as commentary/observation.. I don’t understand the resistance to changes in bp.. it’s painful to read some of the replies to the thread.. imho the community stewards of bp have failed to listen and adapt to the community and industry..
imho
— too put some context.. i now run 40 micro communities on a different platform. I was only able to do that because the other platform – while it was a paid plugin and theme – had better community support and they listened to the users..
i love(d) buddypress but a few years ago i abandoned it for these reasons:
1. the community (some) are a little toxic
2. ideology and maybe personal politics superseded the pushing of features that users wanted
3. it was hard to develop on buddypress (mostly because of the community dynamics)
4. community support was too painful
5. there was way too much push back on fixes and new features
Theres opportunity in the horizon and its sad that bp cant capitalize on it.
(imho)
What you need to do is go to the admin.. and go to Permalink.. and press “save” for whatever reason.. this happens from time to time.. you dont need to make any changes.. just go to
admin->settings->permalink
and just press save.
@alwaysalready WOW.. Great stuff! Great Work!
Your blog post on the issue and fix was very well written!
Im trolling thru your blog now to pick up a few more tips and tricks 😀
I totally understand what you mean about having your product stack working out of the box.
– Suggestion.. I wish you guys would have an “escape” export OUT of Buddyboss and back to BP. *its just a piece of mind thing.
The attraction that I have with BP/WP is that I dont “feel” locked in to a software provider.. its a bit unreasonable of course.. but it just keeps me “feeling free”
**BONUS**
I think i would feel better paying the price (dont get me wrong.. its reasonably priced) if the Buddyboss platform would also address mobile-first-pagespeed. It drives me crazy that every site I launch on BP/WP scores poorly on googles pagespeed test. — its pretty clear that the main reason for this are loading a bunch of JS and CSS.. certainly there are many reasons why a site scores poorly but it would great if BuddyBoss Platform solved for some of that.
– How compatible is BuddyBoss Platform with the caching plugins like WP-SuperCache (and the like)
Im just a BP/WP hobbyist so Im sensitive to the “annual license renewal fee” – How does your renewal fees work? Is the renewal fee the same price as the initial purchase price?
LASTLY (I swear its the last question)
I’ve noticed that I still rely on WP plugins that interact with posts.. is the BuddyBoss Platform and Theme overall (reasonably) compatible with other WP plugins out there?
Im a few weeks in to diving in Community Builder theme by BuddyDev and Its pretty sophisticated.
SOOO MUCH customization!!!!
Anyway..
Im loading it up on one of my sites https://throttle.network and the site when viewed on mobile moves side-to-side .. as if theres content to the right or left .. that overflows…
how do i configure it so that i remove the side-to-side movement … so that users can only go up and down
is it a media-screen size thing? or is a “BOXED/FLUID” layout percentage thing.. Ive tried changing the percentages .. nothing works
your themes are just FREAKING AMAZING!!!!! I really love them
quick questions..
– The last time I installed BuddyBoss Platform.. it “conflicted” with my BP install.. (is that still the case? you can only either have BuddyBoss installed or BP installed..)
– Can you use the BuddyBoss Platform Theme on a BP install? (meaning without the BuddyBoss Platform)
– I noticed that the only theme available now is the Boss 2.0. Will you be only making themes for BuddyBoss Platform and will you be transitioning out of further developing the Boss 2.0 theme or other themes just for BP
**
Again.. Im such a huge fan.. really fantastic work
WOW!!!
I just installed it.. and IT LOOKS amazing!!!!
Im trying to get the styling down..
a few goofy things here and there on the customizer
For example.. Font on site-title doesnt look like its working properly when its on mobile
anyway.. im loving it so far! *Its almost exactly what im looking for.
add_filter( 'bp_login_redirect', 'bpdev_redirect_to_profile', 11, 3 );
function bpdev_redirect_to_profile( $redirect_to_calculated, $redirect_url_specified, $user ){
if( empty( $redirect_to_calculated ) )
$redirect_to_calculated = admin_url();
//if the user is not site admin,redirect to his/her profile
if( isset( $user->ID) && ! is_super_admin( $user->ID ) )
return bp_core_get_user_domain( $user->ID );
else
return $redirect_to_calculated; /*if site admin or not logged in,do not do anything much*/
}
yeah… its tough going here – in these parts of the internet..
To try to answer some of your questions..
— for testing purpose.. try using the twentytwenty theme..
— #2 YOURDOMAIN_NAME/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bp-components
**make sure “USER-GROUPS” is selected..
then go to YOURDOMAIN__NAME/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-groups
or try going to YOURDOMAIN_NAME/groups/create/step/group-details/
— #3 Try going to YOURDOMAIN_NAME/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
You should give there boss theme a try. It’s very turnkey. They also have a theme called one social that works really well. Both out of the box works fantastic
Thank you for clarifying. I was a bit confused how the new buddyboss system worked. For sure – choosing between Ultimate Member vs Buddyboss – I’d definitely choose Buddyboss because of its pedigree in the BP community.
@buddyboss makes great themes and products but its premium.
— as great as the free plugin is.. –a site administrator will benefit great by implement the buddyboss premium theme.
Dare I say that — the free plugin looses its appeal without the utilization of a premium theme.
I personally love the “Boss.” theme ($129USD) and the “OneSocial” theme($99USD). — Though I havent used them in the past 2 years – I suspect they are still of great quality. I also havent used the “BuddyBoss Theme” (Which starts at $228USD)
The new Buddyboss Theme looks a lot like FB and seems like a great option for someone that wants a great looking turnkey solution.
– its pretty fast to get started
– it works out of the box
– its literally the fastest and easiest way to get what you described (there theme even looks like FB)
– premium (not free)
(disclaimer: I dont work for buddyboss nor am i an affiliate)
@ripulkr
yeah – i totally agree with you on this one.
It would be cool to have a BP “co-pilot” plugin that allows people to mod “BP” minimizing breakage and maintaining compatibility with other plugins.
One thing that annoys me is that i have to constantly look for BP plugins to extend some of its features.. and the constant fear that one of these plugins will get hacked..
