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BuddyPress – build a social network on top of Wordpress MU (Multi-User) blog installation

Apr 30, 2009 by Mircea GoiacloseAuthor: Mircea Goia Name: Mircea Goia
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After months and months in development under Automattic umbrella (yes, the Wordpress guys) Buddypress is, finally and officially, at version 1.0.

What is Buddypress?

It’s a set of plugins and themes (each adding a distinct new feature) developed originally by Andy Peatling allowing a Wordpress MU (Multi-User)  blog installation to become a social network also.
All of the plugins could be used to create a complete social network from scratch, or you could use specific plugins to add desirable features to your existing blog network.

Later on, Buddypress was acquired by Automattic, the makers of Wodpress MU and Wordpress blog software, and the author joined to their team.

The features Budypress has are:
* Extended Profiles
* Private Messaging
* Friends
* Groups
* The Wire
* Activity Streams
* Blog Tracking
* Forums

Some upcoming features in 2009 are:
* Status Updates (Mid 2009)
* Photo Albums (Late 2009)

To have Budypress running on your server you need to have the following:
* A working installation of WordPress MU, version 2.7.1 or greater
* PHP version 4.3 or greater
* MySQL 4.0 or greater
* The mod_rewrite Apache module enabled

Budypress might not be a contender now for Social Engine, DZOIC Handshakes, WebNetwork, Boonex Dolphin, Alstrasoft E-friends, Elgg, PHPfox, PHPizabi but in the near future it could be as new features will be added and, especially, because it can reach a good chunk of the market thanks to many Wordpress MU installations which are already there.

Download Buddypress here  and don’t forget the installation instructions!

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Tags: auttomatic, blog software, buddypress, dolphin, dzoic, e-friends, elgg, multi-user, mysql, php, phpfox, phpizabi, plugins, social engine, social network, webnetwork, wordpress, wordpress MU

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