The core BuddyPress team and other volunteer developers have been working hard on BuddyPress 1.3 since February of 2010. They have released 9 point releases since then and the next release will be a major update, so they will be skipping versions and releasing the next version as BuddyPress 1.5, instead of 1.3.

There has been a lot of work put into 1.5:

• 792 tickets closed
• 494 confirmed bug fixes
• 2,161 total code changes since 1.2 was released

1.5 has been officially released as beta  [read more →]

Today we updated BuddyBoss, our premium BuddyPress theme, to version 1.1.4. This is a maintenance update.

Updates include:

• Fixed bug with post form displaying on users’ Walls while logged out.
• Improved CSS with BuddyPress Activity Plus plugin.
• Added word-wrap to admin bar for long words.
• Made admin bar slightly wider to allow for longer words.
• Fixed minor CSS issue with right aligned text getting cut off.
• Updated “Theme Support” section in BuddyBoss admin settings.

The list of edited files can be found in the [read more →]

The combination of WordPress, BuddyPress and all of your plugins can sometimes lead to a slow website. What follows is the ultimate guide to speeding up your BuddyPress site. In combination, the techniques described below will dramatically improve your page load speed. Some of these methods are easy to implement while others are more difficult. Just do what you feel comfortable with.

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WordPress and plugin authors regularly release updates which you can download by going into Dashboard  [read more →]

Today we updated BuddyBoss, our premium BuddyPress theme, to version 1.1.3. This update is necessary for compatibility with WordPress 3.2 and BuddyPress 1.2.9. It also brings a highly requested feature, optional widget areas for all of the BuddyPress directories (Members, Groups, Forums, Blogs, Activity), as well as several bug fixes and improvements.

There are a number of edited files in this update. If you are only concerned with WP/BP compatibility and do not want to apply the other updates, then you only  [read more →]

We have received a number of requests to make the BuddyBoss navigation look similar to this site, so we went ahead and created a simple child theme that styles the navigation to be fixed width and rounded corners. In order to use this child theme you need to first purchase the BuddyBoss theme.

Click the button below to download the child theme:

BuddyBoss Child Theme with Fixed Navbar →

To create a more branded experience for your users, your site’s logo will display on your Sign Up page as of today’s update to 1.1.2. This also makes the sign up page more closely match the design of the login page. You can see a live demo of it here: http://buddyboss.com/demo/register

Today we updated BuddyBoss, our premium BuddyPress theme, to version 1.1.2. This is a minor update.

Updates include:

• Added site logo to Sign Up (Register) page for a more branded sign up experience.
• Fixed CSS display with long list items.
• Fixed CSS display with Group Email Subscriptions plugin.
• Improved CSS display with U Forum Attachments plugin.
• Fixed CSS display with lists in forum posts.
• Fixed CSS bug with group Join/Leave buttons in IE7.
• When comments are closed, posts now display “Comments are closed” instead  [read more →]
  

Today we updated BuddyBoss, our premium BuddyPress theme, to version 1.1.1. This is a minor update.

Updates include:

• Fixes for formatting of BuddyPress Links plugin and BP Gallery plugin (added to default.css).
• When posting new topics on Group Forums Directory, “Post In Group Forum” is now first and marked as required, to prevent posting errors (it’s required by BuddyPress already).
• Added bullets to widget list items to make separation between items more clear.
• Better homepage “My Profile” icons.
• Updated the footer  [read more →]
  

We highly suggest learning about and using a “child theme” to ensure easy updating of your BuddyBoss theme. As powerful and polished as the theme is today, it will only get better as time goes on and we want you to be able to take advantage of future updates.

Without a child theme, you have to edit the core theme files to makes edits to the theme. However, when we release an update to the theme you will have to figure  [read more →]

Today we updated BuddyBoss, our premium BuddyPress theme, to version 1.1. This is a minor update.

Updates include:

• Added a custom.css file to allow for easier theme updates. We recommend adding your CSS edits to this file.
• Added support for featured images in blog posts.

The list of edited files can be found in the Release Notes.

How to update: Just follow this guide →