Am I Going to Stop Recommending BP+WPMU? Possibly.

Posted by on Mar 8, 2010 in /blog | 3 comments

Update: I’m reverting back to the old version. Unless they get their crap together, I don’t think I can press the upgrade button ever again. This business of changing the entire theming process every time you go up a tenth of a version is fscking stupid. And yes, I’m really that pissed about it.

I’m really disappointed with BuddyPress and WordPress teams lately.  The last two or three versions of WPMU and BuddyPress have been absolute nightmares to upgrade.

I said this earlier today:

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Check this out.

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An upgrade should, you know, make things better.  It shouldn’t break things beyond recognition.

A little version control and testing before deployment would be nice, that’s all I’m saying.

If this crap keeps up for many more versions, I’m going to have to stop recommending WPMU+Buddypress to anyone.

And that sucks, since I like BP+WPMU, on the whole.

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RodgersAlexis35

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Otto

Don't forget that MU is going away with WordPress 3.0 as well, which merges the two codebases. With things being more unified, hopefully these sorts of issues won't happen as much anymore.

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Andy P

Did you follow the upgrade instructions and install the backwards compatibility plugin? All of the code to keep things working for older installs using the classic theme (plus a new version of the theme you are using) can be found in this plugin:Did you follow the upgrade instructions and install the backwards compatibility plugin? All of the code to keep things working for older installs using the classic theme (plus a new version of the theme you are using) can be found in this plugin:

http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/upgra...

Upgrading will be a much smoother process from this point onwards. The first two versions have been about finding the right setup and process that works for the greatest number of people. Even still, your setup should work perfectly with the upgrade and the backwards compatibility plugin activated.

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