BuddyApp documentation
BuddyApp documentationBuddyApp 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.
Get started in 5 steps
Section titled “Get started in 5 steps”- Install BuddyApp and the BuddyApp child theme from Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme > Upload Theme, then activate BuddyApp Child. Check the requirements of your hosting first.
- The BuddyApp Panel opens. You find it any time under Appearance > BuddyApp Panel.
- Register BuddyApp with your ThemeForest purchase code on the Dashboard tab.
- Import a demo (Dashboard / Intranet, Shop or Creative) on the Demo Data tab. The import installs and activates the plugins that demo needs.
- Make it yours on the Theme Options tab of the panel (overview) and customize the menus and pages.
Later: add or update plugins on the Plugins tab (BuddyApp plugins) and keep BuddyApp up to date (updates).
What is in the ThemeForest download
Section titled “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) andbuddyapp-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
Section titled “All BuddyApp guides”BuddyApp changelogWhat changed in every version