This thread is an attempt to note the differences between the new BP.org theme and the default BP theme.

1) Post form available on displayed user’s profile
-This eliminates the concerns of those who miss the functionality of the wire from BP 1.1.
-eg. http://buddypress.org/community/members/r-a-y/ (Post something to r-a-y)

2) Group meta to distinguish different groups
– There are three group types on BP.org – Plugin Group, Support Group (for the old forums) and User Created Group (eg. http://buddypress.org/community/groups/)
– BP.org also uses an internal rate / review plugin for plugin groups only (eg. http://buddypress.org/community/groups/welcome-pack/reviews/)

3) Sitewide search
– Sitewide search is now available; uses custom loops and checks the “f” variable. eg. http://buddypress.org/search/?f=buddypress

[@boonebgorges Keymaster 14 years, 8 months ago]

This reply is an attempt to note that r-a-y is awesome.

Also to close your strong tag.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 14 years, 8 months ago]

Strong tag is closed

[@djpaul Keymaster 14 years, 8 months ago]

Go file a bug report, r-a-y

[@21cdb Participant 14 years, 8 months ago]

These are all great new features! I’ll hope “global search” and “Post something to xxx” will also make it in the defaut theme, so that theme developers could adapt it!

[Inactive 14 years, 8 months ago]

I noticed “add friend” was replaced by “follow.” Profile details seem private. And, I like the permalink button in the activity streams.

[@el_terko Participant 14 years, 8 months ago]

Can some elightened soul explain to us simple mortals how can we achieve sitewide search and group meta ? In plain english would be even better…

[@3sixty Participant 14 years, 8 months ago]

“Can some elightened soul explain to us simple mortals how can we achieve sitewide search …”
+5… it is awesome!

[@3sixty Participant 14 years, 8 months ago]

“Post something to xxx”
This actually should be described more clearly. It is ambiguous whether you are posting something to them privately or publicly (until you try it out).

[@3sixty Participant 14 years, 8 months ago]

I noticed “add friend” was replaced by “follow.”
Andy Peatling addressed this somewhere on testbp.org. The upshot is that “follow” is an additional module, not a replacement for “friend” (though you are right, on this site, friending is now disabled in favor of following, which I like a lot).

[@guigoz Member 14 years, 8 months ago]

Sitewide search and group meta are extremely usefull ! Some How-To or plugin is it plan ?