{"id":449,"date":"2013-03-10T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T09:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techkunji.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2014-09-19T23:24:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T17:54:58","slug":"build-an-alumni-website-on-wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/2013\/03\/10\/build-an-alumni-website-on-wordpress-plugins","title":{"rendered":"Build An Alumni Website on WordPress &#8211; Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article I will share the information about all the plugin&#8217;s I used to create my school&#8217;s Alumni Association <span id=\"573f493a-e07b-4486-a17f-2ecbe4b3f530\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"b2b40f88-8aa8-453b-8139-b3bb9d47832d\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">website<\/span><\/span>. This tutorial was requested by\u00a0Arjun Vishwan on the <a href=\"https:\/\/viralmediatoday.com\/requests\/\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial request page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will try to cover up most of the part and if you run into an issue, let me know through the comments, I will get back to you.<\/p>\n<p>We will be using WordPress as our platform to run our Alumni Association <span id=\"30584a60-be58-4971-8eab-2e6cea0428ac\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"98989211-84cc-40c5-a7d1-72de4e0dbefa\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">website<\/span><\/span>. I hope you have the basic\u00a0knowledge\u00a0of hosting and running a WordPress Website.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a better and easy way of creating an alumni website, please let me know\u00a0through\u00a0the comments section.<\/p>\n<h4>Plugin&#8217;s Used:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Avia Feedback Box &#8211; feature request system &#8211; Premium &#8211; $25<sup><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Avia Feedback Box is a feature request system for visitors and customers. They can suggest new ideas, vote on existing ones, and track your work progress.<\/p>\n<p>Demo |<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130719004005\/http:\/\/codecanyon.net:80\/item\/avia-feedback-box-feature-request-system\/130296?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0<strong>BP Group Organizer &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This plugin creates an administrative interface for organizing all of your BuddyPress groups.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the WordPress Menu editor, BP Group Organizer makes it simple to get your BuddyPress groups just the way you want them, or just to get a handle on the growth of your site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easily create groups in one step<\/li>\n<li>Edit multiple groups and group properties without waiting for page reloads<\/li>\n<li>Delete unwanted groups in a flash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For users of BP Group Hierarchy, this plugin also allows you to move groups around the hierarchy by dragging and dropping. Get your groups just the way you want them, quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/bp-group-organizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>BuddyPress &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BuddyPress lets users sign-up and start creating profiles, posting messages, making connections, creating and interacting in groups, and much more. A social network in a box, BuddyPress lets you easily build a community for your company, school, sports team, or other niche community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/testbp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demo<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/buddypress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0BuddyPress Activity Plus &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BuddyPress Embed Activity gives your social network all the features and ease of Facebook when it comes to uploading and sharing media!\u00a0The plugin adds 3 new buttons to your BuddyPress activity stream. Enabling you to attach photos, videos, and even share web links with everyone on your network!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/buddypress-activity-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0BuddyPress Gifts &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This plugin make user can send gifts image to other members in BuddyPress. It uses activity stream to keep the gifts sent information. <span id=\"16dc5392-250c-46ad-89b2-7f66876d6c34\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">Members<\/span> can choose a gift from <span id=\"a5fbb205-092f-4b6c-a053-491186b8e30c\">the gift box<\/span> in others member gifts tab and type a message to receiver member. Receiver member can delete or reply message using <span id=\"39524491-89c3-4585-a8b7-a1e4747f1ece\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"173404e8-97cd-4601-a3c9-f1f726b388f1\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"65aaae6c-c970-478a-bb2d-387ca4ff3a09\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">activity stream function<\/span><\/span><\/span> in own profile. The administrator can upload, delete and edit gifts item in the <span id=\"b9e3dea3-8ee9-4e98-b367-090e7efea4d3\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"300eb51c-7285-4506-98bf-a0a330d29e41\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">backend<\/span><\/span> admin dashboard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/buddypress-gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0Chat Lite &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Start communicating! Bring live, two-way chat to your site. Host your own live chat sessions, interact with your visitors and boost your sales without needing any third party javascript or other code &#8211; works great with BuddyPress and Multisite too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.\u00a0<span id=\"8e4b91f2-9621-4374-8509-79ebab4386ae\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"cff23512-1dcf-4efa-9bbd-d4b973da5fb5\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">CubePoints<\/span><\/span> &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"a4214dd5-635e-4ecb-a06c-c01d711d0f3c\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"c8a02056-454e-41cc-8077-4dc901f1025e\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">CubePoints<\/span><\/span> is a <span id=\"0330d6a3-7b83-42aa-b5ef-bd4cf11151e1\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"0e94caf7-8686-4314-af5c-0762cb24188c\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">point<\/span><\/span> management system for sites running on WordPress. Users can earn virtual credits on your site by posting comments, creating posts, or even by logging in each day! Install CubePoints and watch your visitor interaction soar by offering them points which could be used to view certain posts, exchange for downloads or even real items!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"5eeae67e-0a6d-4469-93d9-b0f8cafd754f\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"39745ab4-04c6-4c54-9c8e-22b57717018f\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">CubePoints<\/span><\/span> is modular! And this means that it can be easily extended to offer more ways for your users to earn and spend points. APIs are also available for other plugins to work with CubePoints.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/cubepoints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.\u00a0<span id=\"d1706264-4be4-4427-9bc7-c3ff0de133c2\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"27bc727d-c70f-49cc-a982-212cb6e05863\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">CubePoints<\/span><\/span> Buddypress Integration &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adds CubePoints support to Buddypress. Reward members using your BuddyPress portion of your website by giving them points and awards!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/cubepoints-buddypress-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.\u00a0Q&amp;A Lite &#8211; WordPress Questions and Answers Plugin &#8211; Premium &#8211; $19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With this plugin, you can bring full\u00a0<strong>Questions and Answers\u00a0<\/strong>functionality to any WordPress or BuddyPress site in mere minutes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/project\/qa-wordpress-questions-and-answers-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.\u00a0<span id=\"21dad60e-aee9-4e6d-8aed-e603646cc8c9\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"f5e431f4-179d-4bc5-bd72-791417032f52\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">ThreeWP<\/span><\/span> Activity Monitor &#8211; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Displays a multitude of user actions to keep the site administrator informed that all is well and that the blog or network is not being abused.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logins (successful and failed)<\/li>\n<li>Retrieved and reset passwords<\/li>\n<li>Posts\/pages created, updated, trashed, <span id=\"edbfbbdb-1961-4c7a-a65d-6c0773ffa205\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"a7da628f-6599-4209-83ca-b23a5b801d5c\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">untrashed<\/span><\/span> and deleted<\/li>\n<li>Comments approved, trashed, spammed, <span id=\"3a240420-d825-42e6-a754-43222b997566\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"9fe98182-1d10-49ff-90cd-bb6d95ac1313\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">unspammed<\/span><\/span>, trashed, <span id=\"83a0b99d-f7c5-4b13-b9bd-6ce497f7fc2b\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"95de3977-94dd-4df8-be3b-d6aaa4a098b9\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">untrashed<\/span><\/span> and deleted<\/li>\n<li>Changed passwords<\/li>\n<li>Changed user info<\/li>\n<li>User registrations<\/li>\n<li>User deletions<\/li>\n<li>Custom activities from other plugins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/threewp-activity-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.\u00a0White Label Branding for WordPress &#8211; Premium &#8211; $25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With White Label Branding for WordPress you can\u00a0customize the menu\u2019s and logo\u2019s in WordPress and to decide which menu\u2019s the users have access to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/codecanyon.net\/item\/white-label-branding-for-wordpress\/full_screen_preview\/125617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demo<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/codecanyon.net\/item\/white-label-branding-for-wordpress\/125617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of other plugin&#8217;s out there, but I recommend reducing the number of plugins. <span id=\"801e4015-4018-4262-8b72-177188b379df\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"d04bda00-d83d-41c1-97e1-1cbe18e712c0\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">The more number<\/span><\/span> of plugins, more chance of server crash and more\u00a0down times.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this post was useful and if you find it useful, please like the article and also our Facebook Page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/techkunji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article I will share the information about all the plugin&#8217;s I used to create my school&#8217;s Alumni Association website. 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