would be the ability for the site admin to set the text 2 welcome screens.  One welcome screen is for the group admin who just started the group and the other welcome screen is notifying users that the group is still being created.  </li>
<li>The ability to rearrange frontpage items.</li>
<li>The addition of an advanced admin menu to be able to create and edit CSS style sheets in group frontpage group admin settings.</li>
<li>Frontpage setting to be in its own and main menu of being with another and possibly having its own creation step when a group is created.</li>
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<h3>Adding Custom Style to A Group</h3>
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<li>Note: Group Frontpage styles only affect the group frontpage styles and not every page of the group.</li>
<li>Make a copy of the group frontpage default CSS document through FTP to your computer.  ( Default CSS file name is: bp-group-frontpage-css.css ).  The directory where this is stored is /wp-content/plugins/bp-group-frontpage/css.</li>
<li>Rename this copy and based on the name of the group it is intended for.  If your group name is My Group, then your file will be bp-group-f-my-group-css.css.  Notice that there is the addition of minus signs ( – ) between each word of your group name and the entire file name is lower case.  And the word frontpage is truncated two just the letter f. </li>
<li>Edit the file for your group and save.  </li>
<li>FTP your new file into the same directory as the default file.</li>
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BP Group Frontpage

Creates a Group Frontpage from a form BuddyPress Group Admins fill out. Like a book cover.

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