Comments on: Suffusion Version 3.5.3 and BuddyPress Support

By: Sayontan

Sayontan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:02:37 +0000

I am not qualified to answer this, unfortunately. I can say this much, though. I get a fair number of hits on Aquoid each month (occasionally over 1000 a day) and this is co-hosted with a handful of other sites with varying degrees of popularity, though none as consistently popular as this one. All in all my cumulative web-traffic across sites is well over 30,000. I do face occasional outages, but nothing severe. But I also take care to ensure that my key sites aren’t heavy, and I try to optimize image quality etc. So I have not really been spiked that much.

That being said, VPS hosting is a good option since it costs only marginally more. The downside is that you need to have a person maintaining the servers. So in terms of cost it might be cheaper to go with Ning. I don’t know, really. You have to ask folks who have dealt with both ends of the spectrum. My belief is that Ning might be cheaper for you, because you might need to get a Pro theme on WP that offers you the full range of features that Ning does.

By: Peter Lurie

Peter Lurie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:13:26 +0000

Sorry to be unclear. My question is essentially about Hosting. Shared hosting, as far as I understand, is best for middle-sized sites with medium traffic. The website that I am considering for use with BuddyPress may have 10-20,000 hits a month, with Buddypress interactions. Do standard shared hosting accounts have the capacity to run this traffic, without slowing down substantially? Or do I have to get a more expensive dedicated WordPress/Virtual Server package where there are more resources available for a SocialMedia active site?

Ning.com is a SocialMedia site, until recently free, allowing users to setup networks & groups, similar to Yahoo Groups. They have just announced they are changing to a subscription model, which could cost $499/ year. I need to balance this potential cost versus a server with more resources, running BuddyPress.

Thanks
Peter

By: Sayontan

Sayontan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:32:43 +0000

Peter,
I am not sure if I understand your question correctly. Are you asking about system resources required to add BP on to an existing WP installation? If so, I don’t know the answer. Most people manage to get it working without any special considerations so I don’t really know if and when you would need extra resources.
If you are asking about just adding BP compatibility to a theme, this should be easy. For Suffusion you can use the specially designed Suffusion BP pack and for a lot of themes you should be able to use the BP Template Pack plugin.
I don’t know what Ning is, unfortunately.

Sayontan.

By: Peter Lurie

Peter Lurie — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:16:44 +0000

A dumb question… what does a theme need to make it BuddyPress compatible? I have a client who’s site uses Suffusion, and we are debating whether to self-host using BuddyPress (and potentially have to upgrade our server package) or to use Ning, and pay them…
Any opinions?

Thanks,
Peter

By: Sayontan

Sayontan — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:22:46 +0000

You might want to clear your browser cache.
Please post issues / questions on the support forum.

By: Geghna

Geghna — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:58:51 +0000

I have a problem updating from version 3.5.0 to version 3.5.3. When i do that I lost my Theme setting version of of Suffusion. Please advice.
Geghna

By: iamhereonline

iamhereonline — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:37:36 +0000

You work very hard. Your theme is great. Don’t forget to give yourself a break sometime.

By: sheraz

sheraz — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:52:02 +0000

this is the best theme created for wordpress users.
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By: Sayontan

Sayontan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:21:33 +0000

Thanks, Darren!

By: Darren Firth

Darren Firth — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:18:47 +0000

This is a top class. Thanks for all the hard work