BuddyPress.org | aljuk | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/aljuk/activity/ Activity feed for aljuk. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:27:01 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 22dd44f25b92502cb6dc32d9652c2a3b aljuk posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148966/#acomment-158755 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:56:24 +0000 Hi, sorry, don’t check this often either, but wanted to say thanks for reply. In the end I wrote my own functions, much better that way anyway.

In reply to - aljuk posted an update @travel-junkie Trying to get Advanced SEO going – it enables, but trying to save produces a Wordpress Failure Notice ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ and options remain blank. This is on […] ]]> 8ef66b54b815fc5d3934d542e1b5c79b aljuk posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/?topic_page=2#post-101556 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:02:19 +0000 I’ve further pinned down the whats-new bug. It can be more accurately described thus:

“You cannot successfully post two or more sequential updates from the whats-new form”

You can post an update, a reply, an update, a reply etc. no problem, but sequential updates require up to 15 clicks on the submit button.

]]> 15a2958fa8c022e1c8d014f8c4371e34 aljuk posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/?topic_page=2#post-101540 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:28:29 +0000 Yes to an option with admin settings, which sets the limit in php, with a js counter. Not everyone is going to want this, and it’s critical that the site dev has full control over character limit, not to mention that different spoken languages can have quite different character counts for similar semantics. @modemlooper – I’ve […]

]]> 395ffe8b737d13a68058a87c874ca8c5 aljuk posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/#post-101317 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:37:43 +0000 @nahummadrid @justbishop @modemlooper modemlooper – you’re totally right, the script should be called from the header or an external js. Placing it in post-form.php only calls it for the whats-new form, and placing it in entry.php calls it repeatedly for every comment reply, leading to multiple instances. I adapted your reset script suggestion for…[Read more]

]]> edeca8e2925650f2ab25bf94d3395b30 aljuk posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/#post-101260 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:01:05 +0000 One slight niggle. How to reset the counter upon submit?

]]> 7f340500be62088cac318d7f3e001b07 aljuk posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/#post-101257 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:32:27 +0000 @nahummadrid – nice solution. It’s concise, and responsive (VERY important). Every other solution I’ve tested slows down the text input to a crawl, which isn’t acceptable for a public site and will really annoy anyone who types with all their fingers. I haven’t encountered the issue to which you alluded re. users breaking the limit with […]

]]> a3d083aee802df31aca600e6b91a0091 aljuk posted on the forum topic SeoPress is compatible with WP 3.1 & BP 1.2.8? in the group SeoPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/seopress/forum/topic/seopress-is-compatible-with-wp-3-1-bp-1-2-8/#post-101219 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:40:42 +0000 @mahype – that’s good news! This plugin is a winner waiting to happen. I do commercial wp seo, so I just copied the bp title tag code and replaced and extended it in functions.php, then added tag and custom field support for the wp post types. I’m still playing with the meta for the bp components. […]

]]> 11db699c84a1ff4c8bc7d46b161580d2 aljuk posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/128377/#acomment-158154 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:23:30 +0000 @sidjags – really sorry mate, but I can’t remember. I didn’t use it in the end and have put in 1500 hours since then, it’s all a blur…

In reply to - aljuk reviewed the plugin Secure Invites: “Just tick the right boxes in the admin settings screen for where you want the invitation form to appear in your theme.” There are no tick boxes displaying anywhere in […] ]]> 8ffc6627419acd6bd516ea3681e155a2 aljuk posted on the forum topic How to change "Search anything..." in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-change-search-anything/#post-101217 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:15:49 +0000 @cezar – I didn’t, for the precise reason you mentioned.

@valuser – it broke the search on those directories.

Changing it for certain other plugins that make use of search (Buddyvents, Global Forums) has been successful, and I did that by straightforward hacking those plugins.

]]> 9d015db51ebf79044ef92e33ac37afea aljuk started the forum topic Horrible avatar max file size error message in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/horrible-avatar-max-file-size-error-message/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:04:37 +0000 When a user tries to upload an avatar beyond the max file size, they get this error message: Upload Failed! Error was: The uploaded file exceeds the <code>upload_max_filesize</code> directive in <code>php.ini</code>. Ugh! No way. It’s coming from wp-admin/includes/file.php. Can anyone suggest how I might best replace this message with something…[Read more]

]]> 78cfa221ac5ed8e8b800a33488264e10 aljuk posted on the forum topic [FIX ?]can’t upload avatar with uppercase extension in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/fix-cant-upload-avatar-with-uppercase-extension/#post-100368 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:04:03 +0000 Brilliant, thanks for posting this.

]]> 7641a6c85cf772c5c2d0104e6b45b105 aljuk posted on the forum topic How to like blog posts? in the group BuddyPress Like http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-like/forum/topic/how-to-like-blog-posts/#post-97558 Sun, 01 May 2011 16:06:18 +0000 @ds123 – I’ve got blog post Liking on mine (ie. in single.php). It was there out of the box, and is still there. Initially installed about 4 months ago I think. The only edit I’ve made to it is to swap bp_before_blog_single_post for bp_after_blog_single_post in Line 841. I also commented out the css in Line 880 […]

]]> aa52e7ed3bb04485862f03bb3d0c7d38 aljuk joined the group BuddyPress Like https://buddypress.org/updates/p/150727/ Sun, 01 May 2011 16:06:17 +0000 0 413e23de508c7496c78475abf5aaa4dc aljuk posted on the forum topic Find friends option? in the group Third Party Components & Plugins http://buddypress.org/community/groups/third-party-components-plugins/forum/topic/find-friends-option/#post-97487 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:15:42 +0000 @elgunvo – how is it coming along?

]]> 97b93c25c52965d24ffcaa3fef37e360 aljuk started the forum topic Disable specific activity filters? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/disable-specific-activity-filters/ Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:24:14 +0000 Is there an easy way (eg. functions.php / bp-custom.php) to remove specific activity filter options from the activity filter dropdown? There are a couple of plugins I’m using that generate filter options, even when the functionality to which those options pertain is disabled in the plugin. They’re therefore redundant and confusing to my users. I’m […]

]]> f741c891f3fd80ccd7a99260863618db aljuk posted on the forum topic Date in profile is broken in latest BP release in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/date-in-profile-is-broken-in-latest-bp-release/#post-96763 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:11:00 +0000 There’s another issue with dates and Buddypress profiles – perhaps it’s related? When an Admin performs an edit from the front end of the site on a user’s profile that contains a date field, that date field is automatically populated with the corresponding value from the Admin’s profile ie. I can’t edit a user’s profile […]

]]> cd866f5dac4aea5f8db34767c95465c4 aljuk posted on the forum topic SeoPress is compatible with WP 3.1 & BP 1.2.8? in the group SeoPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/seopress/forum/topic/seopress-is-compatible-with-wp-3-1-bp-1-2-8/#post-96564 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:42:27 +0000 @svenl77 @mahype

Title tags don’t work for Buddypress components, and the default shortags are outputting some strange stuff. Is further development planned?

]]> a7d5526ae4234f67e503ddb0e3ddce50 aljuk joined the group SeoPress https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149076/ Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:36:50 +0000 0 fdf4e8471095a723bab4194a2538569d aljuk posted an update: @travel-junkie Trying to get Advanced SEO going - it enables, […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148966/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:56:22 +0000 @travel-junkie Trying to get Advanced SEO going – it enables, but trying to save produces a Wordpress Failure Notice ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ and options remain blank. This is on latest wp/bp, single site.

]]> 1 73d327303f09b45a2b8afee41f94c5ab aljuk joined the group BP Advanced SEO https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148965/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:47:06 +0000 0 0c522d008b67eb37d9c46949de652efc aljuk started the forum topic Editing the subject of system emails in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/editing-the-subject-of-system-emails/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:27:35 +0000 I need to edit the subject line of system emails, specifically to get rid of the site name in square brackets that appears before the subject. I’ve spent a good few hours today trying to find a solution on the wordpress forums and via google without success.

Can anyone help?

]]> 311fc88baecc308e777a885b45c3c2a6 aljuk posted on the forum topic php errors in profile / settings / notifications in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/php-errors-in-profile-settings-notifications/#post-96462 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:13:55 +0000 Solved.

]]> 4e09ca92699a99a12bed7be27af6b6a7 aljuk started the forum topic php errors in profile / settings / notifications in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/php-errors-in-profile-settings-notifications/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:52:41 +0000 On users’ profile, in settings / notifications, the following php error is output:

Warning: call_user_func_array() : First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'bp_core_screen_notification_settings_title' was given in /path-to-root/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 395

Is anyone else experiencing this? Can anyone recommend a course of…[Read more]

]]> a6d64240f0a87e8cb40933bc0f767432 aljuk posted an update: @coffee2code @coffee2code I left a comment on your blog re. […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148911/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:30:07 +0000 @coffee2code @coffee2code I left a comment on your blog re. some issues I found with ‘Restrict Usernames’

]]> 0 14d30f9bd3bf588085f798094532ee7e aljuk joined the group Restrict Usernames https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148910/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:26:38 +0000 0 0cd8fbe616b0efc62c60c1cc09cea8da aljuk started the forum topic No closing php tags in buddypress core files? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/no-closing-php-tags-in-buddypress-core-files/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:14:14 +0000 There are a bunch of php pages in Buddypress that have no closing php tag. Is there any particular reason for this? It came to my attention after upgrading Wordpress today, which threw a number of errors traced back to improper whitepsace in various plugins, so I went for a mass audit and have come […]

]]> 91c31b6d52858afe80b1ed54ab3f1745 aljuk started the forum topic How to remove author name from To: field in messages? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-remove-author-name-from-to-field-in-messages/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:22:47 +0000 In the ‘Sent Messages’ display, the author name is returned in the To: field.

Is there any way to change this behaviour so that the To: field only shows the users the message was sent to and not the author as well?

]]> a5c54ebb3d0a13c59ab4ba3f22a7856a aljuk posted on the forum topic Overriding ajax.php in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/overriding-ajax-php/#post-94863 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:54:17 +0000 @marto – in the functions.php of bp-default, change:
require_once( TEMPLATEPATH . '/_inc/ajax.php' );
to
require_once( STYLESHEETPATH . '/_inc/ajax.php' );

]]> f5295c76dfaf14e8fac904b70e70b234 aljuk started the forum topic id="_wpnonce_new_activity_comment" ?? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/id_wpnonce_new_activity_comment/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:08:55 +0000 Quick question to anyone in the know…

id="_wpnonce_new_activity_comment"

Does any functionality actually rely on this ID? Can I safely strip it from the markup? (ok, that was 2 questions… 😉 )

]]> 803963b5726ea9cb1b86f143bf039185 aljuk joined the group BuddyPress Moderation https://buddypress.org/updates/p/145879/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:51:15 +0000 0 9c78a87dc7178f655d253d1086f6d995 aljuk posted on the forum topic Anyone interested! Show your support for extra Embed Services as paid addons. in the group BuddyPress Links http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-links/forum/topic/a-little-help-for-bp-link-tags-plugin/#post-94590 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:31:10 +0000 I’d pay for a premium version of this plugin gladly, so long as users can edit and delete their links, and edit their links’ privacy settings.

]]> dd67b143ec29a3e4d77fda0812334eb3 aljuk posted on the forum topic 'Edit Activity' page - which template? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/edit-activity-page-which-template/#post-94513 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:19:48 +0000 bump.

]]> 31241cc4bf9ced94d9ccd603d738ce0a aljuk posted on the forum topic How to change "Search anything..." in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-change-search-anything/#post-93999 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:48:47 +0000 For anyone reading this thread, definitely do as suggested above, not as I did, which led to some unforseen complications.

]]> b7001fc2a497d7bf9dc315ed0ee37576 aljuk posted on the forum topic How to change "Search anything..." in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-change-search-anything/#post-93960 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:28:57 +0000 Awesome, thanks @r-a-y .

]]> ac6c814b7acf79ad25a9c29b63a01e7e aljuk posted on the forum topic How to change "Search anything..." in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-change-search-anything/#post-93877 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:05:21 +0000 @gunju2221 Thanks, I saw that, but as far as I can tell, that’s for the hint text if searching using ajax (?) What I’ve done is replaced the appropriate strings in : bp-blogs/bp-blogs-templatetags.php bp-core/bp-core-templatetags.php bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php bp-groups/bp-groups-templatetags.php which appears to have done the trick.…[Read more]

]]> 44c53e72f70cdda6a356454cfebba785 aljuk started the forum topic How to change "Search anything..." in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-change-search-anything/ Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:13:57 +0000 I’d like to make “Search anything…” more accurate.

ie. “Search Members…”, “Search Groups…”, “Search Group Forums…”

Is there an easy way to do this without hacking core?

]]> 59b2e3f3fd0b46a3e5f3c3d18d4aa468 aljuk started the forum topic 'Edit Activity' page - which template? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/edit-activity-page-which-template/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:53:14 +0000 I can’t work out which theme template file is outputting the ‘edit activity’ page.

Can you help?

]]> 1e9549928002724787d48a4f3838eb7c aljuk posted on the forum topic [Resolved] Change ’wrote a new blog post’ text. in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-wrote-a-new-blog-post-text/#post-93207 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:48:02 +0000 I adapted it a little, to display a link to the category the post is in (assuming one category, and category slug of ‘category’) : `class PJW_Translation_Mangler { function filter_gettext($translation, $text, $domain) { global $post; $category = get_the_category($post->ID); $cat_slug = $category->slug; $category = $category->cat_name;…[Read more]

]]> a615968030b56f79102c60cb1f5cd823 aljuk posted on the forum topic How to pull blog category in activity loop? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-pull-blog-category-in-activity-loop/#post-93206 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:46:00 +0000 Got it:
global $post;
$category = get_the_category($post->ID);
$cat_slug = $category->slug; // gets the slug
$category = $category->cat_name; // gets the name
$postslug = basename(get_permalink()); // gets the post permalink

]]> ef02590ac80d714494920beb32b5bd06 aljuk started the forum topic How to pull blog category in activity loop? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-pull-blog-category-in-activity-loop/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:13:39 +0000 In the Activity stream, blog post activity displays as “XYZ wrote a blog post” I’d like to display “XYZ wrote a blog post in ” followed by the name of the blog category containing the post (I’m using one cat to a post). I’ve tried various syntax including get_the_category($post->ID) and declaring global $post but the […]

]]> eec5804dc928c35455c0733cdff185b2 aljuk started the forum topic [Resolved] Show ”Cancel Friendship” in Friends List? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/show-cancel-friendship-in-friends-list/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:24:33 +0000 Is it possible to display a “cancel friendship” button next to each friend in the user’s friends list? From what I can see, the friends list on a user’s profile is generated by members/members-loop.php and the add/cancel friendship buttons are generated by but the button (it would only be ‘Cancel Friendship’ obviously) doesn’t show […]

]]> c9340fffb3d2423dcbad7ae567f30b5e aljuk posted on the forum topic Show "Cancel Friendship" in Friends List? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/show-cancel-friendship-in-friends-list/#post-93196 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:24:33 +0000 @sbrajesh thank you so much.

]]> a8d76fad855e02b733bb3784f64aa71a aljuk posted on the forum topic [Resolved] Change ’wrote a new blog post’ text. in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-wrote-a-new-blog-post-text/#post-93187 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:33:29 +0000 @mercime oh awesome! needed that.

]]> e5463eebdb4f97684ca3397cc559abd8 aljuk posted on the forum topic Show "Cancel Friendship" in Friends List? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/show-cancel-friendship-in-friends-list/#post-93185 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:23:53 +0000 @gunju2221 glad to hear it 🙂

]]> 125e3e0f7ff26f0943d5accf7d370292 aljuk posted on the forum topic _e('something','buddypress') and printf( __('something','buddypress')) in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/_esomethingbuddypress-and-printf-_somethingbuddypress/#post-93178 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:32:39 +0000 Perfect. Thank you.

]]> 687f4d0385db1e0eb70b2482f3439859 aljuk started the forum topic [Resolved] _e(’something’,’buddypress’) and printf( __(’something’,’buddypress’)) in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/_esomethingbuddypress-and-printf-_somethingbuddypress/ Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:32:38 +0000 What’s the difference?
Which should I use if I want to eventually deliver my site in multiple languages?
Thx.

]]> cf509ecb76db4c25c324fc3064bfdc9f aljuk joined the group BP Group Frontpage https://buddypress.org/updates/p/142748/ Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:11:01 +0000 0 ae274752c066b10bf88afca1fbb66c83 aljuk posted on the forum topic Trac login - does not work in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/trac-login-does-not-work/#post-92961 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:23:19 +0000 @mercime k thx for that, I’ll do as you suggest.

]]> 15e83cf1ac0d0e478e2e53784dbcf59a aljuk posted on the forum topic Trac login - does not work in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/trac-login-does-not-work/#post-92839 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:26:58 +0000 same as you, I’ve had it years. I’ll look into it at wp.

]]> 2a6482096be7e9613c96b6c8e59890a3 aljuk started the forum topic Activity post-form.php jquery code hinting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activity-post-form-php-jjquery-code-hinting/ Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:43:15 +0000 I’d like to do away with the “What’s New?” label, and instead display it inside the textarea of the post form as hint text, so that when the textarea receives focus, the text disappears, and when the textarea loses focus or is empty, the text reappears. So far, this is what I’ve come up with, […]

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