http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/19/buddypress-installation-for-the-masses-2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/19/buddypress-installation-for-the-masses-2/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:48:26 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1436 I recently created another BuddyPress test site and I am pleased with how much the procedure has been simplified. I blogged about the difficulty in the past, so it is only fair that I note vast improvements. I never fully succeeded installing BP the first time I tried. It involved a long process of manually uploading a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/06/19/buddypress-installation-for-the-masses-2/feed/ 5 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/05/04/buddypress-installation-somewhat-simplified/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/05/04/buddypress-installation-somewhat-simplified/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1304 In honor of the release of BuddyPress 1.0, I trashed my previous installation and created a new one from scratch. The new version of BuddyPress requires WordPressMu 2.7.1 and bbPress 1.0 alpha. The process, while simplified, is still out of the reach of many who are accustomed to the standard, upload, create database, and browser [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/05/04/buddypress-installation-somewhat-simplified/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/wpmu-buddypress-updates/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/wpmu-buddypress-updates/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:40:29 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1284 WPMu was just updated to a long awaited Version 2.7.1 which has, in turn, triggered events in the BuddyPress realm. The new WPMu version offers a number of important improvements making it a significant improvement. As a consequence, BuddyPress has finally been able to release Version 1.o. Upgrading from WPMu 2.7 to 2.7.1 was a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/30/wpmu-buddypress-updates/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/06/wpmu-271-beta-1-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/06/wpmu-271-beta-1-released/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:33:01 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1274 WordPressMu version 2.7.1 beta1 is now available. Released on April 2, this marks an important landmark for its companion BuddyPress. BuddyPress has rested on RC1 waiting for changes to the core WordPress Mu application. According to core developer Andy Peatling’s blog post of February 11, the release of BuddyPress stable has been predicated upon the release [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/06/wpmu-271-beta-1-released/feed/ 4 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/03/site-touts-buddypress-for-k12/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/03/site-touts-buddypress-for-k12/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:16:03 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1271 While visiting the BuddyPress site for fresh news, I encountered a blog post entitled BuddyPress in K12 Education. It appears that BuddyPress is being piloted by the Dearborn, Michigan school district. It’s always great to hear about Open Source adoptions by public K12 ! I could see deploying components of BuddyPress in our school’s existing [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/03/site-touts-buddypress-for-k12/feed/ 4 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/19/private-buddypress-communities/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/19/private-buddypress-communities/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:10:17 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1161 I’ve been examining both Elgg and BuddyPress for use as a social networking platform in the K12 setting. One of things necessary for our school (and probably many others) is that unmoderated content be private. About three months ago, BuddyPress developer, Andy Peatling, responded on the BuddyPress forum that the initial release of the software [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/19/private-buddypress-communities/feed/ 8 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/13/foss-social-networking-update-forfeb-14/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/13/foss-social-networking-update-forfeb-14/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:33:00 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1116 This February is a busy month in the world of open source Social Networking software. As mentioned before, BuddyPress is scheduled for release and Curverider is slated to release Elgg Version 1.5. BuddyPress released BuddyPress RC1 yestereday. Andy Peating decided to go with a release candidate rather than the full planned release because of a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/13/foss-social-networking-update-forfeb-14/feed/ 1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/12/elgg-buddypress-groups/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/12/elgg-buddypress-groups/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:51:04 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1093 Elgg and BuddyPress are two free and open source social networking platforms. Both allow users to set up and configure groups. While the process of setting up groups and the results appear different, they have many similarities. Elgg puts all the group configuration options on one page. Of note, you may make the group membership [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/12/elgg-buddypress-groups/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/25/buddypress-pauses-for-wpmy-2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/25/buddypress-pauses-for-wpmy-2/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:34:56 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1049 BuddyPress developers have postponed release dates for the second beta and the subsequent final release waiting for the launch of WordPressMu 2.7. The second beta was originally scheduled for January 26, while the final was slated for February 9. WPMU developer Donncha O Caoimh released WPMU 2.7 beta January 22 revision 1627 on the SVN [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/25/buddypress-pauses-for-wpmy-2/feed/ 1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/22/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-new-user/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/22/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-new-user/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:57:37 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1006 While comparing software features is important, it is also essential to consider user experience. This post is going to focus on the new user experiences for Elgg and BuddyPress working through first look at the site, the registration process, and the resultant page once one has logged in for the first time. I gave an [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/22/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-new-user/feed/ 7