· This maintenance release fixes 14 issues with BuddyPress, including a potential security vulnerability that affected earlier releases in the 1.5.x series.
· This is a bug fix release that will prevent members from inviting friends to groups they are already members.
· Remove unused forum template from BP-Default (bp-themes/bp-default/forums/single/).
· Clear deprecated function warnings for WordPress 3.3+.
· Fix changing password from user settings screen for WordPress 3.3+.
· Fix PHP notice when using a theme with group creation templates from a version of BuddyPress older than 1.5.
· Fix bug where Pages in parts of the WordPress admin were taken out of lists when on multisite.
· Fix bug causing default avatars to display at the wrong size in the Howdy toolbar menu.
· This release fixes over 25 issues that have popped up since BuddyPress 1.5 “Lombardi” was rolled out in September 2011.
· Security fix in activity component.
· Removed deprecated function calls.
· Fixed bug with activity permalinks and non-public groups.
· This fixes a few bugs that cropped up early in Beta 1.
· BuddyPress 1.2.9 includes fixes related to the new version of jQuery (1.6.1) that comes packaged with with WordPress 3.2.
· Added a new constant, BP_USE_WP_ADMIN_BAR (defaults to false), that allows site admins to choose between the classic BuddyBar and WordPress 3.1’s admin bar.
· Fixed BuddyPress Dashboard menus to be compatible with the WordPress 3.1 Network Admin screen.
· Fixed white screen error when updating to WordPress 3.0.1.
· Fixed xprofile field sanitization.
· Fixed duplicate activity stream posts.
· Fixed but when uploading avatars.
· Fixed avatar crop tool failure.
· Fixed sent messages being marked as unread.
· Fixed GMT offset bug.
· Fixed bbPress forum description and Group Description being out of sync.
· Fixed load priority of bp_init and bp_loaded causing issues.
· Fixed a few WSoD situations.
· Fixed blogs directory SQL error in multisite.
· Fixed incorrect title on pages and blog posts.
· Fixed BP group API extension bug.
· Fixed activity stream HTML.
· Adjusted activity stream styling for many nested replies.
· Fixed crafty sign-up activation key bug on single site installs.
· Added BP_Button class to allow internal filtering of action buttons.
· Added pagination to button of theme files where appropriate.
· Improved WordPress 3.0 support for function deprecation.
· Fixed l10n issues in bp-default theme in JS.
· Fixed admin menu link titles.
· Added ability to remove a member from a group.
· Fixed inability to ban member from group in certain conditions.
· Fixed numerous user deletion bugs.
· Remove deprecated code.
· Adjust bbPress internal abstraction to decrease memory load.
· Added edit post link to blog posts.
· Removed rogue comment count.
· Improved LDAP compatibility.
· Normalized all bp-default actions and template HTML.
· Fixed white screen error when marking users as spam or deleting them.
· Added better support for is_subdomain_install().
· Fixed possible avatar path issue when not on root blog.
· Fixed issue where template locations could not be passed as arrays.
· Fixed incorrect link to blog post/comment in activity stream.
· Fixed avatars failing to upload.
· Fixed comments showing incorrect comment author avatar.
· Fixed incorrect avatar display on blogs other than root.
· Fixed assigning the Activity Stream as the front page.
· Fixed friend count not updating after user deletion.
· Fixed broken link in activation email.
· Fixed issue when loading more activity stream items.
· Fixed internal action hooks for 3rd party plugins.
· Fixed situation where disabled components still appeared in search bar.
· Fixed zebras. Don’t ask.
· Fixed incorrect status time if less than 1 minute ago.
· Fixed incorrect member count after user is deleted.
· Fixed updated blog name when site option is changed.
· Fixed missing $bp globals.
· Fixed avatars failing to upload.
· Fixed issue deleting multiple items in sent box.
· Fixed incorrect use of double quotes on bb-config.php.
· Fixed incorrect link destination in some activity stream items.
· Fixed default mysteryman usage.
· Fixed footer translation issue.
· Fixed wrong path for autocomplete ajax loader.
· Fixed issue where site options were loading incorrect site information on multinetwork setups.
· Fixed gravatar lowercase email address issue.
· Fixed missing blogs when multisite is enabled.
· Fixed bug where subnav items could not be removed.
· Fixed group/forum data sync issue.
· Fixed bug with WPMU installs where the blog directory would show no blogs. No change for standard WordPress installs.
· Fixed bug where the home tab would not get selected if the activity stream was set as the home page.
· Fixed bug where total group member count meta could go out of sync.
· Fixed bug where unapproved blog comments could appear in the activity stream.
· Fixed bug with blog “last activity” times not being updated when a new post or comment was made.
· Fixed issues with BuddyPress javascript conflicts with other plugins.
· Fixed bug with forum topic last poster name and in some circumstances incorrectly returning “Deleted User”.
· Fixed bug where in some circumstances bp_member_profile_data() would return a null value.
· Fixed bug with private message notification email links when sending to multiple recipients.
· Fixed bug where profile pages could become inaccessible if the user_login and user_nicename were not the same value.