Topic: need help with plugin

need help with plugin

gwu123
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@gwu123

14 years, 9 months ago

hi guys,

I need to replicate the “groups” functionality to have something called as “courses”‘. Wat is the easiest way to do this ?

Note that I do not want to rename groups, but I want “courses” with exactly same features as groups and I also want the “groups” to be there and work as it is in default.

Any help will be much appreciated

Thanks in advance

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Xevo
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@xevo

14 years, 9 months ago

Put this in config, and just rename groups everywhere in your theme to courses.

define ( 'BP_GROUPS_SLUG', 'courses' );

But this won’t allow you to have both groups and courses, you’ll have to make a plugin/component for that.

Note: Haven’t tested that group slug before, so not sure if it works.

D Cartwright
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@aekeron

14 years, 9 months ago

Further to what Xevo said, replicating the entire groups functionality is no small task. In fact, it’s more like a huge task.

Perhaps you could look at the group tagging plugin instead? And then perhaps use some child theme/plugin trickery to change the group display based on the group tag?

gwu123
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@gwu123

14 years, 9 months ago

any more suggestions ??

intimez
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@intimez

14 years, 9 months ago

Is this what you are looking for?

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

gwu123
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@gwu123

14 years, 9 months ago

nope..I want the groups to stay as they are..i will be still using groups….but i want a new component similar to group called “courses”

So now by bp should have groups and courses.

gwu123
Participant

@gwu123

14 years, 9 months ago

is it possible to have a “group type” flag or field…this way i can create/manage/delete/ n do all things as i would in groups..and use the same tables as groups….but in my theme i can put a condition/filter to display these on respective directories/pages.