BuddyPress.org | alanchrishughes | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/alanchrishughes/activity/ Activity feed for alanchrishughes. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:00:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1adee279865274fd48b66604639b60cd alanchrishughes started the forum topic Activity Notification of Forum Post in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/activity-notification-of-forum-post/ Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:21:41 +0000 I haven’t check if this is exclusive to the separately installed bbpress method, but when the notification shows up on your activity page it links to the very beginning of the forum topic which can be annoying if […]

]]> a5ccf95c48cb1ccbc51156f357dbeb25 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/?topic_page=2#post-112306 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:01:46 +0000 Never mind, you guys are already a step ahead of me.

I could still imagine some people wanting the opposite of my personal preferences though, wanting an option to integrate comments from all sections.

]]> 86a40fda1dfcc3268432d52369e404b7 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/?topic_page=2#post-112222 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:59:52 +0000 Ahhhh, that is working now, thank you very much @boonebgorges

The only other big thing I think is a problem and could be very confusing to people as I mentioned before, if User A posts on a group activity wall […]

]]> 609588376564de11bca8be979fec45bd alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/?topic_page=2#post-112077 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:13:25 +0000 Doesn’t seem to have any effect. I wasn’t sure where you meant to add this new line, so I put it here

function bbg_dont_remove_self_replies_on_ajax() {
remove_filter( ‘bp_has_activities’, […]

]]> 80972de8a10b725e96743b7d85223d95 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-112046 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:32:39 +0000 @modemlooper I completely agree with you, I’m just saying iphones can still be used as telephones because that is a proven useful means of communicating.

Thanks @boonebgorges that seems to have fixed the reply […]

]]> dcb837f5957ca189a7a0a0a5988ec6df alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-112037 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:39:10 +0000 @modemlooper not to discredit anybody’s hard work, but what does BP currently do that is so innovative that justifies not taking advantage of the option to let people have their own little fb sites in addition to […]

]]> 79ce13f458457f41011a2c4bf2aa892f alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-112035 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:33:59 +0000 @boonebgorges I’m also using BP 1.5 (fresh out of the box installation) and it does work to an extend, it removes the notifications from the top, but adds them to the bottom of the activity stream like I […]

]]> 0930bb2621ca440f38b346a27a633c42 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-112027 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:47:00 +0000 Being able to launch your own website that uses a conversations system similar to fb would be awesome though and Buddypress kind of does that if it weren’t for a few little problems like what I mentioned. Like […]

]]> 259c5f88ca499774a722c82e66295c5d alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-112008 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:57:25 +0000 Thanks @mercime

You wouldn’t happen to have any ideas on how to get Boone’s suggested code working do you?

function bbg_remove_self_replies( $has_activities ) {
global $activities_template;

foreach( […]

]]> ba8663d782ae2467478178f353116be9 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-111967 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:06:21 +0000 If you want to turn the activity page purely into a list, the commenting option should probably be removed other wise people are obviously going to use it.

]]> c581ac183b864abbc242f8d2e2424c23 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/#post-111959 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:28:47 +0000 Isn’t that the whole point of Buddypress though, to create a fb like system? Other wise it is just a messageboard.

What is this BP Wire?

]]> 4193eb13848fe0c94a5042d20b930843 alanchrishughes started the forum topic Couple Thoughts in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/couple-thoughts/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:50:18 +0000 It took me a minute to track down when and where this works, but if you comment on a group’s activity wall, it will appear on your activity wall. If people reply to that comment it will appear on the group’s […]

]]> fb3df1bbdf8e2f50371d2906929a9386 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic What is up with BuddyPress.org??? in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/what-is-up-with-buddypress-org/#post-111921 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:38:32 +0000 Yeah I noticed that not long ago too.

]]> 1d05015112cd34de11635f1d039d8bd6 alanchrishughes posted an update in the group Creating & Extending: @DJPaul lol why are you so anti-old threads? https://buddypress.org/updates/p/183777/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:35:10 +0000 @DJPaul lol why are you so anti-old threads?

]]> 0 3637c892ad67cbc002f656d104027698 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic bp_is_group_admin_page() function?? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/bp_is_group_admin_page-function/#post-110806 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:06:52 +0000 Is there any kind of if_user_is_admin tag?

]]> e2279affa6a8565275aae0471bcb8c41 alanchrishughes posted an update: adsfdsfasd https://buddypress.org/updates/p/183566/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:19:11 +0000 adsfdsfasd

]]> 0 9a2777416b6c66104f6832ff5a191af5 alanchrishughes posted an update: https://buddypress.org/updates/p/183565/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:18:08 +0000

]]> 0 0bc30359b005e8445d8f45ccf2e3ae60 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Changing Group tab display defaults in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-group-tab-display-defaults/?topic_page=3#post-110577 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:13:53 +0000 Is there any way of doing this without the redirect? I would rather the forum just work directly out of the groups home page you know?

/groups/group-title/topic-title

]]> c35c73d448f5b36cbd7a4c60dd535851 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Posting New Forum Topic From Group Front Page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/posting-new-forum-topic-from-group-front-page/#post-110572 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:18:43 +0000 Thanks Ray, I’ll check that out.

]]> 3db4d8e85597f23e77a61ea1ecab5efb alanchrishughes started the forum topic Posting New Forum Topic From Group Front Page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/posting-new-forum-topic-from-group-front-page/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:18:56 +0000 I discovered it is really easy to loop the forums on the first page of a group instead of activity by changing…

locate_template( array( ‘groups/single/activity.php’ ), true );

to…

locate_template( […]

]]> af887a93e185d58e95ca2bbe86d3cc8c alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Manually Creating Links in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/manually-creating-links/#post-109899 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:00:05 +0000 Ahhhh, thank you very much.

]]> 84a39aa4364a8c8dafb3ab21235ef5cb alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Manually Creating Links in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/manually-creating-links/#post-109896 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:43:15 +0000 Normally this would be a piece of cake, I would just look at the template file and there the answer would be, but the only thing here is one swooping

bp_get_options_nav();

that generates all the links at once.

]]> 20923e0c28d8d023e9aa6af3a6cc4ce3 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Manually Creating Links in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/manually-creating-links/#post-109894 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:24:10 +0000 I must not be explaining things right, I am talking about a groups navy bar

get_bp_group_domain() ?home
get_bp_group_domain() ?admin
get_bp_group_domain() ?forum
get_bp_group_domain() […]

]]> 5f48d6496660c46349723a03b34b9b02 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Manually Creating Links in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/manually-creating-links/#post-109890 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:56:37 +0000 That’s why I would need something to generate whatever the group url is because each group name is different.

]]> 365661cb8a1c17600f93a92f0a061ee6 alanchrishughes started the forum topic Manually Creating Links in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/manually-creating-links/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:59:53 +0000 Is there anything similar to

echo bp_loggedin_user_domain() ?>activity/friends/

but for groups, so you can design your own navigation? I’ve looked through the docs but I don’t seem to see anything.

]]> 9e1b79df6af2c884f96f82c9a8b631c0 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/#post-109539 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:46:24 +0000 All of the details are in this thread. I created a new folder in my themes folder, named it BP Child, copy and pasted what you have there to a style sheet named style.css inside of the them folder and directly in […]

]]> 46cc61d92dd6b1d635720920ab202834 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Changing Groups URL Slug in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-groups-url-slug/#post-109470 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:59:18 +0000 Is unhooking a difficult task?

@DJPaul did you know of a better way to do this? You had replied to me a while back on the blog post for beta 1 that it shouldn’t be too […]

]]> b47a7cd557afbe77fd3df34216498686 alanchrishughes started the forum topic Changing Groups URL Slug in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-groups-url-slug/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:25:08 +0000 The new feature to change the names of things is cool but some of the URL’s stay the same.

/group-details
/group-settings
/group-avatar
/group-invites

Is it possible to change them?

]]> d8b4325c13f11b566da9fff1b13f1e52 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/#post-109314 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:46:38 +0000 And even using the template pack there is so much theme inside the plugin you have to “hack” it.

]]> 315f652609bd55d57a0af5e69896000c alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/#post-109312 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:38:30 +0000 @boonebgorges child themes still don’t work with 1.5

]]> d978fcb0d0e3e6fcbc29b2ab557aeae1 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/#post-108508 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:02:34 +0000 Personal activity streams don’t seem to be working either if you are using the template pack.

PS: The personal activity streams on buddypress.org doesn’t seem to be working anymore either and all the old […]

]]> 02f0584c44de501ed58288c56206ec8c alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/#post-108454 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:18:28 +0000 … for 1.5, not the 1.2 update.

]]> 0435655d2f3d09e7f3af0d0ed3be9807 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/#post-108445 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:25:16 +0000 I am running whatever version was linked in the latest blog post.

]]> e12790acc6000f572268141a9a5c3fea alanchrishughes started the forum topic 1.5 Child Theme Not Working in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-child-theme-not-working/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:46:27 +0000 I’ve never tried creating a child theme before but I was checking out 1.5 last night and followed this tutorial on making one http://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

I […]

]]> 03710b092ef5141673220f2ad054435a alanchrishughes commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 Release Candidate 1 (and BuddyPress 1.2.10!), on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/09/buddypress-1-5-release-candidate-1-and-buddypress-1-2-10/comment-page-1/#comment-8402 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:39:56 +0000 Is there a reason child themes aren’t working with this yet? Because it is still just a release candidate?

]]> d3263dc151517148770ce966ebadc715 alanchrishughes commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 - Beta 3, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/08/buddypress-1-5-beta-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8248 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:30:44 +0000 Activity streams don’t seem to be connected to anything. Maybe remove the ability to comment on people’s walls until the next version and said comments are routed back to the original forum or blog post?

]]> 31aa3a9934a8e5df2815d0fd0d955b21 alanchrishughes commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 - Beta 1, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/07/buddypress-1-5-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7908 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:51:40 +0000 True.

As far as my first post about renaming pages, I think you can go through and manually change all the references to the old names, but some of the urls still say “group.”

]]> ee2ffeaf9f86f86c9f0622b312e82959 alanchrishughes commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 - Beta 1, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/07/buddypress-1-5-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7897 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:19:36 +0000 Buddypress Template doesn’t seem to work with 1.5. Comments/activity don’t post.

]]> 24a69d7608c2d98f6b9567d05a5994ee alanchrishughes commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 - Beta 1, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/07/buddypress-1-5-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7866 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:38:46 +0000 The new feature to rename and url members, activity, groups, etc is great, but when renaming groups for instance, everything else still refers to it as groups.

]]> e330fa4598d5b690c3d75397fe4f8d9d alanchrishughes commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 - Beta 1, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/07/buddypress-1-5-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7864 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:02:18 +0000 lol, someone better write a ticket for that

]]> 5b1b47e837d01d0211526c9e0a74bc2d alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Create multiple Albums in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/create-multiple-albums/#post-104876 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:07:57 +0000 Well yeah that old plugin which is completely different

]]> a637f9eb5c055a1e6eba1311d100d55c alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Create multiple Albums in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/create-multiple-albums/#post-104856 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:18:14 +0000 I mean not realistic in the sense that they are claiming, “Currently serving millions of users on 15,000 different websites, we’re one of the most powerful, reliable, and best supported plugins ever created for BuddyPress,” […]

]]> 6669326af14452b7dd491b71f4cf45ee alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Create multiple Albums in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/create-multiple-albums/#post-104477 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:13:56 +0000 I’m not trying to “hate” on you or the project, I just have heard more and more and more and more talk over the last year or so and it just seems like a bunch of hype. I hope I am wrong. For my sake I hope I am wrong because […]

]]> 01b6ce7ee28fb1f8ca666d9424e60f85 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Create multiple Albums in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/create-multiple-albums/#post-104412 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:07:29 +0000 I’m not sure what trolling means. What would I or anybody else be paying for? If they actually put out a product that would be a different story.

]]> 33c612a0c262bc5fcaf293b61ec09279 alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic Create multiple Albums in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/create-multiple-albums/#post-104323 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:50:42 +0000 Just because I can jump out of a window and fly through the air for a few seconds doesn’t mean I am capable of flying.

]]> 1b07bf5ebefc4dcd747f71bddebfc2be alanchrishughes replied to the forum topic 1.3 Almost here! in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/1-3-almost-here/#post-104322 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:45:55 +0000 Don’t get too excited, it could still take another 9 months or more.

]]> 238cac6a16719c2747dd5947ac373b3d alanchrishughes posted on the forum topic Create multiple Albums in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/create-multiple-albums/#post-102082 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:06:20 +0000 They have been working on that for a year or so now, nobody is sure when or if this will be possible.

]]> fb65ad25283c0d51bf53b963cd3488ea alanchrishughes posted on the forum topic Expected 0.1.9 Release Date in the group BuddyPress Media http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/expected-0-1-9-release-date/#post-101430 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:07:40 +0000 It’s not hating, it’s just being realistic. Everyone needs to just forget about this plugin and if it comes out some day, awesome, if it never comes out, whatever.

]]> b9f96f9d8c05e6eeb023818f61065df0 alanchrishughes posted an update: @alanchrishughes https://buddypress.org/updates/p/154440/ Thu, 26 May 2011 20:10:21 +0000 @alanchrishughes

]]> 0 85ac689d7c22139c91e3fd2637899426 alanchrishughes started the forum topic Remove Auto Join Group When Commenting in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/remove-auto-join-group-when-commenting/ Wed, 18 May 2011 14:07:33 +0000 I’m sure I don’t need to tell anybody, but a large portion of online conversations and comments are about things people don’t like. So it is very likely a person will sometimes want to comment on something to criticize it, but then by doing so it will automatically make them a member of the very […]

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