New Plugin: Disable BuddyPress’ Activity Stream integration with Akismet

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

I’ve just made available a super-simple plugin that disables BuddyPress 1.6′s Activity Stream integration with Akismet. Most cool kids will never ever want to disable Akismet. And this plugin has an even more limited scope, because it requires BuddyPress 1.6, which isn’t out yet. Doh!

Download from WordPress.org

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BP Labs – You May Like This

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

You may have heard of my BP Labs plugin for BuddyPress, which contains my own unofficial and experimental BuddyPress features for testing and feedback.

I’ve just got a new feature to the proof-of-concept stage; a Like button. It works similarly to all social networks’ like buttons. Right now, I’ve hooked it up to appear in the toolbar when you’re reading a blog post. Big thanks to Tammie Lister for contributing the button graphic.

I’m not sure when this new version of BP Labs will be out, but if you’re running BuddyPress 1.6-trunk, you can download BP Labs trunk here, and check it out. I’ve put a gallery of screenshots below.

It’d be really handy to get some feedback on this early version; do you like the idea? Is it implemented in a useful manner? What other features would you consider core to such an implementation?

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Welcome Pack 3.2 available now

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Available now at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/. Fixes:

  • Missing admin menu in multisite
  • Some links not being correctly replaced into certain emails
  • Incorrect default text for the “you’ve been promoted” email.

I’m still tracking a known issue with internationalisation and hope to have that addressed in the next version.

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Welcome Pack 3.1

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

Welcome Pack 3.1 is now available!

It is a minor update to fix a bug reported by Simon Kartar involving error handling when the welcome messages could not be sent. I have also re-added the i18n .pot file to the package for easier localisation.

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BP Labs 1.2.2 released

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

BP Labs 1.2.2 is now available. BP Labs contains unofficial and experimental BuddyPress features for testing and feedback.

This is a minor release to improve compatibility with BuddyPress 1.5 (which is now a requirement). Some of the internals have been updated, and the @mentions autocomplete now works correctly with BP Default 1.5 theme.

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Welcome Pack 3.0 release

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Welcome Pack 3.0 is available immediately.

When a user registers on your site, Welcome Pack lets you automatically send them a friend or group invitation, a Welcome Message and can redirect them to a Start Page. You can also customise the emails sent by BuddyPress so that they match your site.

In this release, I’ve updated the admin page design, and totally overhauled the email customisation options. Using post types and easy-to-theme HTML templates, Welcome Pack 3.0 is BuddyPress emails done right.

Big thanks to Tammie Lister of Logical Binary for contributing both email templates that are included in the release. If you need awesome design done, you’d do well to talk Tammie.

Be sure to check out the new documentation for Welcome Pack to learn how you can create your own email templates; ever wanted to use short codes, or even WordPress’ Loop to show your recent posts in your emails? Now you can.

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Welcome Pack 3.0 Preview

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

The plan is to get a beta release of Welcome Pack (3.0) out early next week. To show what’s new, I’ve recorded a brief screencast:

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