BuddyPress.org

@markaduffy – There was a bbPress plugin on the stand-alone side of things at one point, but I believe it hasn’t been updated in some time. I have a thought about how to do this in bbPress 2.0, but it would most likely not be persistent, and rather based off the last time a user visited […]

-1 having a hook manager in core. There is no shortage of actions and filters that can be used, and there’s no way to add functionality to a website without writing some kind of code to do it. If someone wants a hook manager, they’d have better luck using Pods or some other library purpose […]

Looks neat. You should get it into WP Extend and leverage the BP support forums. 😀

If you want to do that, let me know and we can make it happen.

@svenl77 – Happy to have your team on board. Something as easy as moving the get_sidebar() calls into the footer makes sense to me. Would seem an easy patch and reduce some duplication. I’m opposed to hosting anything anywhere else (github) for the simple fact it further fragments development. We have Trac, and we have BuddyPress.org. […]

The problem with separating the theme completely from the core (right now) is without a fully functioning theme, there’s no way to actually use BuddyPress. Even the bbPress plugin comes with a small set of fallback template files (as a child theme of twentyten) to display forums. The core of this problem is there is […]

Nice to see everyone stepping up and getting involved. You rock. Exciting stuff. 🙂

Closing this.

Also fixed our own download page, which was similarly broken.

Try again? 🙂

Should be back now.

Found the culprit. Working on a fix.

@djpaul – Sounds good. When you get a moment can you post up a rough outline of tasks and expectations on bpdevel? We’ll use it as the running stream of communication as needed, to keep it public. Maybe make a master ticket in trac right away too, to post diff’s, files, etc…

@uloga – Creating a robust replacement for bp-default isn’t something to do on a whim. Let’s get a few people to collaborate rather than compete, and see who wants to do what. Deal?

@uloga – Are these things you are able/willing complete on your own, or are these ideas for a core wishlist?

@bowromir CSS Decoupling the CSS into smaller pieces seems like it would go against the cardinal rule of minimizing HTTP requests to speed up page load times. Having everything turned on would load up 10 separate CSS files, just for the theme itself. They’d naturally be enqueued hierarchically so they cascade correct, so if one of them […]

@uloga

1. Decisions over options – and you’ll want to pair up with Maz and anyone else that’s interested in a new theme
2. How does privacy prevent spam?
3. I would suggest making this as a plugin to start. Having a proof of concept here is key.
4. Forums are already mine.

Without template files to display content, there is no BuddyPress. Having just gone through this with the bbPress plugin, it’s impossible to create custom WordPress components without theme files to back them up.

Are you saying you want to make a non-ajax default theme that is easier to extend?

I’m a little confused by that too Maz. Any plugin can register a theme directory anywhere they want, and where the files sit doesn’t change any of the functionality. What specifically are you proposing?