[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 3 months ago]

Can i enter this thread with a question:

I want my network only be visibe for logged in users. i put the following code in bp-custom.php but it leads to a redirct loop and i don’t see the mistake:

function restrict_access() {



global $bp, $bp_unfiltered_uri;



if (!is_user_logged_in() ) {

bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain . '/' . BP_REGISTER_SLUG );

}

}



add_action( 'wp', 'restrict_access', 3 );

Any hint for me?

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

Cometchat looks really awesome. Slick and simple User Interface – where is Erich73 and his KISS statement

I read on their forums about buddypress support, but that was back in November 2009

http://www.cometchat.com/support/topic/51-new-integrations-launching-tomorrow/

Does anyone know something more about their plans with buddypress?

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

@dcartwright

Non-admin page creation works great! This is super simple an will encourage people to be more active! Small detail but great impact! I would suggest to move the create a wiki page box to the top.

Since there is a Group Wiki Directory Table that shows all pages, what is the benefit of having all pages listed on top? It looks kind of clunky and confusing?

I did a little mockup to clarify what i mean: http://i47.tinypic.com/15r0di0.png

By the way the Group Wiki Directory Table seems to be a good starting point for a global Wiki Directory Page.

Great work! This plugin will become super useful especially if you use buddypress for students! Great first RC!

EDIT: I just looked at the mockup and saw that i added vertical-align: top instead of middle. Just if someone is wondering.

EDIT 2: @David: I can understand the benefit of showing all buttons on the editor, but i also know how confusing all these buttons are for avarage users. It’s easier for a tech user to press a button for advanced options instead of confusing avarage users with to many buttons. But sure, thats personal taste.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

Great work! I haven’t had the time for a detailed test, but i have some short feadback for the beginning:

1. Everything works fine and seems logical. Thats great. There could be some front-end twaeks, but i will come back later next week with some more detailed ideas and mockups.

2. From our experience it is great to have advanced edit functions but hide them in a second row from the avarage user (like the wordpress backend editor does). For a wiki article the user (students) should focus on the content instead of any fancy formating. Basic options could be a select-box for h1, h2, h3 (this is important and must be easy accessible, because it will build the toc and people should get used to it) bold, italic, url link, unordered list, and numberd list. Everything else could go in a second or third row which appears if you click some “advanced options” button.

3. (future release) A searchable wiki directory page with all public pages.

4. (future release) “Suggest a wiki page” button so that non admin-members could ask the admin to create a new wiki page for them.

5. (future release) non-admin wiki page creation

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

On my install every fresh update is saying “6:00 hours ago”, but it should be “0 seconds”. I tried to set a manual UTC offset timezone (-6:00) and posted again, but its still is saying “6:00 hours ago”?

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

@David: Is it confirmed that it will make it’s way in BP-Core. I can’t find it on the newest Roadmap anymore: https://buddypress.org/about/roadmap/

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

@Matt: At best to DJPaul, so he could start with an BP Events-Component

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

Hey Matt,

there is a related ticket on trac (https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1498) and a free plugin called “Invite Anyone” by Boone Gorges (https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/invite-anyone)

I haven’t tested it yet, but probably gonna do it soon, because i agree with you on this issue.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

@David: I have the exact same problem. A demo site with all plugins would be great. My site is a non-profit site, but i wouldn’t mind pay for it. I really think events should be a core component, because 90% of all communities would benefit from such a feature. Same is valid for an album component. But on the other hand buddypress is driven by only 2 guys and they are doing an absolute awesome job, so i do understand that not every wish come true.

@DJPaul: I’m really happy that you are going to develop your own component. May i ask if you have any plans to provide it for free and if its also focused on groups? I know ur Achievements plugin and i really like it. It doesn’t fit my target audience, but you could count me in for testing an events component if u need any help.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

Has anyone tried “BuddyPress calendar and event plugin” from wpmu.org? I would like to see it somewhere live and there is no demo available. It looks pretty good – Events are tied to groups, same as forums.

I just asked them if it will be work with BP 1.2 and if there are any plans on offering a free feature less version.

http://wpmu.org/buddypress-calendar-and-event-plugin/

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

I never use the search function on BP. It’s a pitty, but it doesn’t motivate when you have to specify so many different types of possibilities.

I also read the comment in function bp_search_form_type_select() and i would love if this could be implemented in BP.

I’m pretty much in love with buddypress exept how forums work (see here: http://testbp.org/members/toreg/activity/58328/ ) and how activities and so discussions slowly get lost on the screen (see here: http://testbp.org/members/toreg/activity/58411/).

Hastags would be also a great addition to get people to what is “in” at the moment.

@username is great too … but BP shows the fullname and average user will never be patient enough to look up the username on the profile URL.

Note this is all constructive criticism – i love what you guys have done so far!! Great work, especially the new theme and the improved activity stream!

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

I checked that but the option in WP-Backend “BuddyPress” > “General Settings” –> Disable user account deletion?: Is set to “No”, but the link still isn’t displayed

EDIT: Problem solved. It was my own fault. I was logged in as overall site admin and this account isn’t deleteable.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

So every time i add a sidebar to my custom theme the id of the bp-default sidebar is count up by 1? That would mean i have to dive back into child-themes function.php and higher the unregister_sideabar(‘sidebar-x’) by one?

Edit: I checked it in my child-theme and the procedure above is unfortunately true. WordPress Codex also says it only goeas by ID: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/unregister_sidebar

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

Yes they are. Sorry!

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

In ur themes function.php (create one if it doesn’t exist in ur theme folder) add

<br />

/* Register an additional fourth widget column */<br />

register_sidebars( 1,<br />

array(<br />

'name' => 'fourth-section',<br />

'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',<br />

'after_widget' => '</div>',<br />

'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',<br />

'after_title' => '</h2>'<br />

)<br />

);<br />

and alter the code in ur post above to

<div id="fourth-section" class="widget-section"><br />

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')<br />

|| !dynamic_sidebar('fourth-section') ) : ?></p>

<p>    <div class="widget-error"><br />

<?php _e( 'Please log in and add widgets to this section.', 'buddypress' ) ?> /wp-admin/widgets.php?s=&show=&sidebar=first-section"><?php _e( 'Add Widgets', 'buddypress' ) ?><br />

</div></p>

<p>    <?php endif; ?></p>

<p>    </div>

This should bring u a functional fourth-section sidebar in the wordpress backend. Valid for BP 1.1.3 Theme.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

Thanks for sharing this Erich73!

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

Everything is done through the frontend – our students and academics absolutely hated the backend

Thats exactly what we experienced with our beta testers and what makes me even more excited about ur development.

So far i have one more question. On the screenshots u posted i saw a line

Any future page creation/deletion can ONLY be performed by group admins.”

I’m a little bit concerned that this won’t encourage users to post new pages. I’m afraid that people will be more likely create a new group to see their pages up instead of searching for a suitable group where there page would be fit in?

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

This is absolutely great news for everyone who wants to use buddypress in the fields of education. Thank u very much for sharing with us. Is it all working on the frontend, or does the user has to enter the wp-backend?

Thoughts:

1. A searchable “wiki” directoy page would great.

2. Tags would be great – with a sidebar tag cloud widget on the directory page.

3. I also like ur idea of vertical “page” listing.

What a great xmas present

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 5 months ago]

Rather than thinking of the activity stream as just a place where everything is aggregated, the activity stream will be the place where everything actually happens/is stored.

I really like this idea. It will encourage users to be more active. It would be great if developers could hook into the “What’s new John Doe?” box and add their own interface. For example MrMaz “Links” component could add a Link Button to the box where users could directly post a “Link”. I think facebook is a good example for this.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 6 months ago]

Thats great news! Looking forward for the testing link.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 6 months ago]

@JJJ: Thats great news – will this be also merged in trunk code? I couldn’t find it there yet.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 7 months ago]

@JJJ: Have you ever tried adding wp_enqueue_script( ‘thickbox’ ); to one of ur environments? This is what causes the upload issue on my two local installations. From what i read most plugins utilise this wordpress bundled function and i guess this could be a good starting point for further investigations.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 7 months ago]

Open ur screen.css and replace the existing “.activity-list li span.time-since” and “.activity-list li” with

.activity-list li span.time-since {

bottom:5px;

color:#999999;

font-size:10px;

left:28px;

position:absolute;

}



.activity-list li {

background:transparent  !important;

margin:5px 15px;

padding:0 50px 20px 34px !important;

position:relative;

}

It should point u in the right direction.

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 7 months ago]

I encountered the same issue. Marked the problem down to thickbox.js which comes bundled with wordpress.

I’m afraid but i don’t have a solution for this annoying problem, but i wrote a trac ticket that you can find here:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1267

[@21cdb Participant 16 years, 7 months ago]

Once a .pot file is available, i’m glad to translate it into german. I think u did an awesome job with this plugin. I’m still busy in coding a custom theme for our upcoming non-profit network, but once i’m dome with that the implementation and theming of ur plugin is #1 on my to-do list. The feature richnes of this early version and how u support it gave me enough confidence to trust this plugin and it’s future development. Many kudos to all your work!