Tag: buddypress 1.9

  • BuddyPress 1.9 “Sammy” Released With New Notifications Component

    BuddyPress 1.9 was released to the world today thanks to many volunteer contributors who worked hard to make it happen. This release pays tribute to Sammy’s Pizza in Providence, Rhode Island, where lead developer John James Jacoby has enjoyed many fine pizza pies. Here’s a quick tour of the three main highlights of this release.…

  • BuddyPress 1.9 Beta 1 Released and Ready For Testing

    BuddyPress 1.9 Beta 1 was released over the weekend. You know what that means: some very exciting improvements to BuddyPress are right around the corner after a short period of testing. BuddyPress users are encouraged to fire up their development environments to start testing the beta. So far there are 84 closed tickets for the…

  • RIP BuddyPress Default Theme: Finally Laid to Rest in 1.9

    The BuddyPress Default Theme passed away at his home in the BuddyPress trunk on November 13, 2013, surrounded by family. BP Default is predeceased by his parents and relatives, the 1.1 themes, the wire, and the status components. Born on February 16th, 2010, during the golden era of BuddyPress 1.2, the BP Default theme was…

  • BuddyPress 1.9 To Retire Default Theme and Add New Notifications Component

    BuddyPress 1.9 beta has been slightly delayed, but lead developer John James Jacoby says that it’s not too far off course. There are 43 tickets left in 1.9. During the BuddyPress development meeting today, BP core contributors addressed tickets that need more attention and caught everyone up for where 1.9 is headed. BuddyPress 1.9 Will…

  • BuddyPress 1.9 Will Include Dynamic Menu Links

    For a long time BuddyPress site admins have puzzled over how to create dynamic links within WordPress menus. Although the admin bar provides a comprehensive menu for links related to active components, the process of inserting just one or a few of these links into a regular nav menu is actually quite difficult. The most…

  • 7 Surprising Results From The 2013 BuddyPress Codex Survey

    The results of the BuddyPress codex survey are in! 178 BuddyPress developers participated in the survey and the information they provided will help the team to prioritize short-term and long-term tasks for improving the BP Codex. Community developers @hnla and @mercime are spearheading the effort to improve the BuddyPress codex for the BP 1.9 release.…