[pcwriter]

I’m trying to make ‘Profile’ the default tab in member profiles in my theme, and need to do it without having to edit wp-config. Has anyone figured out a way?

A couple of ways are shown in the following post and both work, but they require editing of wp-config. Not good for me. http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/customizing-buddypress-profile-page-default-tab-and-item-nav-order/

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Are you able to sneak the setting in at the top of functions.php? Or is this for a plugin you’re developing?

[pcwriter]

@djpaul

It’s for a theme I’m developing and yes, I can put it in functions.php (he says, mouth watering in anticipation…)

[pcwriter]

@djpaul

Did you have something specific in mind?
Or are you just encouraging further attempts from my feeble mind?

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Just what’s linked to in the previous post:

`
if ( ! defined( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’ ) )
define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ );
`

[Hugo Ashmore]

Never been able to get this working in anything other than wp-config or bp-custom in functions.php it appears to be too late to be acknowledged – not useful in one wants portability via functions.php for a theme

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

So, file a bug report if you feel it should work in functions.php

[Hugo Ashmore]

No I won’t

Personally never thought that it should work in functions.php, perhaps it should? not really sure, we’ll leave the bug reporting to pcwriter

[pcwriter]

@djpaul @hnla

I’ve tried this every which way but sideways, but can’t get it working either in functions.php. Too bad, it would have made a sweet addition to the theme options.

As for reporting it; I don’t think it can be qualified as a bug. At most, an oversight. Maybe the utility of such a function hasn’t been brought to light until now?

[pcwriter]

OK. Ticket filed for suggested enhancement: https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/3007

[pcwriter]

Lol… got a response in trac… from the same fellow who responded in this thread: can’t be done.

At least now it’s official