If you’re a BuddyPress user, you should know that there’s been a point release following the recent v1.1 drop. The new version corrects a few issues namely:

• Fixed an issue where themes designed for BuddyPress 1.0 would cause a signup page failure.
• Fixed issues with creating and posting on private and hidden group forums.
• Fixed missing forum topic title in activity stream entry when editing a forum post.
• Fixed missing ability to pass an array of template files to load.
• Fixed post new topic and post new reply links displaying on group forums, even when logged out.
• Fixed issues with viewing paginated friend lists in the default theme.
• Fixed issue with multiple ajax loaders on the groups and friends pages for a user when searching or clicking navigation.
• Added username compatibility fallback setting to provide support for dots in LDAP usernames.

If you haven’t come across is before BuddyPress is an addon for WordPress MU that lets you layer a social network type system on top of your blogging platform. You can use it for whatever you like, from a scientific network, discussing the latest breakthroughs and research; all the way to a diet forum talking about diet pill reviews and trading diet tips. Download it here.