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/2009/04/30/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/2009/04/20/ben-werdmuller-leaves-curverider/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/20/ben-werdmuller-leaves-curverider/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:52 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1280 Elgg co-founder Ben Werdmuller has left Curverider as of April 15.  On his blog he refers to Team Elgg positively calling them, “…a first-class team of brilliantly intelligent, creative peope.” When asked why he left Elgg, he replied, “I’ve got some other ideas I’d like to persue. Nothing sinister.” Ben intimates that he has some [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/04/20/ben-werdmuller-leaves-curverider/feed/ 7 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:40:58 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1263 One feature I didn’t see when testing beta Elgg 1.5 is the admin’s ability to set default widgets in both user profiles and dashboards. These tools, included in the Elgg 1.5 “full” package. Elgg adopters have asked for this feature since the initial release and there have been plugins that provided such functionality, but had [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/22/elgg-15-includes-a-few-more-admin-features/feed/ 8 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:54:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1247 Elgg 1.5 has been released by Curverider. Over the past few days, Elgg’s revisions to their Subversion repository had slowed as they put the finishing touches on the new release.  Elgg 1.5 is available as a package or from the subversion repository. This development means that I will return to my comparisons of Elgg and [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/13/elgg-15-released/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:28:44 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1225 Curverider released a second release candidate for Elgg 1.5 today. It can be downloaded as a tarball from their site, or you can get it from the subversion library. Release Candidate 2 brings about 40 new revisions to Elgg code since the release of the first Release Candidate last week.]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/09/curverider-releases-elgg-15-rc2/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/05/elgg-15-rc-released/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/05/elgg-15-rc-released/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:57:33 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1222 A release candidate for Elgg 1.5 was unvealed by the Curverider team today. Release candidates have been tested and are generally very stable. Nonetheless, Curverider does not recommend its use for production sites. The core Elgg team has been working feverishly to squash remaining bugs and enhance Elgg’s performance. They have committed over 100 commits [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/03/05/elgg-15-rc-released/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/28/elgg-15-revision-3000/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/28/elgg-15-revision-3000/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:21:35 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1215 February is winding down in a few hours and many are awaiting Elgg 1.5. Whether or not they make the projected February isn’t important if you consider what the Curverider team has achieved in there progress to a much inproved social networking platform. Elgg 1.2 was released in Decenber with Revision 2515. As of today, [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/28/elgg-15-revision-3000/feed/ 6 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/22/more-elgg-15-tweaks/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/22/more-elgg-15-tweaks/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:34:49 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1184 Elgg 1.5 will bring a number of enhancements large and small that will improve usability for both users and admins. Here are a few more things to look forward to with its impending release. As Elgg  changed versions, many of the plugins have become incompatible. Developers have had to update them in order to make [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/22/more-elgg-15-tweaks/feed/ 10 http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/21/elgg-15-notifications-external-pages-and-frontpage/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/21/elgg-15-notifications-external-pages-and-frontpage/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:04:11 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1174 The Curverider team continues to update Elgg at a furious pace with nearly 360 commits since early January. It appears Elgg 1.5 will arrive as promised this month. I’ve been watching the progress unfold with an SVN trunk installation (NOT recommended for production!). I have also been given a preview of Elgg 1.5. If I [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/02/21/elgg-15-notifications-external-pages-and-frontpage/feed/ 15 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