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jark:

From the bbPress blog release announcement:

Simply by activating bbPress 2.0, any standard WordPress theme is suddenly capable of having support forums, user profiles, topic tags, and custom topic views. Your users are able to mark topics as favorites to read them later, and can subscribe to be notified via email to topic replies, so they never miss out on the conversation.

One of the cooler features of bbPress 2.0 is that it has built-in support for BuddyPress, significantly simplifying integration with the “social network in a box” WordPress plug-in. This alone should make bbPress attractive, not to mention the countless other new features, bug fixes and minor changes.

jark:

Coinciding with the recent bbPress upgrade, BuddyPress 1.5 has been released:

Version 1.5 is a major BuddyPress feature release. Code-named “Lombardi” after the first pizzeria in the United States (with a wink and a nod toward the Wisconsin roots of several members of the BP dev team), BuddyPress 1.5 introduces many dozens of new features and enhancements, on top of hundreds of bugfixes.

As with any new software release, there are a host of new features, bug fixes and more. The more notable changes in BuddyPress 1.5 are an improved interface for managing profiles, a refreshed default theme offering header customization, an optional one-column page template, sexier content design and much better integration with bbPress.

This is a one of the more kick ass updates to BuddyPress. If you have ever considered running your own specialized social network then BuddyPress may be just what the doctor ordered. While an out-the-box solution of BuddyPress, bbPress and WordPress does make for a spiffy site, definitely take some time to customize it up a bit - BP makes it about as easy as possible.