[charles]

Hi,

I have been setting up my site and I have been toying around with Commons on a single use WordPress site but have been toying around with the idea of switching to a multiuser/network version of WordPress since I will have reporters all over the world reporting and I think the multiuser version of WordPress might make sense for me (still trying to figure that one out though!)  Here is my site: underground.net

But then I came across CUNY Academic Commons (or Commons) plugin which I thought Commons in a Box was.. but it looks like they’ve updated CUNY Academic Commons quite a bit in the past month and it has lots of plugins as part of it:  http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/21/commons-1-5-12/

Yet Commons in a Box hasn’t been updated in over a month.  Are they not the same thing?  Is there a reason why the two don’t update simultaneously?

Also, I am already running Buddypress 1.9 so I should not start using CBOX correct?

Thanks so much!

Charles

[Scott Voth]

Hi Charles – The CUNY Academic Commons has been around almost five years and has steadily evolved and matured.  It has a set release cycle for maintenance (new themes, plugins, upgrades) on the 11th and 21st of each month.  It serves as a model for Commons in a Box – and shows what is possible to do with a “Commons” site.  The principle behind Commons in a Box is to provide an easy way to manage a core set of plugins so that they are compatible with each other and don’t break when one of the plugins releases a new version.  For example, BuddyPress 1.9 was recently released, but Commons in a Box is still using BuddyPress 1.8 because some things in 1.9 will “break” the default theme.  When the dev team has made the corresponding changes, we will release a new version that takes advantage of BuddyPress 1.9.

Hope this makes sense.  Thanks and good luck with your new site!

[charles]

Thanks Scott!  Have a happy new year!

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