Hi everyone, I have been looking at various social networking software and came across this new BuddyPress theme while at a meeting yesterday. It is called BuddyBase and you can read about it here: http://links.com/2010/11/buddybase-a-free-buddypress-wordpress-theme/ It seemed to work very well and it is being used for a fairly large project that the designers of this theme are working on so it is probably pretty stable. If you have any feedback, let me know.
I'd also be very interested in hearing from people using it. Think I'll check and see if Limedomains offers it.
BuddyPress was conceived in 2008 while working to add social networking features to a WordPress MU powered site. The first official stable release was in May 2009. The platform has grown and morphed considerably since then, into the dynamic, easily extensible package you see today. Just like its parent project WordPress, BuddyPress is a completely open source endeavor. 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. BuddyPress is built to bring people together. It works well to enable people with similar interests to connect and communicate. Some of the fantastic uses might be: * A campus wide social network for your university, school or college. * An internal communication tool for your company. * A niche social network for your interest topic. * A focused social network for your new product.
I have checked it out but still haven't taken the time to understand how to configure the child theme.