Can I do this with WP? A setup similar to a dating site?

  • I know absolutely diddley squat about websites, even though miraculously I’ve managed to put a couple together with WP. ??

    I have an idea and want to know if I can do this with WP. I don’t mind paying a programmer down the line to build the site from scratch, but not yet. I need something similar to a dating site – although it isn’t a dating site I will be building. It’s a similar format though because I need people to be able to search for others by location and by criteria. But I don’t need all the usual dating site questions and lovehearts etc. Now, I know you can get specific themes for a dating site but I’m not sure why these themes are called such? Do these themes have functionalities or are they called dating themes because they have pictures of happy couples and such on them?

    One more thing – I don’t even know what to search for. At the moment I’m searching for “how to set up a dating site”. Should I be searching for “how to build an interactive site” or anything else which will turn up bwetter results?

    Many thanks if you can help me at all,

    Kris

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  • Do these themes have functionalities or are they called dating themes because they have pictures of happy couples and such on them?

    That question would be better asked of the individual theme developers. In theory, any theme should be fine for a dating site – with all additional functionality provided by plugins.

    Thread Starter Kris35

    (@kris35)

    Thanks, I thought that was the case. ??

    Thread Starter Kris35

    (@kris35)

    Does anyone else have an answer to my questions? What about Buddypress? Im trying to find out how to get a search for people by location and by criteris functionality like dating sites do – but I don’t want the standard questions such as “whats your height?”, eye colour” etc because its not a dating site I want to build. Many thanks if anyone has any ideas about how this can be done.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Your first two questions were answered.

    Try this plugin to add filters to your search: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/advance-wp-query-search-filter/ .

    Rather than asking simultaneous questions in 1 thread, try asking them in separate threads.

    Thread Starter Kris35

    (@kris35)

    I had three questions:

    1) I need something similar to a dating site – although it isn’t a dating site I will be building. It’s a similar format though because I need people to be able to search for others by location and by criteria. But I don’t need all the usual dating site questions and lovehearts etc.

    I was told that all additional functionality is provided by plugins, which is great, but what sort of plugins do I search for? I thought someone might know which is why I asked the question about Buddypress.

    2) Do themes have different functionalities or are they just for the look and feel.

    That question was answered (thankyou again).

    3) What search terms should I use to find a set up similar to a dating site.

    This hasn’t been answered yet which is why I was asking what type of plugin company might offer this such as Budypress. I mean, I can go and search for “dating site” plugins but I thought there might be a better search term I could use which would get me better results.

    So where have I asked simultaneous questions? I asked three questions. From what I have seen, dating site plugins are just that – they are equipped with questions to do with dating and you can’t seem to change them. I am NEW to WP, which is why my third post was asking for more information relating to plugin companies that might offer what I’m looking for. I am experienced in SEO, Pandas, Penguines and the like. I am ok with marketing and other stuff, but I’ve just switched over to WP and am still finding my way around.

    Thankyou for the link you provided – I will have a look at that today, but really question number one hasn’t really been answered and I was looking for more guideance. Nerver mind!!

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