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 software, for developers to test their themes and plugins on over the next several weeks. DO NOT run this beta on your live production site, as it is just beta software and is still in testing. There could be bugs in the software that are uncovered and then patched over the next several weeks. I expect the software to be released to the public around the end of August, possibly early September. You can download BuddyPress 1.5 Beta 1 today if you are interested in testing it.
We will be working diligently to update the BuddyBoss theme in time for the official release of BuddyPress 1.5, so you will be able to safely update BuddyPress with an up to date theme.
Great to hear about BuddyPress 1.5 and looking forward to new features of BuddyBoss. From what I read in the forums you will be having the option for have all components of BuddyPress to make it either 2 or 3-column pages. That is going to be a huge feature. If I could can I request a feature that allows for widgets in the footer, basically how you have Buddybase set up?
We will be adding the option for sidebar widgets on all BuddyPress components. For example, if you add widgets to the Profile component you will immediately see a right sidebar on all user profiles. We will consider adding widgets into the footer as well. Thanks for the feedback.
These are just some of the updates coming. It’s going to be a huge update with all kinds of improvements and we’re very excited about it!
Please add photo gallery. It’s vital! Excelent project.
@Catalin,
We will be adding a photo gallery 😉
Any update on release dates?
You can follow their updates here: http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/
They are putting out the Release Candidate this week likely, which is the final version for testers. This means the actual 1.5 should be released sometime this month, or early September. We will release our update to BuddyBoss after 1.5 comes out.
i’m looking @ using buddyboss theme, is there anyway that the wall could be sorted out as i find with buddypress that it gets overcrowded with nonsence stream updates…perhaps grouping together activities on your facebook?
The BuddyBoss Wall integrates all activity into one stream. It can be sorted out to separate stream if you want with some custom coding.
I’m really looking for an option for having also a left sidebar.