r-a-y
BuddyPress core contributor, forum moderator, occasional plugin developer and all-around good guy™. (Sorry for the title padding!) I like to dive into code to figure out why things work. Let me know how I can help you on your next project. Note: I am currently not available for large-scale projects.
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Moderating,BuddyPress,Wordpress,bbPress, Donate! If you've benefited from anything I've done on the forums, why not tip me ;) http://bit.ly/caKAbg Number of total donators so far - 12
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic Question Mark after Username!?! in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
The question mark has been removed in BP 1.5.
If you want to remove the question mark in your theme as well, then navigate to your active theme’s folder and open up /members/single/member-header.php.
Next, […]
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic Main nav pages are not acting as current_page_ancestor ? in the group Requests & Feedback
Please post this as an enhancement ticket on Trac:
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic Activity Post vs Forum Topics, advice? in the group Requests & Feedback
This was an idea that I was comtemplating building a long time ago — using the activity stream as a forum.
Hard part would be sorting an activity post and its comments in a linear fashion (or flat mode) since […]
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic How to add a Title for Activity Post? in the group Requests & Feedback
On the backend, you’d need to experiment with adding some activity meta.
In BP 1.5, all the activity meta functions are available in […]
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@mikey3d – Like Boone stated, a volunteer needs to spend a couple of hours out of their schedule to update it and release it. I was about to update this plugin for a project, but they decided they liked the […]
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic Can't Edit or Delete a status update post in activity stream in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
To add back the delete button in the activity stream, you need to add the following in your /activity/entry.php template:
?php if ( bp_activity_user_can_delete() ) bp_activity_delete_link(); ?BP doesn’t […]
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If you’re on BP 1.5 and you’re using an older theme, read this:
http://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-developer-and-designer-information/#theme
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Are you trying to change the height of the header image background or the header in general?
If you are trying the change the height of the header only, first create a child theme.
Then in your child […]
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
I have recently updated the child theme codex article for BP 1.5:
http://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
Give it a read through and see if that helps.
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic How to edit and add thing to bp adminbar in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
This codex article probably needs updating, but read through it and try what is suggested:
http://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/modifying-the-buddypress-admin-bar/
If it doesn’t work, let us know and […]
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic I WANT TO BACKUP TO UPGRADE TO 1.5 - integrity of downloaded files in the group Installing BuddyPress
If you are using BuddyPress 1.2.x and are dependent on a lot of BP plugins, you might want to wait until your BP plugins are updated.
If you want to test BuddyPress 1.5, you should do all your upgrading and […]
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It’s just a CSS bug on the bp.org homepage for IE8 users. Don’t worry! Nothing important is missing!
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic Removing Powered by W and B in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
Create a child theme of the BuddyPress Default theme.
Then, copy over /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/footer.php to your new child theme, open up footer.php, then read […]
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Are you using the bp-default theme?
If not you need to copy /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/blogs/ to your WP theme.
Preferably, you are already using a child theme.
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic How to disable Gravatar completely? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
Add the following in wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:
define( 'BP_AVATAR_DEFAULT', 'http://example.com/my-new-default-avatar.jpg' );Change the link of the URL to your default avatar URL.
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r-a-y posted an update
@mariapeagler @mariapeagler @mariapeagler – Read the last FAQ here:
http://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/embeds/#faq
If you are using BP 1.5, my recommendation at this time is to deactivate my plugin until I get the new version of the plugin ready for BP 1.5; BP 1.5 supports basic oEmbed support now.
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic oEmbed video size in Buddypress 1.5 in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
Read this:
http://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/embeds/#faq
Note: This will only take effect on new embeds, not existing embeds.
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This post explains everything:
You’ll need to write a script that gives everyone a […]
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The Wordpress Admin Bar (not BuddyBar) is a different bar entirely.
Try finding something on the WordPress forums:
Can also try this […]
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r-a-y replied to the forum topic Buddy press stopped working on my site in the group How-To and Troubleshooting
Rule of thumb: disable all BuddyPress 3rd-party plugins and reactivate them one by one until you figure out the culprit.
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