By the time you’re reading this, it is quite possible that the BuddyPress revolution will have happened, but if you’re reading this soon after this was posted, I can safely say that the BuddyPress revolution hasn’t happened yet. It’s under way, but is hasn’t happened.
What on earth are you going on about?! I’ll go back a step. You’ve probably got some idea what BuddyPress is and will have heard about it, but chances are you don’t really know what it is exactly. Well, in a nutshell, BuddyPress turns your WPMU (the version of WordPress that allows you to have multiple blogs, i.e. the software WordPress.com uses) installation and turns it into a fully functional social network! In other words (from BuddyPress.org):
BuddyPress will add a social networking layer to a new or existing installation of WordPress MU. BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.
But WordPress MU isn’t as popular as WordPress.org… No. It’s not, which is probably one of the reasons that a version of BuddyPress for the standard install of WordPress is in the works. There’s no official release date yet, but word on the.. er… web. is that it’ll be available in a couple of months. Taking a step back here, how awesome would that be! For those of you who have multiple writers or even just readers signing up on your blog, you can now message them with exciting stuff happening on your site and all of the other exciting stuff that comes with BuddyPress (although features will probably differ slightly between WP and WPMU).
But I want to try it out now! You do?! That’s lucky, as I’ve just written a series of posts about BuddyPress on my blog, Nometech.com! The series, in three parts takes you through the installation of WordPress MU in part one, then the installation of BuddyPress in part two and finally customizing and ‘getting to grips’ with BuddyPress in part three.
I’ve got something to say about this. Leave a comment below then. And you heard it here first. The BuddyPress revolution is coming!
This post was submitted by Alex Denning, a Twitter fan and WordPress blogger on Nometech.com.
Alex Denning
Alex Denning blogs about all things WordPress, including WordPress theme development and web design, over at WordPress Shout.
I am looking forward to using the ScribeSEO tool with my wordpress site. Thanks. 
Thanks a Lot. It was really very helpful for me :) 
How to make the posts section of the WP static? 
reaally excelent job. thanks 
Thanks I have been trying to figure this out for awhile now. I knew it wasn't that hard I ...
Thanks for your effort. Nice work. Keep posting such thing. 
Well, since WP & WPMU are merging… then one version of BP will be available for everyone.
Creating small (or large) communities around common interests isn’t anything new, but with these tools it’s way easier than before..
But I don’t know if I would go as far as saying there’s a revolution on the way, but I’m sure we’ll see a lot more mini-social-networks around soon (they’re popping up already if you look for’em). And your installation and configuration series will help people to get started = great work.
Hi, while i agree that buddypress is great but it still has many uncut corners, that should improve as more people use it.
Also there is a rumor that eventually all buddypress installs will work together so you register on one and use your login on all sites running buddypress.
And btw if someone whants to try out a working buddypress site and become a memmber of on visit postnonstop.com
Nowdays Blogs have becoming such a big thing, everybody is investing money in them. They drive huge traffic and money. I hope buddypress comeup with somthing interesting.
Andrea beat me too it. I was going to suggest that in a few months time, it’s quite conceivable that WordPress 3.0 will be on the doorstep and if everything goes according to plan, WordPress and WordPress MU codebases will have merged leaving one BuddyPress to rule them all
All speculation of course.
It’s definitely been a big task to build the site off of BuddyPress and WordPress MU. Great Work.
I wonder why the version for WP wasn’t developed first? I mean WP is th most popular blogging platfor these days – you can’t dismiss that.
Its really nice to see something new..Waiting for it to be released