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bbPress 0.73

October 27, 2006 11:47 pm — Releases — mdawaffe

After a couple of weeks of kicking the tires, we’ve decide we’ve fixed enough bugs to put out a new version of bbPress. So here it is: 0.73, the latest in the bbPress “Bix” series.

The changes in brief:

  • Improved rewrite rules generation
  • Template cleanup
  • Much better support for non-English forums including support for right-to-left languages
  • Improved installation
  • Even better integration with other software
  • And, of course, a small security fix

More detailed information about the changes can be gleaned from the tickets we fixed and the code we improved.

Download, and Get your bbPress on, everybody!


What does this mean to people already running 0.72? You should upgrade! Do so by keeping the following files and directories

  1. .htaccess
  2. config.php
  3. my-plugins/ (if you have it)
  4. my-templates/ (if you have it)

and deleting everything else. Then upload the new version, and you’re ready to roll. There’s no need to run any upgrade script.

Some of the bug fixes, though, may require you to change a thing or two around.

If you’ve localized your install (that is, if you’re using bbPress in a language other than English), bbPress now uses the constant BBLANG instead of WPLANG.

Some of the default templates have changed a bit:

  • favorites.php
  • front-page.php: the “Views” area is now more straightforward.
  • profile-edit.php: some invalid markup has been fixed.
  • profile.php: fairly extensive changes to how times and dates are calculated. If you have a custom profile.php template, you’ll probably need to grab the new default template and redo your modifications.
  • topic.php
  • And a few other relatively minor changes.

And finally, people who are integrating bbPress and WordPress will probably not have to worry about that silly WP_BB constant anymore.

10 Responses to bbPress 0.73

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  3. Mike Pepper says:
    October 28, 2006 at 2:58 pm

    Please add bbPress to the BBS comparison matrix at http://www.forummatrix.org/. That is not my site, but we’ve been using it to help us select a new BBS for our sites. Had pretty much selected another but didn’t know about bbPress. Happily have not yet made the switch.

    It would be very helpful if a knowledgeable member of your team would take a few minutes and enter the data in that most helpful grid. Thanks.

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  8. madcrasher says:
    November 3, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    Hey, nice little forum you guys have here! While by default it seems to be more of a support forum rather than a community forum, I’ll be looking at using it in one of my sites in the near future. I’m especially interested in the possiblilities when integrated with WPMU… :D Anyway, nice work so far, and I’m looking forward to 1.0!

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  10. nick says:
    December 2, 2006 at 10:35 pm

    hey guys,

    I’ll echo the previous commenter’s statement about this looking more like a support forum than anything, but I like the default UI and simplicity / clean LnF of the whole thing. The only major features I find are missing right now are:

    - Private forums – that’s what’s really holding me back from using bbPress, I can’t migrate my old boards over without having support for private / restricted forums

    - Private messages – while not critical, it’s a nice feature to have

    I also find the admin pretty lacking (I realize it’s unfinished, but you need to add some better batch user management & pruning options in there ASAP), but aside from that, great work. :)