# BuddyApp documentation

> Set up BuddyApp, the mobile-first BuddyPress theme: install it, register it in the BuddyApp Panel, import a demo, then customize menus and pages.

Source: https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/

BuddyApp is a mobile-first WordPress theme that makes a BuddyPress community feel like an app: side menu, notifications and a clean member area. See it live on the [BuddyApp demo](https://buddyapp.seventhqueen.com/).

## Get started in 5 steps

1. [Install BuddyApp and the BuddyApp child theme](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/install-the-theme/) from **Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme > Upload Theme**, then activate **BuddyApp Child**. Check the [requirements](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-requirements/) of your hosting first.
2. The **BuddyApp Panel** opens. You find it any time under **Appearance > BuddyApp Panel**.
3. [Register BuddyApp](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/register-your-theme/) with your ThemeForest purchase code on the **Dashboard** tab.
4. [Import a demo](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/import-demo-content/) (Dashboard / Intranet, Shop or Creative) on the **Demo Data** tab. The import installs and activates the plugins that demo needs.
5. Make it yours on the **Theme Options** tab of the panel ([overview](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-options-overview/)) and customize the [menus](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/menu-customization/) and [pages](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/pages/).

Later: add or update plugins on the **Plugins** tab ([BuddyApp plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/buddyapp-plugins/)) and keep BuddyApp up to date ([updates](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-updates/)).

## What is in the ThemeForest download

In your ThemeForest **Downloads**, choose **All files & documentation**. You get the main files zip; unzip it on your computer. Inside:

- **WordPress** folder: `buddyapp.zip` (the theme) and `buddyapp-child.zip` (the child theme). These two zips are the ones you upload in **Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme > Upload Theme**. Do not upload the main files zip itself.
- **Plugins** folder: The premium plugins that come with BuddyApp, for manual installs. Normally you install and update them from the **Plugins** tab of the BuddyApp Panel.
- **Licensing** folder: the license files. Your purchase code is in the separate **License certificate & purchase code** download.

## All BuddyApp guides

### Getting started

- [BuddyApp requirements](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-requirements/)
- [Import a demo](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/import-demo-content/)
- [Pages](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/pages/)

### Installation and updates

- [Install BuddyApp](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/install-the-theme/)
- [Update BuddyApp and its plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-updates/)

### Theme registration

- [Register BuddyApp](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/register-your-theme/)

### Theme options

- [Ajax Login and Redirect](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/ajax-login-and-redirect/)
- [Theme Options Overview](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-options-overview/)

### Customizing the theme

- [BuddyApp child theme](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/introduction-to-the-child-theme/)
- [Live Customizer](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/live-customizer/)
- [Saving Customizer Settings(Import/Export)](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/how-to-prevent-losing-customizer-settings-import-export/)

### Header

- [Change Header Menu Dropdown Trigger](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/change-header-menu-dropdown-trigger/)
- [Menu Customization](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/menu-customization/)

### Plugins

- [BuddyApp Plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/buddyapp-plugins/)
- [Bundled premium plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/bundled-plugins-activation-code/)

### Translation

- [Translate BuddyApp and its plugins](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/translation/)
- [Translate with WPML](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/translate-with-wpml/)

### Developer

- [Ajax Interval Refresh - Menu Notifications & Messages](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/ajax-interval-refresh-menu-notifications-messages/)
- [BuddyApp & WP Engine](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/buddyapp-wp-engine/)
- [BuddyApp Theme Hooks](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/buddyapp-theme-hooks/)
- [Font Icons](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/font-icons/)
- [Show profile fields in the members directory](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/show-profile-fields-in-the-members-directory/)
- [Show profile fields in the profile header](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/show-profile-fields-in-the-profile-header/)

### Extras

- [BuddyApp Sources & Credits](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/buddyapp-sources-credits/)
- [File Structure](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/file-structure/)