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Hello All,

BuddyPress Links version 0.2 (RC1, unstable) is now available for download!

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-links/download/

(Don’t forget to re-copy the “links” folder into your theme!!!)

* Added support for auto-embedding of rich media (API documentation coming soon!)
* Reduced create/admin form to one page
* Wider selection of thumb sizes for the links widget
* Many CSS improvements and fixes
* Lots of general refactoring
* Some minor bug fixes

Currently supported rich media services are YouTube, Flickr (Photo & Video), and metacafe.

The rich media embedding is scalable to an infinite number of rich media services by extending the class API. I will be writing some more extensions based on Alexa.com reach statistics when I have the time. I am also going to try to write up some basic documentation for how to write custom services. In the meantime, if you are a PHP OO wizard, you will have no trouble figuring it our by yourself, just look at the class interfaces in bp-links-embed-classes.php. Feel free to contact me if you need help or would like me to check your work.

Please post any bugs or other issues to this thread. I will do my best to monitor it and address anything that comes up.

Enjoy!
Marshall

I think many people have no idea how extremely full featured and well programmed this plugin is.. I’m just starting to grasp the amount of possibilities this plugin can mean for almost any buddypress site.

I would go as far that this plugin is the best 3rd party plugin I’ve seen so far and that it only looks to become better and better. Expect a post about this plugin on BP-Tricks.com sooner then later!

Great work Marshall!

RC1 Unstable… I really want this on my production site. Though I’m hesitant to install because of the ‘unstable’ bit.

@cynthiablue

I think you are smart to hold off on using it for production yet. This version has only been tested by 2 or 3 people so far. Try it out on a test install first and play around with it, report bugs, etc.

If enough people test it out, it shouldn’t take long to tag it as stable!

i just installed it fine on my wpmu 2.8.6 + BP 1.1.3
but can’t get it to work

there is no page at http://myexample.com/members/admin/links/create/step/link-details

could it be that the plugin doesn’t support the 1.1.3 release ?
in any case I will follow what seems to be a very nice plugin

@Lsm_267

Did you remember to copy the “links” directory into your theme?

i was just about editing my post to say I have been posting too fast.

forgot to move the /links in the theme directory. now it works perfectly.

indeed a very useful plugin and perfect integration job

what bowe said above is realy the truth : not every plugin for BP is so well developped
thanks

I am seeing a small error in Safari 4. Looks like you need to add a clear or perhaps just some shifting around in the loop. I am getting steps down the page with content. Looks great in Firefox 3.5 though.

You can see a screenshot here.

@Jake

Thanks for the report. That is wierd, I always thought Safari and FF were supposed to render the same?

I would appreciate if you could submit a patch to fix any Safari issues, as I don’t have access to a Mac right now.

Safari is available for PC. Has been for years. Or you can also test with Chrome. Chrome uses the same rendering engine as Safari (Apple’s Webkit Engine).

I need the interface and theme gurus to step up to the plate and submit some patches. I am 95% coder and 5% designer, so rely on the community to bail me out when it comes to these strange browser quirks.

Thanks for this awesome plugin. So far I have one issue when I save my link I’m redirect to the homepage without saving anyting, very strange any idea?

@pimp

Can you please provide some more information about your issue…

Are you able to create any links at all, or does it happen all the time?
Does it occur on create/admin or both?
Is there a specific kind of data that causes this?

Thanks for the quick reply. It’s when I’m loged in as admin in my profile page –> under create a link. I tried several times with links and youtube videos links, same result. Running the latest version of MU & BuddyPress.

@pimp

Can you please post a couple of the links you are trying to add? I just want to make sure I am using the same data as you when testing.