bbPress 1.0 alpha series update
It’s about time everyone was let in on the progress we have made towards version 1.0 of bbPress.
I expect the next alpha release to be made sometime in the next two weeks. This release will include our first implementation of Pingbacks both to and from your bbPress installation. The first draft implementation of this is now in trunk.
Also to be included in the next release is an implementation of the pseudo cron feature from WordPress. This will allow plugin developers to schedule jobs in the future or on a regular basis. It is 100% compatible with the WordPress implementation, so the existing documentation is all you need to get started with using it.
To enable cron I’ve included the very new WP_Http class in BackPress. This new class is a robust HTTP fetcher which is meant to replace the Snoopy class in WordPress. This will allow all sorts of RESTFUL services to be utilised within bbPress plugins, like fetching data from other pages, embedding search APIs and even pulling data from WordPress via RSS or XML-RPC.
On the drawing board is the beginnings of an XML-RPC publishing interface. This will make it easier to use bbPress as a data store for more exotic clients like custom flash applications and XML-RPC desktop clients. It also opens the door to creating an iPhone app for bbPress much like the existing WordPress iPhone app.
An alpha version of bbPress’ new export/import format and tools has also landed in trunk thanks to our Google Summer of Code student Dan Larkin. You can read a little more about that at the BBXF website.
There will also be several fixes for bugs found by our courageous alpha testers.
Great news! Looking forward to see next bbPress 1.0 alpha release. (-:
Comment by WPNinja — September 16, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
Any news if bbPress 1.0 will come bundled with some type of Caching plugin? Something similar to Super Cache.
Comment by Henry — September 16, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
Will caching finally work in bbpress 1.0?
Thanks for all your hard guys
Comment by Jason — September 16, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
Any word on bbpress caching?
Comment by Rick — September 16, 2008 @ 7:59 pm
Great to hear. Will be looking forward to updating.
-JD
Comment by JD Hartley — September 19, 2008 @ 12:16 am
Yes, we are incorporating WordPress’ wp-cache into BackPress and thus bbPress. That means that any caching solutions which have been built to replace wp-cache for WordPress should work with bbPress.
Comment by Sam Bauers — September 19, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
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Pingback by Brian.Carnell.Com » Blog Archive » bbPress Alpha and BBXF — September 22, 2008 @ 12:46 am
I love the clean refreshing lightweight look and feel of bbpress. I can’t wait for the 1.0 release. I am starting with the current 0.9 release and I do hope that the upgrade to 1.0 when it’s out will be relatively painless.
Thanks a bunch for all the great work!
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Pingback by bbPress » bbPress 1.0-alpha-2 released — October 9, 2008 @ 1:36 am
Cool, word catching moderation would be really good… especially when running integrated with wp, it would be super cool if it would just use the same rules for bb posts as for wp comments!
Comment by Andrew — November 17, 2008 @ 1:11 am