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J.H. Snider started the forum topic Naked vs. Dressed Buddypress in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons vs. Ning vs. …: 13 years, 9 months ago

In recent months the number of premium Buddypress themes has greatly expanded (e.g., see http://premium.wpmudev.org, http://www.woothemes.com, and http://buddydress.com). This turns naked Buddypress into a much more polished, integrated, and good looking platform–but only if you’re willing to spend extra money. In the feature wars, however,…[Read more]
J.H. Snider posted on the forum topic Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 4 months ago

On August 5, 2010 Acquia released Drupal Commons. So far, the reviews appear mixed. The product appears to be targeted to the business enterprise. Moreover, out-of-the-gate it appears to have some significant limitations, making it for now a niche community building application. My guess is that Buddypress, based on the WordPress platform, still…[Read more]
J.H. Snider posted on the forum topic Buddypress vs. Buddypress with proprietary extensions in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 4 months ago

I think the open source movement is largely based on the assumption that there is a free lunch. Most developers to core open source code don’t expect to be paid for their work and most users of open source code don’t expect to pay for use of the code itself. To the extent that useful […]
J.H. Snider started the forum topic Buddypress vs. Buddypress with proprietary extensions in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 4 months ago

When the cost of sophisticated Buddypress themes is factored in, the cost of commercial community building websites seems much more competitive or even a bargain. This doesn’t mean there aren’t other reasons to use the WordPress/Buddypress platform. But cost–as in “free” or even “low cost”–may not currently be sound grounds for a choice. Of course, […]
J.H. Snider posted on the forum topic Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 5 months ago

Jay,

Thanks for the additional info / corrections.

It’s sometimes hard for me to keep track of all the various definitions of open and free. My impression from what you’ve said is that Drupal Commons is open and free to the same degree as Buddypress. It just has additional commercial options.

–Jim
J.H. Snider started the forum topic Buddypress vs. ExpressionEngine in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 5 months ago

ExpressionEngine Links: Home Page: http://expressionengine.com/ ExpressionEngine Pros: Classy design; appears to be feature rich Integrated platform built with many modules Includes a Wiki Impressive Fortune 500 and Silicon Valley client list Claims to be built on open source software, including CodeIgniter, an open source PHP framework…[Read more]
J.H. (“Jim”) Snider started the forum topic Buddypress vs. Ning in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 5 months ago

Ning Links:
Home Page: http://about.ning.com/index.php

Ning Pros:
Simple, elegant, and feature rich
Integrated plaform: few worries about outdated, incompatible plugins
Has some WordPress “plugins” such as Polldaddy

Ning Cons:
Proprietary data and platform
Monthly fees, which can change at any time
No wiki
No open “plugin” community
J.H. (“Jim”) Snider posted an update in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 5 months ago

An annoying little quirk in Buddypress: since setting up my group (Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…) several days ago, I have repeatedly tried to upload an image as my Group avatar. Each time I do so I get the following message: “Oops! This link appears to be broken.” The files I have tried to upload have been formatted as either a jpg or gif.
J.H. (“Jim”) Snider posted on the forum topic Buddypress vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware in the group Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons…: 14 years, 5 months ago

You apparently misread the review. By weak support, I meant that Tiki Wiki did not have the same quality of support as WordPress and Buddypress. I thought that was clear from the context (and, by the way, I’m a great fan of @LisaSabinWilson‘s books, which is why I mentioned their titles). In any case, I welcome […]
J.H. (“Jim”) Snider started the forum topic Buddypress vs. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware in the group Drupal Commons vs. Buddypress: 14 years, 5 months ago

Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Links: Home Page: http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php Do-it-yourself Demo: http://info.tikiwiki.org/Get+Tiki#Tiki_Demo:_Try_Before_You_Install Note: version 5, a big improvement over version 4, was released on June 8, 2010. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Pros: Open Source Feature rich core, including polls, wikis, and lots…[Read more]
J.H. (“Jim”) Snider started the forum topic Buddypress vs. Telligent in the group Drupal Commons vs. Buddypress: 14 years, 5 months ago

Telligent Links:
Home Page: http://telligent.com/
Telligent Community: http://telligent.com/products/telligent_community/
Telligent Analytics: http://telligent.com/products/telligent_analytics/

Demo:
Haiti Earthquake APAN Website: http://telligent.com/apan.aspx

Telligient Pros:
Gazillions of integrated features
Wiki support
Email…[Read more]
J.H. (“Jim”) Snider started the forum topic Buddypress vs. Drupal Commons in the group Drupal Commons vs. Buddypress: 14 years, 5 months ago

Drupal Commons Links: Acquia Product Sheet, including video demo: http://acquia.com/products-services/drupal-commons Acquia White Paper: http://acquia.com/files/marketing/0032.Building_Enterprise_Social_Communities_with_Drupal.pdf Drupal.org website: http://drupal.org/project/commons Drupal Commons Pros: Open Source Feature rich, including wiki…[Read more]
J.H. Snider posted an update 14 years, 5 months ago

@boonebgorges Boone, it’s great to hear that you’ve joined the Buddypress support team. CUNY is my favorite demo of Buddypress. I hope you’ll continue your work integrating MediaWiki with Buddypress. I also hope you’ll carefully study the new Drupal Commons, as well as Telligent community building tools, to get ideas for how Buddypress can be…[Read more]
- Boone Gorges replied 14 years, 5 months ago
  
  Thanks for the tips!
J.H. Snider posted a new activity comment 14 years, 5 months ago

Ray,

When you have some free time, I’d encourage you to look at Telligent as well, especially its statistical tools for analyzing community behavior.

–Jim

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jhsnider posted an update in the group Drupal Commons vs. Buddypress: 14 years, 5 months ago

In late May, I attended Gov 2.0 Expo and saw Acquia promoting its Drupal Commons. Drupal Commons is an integration of “groups, discussion forums, blogs, wikis, documents, and events into a single packaged solution.” Sounds a lot like what Buddypress is trying to do.

Here is some more information on Drupal Commons:

Product Sheet, including vid…[Read more]
- r-a-y replied 14 years, 5 months ago
  
  I’m basing this from the video, but I think Drupal Commons is a really good social networking alternative and am impressed with the default feature set out of the box.
  
  re: what the Buddypress development community can learn from DPC – Acquia is a “commercial open-source” company that has dedicated resources and developers working on the project.…[Read more]
  - J.H. Snider replied 14 years, 5 months ago
    
    Ray,
    
    When you have some free time, I’d encourage you to look at Telligent as well, especially its statistical tools for analyzing community behavior.
    
    –Jim
jhsnider created the group Drupal Commons vs. Buddypress 14 years, 5 months ago
J.H. Snider posted an update 14 years, 5 months ago

@johnjamesjacoby i hope you will make Buddypress integration with MediaWiki (as done by CUNY) a high priority.

And, as you are undoubtedly aware, updating the default Buddypress theme to be on a par with the new WordPress 2010 default theme would, by setting the bar higher, greatly improve the overall quality of Buddypress themes (which, in my…[Read more]
- r-a-y replied 14 years, 5 months ago
  
  This is not a priority. There are tutorials in integrating the two together (mostly by @boonebgorges):
  
  New MediaWiki Extension: WPMU Single Sign-on
  
  New MediaWiki extension: BuddyPressActivity
  
  re: twentyten theme – check out the work by @andrea_r -…[Read more]
- John James Jacoby replied 14 years, 5 months ago
  
  If BuddyPress core needs anything to make integrating MediaWiki any easier, we’re more than happy to do what it takes to help. Otherwise it probably isn’t something that will be included in the core, because I would gamble that not every social network needs a wiki.
  - John James Jacoby replied 14 years, 5 months ago
    
    But, I agree that better twentyten support should definitely be in BP core.