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April 2nd, 2008

New BuddyPress site launched as part of Automattic

A month ago BuddyPress was acquired by Automattic and today the new BuddyPress website was launched:

Right now BuddyPress is still in development,  but you can download the latest BuddyPress builds through SVN if you’re game.
Is this a game changer for social networks?
If BuddyPress becomes a popular add on for WordPress Multiuser, then I think, as […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 4th, 2008

BuddyPress to help Automattic and WordPress go social

WordPress is the bloggers platform of choice and with its array of plugins it can do nearly anything.  The WordPress Multiuser plugin BuddyPress let you turn a standard WPMU install into a powerful roll-your-own social network, now this plugin has been pulled into Automattic.
What I didn’t realize (doh!) was that BuddyPress was developed by […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments