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@desininja
I’m not sure exactly what you mean. Are you talking about a simplified version of https://buddypress.org/community/groups/cd-bp-avatar-bubble/ You could always take that plugin and modify it to just be the core elements you want. Or maybe I’m not sure what exactly you are trying to accomplish.

When you override the index.php you can remove ALL of the BP/WP code and make it look like whatever you want. Otherwise, you can use the bp_core_redirect (I think that’s the function) that could redirect the main page to a different page.

How about…
-Better Site Search (luckily there’s still google to support this when needed)
-Sticky Posts at the top of the Support page
-A gold star next to Boone’s name for taking this on

Sounds like a good contribution you could make to the community. Provide a list of theme changes that people will need to consider for their themes.

WordPress.com has been steadily building some of these features for blogs. However, they have yet to release any sort of plugin to be able to do this. I have a feeling it’s because it would require a fair amount of server configuration that most people wouldn’t know how or be able to do. I’ve seen […]

That link doesn’t seem to be working. How similar is this to the Achievements plugin that @PJGibbs is working on? I heard a little birdie tell me that he’s almost ready to release a new version.

@desininja
Simple enough. Create a child theme: https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/ Override the header.php and in the new header.php file, remove the search section.

Ok, so I don’t think that there’s any function to know if the email bounced or not. So, BP would think that it was sent successfully even if it’s a fake email. You’d have to setup something to catch the bounced email to then know that it was bad or something. Unfortunately, email doesn’t respond […]

Looks like that’s where are the cool people will be!

I thought I’d seen another method. I’m glad you knew where it was cause I couldn’t find it.

What’s wrong with creating the user before the activation email is sent? If it doesn’t get sent, then the user won’t be created and they’ll never be able to login since the user account won’t be activated.

Of course, if you’re using the plugins that r-a-y mentions, then that’s a different story.

s2member is great if you want to require payment to access the member only site. Absolute Privacy looks like it just requires a login to get to any pages. @r-a-y had some code in a past thread (https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/members-only-2/#post-52901) which I believe will just redirect all pages to…[Read more]

@porscheheritage
I’d suggest using a child theme: https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/ You’ll just want to override the index.php and you can make it look however you want.

@laloma
You should submit this to Trac: https://trac.buddypress.org/ Just use your same login as this site to login.

W3 Total Cache looks interesting. Am I seeing it right that essentially W3 Total Cache essentially is a plugin to be able to implement a CDN? Does anyone know the cost of a CDN using W3 total cache?

@lincme
You should be able change the wording using a pot file. See this page: https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

Although, your suggestion is a good one and could be added as a trac ticket for people to discuss and add to the core as appropriate.

@gregfielding Maybe for you BP is about the blogs. For my BP install it’s about the groups. Everyone uses BP a little different, so it’s hard to make broad statements like that.

I’ve been debating the idea of creating a plugin with http://www.bigdoor.com/ to do achievements, levels etc. I haven’t completely though through the pros and cons of using an API like this versus an self contained open source plugin like the achievements one mentioned.