Since i started playing with expanding the settings menu in Buddypress, I have been on a role lately (could have done this much earlier, but i am catching up on a ton of work before the end of the year).

I am going to write a more detailed post soon, but i wanted to share the two screenshots.

This screen shows I have taken a common twitter library, and with the knowledge i talked about in my last post, is showing a twitter stream from STORED username/password variables. That means no hardcoding. The user on this site (via BuddyPress) was able to setup their account information in “settings” and now his/her twitter stream is visible to the public.

I have done the same thing with Friendfeed. With Friendfeed, this looks more like a lifestream.

This is all rough, proof of concept stuff but I can how easily this can turn into a powerful lifestream plugin for BuddyPress. I could probably code this faster than adapting an existing plugin completely. My next proof of concept might be Flickr. I don’t use it much personally, but apparently it’s been a big request (FriendFeed handles Flickr streams too). Perhaps also Twitpics, if there’s an API for that.

Comments are open for discussion, i’ll also be around in the Buddypress forums and also Twitter (@dimensionmedia).

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