Chapter 2, Building the Social Network: BuddyPress and WP Symposium
BuddyPress Basics | |
1. You can set up your BP-powered site in five minutes? |
Answer: A |
2. The broader you keep your site, the more people you'll attract |
Answer: B While on rare occasions you can attract more people to your site by broadening the area of focus on your site; generally, the more niche you go, the better chances you have of running a popular BP-powered site. |
3 All WordPress and BuddyPress plugins are free. |
Answer: B All WordPress themes and plugins are free on the official WordPress repository, but there are a handful of theme and plugin shops online that charge for premium products and support. |
4. Gamification is the process of adding gaming components to engage your audience? |
Answer: A |
5. Integrating a Facebook with WordPress is considered bad practice? |
Answer: B With hundreds of million Facebook users already accustomed to using the Login with Facebook button, you'll lower the barrier of entry by allowing them to access your site when you integrate FB with WP. |
Audience engagement | |
1. You need to use WP-FB Autoconnect to take advantage of the Achievements page? |
Answer: B While it's recommended that you use the WP-FB Autoconnect plugin on your site for greater reach, it is not a requirement of Achievements for BuddyPress. |
2. Try to reward your visitors with multiple popups, as they need to be engaged |
Answer: B The last thing you want to do is bombard site visitors with incessant pop-ups. Use them sparingly for online promotions or special announcements. |
3. Providing as much information as you can fit into your Welcome Page is detrimental to the success of the initial visit for a new site user |
Answer: B It's easy to fill up your Welcome page with a long list of site features and other information, but try to stick to the basics of why your site matters to your users, what type of information is available and how they can utilize it. |
4. You can use any point system when you create Achievements |
Answer: A |
5. Progressive profiling means that you'll learn more information about your site visitors every time they log in |
Answer: B Progressive profiling means you'll learn more information about your site visitors every time they complete an action that you can track. For example, using Achievements for BuddyPress, you can get a more accurate representation of your visitor based on the achievement he or she has completed. This can occur on separate site visits as well as during the same site visit. |