BuddyPress.org | Andrew Tibbetts | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/andrewgtibbetts/activity/ Activity feed for Andrew Tibbetts. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:11:26 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b3e130eeee680ad43d26153a8e1b51bd Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Assign Default Member Type in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/assign-default-member-type/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:38:22 +0000 I am trying to assign a default member type when users register from a non-buddypress registration form. This is the action I’m adding:

add_action( 'user_register', 'default_member_type', 10, 1 );
function default_member_type( $user_id ) {

if ( ! bp_get_member_type($user_id) ) {

bp_set_member_type( $user_id, 'member' );
}
}

…and the…[Read more]

]]> 92000950631deb7b0dcea3bcc923195f Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Double Dots in Gmail Addresses in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/double-dots-in-gmail-addresses/#post-253474 Tue, 17 May 2016 19:23:46 +0000 Ya, I found that’s true, as well. But nothing in the registration process gives indication of that. Validation shouldn’t allow it. Maybe this is an issue upstream / with WP? Chrome’s built-in email field validation even let’s the .. slip by. This might be a futile endeavor…

]]> 693883a65302ae7c5d0c1e9a67fb8c7c Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Double Dots in Gmail Addresses in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/double-dots-in-gmail-addresses/ Mon, 16 May 2016 19:21:23 +0000 Gmail ignores dots in the name of emails. Useful if you want to use one email to keep test registering for a site without having to use multiple emails. But it seems Buddypress gets a bit confused if there are 2 dots in a row. So, I’ll get a confirmation email at myname@gmail.com and my.name@gmail.com but my..name@gmail.com slips by validation…[Read more]

]]> fdfdd5199371e513df52f33e0576c201 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Get Notification Format Empty in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/get-notification-format-empty/ Mon, 16 May 2016 16:11:06 +0000 I am trying to add a new notification for all members of a group when a new user joins a group. I have registered a new dummy component, can successfully get the notification into the db, but returning the notification for formatting / display comes up empty. Here’s my code:


add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_registered_components',…[Read more]

]]> e3fc06c3749940476164be1634d1bb34 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Groups Default Sort By Alpha in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/groups-default-sort-by-alpha/#post-252141 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 15:03:07 +0000 So, instead of modifying the bp_has_broups query in the template, I figured I needed to do an if / else to check if the user has not set the sort option yet. To do that, in bp-custom.php I hooked in to the bp_ajax_querystring filter:

add_filter( 'bp_ajax_querystring', 'mediclique_bp_ajax_querystring', 32, 2 );
function…[Read more]

]]> 0abe540a8534d106b9f6b0994cda9260 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Groups Default Sort By Alpha in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/groups-default-sort-by-alpha/ Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:59:50 +0000 How can I set the main list of Groups be sorted by Alphabetical by default instead of Last Active? I can modify the bp_has_groups query in the template with &type=alphabetical but then the dropdown will no longer affect the sort when changed.

WP: 4.4.2
BP: 2.5.2

]]> 8bf2226c850936f087dc1da0a985f172 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Make Group Home the Forum in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/make-group-home-the-forum/#post-251801 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:30:02 +0000 FYI – this approach still shows the ‘Home’ nav item to logged out users, but it can effectively be hidden via CSS.

]]> 3bda66c4ffb577208f6f986f5ec9aef9 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Hold Specific Member Types for Manual Activation in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hold-specific-member-types-for-manual-activation/#post-250093 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:46:39 +0000 Solution:

There is an action to hook to inside bp_core_activate_signup() that fires right after activating the account ( user clicked the link in the email ), so when the user hits /activate this will fire and reset the user_status to 3 ( 1 is spammer I guess ). Now to figure out the rest…

Here is the code ( the second function disallows the…[Read more]

]]> 4bc602165932ff9303e68d7c4fd678c5 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Hold Specific Member Types for Manual Activation in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hold-specific-member-types-for-manual-activation/ Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:36:54 +0000 I have a handful of member types that I would like to manually confirm by an admin.
Users choose their member type upon registration so, regular members can register, confirm email and start using the site, but special member types I want to be able to register, confirm email and then get put into some kind of user confirmation status.
Couple…[Read more]

]]> b941b3232d71a1e43274d3159487834b Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic See if member belongs to group based on forum id in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/get-groups-post-id/#post-250015 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:23:02 +0000 Scratch that.
I need the forum id based on group id.

Aaaaand the solution: bbp_get_group_forum_ids()

]]> 307abc94c3da47968b91fe62ee0a8b2e Andrew Tibbetts started the topic See if member belongs to group based on forum id in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/get-groups-post-id/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:16:29 +0000 How can I find out if a user is a member of a group using only the id of the forum attached to the group?
Trying a bunch of stuff but nothing’s working.

]]> e2181827a8bfa6c4036e161781889d27 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Make Group Home the Forum in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/make-group-home-the-forum/#post-249765 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:42:05 +0000 Found the solution!
So, in /buddypress/bp-groups/bp-groups-loader.php if found that it’s checking for a “front” template along with Activity Streams being disabled.
So, I just created an empty front.php file in my overloads /buddypress/groups/single/ folder and, boom!

]]> 501c728d46c6c85f03b700fcc155f6db Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Make Group Home the Forum in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/make-group-home-the-forum/#post-249764 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:28:16 +0000 Couple things to consider / need direction on:
– the URL is still /home. Looking to have /members
– the “Manage” section for admins—what is the proper way to handle visibility in the nav?

]]> 4de9c437fc4c525c9c4f776ce0a33625 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Make Group Home the Forum in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/make-group-home-the-forum/#post-249732 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:48:48 +0000 To be clear, and provide further details to demonstrate that this hasn’t been answered previously, I’m looking to have 2 nav items in every group: Forum, Members.
In that order, with the default page being Forum.
I have achieved the default page being Forum with this:

add_filter( 'bp_groups_default_extension', 'custom_bp_groups_default_extension'…[Read more]

]]> aebc9755f193841380cbaef18bdadfa2 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Make Group Home the Forum in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/make-group-home-the-forum/ Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:23:50 +0000 When Activity Streams are disabled, Members becomes the default landing page within a group.
How can I make the Forum the ‘Home’ page and bring back the Members nav item?

]]> e26b4deb3dc20aceee31b0692dc755c4 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Redirect Loop on Ajax Actions in Custom Loop in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/redirect-loop-on-ajax-actions-in-custom-loop/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:15:13 +0000 I am using a page template for my “front page” so that if a user is logged out they see the “sign up” side of the site and when logged in an activity feed.
I used the example loop here:

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/loops-reference/the-activity-stream-loop/

When I click ‘Favorite’, unlike on the /member/username/ activity feed where it…[Read more]

]]> 4c6feb245ab7b10242bb995388577e5e Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Buttons + Tabs Loading Whole Site Into Template in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buttons-tabs-loading-whole-site-into-template/#post-249009 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:00:59 +0000 Ok, the one i found that has the ajax check does work.
I have narrowed all issues down to a redirect loop on ajax actions inside a custom loop on a page template.
Starting a new topic… thanks all.

]]> 5def234e69d1f98b569598ee00466e40 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Buttons + Tabs Loading Whole Site Into Template in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buttons-tabs-loading-whole-site-into-template/#post-249007 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:39:03 +0000 Thought I had found the silver bullet here:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/need-to-disable-the-user-access-to-wordpress-admin-panel/#post-183537

which includes a check for ! ( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX )…still has a redirect loop when performing the ajax actions.

The search continues…

]]> 11102c089f34fbed3bb6761cb5388bf0 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Buttons + Tabs Loading Whole Site Into Template in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buttons-tabs-loading-whole-site-into-template/#post-249005 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:13:23 +0000 Sorry, correction:
This doesn’t cause a redirect loop…but it doesn’t prevent access of non-admins to admin section.
And it DOES now cause a redirect loop on the actions that were, before, loading the whole home page into the middle of the template.

]]> a1c7ef0b4f2d83be4b6c4b9790a945d9 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Buttons + Tabs Loading Whole Site Into Template in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buttons-tabs-loading-whole-site-into-template/#post-249003 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:54:24 +0000 Switching the action to wp causes a redirect loop.
But we’re thinking it’s just a matter of finding the right action to hook into?

]]> 50281f6e4eb20eedf9925161e9527688 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Buttons + Tabs Loading Whole Site Into Template in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buttons-tabs-loading-whole-site-into-template/#post-248999 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:03:39 +0000 Ok, I’ve found that it is tied to my redirect function mentioned in https://buddypress.org/support/topic/only-administrator-can-change-avatar/. I’ll repeat it here for posterity:

// keep the 'normies' out of the admin
add_action( 'admin_init', 'custom_admin_init', 1 );
function custom_admin_init() {

if ( is_user_logged_in() && !…[Read more]

]]> 2d80269e92d0451d0c5d468b77809087 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Textarea Profile Field? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/textarea-profile-field/#post-248996 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:57:16 +0000 I wasn’t gonna say anything… 🙂

]]> 8611d03af899e34e5d71fad30c3b3e48 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Only administrator can change avatar... in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/only-administrator-can-change-avatar/#post-248995 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:50:41 +0000 Oooooh, this must be my issue.
Here is my current redirect:

// keep the 'normies' out of the admin
add_action( 'admin_init', 'custom_admin_init', 1 );
function custom_admin_init() {

if ( is_user_logged_in() && ! current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) {

wp_redirect( home_url() ); die();
}
}

Were you able to figure out how to keep the…[Read more]

]]> 3aeaac2867809104be51fe3a098a7bc8 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Textarea Profile Field? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/textarea-profile-field/#post-248990 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:17:05 +0000 Works!
Thank you.

WP: 4.4.1
BP: 2.4.3

]]> 812b4016a18258b74466a2d32f5c13b8 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Buttons + Tabs Loading Whole Site Into Template in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buttons-tabs-loading-whole-site-into-template/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:48:22 +0000 When I click on certain buttons and tabs (ones that I assume are doing some ajax work) it loads the entire home page into the template (duplicating header, footer, etc).

Example:
Go to “Groups” page (default on “All Groups” tab) and click the “My Groups” tab.
Content will fade out as if about to ajax in the “My Groups” content but instead the…[Read more]

]]> bb65fba3f6ecdd5d31482a70d8607db9 Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Textarea Profile Field? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/textarea-profile-field/ Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:02:41 +0000 Is there a way to get a plain, non-wysiwyg textarea (“multi-line text area”) profile field? Sounds like it used to be *only* plain textarea and was recently replaced with wysiwyg. How about both?

]]> 3ccd0bd090aabf94edc26c283d3d33e8 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic HTML or WYSIWYG in text profile fields? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/html-or-wysiwyg-in-text-profile-fields/#post-248927 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:54:56 +0000 ^ Bump. Why didn’t you *ADD* a wysiwyg field type? Really need a plain textarea.

]]> 2798506140b913d438d0324e830817bd Andrew Tibbetts started the topic Message Going To Wrong User in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/message-going-to-wrong-user/ Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:52:08 +0000 When a message is sent to User A, it incorrectly goes to User B.

:: User A ::
user_id: 15
user_login: user_a
user_nicename: user_a

:: User B ::
user_id: 1785
user_login: 15
user_nicename: 15

I assume it’s the ’15’ that’s the key here.
Any ideas?

WP: 3.4.2
BP: 1.6.1
(I know, I know…)

]]> 95e9af12cfe5362b57214e687ff4f2d0 Andrew Tibbetts replied to the topic Why is my custom component inactive in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/why-is-my-custom-component-inactive/#post-147015 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:41:01 +0000 Decided to give up modifying my existing plugin and just modify the Skeleton plugin that r-a-y recommended—much better idea. I now have the notification count displaying! No notification text but I’m pretty sure […]

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