WP Plugins
Incsub has launched WP Plugins, an app store for WordPress, WPMU and BuddyPress; http://j.mp/1A7WrQ
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker
BuddyPress
Automattic’s BuddyPress transforms installations of WordPress MU into a social network; http://tr.im/kc6e
BP: “BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact. … As all BuddyPress plugins are independant, they can be used in two different ways. 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.”
TC: “But there’s also a catch to BuddyPress for the time being: To install it, you have to be using WordPress MU, the multiple-user variety of the blogging software that is a bit more complicated to set up and is used much less than traditional WordPress. But Mullenweg’s comment that BuddyPress ‘currently requires‘ WordPress MU, would seem to indicate that eventually it will roll out to the larger WordPress community as well.”
VB: “WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told TechCrunch that BuddyPress is like a sort of ‘Facebook in a box’ a few weeks ago, and the new plugin sort of is, considering its features. To further that analogy, there’s another plugin that lets you invite friends from Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and more. And Facebook Connect integration is already available so you can sign in using your Facebook identity.”
Mashable: “If there is anyone that can make it work, it’s Automattic, who already powers more of the top 100 blogs in the world than anyone else. Some of those, as well as other popular blogs hungry for more page views, may very well be looking for a solution like BuddyPress, that can keep readers on their sites for longer, engaging both around the content and with each other.”