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/2009/04/03/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/2009/01/28/wpmu-27-slated-for-release-today/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/28/wpmu-27-slated-for-release-today/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:22:06 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1064 Donncha O Caoimh tweeted: WPMU 2.7 is just about ready. Unless someone has found a showstopper bug or has a great patch, it’ll be out later tonight This is great news for all WPMU users as well as those waiting for a release of BuddyPress. Once the current beta is tested with a WPMU 2.7 [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/28/wpmu-27-slated-for-release-today/feed/ 7 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/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:06:37 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=993 There are two major open source social networking platforms that are garnering much attention of late: BuddyPress and Elgg. Elgg 1.0 was released in August 2008. BuddyPress is currently in beta. Regular visitors to this blog have probably read many of my posts on Elgg. Recently, I posted some first impressions of BuddyPress as a [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2009/01/19/elgg-and-buddypress-compared-part-1/feed/ 18 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/29/buddypress-user-test-drive-part-1/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/29/buddypress-user-test-drive-part-1/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:19:10 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=885 BuddyPress has a trial site in which you can sign up for an account and give it a test run, much like the folks at Curverider did many months ago. It gives everyone an opportunity to experience the user interface. I signed up for an account and gave it a quick test drive. I will [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/29/buddypress-user-test-drive-part-1/feed/ 28 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/28/buddypress-release-imminent/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/28/buddypress-release-imminent/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:57:18 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=876 BuddyPress, a social networking platform based upon WordPressMu, originally scheduled for release by the end of this year is in beta release. Developers have frozen new features are are now trying to iron out bugs before the version 1.0 release. BuddyPress is not an application on its own, rather it is a collection of WordPressMu [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/28/buddypress-release-imminent/feed/ 9