WordPress Travel Map Plugin (CMMRM) + BuddyPress - Use Case - Building a Community for Trail Routes in BuddyPress Profile


Building a Community for Trail Routes

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Introduction

The WordPress Travel Map plugin allows you and your users to create and showcase routes in Google Maps, including images and notes for each location.  

The plugin can receive social features by integrating with social platform BuddyPress.

Use Case Front-End

User Dashboard
Managing routes in the BuddyPress profile - WordPress Plugin Show Route
Managing routes in the BuddyPress profile

Use Case Assumptions

In this example we will consider how to let your users add and manage routes from their BuddyPress profiles.

We consider that you have already bought and configured the plugins, but not installed the BuddyPress Integration add-on

TIP: Still New to WordPress Travel Map Plugin?

This article focuses on the BuddyPress integration. If you haven't already created your site with map routes, check this guide:

It follows:

Installing the Plugin and Add-on

The process is the same for all CM plugins and add-ons.

CreativeMinds Customer Account Dashboard - Downloads tab
CreativeMinds Customer Account Dashboard
  • Download the plugin from your customer dashboard.
  • Log in to WordPress and navigate to the WordPress Admin  → Plugins settings.
  • Click on Add New.
  • Activate it and add the license.

TIP: Automatic Index and Dashboard

Upon installation, the plugin automatically creates a page for the location index and another for the dashboard. Head to Settings → General tab to:

  1. Find shortcuts to these pages
  2. Enable or disable them (useful if you want to create your own)
Links to the index page and user dashboard - Route Display WordPress
Links to the index page and user dashboard

Quick Recap

If you need help with these:

  • Perform initial setup (Google Maps API and OpenWeather)
  • Adding locations and drawing routes
  • Changing visual options
  • Configuring user interaction: submit form, who has access, and moderation
  • User dashboard
  • Custom fields and taxonomies
  • Plugin shortcodes
  • Translating the plugin interface

Then check the relevant articles:


Initial Setup - BuddyPress

What is BuddyPress?

BuddyPress is a free WordPress plugin that allows you to create a social platform similar to Facebook.

How Do I Install BuddyPress?

BuddyPress can be downloaded from the WordPress back-end.

Installing the BuddyPress plugin
Installing the BuddyPress plugin

Once installed, follow their documentation for the initial setup.


Showing Routes on BuddyPress

Similar to PeepSo, there are many ways to help users showcase their routes within BuddyPress.

All the following settings can be found at Admin Dashboard → CM Routes Manager Pro → Settings → BuddyPress tab.

BuddyPress integration settings - Route Display Plugin
BuddyPress integration settings

1) User profile: User's Maps Tab

Show "Maps" tab in the user's profile: Yes or No.

If enabled users will see the "Maps" tab in each user's profile that displays the maps created by the specific user.

Tab for managing map routes - Travel Plugins For WordPress
Tab for managing map routes

Show routes parameters: Yes or No.

If enabled the routes parameters such as distance, max elevation etc. will be visible on the routes snippets.

Displaying route parameters - Travel Map Plugin
Displaying route parameters

Routes snippets layout: List or Tiles.

Choose route snippets layout.

Examples of the List and Tiles views - WordPress Plugins For Travel Website
Examples of the List and Tiles views

Routes  featured image: First Route Image or Map Thumbnail.

Choose what kind of the routes featured image to display in the user's profile page. 

Manage routes under "My Maps" tab: Yes or No.

If enabled, the user will see "Manage Maps" tab in his own profile and will be able to manage his routes.

Example

Displaying the button for managing map routes - WordPress Plugins For Travel Blogs
Displaying the button for managing map routes

2) User profile: Manage Maps Tab

Show separate "Manage Maps" tab in the user's profile: Yes or No.

If enabled, the user will see "Manage Maps" tab in his own profile and will be able to manage his routes.

Page for managing map routes - Travel Map WordPress Plugin
Page for managing map routes

3) Activity Feed

Create BuddyPress activity when a user created a map: Yes or No.

Choose Yes, if you want the add-on to automatically post a new activity when the user adds a new map.

Automatic post in the activity feed - Add WordPress Plugin Of Travel Map
Automatic post in the activity feed

TIP: You Can Use HTML And Placeholders

Example:

<strong>[fullname] - user's display name [title] - routes title [permalink] - permalink to the route page [excerpt] - excerpt of the routes description</strong>

4) Groups

It's possible to associate BuddyPress groups with routes.

The settings are:

  • Associate group with route - Enable or disable this feature.
  • Group privacy - Define who will have access.

Requirement

Note that the group features require the User Groups component to be enabled. This can be configured in Admin Dashboard → Settings → BuddyPress, as shown below:

Enabling the User Groups component - WordPress + Map Show Route Between Markers
Enabling the User Groups component

If the settings are proper, you will be able to set the groups when editing the route.

Setting the groups when editing the route - WordPress Travel Map Plugin
Setting the groups when editing the route

End Result

Following instructions found in the plugin and guides, you and your users should be able to add multiple routes to your site from the BuddyPress profile.

Use Case Front-End

User Dashboard
Managing routes in the BuddyPress profile - WordPress Plugin Show Route
Managing routes in the BuddyPress profile

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