Allow Users to select a blog theme while signing up/creating a blog on your buddypress powered social network

I have seen so many people asking for a plugin which will allow their users to select a theme while they signup for a blog /create a blog on a WordPress mu /BuddyPress powered site.

Here is our plugin BPDev Select Blog Theme at Blog Signup which precisely does the same.
It shows users the list of available themes for them and allows them to select the one they like.
Here are some screen shots

New Blog Signup from Buddypress account page

Buddypress Registration page

New Blog Creating from accounts page

Download

https://buddydev.com/plugins/select-blog-theme-at-blog-signup/

Installation

1. Unzip bpdev-select-blog-theme-at-blog-signup.zip

2 .Upload the folder 'bpdev-select-blog-theme-at-blog-signup' to wp-content/plugins

3. Login as Site admin,go to Dashboard->Plugin->Installed

4. Activate "BpDev Slect Blog Theme at Blog Signup", click activate sitewide

5. Enjoy!, yeh, that's it.

Please note, you must enable the themes you want to allow users to select from the SiteAdmin->Themes

Customization

To make it blend correctly with your theme you can do some css styling. I have not auto included the css, as It gives you independence to make it look as you want.

If you want a simple, easy looking, as shown in the above screenshot, here is the css for that. Include it in your theme css.

    ul#allowed-themes {
        overflow: auto;
        height: 350px;
    }

    #allowed-themes li {
        list-style-type: none;
        width: 185px;
        margin: 10px;
        float: left;
        display: inline;
    }

    #allowed-themes li .theme-meta input {
        float: left;
    }

    #allowed-themes li .theme-meta label {
        display: inline;
    }

    #allowed-themes li .theme-meta {
        border: 1px solid #ccc;
    }

    #allowed-themes li .theme-meta .creator {
        padding: 5px;
    }

    .theme-lists {
        clear: left;
    }

ul#allowed-themes {

overflow: auto;

height: 350px;

}

#allowed-themes li {

list-style-type: none;

width: 185px;

margin: 10px;

float: left;

display: inline;

}

#allowed-themes li .theme-meta input {

float: left;

}

#allowed-themes li .theme-meta label {

display: inline;

}

#allowed-themes li .theme-meta {

border: 1px solid #ccc;

}

#allowed-themes li .theme-meta .creator {

padding: 5px;

}

.theme-lists {

clear: left;

}

Faq

Do I need to call any function in my registration page

As long as you are sticking with standard actions, you don't need to call anything manually.

In case, if the theme list is not shown at registration page, please check , do you have the action "bp_after_blog_details_fields" called in your theme.

Support

Please use our support forum for any troubleshooting/problems. We are very fast at support 🙂

Now I am done, Give your users the choice to select a theme for their blog while they signup/create new blog and enjoy the social networking 🙂

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Bowe Frankema #
Great plugin Brajesh, did not see this earlier! I will make a post about it on BP-Tricks.com!
- Brajesh Singh #
  thanks Bowe
  Looking forward to your post 🙂
poets #
I cannot seem to get this plugin to work. I have uploaded it and have activated it. I have also downloaded several themes. I do not see the option to create a blog on the accounts page, or the registration page. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Brajesh Singh #
  Hi Poets,
  1. Are you using wordpress multisite, if yes, please enable creation of blogs from Dashboard->SuperAdmin->Options->Registration Settings
  2. If you are on wp3.0/3.0.1 multisite, this plugin will not function properly as wp 3.0.1 multisite has a bug http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14718, please see that ticket for the solution.
  That should make it work .
  - poets #
    Hello – thanks for the reply. Is wordpress multisite a plugin? If so which one. How to i enable wordpress multisite so i am able to see Dashboard> super admin > options Registration settings.
    thank you very much for the help.
    - Brajesh Singh #
      Hi Poets,
      Wordpress multisite is not a plugin. It is an extension of wordpress core which allows you to have multiple blogs on the same wordpress website.
      You can enable it by following the documentation here
      http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
      Hope that helps.
  - Mike Kennedy #
    This can also be used to allow members to select the theme for the whole site, and not just the blog, right?
    - Brajesh Singh #
      Hi Mike,
      No, It only allows users to select a theme for their own blog at the time of the blog creation.
Eddie Burroughs #
Can I use this plug-in with just a WP network (MU) site and not a buddy press site?
- Brajesh Singh #
  Hi Eddie,
  As I replied you on mail, just noting here for others.
  Yes, this plugin can be used without BuddyPress. It does work on the standard wordpress multisite install.