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Version 1.8

Published on July 17th, 2013 by Boone Gorges

Version 1.8 is a major BuddyPress feature release. BuddyPress 1.8 introduces many new features and enhancements, on top of lots of bugfixes. For Version 1.8, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 6080, and the Trac revision was 7278. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights BP’s packaged styles have been streamlined, so that […]

How To Join a Private Group

Published on May 27th, 2013 by @mercime

Sections Groups Directory Page – with example of rejected membership request Single Group Page – with example of accepted membership request Groups Directory Page 1. In your site’s Group Directory page, click on the “Request Membership” button of the Private Group you want to join. 2. You’ll see the “Request Membership” text in button change […]

BuddyPress Components and Features

Published on May 17th, 2013 by @mercime

BuddyPress is a powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, member types, activity streams, user groups, group types, and more. You could set up a community site for your university, an intranet for your company, a public/private network for your special interest groups, and many […]

Groups

Published on May 8th, 2013 by @mercime

Groups in BuddyPress are gatherings of members, posts, and any other user-generated content. A member can create a group in BuddyPress (if enabled by Super/Site Admin) and thus becomes the group administrator. Every group includes a Status Update form for members and the latest group news which can be kept up to date by group […]

Members

Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercime

BuddyPress makes it easy for you to build your community or social network and establish relationships among members with default components such as Extended Profiles, Activity Streams, Friend Connections, Private Messaging, User Groups, and Blogs (multisite installation only) and major features like Notifications. The following is an overview of the default membership features using BuddyPress. […]

Activity Streams

Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercime

Activity streams aggregate all of your activities across a BuddyPress installation. Enabled BuddyPress components make use of the activity stream component, which means any sort of activity can be recorded. Blogs posts, new friendships and blog comments are among the most popular activities recorded. Furthermore, custom components can also hook into the activity streams, meaning […]

User Extended Profiles

Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercime

We are currently working on a documentation reboot, here’s the new home of the best accurate docs (WIP). You’re very welcome to contribute to it. Highlight the best of your community members by creating an unlimited number of Extended Profile (xProfile) Fields and/or groups of Extended Profile Fields custom-made for your social network. To start […]

Messages

Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercime

Sections Public Messages Private Messages Private Message Screens How to Send a Private Message Public Messages BuddyPress provides ways for you to send a message publicly to another member of the site or network. Members will be notified of public messages by a new message count in the Notifications circle in Admin/Toolbar as well as […]

BuddyPress Widgets

Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercime

BP Legacy Widgets have been progressively replaced by BP Block Widgets since version 9.0. They were moved into the BP Classic backwards compatibility Add-on during the 12.0.0 BP development cycle. BuddyPress provides widgets which you can add to any of your theme’s widget areas. To activate these, go to dashboard menu Appearance > Widgets. (BuddyPress) […]

Configure BuddyPress

Published on April 10th, 2013 by @mercime

We are currently working on a documentation reboot, here’s the new home of the best accurate docs (WIP). You’re very welcome to contribute to it. After activating BuddyPress, you will be automatically redirected to the BuddyPress Welcome Screen if this is the first time you’ve activated BuddyPress or if you’ve just upgraded BuddyPress. After taking […]

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