Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: State of Play of BuddyPress Themes -- What is BuddyPress? -- What is a theme? -- How BuddyPress themes used to work -- The trouble with default -- Theme compatibility -- Do you still need a BuddyPress theme? -- Communities -- Niche communities -- Techniques -- Responsive design -- What about adaptive design? -- Mobile first -- Do you need an app? -- In the wild - BuddyPress custom themes -- What are the options when creating a theme? -- WordPress themes -- BuddyPress themes -- Free themes -- Themes to buy -- Summary -- Chapter 2 : Going Default - Installing BuddyPress -- Steps for installing BuddyPress -- Installing WordPress -- The famous 5 minute WordPress install -- Installing BuddyPress -- Auto installing by plugin activation -- Configuring BuddyPress -- A look at BuddyPress features -- Default features -- Optional features -- Forums -- Using BuddyPress with a WordPress theme -- Summary -- Chapter 3 : Beyond Default - What Can You Do? -- Existing themes designed for BuddyPress -- Child themes -- How to create a child theme -- Using a child theme with BuddyPress -- CSS and JavaScript file order -- Customizing your theme using just CSS -- Introducing buddypress.css -- The default selector -- Customizing CSS in a child theme -- Template hierarchy in BuddyPress -- Creating a generic BuddyPress template -- Using a generic Buddypress template to have a full page layout -- BuddyPress feature templates -- Adding a custom BuddyPress component customization to a child theme -- Summary -- Chapter 4 : BuddyPress File Structure, Templates, and Loops -- Working with WordPress -- Getting it right -- WordPress template structure -- WordPress template hierarchy -- WordPress template tags -- Anatomy of a WordPress theme.

Scripts in the theme -- Extras and custom functions -- Languages -- Stylesheets contained in theme -- Template files -- wp_template_part -- Functions.php -- Theme setup function -- Screenshot.php -- Additional files -- Post formats -- Enqueue all the things -- Custom backgrounds -- Custom headers -- Widgets -- Navigation -- How BuddyPress themes work -- BuddyPress loops -- Template tags -- Anatomy of a BuddyPress theme -- Feature folder contents -- CSS -- Script files -- bp-custom.php and functions.php -- Summary -- Chapter 5 : Let's Get Building -- Building the site -- The process we're going to follow -- Things to consider before we start building -- Sketch -- Wireframe -- Style guide -- Getting the site built -- Setting up -- Enqueue fonts -- Page layout -- Remove the admin bar -- Template -- Adding a custom background -- The header -- Custom header image -- Variable header heights -- Logged out user view -- Navigation -- The front page -- The sidebar -- Random members -- Random groups -- The member profile -- Add the About profile field -- Directories -- Summary -- Chapter 6 : Beyond the Look - Hooks, Functions, and Afterwards -- Adding functionality -- Hooks -- BuddyPress specific hooks -- Using hooks -- Changing content using filters -- Advanced component loops -- Custom post types -- Customising template tags -- Customised comment form -- Custom templates -- Functions -- bp-custom modifications -- Statistics function demonstration -- Widgets -- After the theme -- Testing -- Browser testing -- Device free version -- Theme check -- Recommended by theme check -- Adding a screenshot -- Adding in post thumbnails -- Editor style -- Beyond the theme check -- Making your theme translatable -- Accessibility -- Plugins -- Beyond the launch -- Summary -- Appendix: Folder Contents -- Activity folder contents -- Blogs folder content.

Groups folder content -- Forums folder content -- Members folder content -- Index.