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Twitter has some great ideas and if you look at this site for instance.. I want to notify you of something in a different topic then this. I reply to that topic and say something like
“I think @davidlewis might find this very interesting”
You get notified that I mentioned you in this topic and it only took me 1 character to do this. I think this is an absolutely great feature which only on BP.org would save everyone massive amounts of time
http://wpmututorials.com/plugins/buddypress-blog-author-link/ does this for the post author.. You could use the same code found in the plugin and use it for the comment author. Please post back the code because it may come in handy for others
Please answer these so we know a bit more about your setup:
1. Which version of WPMU are you running?
2. Did you install WPMU as a directory or subdomain install?
3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory?
4. Did you upgraded from a previous version of WPMU? If so, from which version?
5. Was WPMU functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress?
6. Which version of BuddyPress (BP) are you running?
7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version?
8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated?
9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes?
10. Have you modified the core files in any way?
11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?
12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in?
13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.
14. Which company provides your hosting?
http://www.bp-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/buddypressgroupemail.zip
It’s a plugin from WPMU Premium. If you want support or use this for commercial use or simply like to support their work, you can subscribe to their service on premium.wpmudev.org. Since this is a very small plugin I decided to share it with you (it’s GPL). Enjoy
ps: if this is not appreciated I’ll remove it asap
I haven’t seen much whining on this forum Eric73. Almost all the post on this forum are informative and friendly and I think everyone is doing a pretty good job helping others and contributing as much as they can. If people would stop “complaining” it would mean that BuddyPress would be perfect (not gonna happen) or people would stop caring about the software (which is bad).
There are always a few people who post a few useless posts or unneeded threads but so far that was handled by the members or by the mods.. So I would rather advise everyone to keep on whining in the way they’re doing it right now
MrMaz has created BP-Links which allows for easy submitting of rich media content. It’s not possible (yet) to use it in the activity stream but he said he would look into it when BP 1.2 is released.
You can find the plugin and more info here;
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-links/
It does exactly what you say; Fill in a link to youtube/flickr and it detects the video or photo. The newest version of his plugin (not out yet) allows fetching images from ANY site with images on it, so that will be even more awesome!
Killer plugin which will only get better
The post your referring to Peter is about displaying profile information in a user blog not in the themes..
While I do agree with your points (I would like this to be easier as well) it probably the way you’re saying it that’s putting people off. You seem to have a tendency to approach people in a very direct and confronting way. I certainly don’t feel the need to help you out (if I could, which mostly I can’t) if you remain to have an certain tone in your posts which seem to be very negative and overly critical. As a journalist you must know how important it is to package your message the right way, and your approach does not work very well in my opinion since you seem to be involved in all kinds of small conflicts.
Now I’ve seen you help others quite a few times in a very polite manner, so if you could try to have the same attitude towards others as the ones you’re helping, than I bet that your suggestions (which are not crazy or “bad”) could get picked up and worked upon. There’s no need to keep on raving about a certain topic if the core developer already aware of the situation and is currently working on 1.2, which we all want to see to badly.
Just my 2 cents sorry for going offtopic
the situation you described above is exactly why I cancelled my subscription.. I’ve downloaded almost every plugin that might come in handy I prayed that they keep on working on WPMU/BP because you will not receive support after a cancellation of your subscription. They have some good plugins but I also noticed their work is not always as good as it seems to be features and support wise.
Not saying it’s bad or anything, absolutely not. But they seem to have much on their plates workwise and that means that fixes/new features are not added as fast as you would like. Just my opinion and I do like their support and service they offer
Swaymedia I think you should try to see the perspective of the people that are actually taking the time to write these extensive plugins like Brajesh his Gallery component. This is not something you can do easily it takes a lot of time, effort and support (after release).
Imagine you working hundreds of hours on something and then giving it away for free and spending most of your free time working on it. Having to deal with people who are STILL complaining and asking for more features without paying anything for it. Frankly that’s a big part of the life of a BP developer right now, and your reply makes it even more clear how ungrateful people can be.
You would not even have BuddyPress if it was’nt for people like Brajesh who work their ass of for free. If you still want more and are not satisfied then you should create it yourself, for free! And don’t forget to release it to all of the other users and give support and handle all the complaints and feature requests!
Looking forward to your plugins!
edit: another thing.. I’m a member of BuddyDev and the cool thing is that you can directly ask for features you would like to see developed. Right now we (Brajesh, Mercime and others) are brainstorming about Default Global Widgets (for blogs) Facebook Connect Pro and many other cool ideas, which actually have a good chance of being made by Brajesh.. Combine that with some great plugins like “Let a user choose a theme on signup” and the upcoming Gallery component and you have a huge bang for your buck
Basically I’m thinking ahead as much as possible and doing the design in photoshop for my project. Besides that I’m constantly looking for plugins and hacks to get everything running as soon as BP 1.2 is released and pray that the almighty BP gurus are able to get their awesome plugins compatible with 1.2.
In the meantime I network with some people who know their stuff, work on some other non BP projects and actually try to spend some time AWAY from the computer
That’s basically what I’m doing, but I understand your frustration and right now you have to stay patient a little longer before you’ll get the payoff!
It’s funny because when I first found out about WPMU is was indeed wildy confused about what it meant exactly. Already familiar with single WordPress I installed WPMU because I wanted to use BuddyPress and thought it was some kind of special version of WordPress (not realizing the Network of blogs/sites kinda thing).
After I got BuddyPress up and running and started a blog I got launched into another admin panel which suddently missed all kinds of menu options and had a different name.. “WTF is going on here” was my initial response..
Until I realised that WPMU actually allowed me to setup multiple blogs from one panel and would allow me to create a network of sites!
This name change is a good thing and much easier to grasp. It does make me think; should I call new blogs on my network “sites” or “blogs”.
