Like WordPress, BuddyPress is a completely open source endeavour. Everything from the core code, to the documentation, themes and plugin extensions are all built by the BuddyPress community. This means anyone can help the project by contributing their time and knowledge.

Short list of change log :

• Fixed problem that prevented certain kinds of profile date from being saved.
• Fixed issue that prevented blog comment activity items from displaying on certain setups.
• Fixed problem that prevented group extension tabs from appearing.
• Removed secondary blog avatars from the activity stream.
• Fixed issue where activity dates were changed when blog posts were edited.
• Fixed bug in the way that friend counts are returned.

BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin that enable Social networking. You can build a social network for your company, a group your team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. It will let users register on your site and start creating profiles, posting messages, making connections, creating and interacting in groups and much more.

Subversion Access : If you are a developer and Subversion user then you can download the latest development build of BuddyPress using following link.

svn co http://svn.buddypress.org/trunk/

Or Manual Download : BuddyPress 1.2.7

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• BuddyPress Kaltura Media Component for BuddyPress version 1.1
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-- This Post BuddyPress Version 1.2.7 Available is Published on Devils Workshop .

Old versions of this plugins were released on this blog only. But with growing popularity of this component, we decided to start a dedicated portal for this at mediabp.com.

You can read complete release post here!

Links: BuddyPress Media Component | Release Post

-- This Post BuddyPress Media Component with Support for version 1.2 Releases with New Portal is Published on Devils Workshop .

This post is to announce a big update to BuddyPress Kaltura Media Plugin which makes it compatible with BuddyPress version 1.1.x.

This feature was in so much demand that we added support for it ahead of time. It was originally planned for release towards the end of this month.

This new release have widget support for:

• Recently Added Pictures
• Recently Added Videos

You can configure number of pictures/videos that will show.

You can see widget in action here – http://bp.rtcamp.in/bp1.1/

You can download new release from this page.  Look for highest version in 1.1.x series. As of now its 1.1.

Link: WordPress Repo Page | Download Page | Direct zip file link for v1.1

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-- This Post BuddyPress Kaltura Media Component for BuddyPress version 1.1 is Published on Devils Workshop .

This is a quick post to announce small but significant update to our BuddyPress Media Plugin which makes use of Kaltura open-source media platform.

By default, BuddyPress Media plugin uses Kaltura’s server to store all user upload media files. Some BuddyPress social network owners didn’t like this for various reasons and they wanted to use this media component with Kaltura CE – Kaltura’s self-hosted open-source media platform.

In a small release, which also happens to be first release on wordpress’s official plugin repo, we made necessary changes so that this BuddyPress component can work with Kaltura.com as well Kaltura CE out of the box.

What is Kaltura CE?

In simple words Kaltura CE is like wordpress.org – you can download and install it on your own server as compared to Kaltura.com which is more like wordpress.com – you can use it on someone else server with few limitations.

Kaltura CE over Kaltura.com has following main advantage:

• With Kaltura CE all data (codes & media) is uploaded to our server
• Kaltura.com offers limited storage and transfer in free account
• As running WordPress-MU and BuddyPress requires a good webhost, you may be already having a server to run Kaltura CE. So Kaltura CE will increase your cost, may not be true in early days of your social-network.

Only downside is that installing Kaltura CE requires some extra technical knowledge and no webhost provides one-click type of installer as provided for WordPress, Joomla, etc. But setting up your own Kaltura CE server is one-time exercise and you can do it on your own by following official documentation or hire us to get it done for you.

Links: BuddyPress Media Component (on wordpress.org) | Kaltura CE

Recommended Webhost for Kaltura CE: Mediatemple

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-- This Post Support for Kaltura CE is added to BuddyPress Media Plugin is Published on Devils Workshop .

This BuddyPress component integrates Kaltura open-source video platform seamlessly. This component adds missing media rich features like photos, videos and audios uploading to BuddyPress which are essential if you are building social network, seriously!

Features:

As of now in first release of this plugin following features are supported. (please see screenshots section for visuals)

1. Buddypress user gets a media menu.
2. They can upload video, images and audio files seamlessly to their profiles. (Data will be stored on the Kaltura server by default. You can use your own server as an alternative.)
3. All kaltura-data uploaded by a user will be visible to other users.
4. Data will be organized into video, images and audio automatically.
5. Buddypress users wont need separate Kaltura account to use media-rich features added by this component.
6. Only Buddypress (Wordpess MU) admin need Kaltura partner ID. All user data will be associate with admin’s kaltura partner account.
7. A local database at buddypress installation keeps track of which user is uploading which files, which further deals with data-separation on per member basis.
8. Widget support for recently added pictures/videos (only available for BuddyPress 1.1.x)

Requirements:

• WordPress MU 2.8.4a
• Buddypress 1.0.x OR Buddypress 1.1.x

Download: Download Code | Documentation in PDF | Live Demo

Installation:

Installation of the component is same as other buddypress components.

1. Download component source code and unzip it.
2. Upload “rt-bp-kaltura-plugin” directory into WordPress plugins directory i.e. “wp-content/plugins”.
3. Upload “rt-bp-kaltura-theme” directory into “wp-content/bp-themes/bp-members” directory. “bp-members” is the default BuddyPress members theme. If you are using your own customized theme substitute its folder name in-place of “bp-members” in path.
   
4. Go to Dashboard >> Plugins menu and activate “Buddypress-Kaltura Media Component”
5. Go to Dashboard >> Settings >> Kaltura Settings and enter your Kaltura account settings there.

To-Do List:

Below is list of features you will see in upcoming versions. If you need any specific feature, please use comment form below. We will try our best to add it to our list. If you need paid support or paid customizations, contact us.

1. Privacy Controls – All uploaded data is be viewable by all users. There is privacy control supported in this version.
2. Album support - All photos as of now goes into single, global album.
3. Commenting - As of now you can not comment directly on a users’ media content.
4. Caching Support - Even though we find Kaltura platform very robust and reliable, it wont hurt have local (buddypress server-side cache). After all what the use of those attractive “unlimited webhosting plans”!

Support this component

If you find this component useful, please consider making a donation. Even this plugin is developed by a startup company, we need your support to release future updates in less time.

Screenshots:

Download: Download Code | Documentation in PDF | Live Demo

Developed by: Kapil Gonge (rtCamp)

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-- This Post BuddyPress-Kaltura Media Component is Published on Devils Workshop .