BuddyPress 2.9
- June 7 – Beta 1
- June 14 – Beta 2
- June 28 – Release Candidate 1
- July 5 – BP 2.9.0 Release Date
- There are currently 45 tickets slated for this release (19 closed, 26 open).
bp-nouveau
@hnla updates:
- @mercime and I have been tackling various tasks including a11y aspects for form elements.
- Made adjustments to the message displays to improve those adding icons as separate child elements rather than hooking to the parent element to be able to hide using aria roles.
- New
buddypress-wrap class added to the main wrapper so we don’t use the same class for body as we do the inner div. - Improving the ease of updating search & filter wrapping elements extracting to one include file so we only need to work in three files for all elements.
- Created a new function to manage group descriptions excerpts to change $length values if the list display is set as grid boxes, which was required to effect an equal height-ish box.
- Improved group grid layouts to improve those for min-heights and general breakpoints.
- Refactored action elements in list layout views for better positioning & flow, removing absolute positioning in favor of stacking to the left on larger screens.
- General refining of elements such as title sizes, metadata, and displays. A little attention was given to single screen subnavs to try and define them better visually at small/mobile screen layouts.
- Travis CI is now up and running for bp-nouveau. Thanks @netweb. to the project
BP Trac Tickets
Only load component action and screen code when we’re on the component’s page (#7218) @r-a-y has refreshed patch. Requests opinion on the approaches taken before proceeding.
friends_add_friend() should convert accepted arguments (#7506) @r-a-y has committed fix to trunk.
Add identifying tag parameter to bp_has_*() loop arguments. (#7503) @dcavins requested dev feedback.
When user is not logged, if he/she clicks email link to view new messages gets 404 page when should get login page (#7349) @r-a-y has committed fixes for redirection issues and improving UX. Has refreshed patch after commits. Dev feedback requested.
Use stylelint to lint SCSS & CSS replacing Ruby Gem `scss_lint` (#7028) @hnla follows up with @netweb. We need to get this in early in dev cycle to test.
Move asset template parts away from bp-legacy (#7116) @r-a-y’s proposal only applies to core functionality like emails, embed, and attachments.
bp_group_has_members performs unnecessary query (#7513) @dcavins has patch for dev feedback.
JS Enqueued On Non-BuddyPress Admin Pages (#7512) @r-a-y has looked into issue posted by @kstover and requested more information since BP’s caret.js is enqueued correctly on admin pages.
Resize member avatar error with cyrillic (not latin) filename (#7484) @r-a-y has patch for dev feedback.
Fix for profile image upload on Microsoft Edge breaks iOS Safari and Chrome (#7416) @r-a-y has patch. Needs a Mac user to test.
Take advantage of BP_Groups_Group magic methods in groups component setup (#7416) @dcavins has patch. Ready to commit. Dev feedback requested.
BP_PHPMailer needs to set the `Date` header (#7509) @r-a-y has committed fix to trunk.
Test depends on PHP EXIF support; should fail more gracefully when absent (#7432) @r-a-y has committed fix to trunk.
{{user.site_url}} token not using HTTPS when site is on SSL (#7508) @r-a-y has committed fix to trunk.
BP Use Cases from BP Developers/Site Builders
@mercime announced that guest posts from BP Developers/Site Builders will be published soon at BuddyPress.org. The first batch of informative and interesting case studies have been submitted by developers who signed up during the BuddyPress 2016 Survey.
Slack logs:
April 19: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBYUG/p1492628459684302
April 26: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBYUG/p1493233250835528
BP Dev Updates 