BuddyPress Newsletter #21 - Relaunch

Revue

February 20 · Issue #21 · View online

You might ask, where were the previous 20 issues and why are you subscribed to this one. Reason is the same - I’m relaunching the BPMail.me newsletter. Back in that time I’ve sent 20 emails with links to news, articles, plugins and themes all about BuddyPress.

So don’t worry, your email is not shared to any 3rd party person. That is still me, Slava Abakumov, who will try to make this BuddyPress Newsletter useful and interesting by collecting related links all around the web.

Official News

BuddyPress 2.8.0 – “San Matteo”

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BuddyPress 2.8.0 “San Matteo” is now available for download from the WordPress.org plugin repository, or right from your WordPress Dashboard. “San Matteo” focuses on various improvement for developers, site builders and site managers.

BP Codex Summary for 2016 | BuddyPress Dev Updates

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Status Update There were three BP major releases (2.5.0, 2.6.0, and 2.7.0) and 18 minor releases by the all-volunteer BuddyPress contributors in 2016…

Release Leads: Call for Volunteers

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BuddyPress 2.8 will be released in a couple of weeks, and it’s time for our community to start considering release leads for BuddyPress 2.9 and 3.0. Our experiments with the release lead role over the last year have worked out well, and for BuddyPress 2.9 and onwards, we’re opening up the nomination process publicly.

Useful Articles and How-to's

WordPress developer’s guide to BuddyPress – Paul Gibbs

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Here’s the scenario: you build WordPress-powered sites for a living, or maybe for free, or even just as a hobby. Someone asks you to build their next site using a feature or two from BuddyPress.

Adding BuddyPress Custom Pages to Profiles

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BuddyPress comes with all the profile and group pages it needs to access core settings and content. Sometimes you add a plugin to your site that’s not a BuddyPress plugin but you want to have a page on the profile to display this extra content.

Hiding BuddyPress Profile Field Groups Conditionally • BuddyDev

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Assume that you are running a BuddyPress site and you have multiple profile field groups. Now, if you don’t want some of the field groups to be visible to certain users, you can…

How to Make BuddyPress User Registration Invite-Only

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Jeff Chandler write in his step-by-step guide how to use Invite Anyone plugin, created by BuddyPress lead developer Boone Gorges. Jeff recommends this plugin if you use BuddyPress and need a free solution that implements a user invitation system.

Themes on ThemeForest

The ONE - Social Multipurpose WordPress Theme

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THE ONE is a multipurpose WordPress theme with functionality and usability in it’s DNA. THE ONE is Responsive, Mobile-First, Retina Ready, Community, Social and fully customizable.

NRGNetwork - Responsive Social Network WordPress Theme

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NRGNetwork is a responsive and modern social network WordPress theme allowing you to create your very own social network website in minutes.

New and Updated Plugins on WordPress.org

Profile field based content shortcode

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Adds shortcode to show content based on Buddypress profile field

Birthday mails BP

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Sends birthday emails to members on their birthdays

That's all for now

Currently there is no strict schedule for sending emails about BuddyPress. I’m still investigating the way I collect information and would love to get the feedback from you about the quality or the whole idea. So please answer to this email with suggestions or whatever you might think would be great to talk about.

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