BuddyPress.org | Arx Poetica | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/arxpoetica/activity/ Activity feed for Arx Poetica. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:08:46 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f33d4fb6c98da4f58d40c08169f0dced Arx Poetica replied to the forum topic bp_has_members - bp_ajax_querystring in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bp_has_members-bp_ajax_querystring/#post-114804 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:01:13 +0000 Okay, Here’s what I get.

if ( bp_has_members(bp_ajax_querystring( 'members')) ) :

only returns one result.

But

if ( bp_has_members(bp_ajax_querystring( 'members').'&type=alphabetical') ) : […]

]]> e77d949cb01f22c711a545a935f29c6a Arx Poetica replied to the forum topic bp_has_members - bp_ajax_querystring in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bp_has_members-bp_ajax_querystring/#post-114802 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:57:06 +0000 It’s just not working, period. As far as I can tell.

]]> 0ee228b40ae5088867913a0ff3f0b7f3 Arx Poetica joined the group BP Jobs Board https://buddypress.org/updates/p/49047/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:26:24 +0000 0 06c41cc7a35316a8ad42c2fb4437477f Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Newbie, BuddyPress Installation Problems! in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/newbie-buddypress-installation-problems/#post-68292 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:41:18 +0000 This solved my problem: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/help-wp-admin-white-screen-after-activating-bp-plugin/

]]> f0d80439cd9dc4f2e31c69b93aa2c242 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic dynamically create new sets of profile fields in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/dynamically-create-new-sets-of-profile-fields/#post-67081 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:31:09 +0000 Just following up on this — what might some code look like? Say, to just even simply create a new profile field type and populate it once?

]]> af85e377eb1b1b7ba2e7fd6ade037ff0 Arx Poetica joined the group BuddyPress Links https://buddypress.org/updates/p/26330/ Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:13:06 +0000 0 abc1e1344b868bc66ea34a6ba0d985af Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Here come the spammers!!! in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/here-come-the-spammers/?topic_page=3#post-61838 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:08:38 +0000 @jeffsayre & @foxly it’s been a while since I visited this thread, but I liked the momentum on it. What was the consensus at the dev chat? What’s the stat on this item? Can I help in any way? πŸ˜€

]]> eb03bd94afa5c154a8b14ece89c0154f Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Diaspora? What do you think? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/diaspora-what-do-you-think/#post-61833 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:57:10 +0000 Interesting…

]]> 8e19a420d70c4f0c5e8fa4a8bd769898 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Unable to exclude page from navigation in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/unable-to-exclude-page-from-navigation/?topic_page=2#post-61644 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:05:37 +0000 Here’s what worked for me: http://pastebin.com/WLMckWV6

Again, thanks for the help!

]]> ae0a62814dc17b4f71a82a8bf5c8febf Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Unable to exclude page from navigation in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/unable-to-exclude-page-from-navigation/#post-61631 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:12:44 +0000 Thanks @r-a-y — always to the rescue! I’ll let you know if it works. πŸ˜€

]]> b3d6ddeef2aacafee6998a5839c62b7f Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Unable to exclude page from navigation in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/unable-to-exclude-page-from-navigation/#post-61628 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:23:55 +0000 Adding to this thread (maybe I should start a new?)…suppose I didn’t want to edit header.php in any way shape or form. Is there any way to suppress certain pages from a functions.php page…

…further what I might actually want to do is suppress *all* wp_list_pages() and just keep the native BuddyPress ones. Hmm…any thoughts?

]]> 74549640e6ce88ac3e91efa81c292127 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Forum Conduct in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/forum-conduct/#post-61617 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:36:25 +0000 Ha ha, free hugs. Nice. Thank you @johnjamesjacoby for taking this initiative. Some of those other threads (I know the ones of which you speak; I read, just didn’t participate) made me feel uncomfortable, and it’s always difficult navigating the more abusive types, etc. So I just wanted to speak from the other side and say […]

]]> 2a7591e54dce371865348a93205df309 Arx Poetica posted an update: @lincme Nice look to your website, ha. Very Facebookish. https://buddypress.org/updates/p/25831/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:44:58 +0000 @lincme Nice look to your website, ha. Very Facebookish.

]]> 1 a10d1c3c386122f467451e068ec42928 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Words with Friends in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/words-with-friends/#post-61289 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:50:57 +0000 Somebody explain? This looks fun, but clearly I’m out of the loop… πŸ˜€

]]> 1e16ce918caa179180d3bfb295f14a40 Arx Poetica posted an update in the group Gallery: I posted this a while ago, but I've done some major […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/15075/ Sun, 30 May 2010 23:29:02 +0000 I posted this a while ago, but I’ve done some major revamping, including easier directories navigation + more subtle fixes. http://arxpoetica.com/

My end goal is to turn the blog into a “museum wall” where anyone can share their artistic virtuoso.

]]> 0 1201c09fac5967b8e0657037e0cc7c8a Arx Poetica joined the group Gallery https://buddypress.org/updates/p/15074/ Sun, 30 May 2010 23:27:22 +0000 0 9e3447cb104fa6974c9e6a77f1af3759 Arx Poetica posted an update: @jeffsayre Just really quick -- I intend to respond to you on […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/15073/ Sun, 30 May 2010 23:20:06 +0000 @jeffsayre Just really quick — I intend to respond to you on the forums — I just have to get to it. :p Really great stuff though. Esp. the differentiation between identity and identifiers — in that light — I often wonder if email addresses are still the best in terms of identifiers — but that’s another topic —

]]> 1 a901b0e92174fc669dfbe08f1deb7319 Arx Poetica posted an update: test @arxpoetica https://buddypress.org/updates/p/11919/ Sun, 23 May 2010 00:57:42 +0000 test @arxpoetica

]]> 0 727e870e8356a3c0084c0d4a97088833 Arx Poetica posted an update: @waclawjacek Hey. I don't know if you're still interested […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/11918/ Sun, 23 May 2010 00:56:59 +0000 @waclawjacek Hey. I don’t know if you’re still interested in working on social protocols for bp, but some of us have started working on it again: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/semantic-web-and-open-stack-integration/

]]> 1 7bbba467a643d7f03fbeda46da2e6c5a Arx Poetica joined the group WordPress Hook Sniffer https://buddypress.org/updates/p/11910/ Sun, 23 May 2010 00:20:17 +0000 0 b5fd6408e7d9d54e300b562d64c37641 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Introducing the WordPress Hook Sniffer: a Developer Plugin in the group Third Party Components & Plugins http://buddypress.org/community/groups/third-party-components-plugins/forum/topic/introducing-the-wordpress-hook-sniffer-a-developer-plugin/#post-5546 Sun, 23 May 2010 00:20:02 +0000 Awesone plugin. I just paid ye. πŸ™‚

]]> f26525fcfb9645ff964ef2a6b962a0b5 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Buddypress 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 ugrade FAIL! in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-1-2-3-to-1-2-4-ugrade-fail/#post-55462 Sat, 22 May 2010 23:27:24 +0000 One (troublesome, but workable) solution would be to switch your WPMU site to WP. Realizing this could be a pain if you’re site is highly configured — but it *is* a possibility.

]]> ad02587e8e7679152ba639afb4accb43 Arx Poetica posted an update: @willnorris […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/11885/ Sat, 22 May 2010 22:13:13 +0000 @willnorris http://buddypress.org/community/groups/semantic-web-and-open-stack-integration/ in case you’re still interested in this kind of dev

]]> 0 5a27fa15aa764669b07dd9ddceb8dd3f Arx Poetica posted an update: @shazril @shazril nice av https://buddypress.org/updates/p/11860/ Sat, 22 May 2010 20:23:10 +0000 @shazril @shazril nice av

]]> 0 704ec1d7c807795826607f7bcf64b19b Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=3#post-55424 Sat, 22 May 2010 18:17:18 +0000 You were one step ahead of me. πŸ™‚ I was just creating a group avatar. :p

]]> bfecb2a24d0d5449619d8a7115ddbadb Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=3#post-55417 Sat, 22 May 2010 17:16:47 +0000 @jeffsayre — i trust and get your concern w/ openid. That said, it’s hard to stop a moving train. I just don’t want to completely disregard all the motion going on elsewhere. So call me the healthy skeptic in the room — that should be a good thing, right? It just means that as we move […]

]]> 2b64aa380cc80695823a8706dc00ed87 Arx Poetica started the forum topic Using git *and* svn to dev on BuddyPress (yes, it can be done!) in the group Installing BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/using-git-and-svn-to-dev-on-buddypress-yes-it-can-be-done/ Wed, 19 May 2010 02:33:30 +0000 Okay — so I know this might sound crazy, but I just set up an awesome dev enviro using *both* git and svn. Here’s why: I’ve always hated using externals in svn, and if you want to track *both* your WordPress install *and* BuddyPress, that’s one really annoying way to do it (which has always […]

]]> a0c51cbbf00e645eb88289e0e984dec3 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic SVN for BuddyPress plugins? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/svn-for-buddypress-plugins/#post-54892 Wed, 19 May 2010 00:44:32 +0000 Oh — that’s marvelous — I don’t know why I never noticed this one before. Think of that. SVN repos for plugins. Nice.

]]> 5aae3992f165ab342be69842c9f423a1 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=2#post-54724 Tue, 18 May 2010 03:32:42 +0000 This is an interesting read: http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2010/05/16/combing-openid-and-oauth-with-openid-connect/ @jeffsayre — what say ye on that one?

]]> e560daebd2a4d13336c043590162fa2f Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=2#post-54709 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:36:15 +0000 BTW, to answer your question more concisely, I am aware of Tim Berners-Lee’s vision (a more 3-dimensional web, if you will), and even have my own radical views of what that might entail.

]]> 0e15efd1ad7ded7e3fe573a2acadea51 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=2#post-54707 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:15:53 +0000 @jeffsayre I’ve chatted on a few occasions w/ @djpaul about distributive technologies w/ regards to BuddyPress. (Actually, I talked w/ @apeatling & @johnjamesjacoby during WordCamp NYC 09 about some of the possibilities, too.) I would say I’m much more aware of the semantic protocols. I actually haven’t ever delved into the stack, but I’m excited…[Read more]

]]> b81b01c8d915d3bc3ced8ad7b1e5300e Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=2#post-54398 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:56:51 +0000 By the way, it is exciting to see more buzz about all this on BuddyPress — I just hope it doesn’t fizzle. This is one area of development that actually excites me enough to insert my skillz/experience and help it along. (I actually tried it once before, but kind of went about it the wrong […]

]]> b4155a09740f594ee1da2da2fc42b656 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Alternative to Facebook in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/alternative-to-facebook/?topic_page=2#post-54397 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:51:39 +0000 @jeffsayre @jackreichert @deltina etc. Can I just counterpoint? Chiming in here. I’m waiting for @apeatling to also talk more about this issue. Somebody mentioned DiSo. As I understood it, DiSo was more than just trying to systemically build distributed social networking out of WordPress or BuddyPress, but trying to do so through the establishment…[Read more]

]]> 3527f83c73b2d2845a4bee2948ebe7a0 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Diaspora? What do you think? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/diaspora-what-do-you-think/#post-54370 Sun, 16 May 2010 12:37:55 +0000 Thanks for the link.

]]> 85cecf51f5286679e9ae78e00e951099 Arx Poetica posted an update: @dancole Are you the same who popped into IRC last night […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/8976/ Sun, 16 May 2010 12:06:10 +0000 @dancole Are you the same who popped into IRC last night talking about connectivity across sites?

]]> 1 d7e4864cfcccbe607f74d8027fd040bd Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Best way to insert new profile fields into the bp_has_members() loop? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/best-way-to-insert-new-profile-fields-into-the-bp_has_members-loop/#post Sat, 15 May 2010 20:08:18 +0000 Found it! I love it when I answer my own questions. ;p There’s a whole commented-out section in the members-loop.php section that details how to do it. Lovely!

]]> 76493c7a51edf660d3060320e17f0c0a Arx Poetica started the forum topic Diaspora? What do you think? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/diaspora-what-do-you-think/ Sat, 15 May 2010 19:40:25 +0000 I brought this up in the IRC, just as a point of curiosity, but what does the BP community think of this initiative (with good seed money) that’s been the buzz of late: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr?pos=2&ref=spotlight I think the idea isn’t too far off from BP, except they’re…[Read more]

]]> 511daa0155bf10098b3b05c534732fa5 Arx Poetica joined the group Miscellaneous https://buddypress.org/updates/p/8850/ Sat, 15 May 2010 19:40:25 +0000 0 77a917e145487f3aca0e80a54b969130 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic default Gravatar in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/default-gravatar/#post-54316 Sat, 15 May 2010 19:34:12 +0000 So’s to not modify other files, you can also serve it up through functions.php:

//serving up a different default avatar for members
function set_default_member_avatar($url) {
return get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/images/new_and_improved_avatar.png’;
}
add_filter(‘bp_core_mysteryman_src’, ‘set_default_member_avatar’);

See this URL for groups…[Read more]

]]> d9da0aa99247a88b2735947961888a2f Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Best way to insert new profile fields into the bp_has_members() loop? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/best-way-to-insert-new-profile-fields-into-the-bp_has_members-loop/#post Sat, 15 May 2010 18:57:47 +0000 ugh, it didn’t insert my code… let me try that again…

bp_profile_field_data(‘field=Biography’);

]]> 522f1bf0fd2d0606b20f7fa3c85bc9f3 Arx Poetica started the forum topic Best way to insert new profile fields into the bp_has_members() loop? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/best-way-to-insert-new-profile-fields-into-the-bp_has_members-loop/ Sat, 15 May 2010 18:56:52 +0000 At first I thought I could just loop over all the profile fields w/ the bp_has_profile() loop, but that didn’t seem the most logical method — nor did it seem to work.

Second stab? That failed.

What do I need to do?

]]> 7bf56361f02ce9a2bd603c6052c39e59 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Two questions about the login process in the group Installing BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/two-questions-about-the-login-process/#post-54307 Sat, 15 May 2010 17:38:53 +0000 I believe this is an outdated method. Is there a newer technique?

]]> 3d8fe067b5902a395c3637f1dbc16ff0 Arx Poetica joined the group Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/updates/p/8827/ Sat, 15 May 2010 17:38:53 +0000 0 aa618d62173b309273c907ab9e526f85 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Here come the spammers!!! in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/here-come-the-spammers/?topic_page=3#post-54294 Sat, 15 May 2010 15:16:29 +0000 Awesome.

]]> 63c2811ae7c4ba98b29640be13c2b24d Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Here come the spammers!!! in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/here-come-the-spammers/?topic_page=3#post-54268 Sat, 15 May 2010 12:48:25 +0000 Has there been any more movement on this front?

]]> 38bb10ab1115d963a672090e2dba32e3 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Here come the spammers!!! in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/here-come-the-spammers/?topic_page=2#post-53218 Mon, 10 May 2010 03:26:04 +0000 Btw, I really didn’t mean to dig on *anyone* –> I think WP and BP is BRILL, to say the least, but I do get frustrated @ how spammy it all can be. THAT SAID, I should just keep my mouth shut from here on out (ha), since I’m not really contributing to the solution. […]

]]> 550c852d19a6ee0eb84fec2e334a6e71 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic bp_filter_request: What does it do and how does it work? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bp_filter_request-what-does-it-do-and-how-does-it-work/#post-53217 Mon, 10 May 2010 03:18:19 +0000 Actually, figured out a much simpler and easier way to hook into what I need…little did I realize that the groups-loop.php and members-loop.php pages each had actions I could hook into –> right exactly where I needed them. Sharing here for the benefit of others, this is what I’ve loaded in functions.php in my child […]

]]> fdd83e1d0db2e5543959415d349bc3ff Arx Poetica posted an update: @Whoever Cracks me up that @whoever exists ! :) https://buddypress.org/updates/p/6598/ Mon, 10 May 2010 01:56:20 +0000 @Whoever Cracks me up that @whoever exists ! πŸ™‚

]]> 0 6ed49cda0be3823ef543d15a34b9bd22 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Here come the spammers!!! in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/here-come-the-spammers/?topic_page=2#post-53210 Mon, 10 May 2010 01:34:40 +0000 Yow, I this is a very satisfying thread. I’ve been so frustrated in the past by cursory deflections from long-time WP gurus (I won’t name names, ha), when it’s been clear for a long time that WP (and now BP) has very weak defenses, and yet seems to have the type of community that could […]

]]> 894aca06ea6ea2164498177f45867c39 Arx Poetica posted on the forum topic Title of WP Page in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/title-of-wp-page/#post-53205 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:55:28 +0000 If you want to actually hide it display:none does the trick. If you just want to set it to invisible there are various methods, including opacity:0, visibility:hidden, and text-indent:-9999px; all of which have cross-browser inconsistencies, I believe.

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