BuddyPress.org | Matt Edminster | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/chiinook/activity/ Activity feed for Matt Edminster. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:30:06 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 109a9e508f22e561169a1014b62b9c18 Matt Edminster started the topic Group as Member in the forum Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/support/topic/group-as-member/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:55:10 +0000 I would like to allow group administrators of “organization” group types to be able to represent their organization in other groups (e.g. “project” or “collaboration” group types). In this way, the administrator role could change in the organization but continue to participate in various projects under the leadership of a new…[Read more]

]]> bf3aee815b3cb2e55ad5ba4dd65f197e Matt Edminster started the topic Concrete task badges in the forum Third Party Plugins https://buddypress.org/support/topic/concrete-task-badges/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 06:19:04 +0000 Hey all,

I’m hoping to use Buddypress to help organize a real-life community of young entrepenuers. I want to employ an awards and badges system to help encourage engagement in real-life service opportunities. I’ve looked into the various badge systems currently available but it looks like they all award site-based interaction as opposed to…[Read more]

]]> 54bd8eb8097c30e339c695ac8c1da0cc Matt Edminster started the topic Adding profile fields to admin and mod icons in the forum Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/support/topic/adding-profile-fields-to-admin-and-mod-icons/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:54:20 +0000 Hello,

I’ve been customizing the layout of my group pages. One of my adjustments is to remove admin and mod icons from the header and place them in the sidebar as a vertical list. (We are using groups for departments in our organization with admins = department heads and mods = managers.) I would like to include profile meta next to each icon so…[Read more]

]]> 60c85cf001cc0e4a6b8f8531a90b35da Matt Edminster replied to the topic Post-type powered custom group front page in the forum Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/support/topic/post-type-powered-custom-group-front-page/#post-164373 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:54:57 +0000 thanks … I’ll see where I can take it from here

]]> bd5806f4a42d30a6bbde2f805de08bc6 Matt Edminster replied to the topic Post-type powered custom group front page in the forum Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/support/topic/post-type-powered-custom-group-front-page/#post-164369 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:44 +0000 Thanks for the response. That’s basically what I have set up, yeah.

Sorry for taking up this up in the wrong place. Any suggestions where I should turn?

]]> a63687470647e870e9aff88348240b58 Matt Edminster started the topic Post-type powered custom group front page in the forum Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/support/topic/post-type-powered-custom-group-front-page/ Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:35 +0000 Using a tutorial offered by @modemlooper back in ’10 I set up a custom frontpage for our organization’s bp groups which draws from pages with the same name as the group.

So the group ‘bicycles’ populates its frontpage with content from the page ‘bicycles’ (which is a child page of ‘groups’).

I am now upgrading the site to the Canvas theme by…[Read more]

]]> 2854c35fd473ecd1b7fd91e9569034c0 Matt Edminster started the forum topic Rich Text Pages for BP Groups and Profiles in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/rich-text-pages-for-bp-groups-and-profiles/ Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:37:58 +0000 I have long been on the hunt for a way to emulate the kind of information pages that this site uses to display plugin information. @boonegorges has developed a great plugin that integrates with the WP pages […]

]]> 1f65218330625ce8d3a1baf2a3871bcd Matt Edminster started the forum topic WP Page Content in a BP Group Tab in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/wp-page-content-in-a-bp-group-tab/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:10:17 +0000 I’ve created a new default home template for my buddypress groups. With the code below, I’ve attempted to display the content of a wp page whose name corresponds to the group name. The loop I have below is in […]

]]> 516e5e5a834f0e6b47430e7dbb4a5d67 Matt Edminster replied to the forum topic WP Page Content in a BP Group Tab in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/wp-page-content-in-a-bp-group-tab/#post-123198 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:09:40 +0000 Nope .. that was an attempt to see if there was something in that call that was changing things. Just forgot to uncomment when I pasted over. Any ideas?

]]> 2d431d54fc7d09e3ac97a36a00a8beac Matt Edminster replied to the forum topic Duplicate Group Components? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/duplicate-group-components/#post-123193 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:23:57 +0000 Hmm, not quite what I’m getting at mercime. The ability to review groups – or to add functionality of any kind to existing groups – is already covered.

What I need is the ability to duplicate group […]

]]> 7e9b1d089891aa1f2d647169c203c189 Matt Edminster started the forum topic Duplicate Group Components? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/duplicate-group-components/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:19:49 +0000 It looks like this site has employed copies of the groups component in order to make a complete separation between plugin groups and theme groups.

I’d like to achieve something similar by making a separation […]

]]> 2a787c2cc6fd6efcb30be6b52642ff52 Matt Edminster started the forum topic P2 Buddypress not rendering in the group BuddyPress Groupblog http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-groupblog/forum/topic/p2-buddypress-not-rendering/ Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:51:09 +0000 I’m getting an entirely unstyled version of P2 BP when I visit the blog link on my group. In settings, I’ve selected the P2 BP theme, redirected to the Blog template, not redirected Group Home, and opted for a per blog layout selection. With very few plugins installed, that is unlikely to be the problem. […]

]]> 965469a6453fb3b47773880b4936c95d Matt Edminster joined the group BuddyPress Groupblog https://buddypress.org/updates/p/126576/ Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:53:10 +0000 0 c235bd661012d2f0c25c1364b33ac02e Matt Edminster posted an update in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: Has anybody come across something like an integration of the […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/125317/ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:20:34 +0000 Has anybody come across something like an integration of the P2 style front-end post editor with the buddypress status editor? That’d be just about perfect.

]]> 0 f1d9422e63b54fcb5b12848fd4799803 Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Tutorial? in the group BP User Profile Map http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-user-profile-map/forum/topic/tutorial/#post-82903 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:19:35 +0000 Well, maybe this has something to do with my problem … but in the Location field I’ve created in xprofile I put in for example “Tallinn, Estonia” as opposed to “Tallinn”. I’m assuming that this is the way the plugin draws its location data.

]]> add75aa4c02a258909aec5a5b21d4b4e Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic ETA on BP 1.2.7 in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/eta-on-bp-1-2-7/#post-82716 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:56:49 +0000 What is the status with the radio button issue that was re-opened? Is the delay somehow tied to this unresolved issue? If so, that would be an explanation of sorts. But with the appearance of Jeff’s privacy plugin tied to 1.2.7, it really makes this look like a point release rather than a set of […]

]]> 24593aad442394c659ea7d263579640b Matt Edminster joined the group Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/updates/p/123890/ Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:56:49 +0000 0 eb9ccbde2fd861b08a77a75d3035b23a Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Tutorial? in the group BP User Profile Map http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-user-profile-map/forum/topic/tutorial/#post-81981 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:33:23 +0000 Looking forward to using this plugin. I like the way you’ve structured it: no muss, no fuss. But … yep, it’s not displaying. I’m running a theme based off the standard bp theme, have a Location field in xprofile, have populated that field with “City, Country”, and have chosen to display the map before the […]

]]> b74232bccc8dc5006987e253dedc21dd Matt Edminster joined the group BP User Profile Map https://buddypress.org/updates/p/122567/ Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:33:23 +0000 0 39e03354988c61a87fd52b9b16b96386 Matt Edminster posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/121688/#acomment-122527 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:01:57 +0000 Hey @DJPaul, thanks for the reply. The followers plugin is great. I use it myself on our installation. I guess what I’m hoping is that management of friends/followed might someday be possible via user defined “collections” (to use the language of the #Elgg platform). In Elgg – which I decided against mainly for usability reasons – these…[Read more]

In reply to - Matt Edminster posted an update @DJPaul Hey Paul, wondering if you can expand a little on what you are referring to in this comment: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/poss […] ]]> 309634573fa857e496fc64cee1f29277 Matt Edminster posted an update: @DJPaul Hey Paul, wondering if you can expand a little on […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/121688/ Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:23:03 +0000 @DJPaul Hey Paul, wondering if you can expand a little on what you are referring to in this comment: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/possible-to-add-another-friends-list/#post-21485. When researching options for our social network, I first dug into Elgg which has the ability to create friend lists and…[Read more]

]]> 3 24a709b0f46bd2b7675e51604825b895 Matt Edminster posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/118225/#acomment-118436 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:47:38 +0000 I have been using WP-FB Autoconnect because the author has already addressed integration with Buddypress. I recommend the pro version as well as more settings here can be customized. Support has also been pretty good with quick responses.

In reply to - latinosamorir posted an update @chiinook hey @chiinook, did you ever figure out the buddypress simple facebook connect issue? i’m trying to find the right plugin. i’ve looked at AutoFBConnect, Gigya, and now […] ]]> 0ba57b63cd7da3d8004d19aed184ff9c Matt Edminster posted an update in the group Creating & Extending: I'd like to include a right aligned sidebar on single group […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/115610/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:24:15 +0000 I’d like to include a right aligned sidebar on single group and profile pages (similar to the layout here on buddypress.org). But because the subnav div is located within each single item template, I would need to edit each of these single item templates separately with a call to the new sidebar(s). Is there a way I can do this through template actions?

]]> 0 f3ceb59957449ce219740ad6637ca444 Matt Edminster joined the group BuddyPress Links https://buddypress.org/updates/p/115603/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:19:31 +0000 0 ddef190100dae9f2400e71863fbc5c7c Matt Edminster joined the group Spam Eater https://buddypress.org/updates/p/115601/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:17:00 +0000 0 bb71f2665c25285d5229610c9576fc82 Matt Edminster posted an update in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: How hard would it be to create an additional group member […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/115396/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:10:20 +0000 How hard would it be to create an additional group member type which allows only commenting on existing items?

]]> 0 17866cdddc12d91a29a95eab99db0391 Matt Edminster posted an update: @travel-junkie Hey Boris ... my fingernails are down to nubs […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/115115/ Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:20:44 +0000 @travel-junkie Hey Boris … my fingernails are down to nubs in anticipation of your jobboard buddypress plugin. I’m currently running JobManager for WP but I’d much prefer to have something that is built on the buddypress framework. A couple of thoughts though:

1) Can you include a check box in group admin settings to disable the job board (as…[Read more]

]]> 1 8ffa6a2e8bbc3dc2dd6995c6cb9a6fca Matt Edminster posted an update: @dwenaus Hey is your Buddypress Pages idea going anywhere or […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/113815/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:37:03 +0000 @dwenaus Hey is your Buddypress Pages idea going anywhere or did it get tabled?

]]> 0 5b6faac46393817e17910cf27bacb0f7 Matt Edminster posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/113792/#acomment-113806 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:20:26 +0000 Any input @djpaul, @boonebgorges, @johnjamesjacoby?

In reply to - Matt Edminster posted an update Is there any way that we as a community can gang up on profile spammers? I just wonder if we can self-moderate without resorting to cyber bullying. ]]> 61215f8b40a1835250e47049b0549640 Matt Edminster posted an update: Is there any way that we as a community can gang up on […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/113792/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:53:32 +0000 Is there any way that we as a community can gang up on profile spammers? I just wonder if we can self-moderate without resorting to cyber bullying.

]]> 2 b8807bffc4153bbb5f86dbf234935035 Matt Edminster posted an update: Just a note of thanks to all of my admirers. It's really a […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/113784/ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:38:33 +0000 Just a note of thanks to all of my admirers. It’s really a great encouragement to know that you love my profile. I look forward to developing a rich and mutually supportive relationship with via this intimacy building buddypress site. I love you too!

]]> 0 f466a4600f787d3fb799592cb90a6bbe Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Mapology - Adding maps for users and groups in the group Third Party Components & Plugins http://buddypress.org/community/groups/third-party-components-plugins/forum/topic/mapology-adding-maps-for-users-and-groups/#post-76968 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:01:57 +0000 Hey Boris … is it possible to display both profiles and groups on the same map but with distinct pins, on the front page for example?

]]> b3293561933a1a46c4c6eceda5fe95ea Matt Edminster joined the group Third Party Components & Plugins https://buddypress.org/updates/p/107072/ Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:01:56 +0000 0 d04a60eb3ee984c6c5874450bfae5edc Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Links to '/username/' redirect to home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-icon-not-linking-properly/#post-76728 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:22:30 +0000 Aha … my bad. One more lesson in paying attention. Thank you very much for your help!

]]> de4f1beea040ac021aa88c67a9625ff9 Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Links to '/username/' redirect to home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-icon-not-linking-properly/#post-76721 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:25:27 +0000 Thanks so much for the reply Roger. I have tried all those, but realized I missed one other possibility: bp-custom. Sure enought, that seems to be the source, though I’m not sure why. Strangely enough, of the various hacks that I have there, the problem seems to be in the standard “define” functions prescribed in […]

]]> 2456504efcd376eb773e50ca1a734aae Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Links to '/username/' redirect to home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-icon-not-linking-properly/#post-76713 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:01:04 +0000 Any chance this is an .htaccess issue?

]]> e180d9ed2f94edfb3a87775b58c0e78f Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Links to '/username/' redirect to home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-icon-not-linking-properly/#post-76712 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:00:24 +0000 Hey, can some one grab this one for me? This really is a significant hassle as our sight is just getting implemented and this will be a real frustration to my natient community. If it’s a dumb mistake on my part, please tell me in no uncertain terms! But I don’t think it is and […]

]]> 2ecb54b59a747ae0daf795c14d059283 Matt Edminster started the forum topic Links to '/username/' redirect to home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-icon-not-linking-properly/ Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:04:41 +0000 Not sure how this happened, but anytime I click on a user icon, I get sent back to the front page. I can get to all the components under a given username, but not username by itself. In other words, on our site, “alongside.org/new/matt” isn’t working but /matt/profile is. Don’t get it.

]]> c965c913c3e4162cb369da93d203a45f Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Members icon not linking properly in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-icon-not-linking-properly/#post-76541 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:04:41 +0000 OK, I’m stumped … and I haven’t been able to find anything that matches my issue in the forums. To help diagnose a bit, I took down all plugins I’ve recently updated or added … no effect. Since I recently upgraded to 1.2.6 I made sure that my theme was all patched up … still […]

]]> 3439ffc72c66831c6dc724db863965af Matt Edminster started the forum topic Longstanding error message in the group gPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/gpress/forum/topic/longstanding-error-message/ Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:58:13 +0000 Running WP 3.01 and BP 1.2.6 with gPress 2.4.4.2 I’ve been getting the following error for about the last month of testing: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in … /wp-content/plugins/gpress/gpress-admin/tpp_options-class.php on line 706 Warning: uasort() : The argument should be an array in ……[Read more]

]]> 7b1ef4e1a7a8b9c81e90662977ea332a Matt Edminster posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/103377/#acomment-103485 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:37:45 +0000 Ahh yes … sleepless nights, burping and nursing … did I get that right? Congratulations by the way 🙂

In reply to - Matt Edminster posted an update @nuprn1 Rich, I’m wondering if you might be able to craft a plugin for sticky activity stream items based on the same technique you used for floating updated items back to the top. I […] ]]> fc1d4b75c00816f720e830c691d2c130 Matt Edminster posted an update: @nuprn1 Rich, I'm wondering if you might be able to craft a […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/103377/ Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:13:47 +0000 @nuprn1 Rich, I’m wondering if you might be able to craft a plugin for sticky activity stream items based on the same technique you used for floating updated items back to the top. I don’t know how these things work under the hood but it seems like you could make an activity sticky by updating the create time everytime somebody submits a new…[Read more]

]]> 3 27b03afb69470683b90a4ca8cf0924d9 Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Sticky Update in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/sticky-update/#post-76099 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:03:20 +0000 There sure ought to be. It’d be a great feature for both user update streams and groups. Maybe using the “float to the top” method that has been used to re-highlight commented on activity items

]]> 343219ed9ad4a305a4af85fa579f081c Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Plugin Idea: BP Group Pages - please give feedback and support in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/plugin-idea-bp-group-pages-please-give-feedback-and-support/#post-76072 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:22:58 +0000 @dwenaus If you are serious about pursuing this project, please let me know. This would be a great help in the development of a project I am working on and I would happily contribute some seed money – probably 50 dollars. In fact, if you’re committed to going for it, send me your PayPal info and […]

]]> ca59d22afb1a5b256de0750ce0f67fb0 Matt Edminster posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/100083/#acomment-101269 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:33:40 +0000 That’s actually a very helpful explanation Jeff. What it means for me is that any bp component that I activate (minus groups) will be available to anyone on the bp network. This is important since our site is built on a distinction between “official” and “community” content. That means that if I want RBAC control over content creation, I ought to…[Read more]

In reply to - Matt Edminster posted an update @jeffsayre Wondering if your privacy plugin will address content creation permissions as well? Really looking forward to what you’ve come up with. ]]> 090881bf5123de9019b59bebcfa46c33 Matt Edminster posted an update: @jeffsayre Wondering if your privacy plugin will address […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/100083/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:44:13 +0000 @jeffsayre Wondering if your privacy plugin will address content creation permissions as well? Really looking forward to what you’ve come up with.

]]> 3 a3267eca6c6c4e053c67b7b2fe2f44ac Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic Multiple user types - possible? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/multiple-user-types-possible/?topic_page=3#post-75920 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:24:13 +0000 @djpaul You once mentioned having a proprietary solution for user lists using xprofile fields. In redesigning my organization’s website I need to 1. display certain users (organization members in various departments) in a directory and 2. limit certain kinds of content creation to these lists (group creation only for organization members). We…[Read more]

]]> b6ab309a402da463c014cc95e318528a Matt Edminster posted an update: @dwenaus Along the same lines as the "Announce Only Group", […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/95228/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:10:20 +0000 @dwenaus Along the same lines as the “Announce Only Group”, I’ve wondered if there is a way to make a group where – like Announce Only – admins and mods produce content but members are only able to respond. Similarly, does bp have the capability to allow for non-members to comment on activity or forum items? If so, I could envision a “welcome”…[Read more]

]]> 1 ad75cfc6fec2039320ff4aa299bf5996 Matt Edminster posted on the forum topic If Buddypress, then sidebar and css rules in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/if-buddypress-then-sidebar-and-css-rules/#post-75003 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:59:37 +0000 Thanks fellas … I’ll see what I can put together.

]]> 46f8434cd8cb3ec76776bb3e12edcdac Matt Edminster posted an update: @sbrajesh I'd love to continue using your technique for […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/94384/ Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:32:27 +0000 @sbrajesh I’d love to continue using your technique for using activity as a wire/wall but there’s one major flaw. I notice that when I make an update to some one else’s wire, my message become my new most recent status update. It looks as if this site has found a way around that problem. Any idea how to accomplish this? I think this approach beats…[Read more]

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