BuddyPress

Not sure if it still works as intended as it is about two years old but you might want to have a look at this plugin. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/

because of your use of $post->ID

I think you might need to use…
global $bp, $post;

It should display whereever bp_message_get_notices(); is located in the template files (in the default theme, by default it should show when theirs a message and the user is logged in, right below the log out […]

@neodjandre – The way the feature works is somewhat deceptive, what it does is posts a message on the screen (rather than their inbox) similar to what facebook does here – […]

@o4tuna the way buddypress works in regards to roles and capabilities is being worked on by the core devs, half of it will be implemented in 1.6. Trac: http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3740

`I wish there was more written about what buddypress can do and what the end result will look like. I don’t like the examples in the showcase because they don’t even remotely look like the buddypress that I have. […]

`function my_profile_page_function_to_show_screen333_content() {
global $bp;

query_posts( ‘author=’ . $bp-displayed_user-id );

// the Loop
if (have_posts()) : the_post();
the_content( ‘Read the full […]

Have you registered the buttons in your theme?

http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php#L125

`add_action( ‘bp_group_header_actions’, […]

@yanodnoralov – You do have global $bp; inside the function, right? (Just checking, sometimes it’s the simplest things that get overlooked)

@raoulbeltra either within a plugin file or your themes functions.php
You can read more at http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin

From what i understand you are trying to do, then yes, just replace `echo […]

” they apparently have access to my dash board. Does anybody have an idea how to set things straight on this issue?”
They sure do. They don’t see anything though – […]

It will do_(any)_action you tell it to do

`function cc_awesome_activity_meta_shortcodes() {
echo do_shortcode(‘SexyButton’);
}

add_action(‘bp_activity_entry_meta’, […]

line 17 of registration/activate.php in your theme.

http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-themes/bp-default/registration/activate.php#L17

Their is no core supported way to customise it at this stage but their are tickets discussing the best method for it.
SEE: http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2125

Their are plugins though that help […]

”Do you still know of a way to change that redirect for wp-admin?”
Yep, Let me forward you to a helpful codex page (they explain it better than i can) http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/login_redirect

Threaded comments (activity comments) is built into BuddyPress Default theme.

Threaded comments (blog comments) is built into WordPress.
quick google search: […]

@ashokgolusu
1) Is the activity component enabled on your site?
Go to your wp-admin buddypress settings and click on components. is the ‘activity’ component checked? None of the activity-related functions will […]

”probably need to pass to it bp_displayed_user_id()”

@hnla is correct, you will need to use bp_displayed_user_id()

as in:
$user_id = bp_displayed_user_id();

You might be better off using wp_login_form()
(http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_login_form) which has a redirect parameter (see codex link above)

Or, would you prefer to use wp-login.php?

@johnjamesjacoby
Sounds like this is a bug from the redesign – http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/buddypress-org-refresh-issues/?topic_page=2&num=15