Big news in the BuddyPress world is that bbPress will no longer be packaged with the BuddyPress download in the future. Since bbPress is currently being developed into a plugin for WordPress, BuddyPress plans to keep itself lean by removing forums from future downloads and allowing users to utilize the bbPress plugin. John James Jacoby [...]
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WP.MU has just upgraded to WordPress Multisite 3.0 and the latest build of BuddyPress too… So, if you’re looking for a one-step install of WP, Multisite, BuddyPress and bbPress today (all integrated, ‘natch) including over 100 premium plugins and 150 themes – look no further! There are a range of different plans to choose from [...]
The past year has been one of great transition for the bbPress project, which for awhile seemed as though it might be abandoned. Recently, Andrew Nacin announced that John James Jacoby and Pete Mall will be heading up the development for a new bbPress plugin for WordPress. This is great news for WordPress users who [...]
Did you think that bbPress had gone the way of the buffalo? No, it hasn’t. Though it’s been quite some time since we’ve seen much development on the bbPress front, the platform lives on within BuddyPress. Rich Fuller has created a suite of plugins that will compliment your group forums on BuddyPress. Check out the [...]
In writing for WPMU.org this year I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a great number of excellent people in the WPMU / BuddyPress community – developers, innovators, designers, and entrepreneurs. We’ve been happy to feature projects from several passionate contributors to the community and look forward to sharing more news and tips in [...]
As many of you know, bbPress has been in transition lately. Some have wondered if it might become an abandoned project. Significant changes are on the horizon that may make it simpler than ever to integrate bbPress with WordPress. Whether you prefer bbPress as a separate platform or fully integrated as a WP plugin, one [...]
Nobody likes having to sign in to a dozen social network sites just to get the same piece of information out there. If you’re operating a public or private group on BuddyPress, there are now some excellent tools available for getting groups to interact seamlessly with other social networks as well as for streamlining information [...]
If you’re like me and were not able to make it to Word Camp NYC, you’ve been wildly monitoring the twitter feeds to make sure that you didn’t miss anything important. A big thank you to David Bisset who set up the
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Taken from: The WordPress MU Manual bbPress is forum software created by WordPress.org that easily integrates with your WMPU site. Setting up MySQL Database and User for your bbPress install Before you can install bbPress you first need to create a MySQL database and user on your domain using your cPanel. 1. Log into cPanel [...]
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So, that’s the end of that! All in all we: Released a great new bbpress theme Brought update services back Sorted out per blog footer code Gave you the amazing blog and user creator And solved automatic follow up emails for new users! We hope you enjoyed it… now we’ll probably settle back into our [...]
