BuddyPress.org | Derek | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/derekbolden/activity/ Activity feed for Derek. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:10:29 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c578fd985d88786948c34be62d6d38ba Derek's profile was updated https://buddypress.org/updates/p/452686/ Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:18:09 +0000 0 1c37471c7d497c675bd49174cf52d1e1 Derek Bolden started the forum topic Banned Domains List in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/banned-domains-list/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:02:27 +0000 Apologies in advance if this question has been asked and answered but I am wondering if BP is now using the WP banned domain list. I am having a hell of a time with spam user signups and I need to get this […]

]]> 8ea4ca41dd8055483eaeb0f0ed18c647 Derek Bolden joined the group Events Manager https://buddypress.org/updates/p/192368/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:30:03 +0000 0 e2d4b8eefcc086d782d1f0457cc13490 Derek Bolden joined the group Jet Event System V2 https://buddypress.org/updates/p/181626/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:06:15 +0000 0 d2f4ed76989cfe92e13bc4a89282499b Derek Bolden replied to the forum topic BP 1.5 & bbpress 2 (site wide) slugs in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bp-1-5-bbpress-2-site-wide-slugs/#post-109432 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:01:12 +0000 @DarrenMooney
Thanks for your post! I was really getting frustrated with the forums setup, but your post helped. Now my only concern is the forum posts etc. showing up in my activity stream. Right now they […]

]]> d3e23b662b182943196b85d858b60582 Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148931/#acomment-150861 Mon, 02 May 2011 23:17:26 +0000 Come on Jet! Anyone?

In reply to - Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Hey Jet! I am loving the plugin! I am wondering if there is any way to add more events to the calendar view? Right now you can see 20 […] ]]> bdd7859c5df6c60766bc8353fd7788e1 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Events Manager for BuddyPress in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/events-manager-for-buddypress/#post-97454 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:52:40 +0000 The single most import feature is that events have their own title structure. Previous event plugins have used the groups code as their base but the problem with that is that events don’t get titled in a very seo friendly way (if at all) AND often link directly back to the main blog’s latest post. […]

]]> e07b259e8efdaac19c746dc775f0aa92 Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Hey Jet! I am loving the plugin! I am wondering if there is […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148931/ Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:26:22 +0000 Hey Jet! I am loving the plugin! I am wondering if there is any way to add more events to the calendar view? Right now you can see 20 before pagination, which is actually a bit confusing. Is there a way to maybe show 30 or more events on the calendar?

]]> 0 5c1af1074dbd86a52dc6305549aac08a Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Great great plugin Jet but i keep having issues after […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/141907/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:19:03 +0000 Great great plugin Jet but i keep having issues after upgrading that I can’t modify older event dates. I get the red bar warning that there is an error updating the event. Can you tell me why this happens? Thanks.

]]> 0 f738d6c6ae838dea13dd774f73b29673 Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/136524/#acomment-136729 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:47:48 +0000 The date picker is not working now… ???

In reply to - Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Say what? 1.6.5.8.2 ? What are the changes? ]]> aee2f360fea49509b345196bbfd7e7fe Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Say what? 1.6.5.8.2 ? What are the changes? https://buddypress.org/updates/p/136524/ Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:01:55 +0000 Say what? 1.6.5.8.2 ? What are the changes?

]]> 2 5ef97f69150affe96e8557199748520b Derek Bolden posted an update in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: Hey all I have a quick and dumb question... Where the heck […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/125415/ Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:48:11 +0000 Hey all I have a quick and dumb question… Where the heck do the avatar files live? I was using the old events plugin and all those old event avatars are still somewhere on my server. The url to any of these files looks like this …/files/event-avatars/2/32bc723bc85890aad97154b339d7fcef-bpfull.jpg I am sure this is an easy question but I…[Read more]

]]> 0 0dfe4d0509cb19bbdf43b1ef258d6704 Derek posted an update: @peterverkooijen Hey join my group "What the heck happened?" https://buddypress.org/updates/p/62645/ Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:28:43 +0000 @peterverkooijen Hey join my group “What the heck happened?”

]]> 0 4d39ba9044630e094ba27dfca613eb7d Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic BuddyPress Backwards Compatibility Plugin Broken? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-backwards-compatibility-plugin-broken/#post-71030 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:23:38 +0000 It only works for me with everything else disabled. I believe it is indeed broken 🙁

]]> cefde8cc650b92a8342978348b45b09a Derek Bolden joined the group How-To and Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/updates/p/56602/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:23:38 +0000 0 40ca6ea73fdd54d4b12b505bafe9c1b5 Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/52344/#acomment-53618 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:21:18 +0000 Thank you so much for you excellent work! I have been tracking your progress for a while and I am hopeful to be using your plugin on one of my main sites soon. Can you help me I am getting this error when trying to create new events:

Warning: Wrong parameter count for defined() in /……[Read more]

In reply to - milordk posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: JES 1.3 RC available! You can download the RC version of the plug and test on your test sites: http://jes.milordk.ru Testing will take […] ]]> e73282fe806f85fc6bf3582fa8f8e3fb Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/28211/#acomment-28902 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:01:16 +0000 Ahh you are soo close! this plugin works pretty well. It does disable the ability to update the forums though. I can’t use it in it’s current state but I am looking forward to your next revision.

In reply to - Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Hey does the invite system work for this plugin? i have no mock users on my test site. ]]> 36b511997b23645558c22d3f02bfbdcb Derek Bolden posted an update in the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress: Hey does the invite system work for this plugin? i have no […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/28211/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:04:36 +0000 Hey does the invite system work for this plugin? i have no mock users on my test site.

]]> 2 bc92e636e0ecfb544004e4801e6f689d Derek Bolden joined the group Jet Event System for BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/updates/p/27879/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:46:14 +0000 0 a77190bacf28e7806000e426e2330c91 Derek Bolden started the forum topic BP Events in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/bp-events/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:35:40 +0000 If you are a WP/BP progammer I would like to discuss this plugin and developing it with you. I am willing to pay but I need to have this plugin fully functional for the 1.1.3 Buddypress platform. The main problem is that invitation functions do not work. Please email me Derek(at)onyxmediaonline.com.

]]> 1928ee431bb1c77a3a54b7c60a6f38d4 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Here's bp-events working with bp 1.2+ and works on bp upgrade in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/heres-bp-events-working-with-bp-12-and-works-on-bp-upgrade/?topic_page=4#post-60 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:27:17 +0000 Does anyone have a fully functioning version of this?

]]> a39212b4d5162ddd273496f70fadec07 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Is bp dying a slow death? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/is-bp-dying-a-slow-death/?topic_page=5#post-60016 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:10:51 +0000 I am not able to contribute to the code or programming aspect of this discussion but i can and have tested as many things as I could. I am a user of the BuddyPress software and have been for a while now, where do we (users) fit in this puzzle? I would be willing to […]

]]> 0f90418a6c2cd72e6872f29704f57bf8 Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/20658/#acomment-21516 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:42:28 +0000 Hey what plugins are you using? Are you using BP Events? I have soo many I am really worried I will screw my site all up.

In reply to - peterverkooijen posted an update @derekbolden Hi Derek, Just upgraded a test version to Wordpress 3.0. First impression is not bad. Everything seems to work OK. You have to make a few edits to config and […] ]]> 3f54f6a0e5968991af31385a40a749d7 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Is bp dying a slow death? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/is-bp-dying-a-slow-death/#post-58605 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:36:22 +0000 This is an interesting topic… If i had to answer the topic I would say YES! Since it’s very inception BP has continually shed plugin and theme developers. With all do respect to Andy, the software development has continually managed to break many useful plugins and themes forcing people to either stay or go with […]

]]> 5552cf200c7ab3e890badf60467fbe95 Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/20130/#acomment-20163 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:19:08 +0000 @r-a-y there have just been too many revisions that have broken things way too many times at this point. The expectations to have plugin and theme developers have their work continuously broken has seriously hurt this project. It seems like almost every year BP sheds people who are confounded with the “new” changes. As I have said before i…[Read more]

In reply to - Derek posted an update @peterverkooijen I am not upgrading to 1.2 either. Please let me know if you get 1.1 to work with 3.0 ]]> e20f5fed40920b17cfa52ecb01a82211 Derek posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/20151/#acomment-20161 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:12:37 +0000 I hear you and it seems like we have no choice but to try and do some things on our own at this point. Too many BP revisions breaking too many things for little or no reason. it has just made the whole thing a mess IMHO. I have a community with plugins and functionality that will be all messed up at this point if I upgrade. Uggh!

Let me…[Read more]

In reply to - peterverkooijen posted an update @derekbolden Hi Derek, I see you have the same 1.1.3 dilemma. I’m not a programmer. I use BP on a number of projects, http://www.web2newyork.com and others. My priority in the […] ]]> 0f0debbc6b16349feae979b7b67d1b89 Derek posted an update: stuck with 1.1.3 :-( https://buddypress.org/updates/p/20131/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:18:42 +0000 stuck with 1.1.3 🙁

]]> 0 7e0170ffecdf3dc1a1090d337c78479d Derek posted an update: @peterverkooijen I am not upgrading to 1.2 either. Please […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/20130/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:17:56 +0000 @peterverkooijen I am not upgrading to 1.2 either. Please let me know if you get 1.1 to work with 3.0

]]> 2 834cd17b8977e5407e431b349d9b2d41 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic bp-events plugin ported to 1.2.x ? in the group Third Party Components & Plugins http://buddypress.org/community/groups/third-party-components-plugins/forum/topic/bp-events-plugin-ported-to-12x/#post-58340 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:58 +0000 I am pretty resigned to the fact that i am not going to be upgrading my BP sites any time soon if ever. I am really disappointed by this because until 1.2 things were going great with the platform. That would not be so bad except for the fact that the invite system on BP […]

]]> 5eee34a6ac57ece47c15e8b2b13c98d6 Derek Bolden joined the group Third Party Components & Plugins https://buddypress.org/updates/p/19582/ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:54 +0000 0 77d4827f81f0f9403f4ce4e8e6e68f6e Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic The BuddyPress UI Design and conceptual approach to Social Networking in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/the-buddypress-ui-design-and-conceptual-approach-to-social-networking/?topic_page=4#p Wed, 05 May 2010 00:30:55 +0000 i would have to painfully agree that there are some serious usability issues that have popped up in the latest versions of BP. I think @finni3 hit the nail on the head that the changes since 1.1.X do not seem to have made sense in terms of ease of use or accessibility. What i am afraid […]

]]> 20789cf450c0ad7bcc792c866ef73292 Derek Bolden joined the group Miscellaneous https://buddypress.org/updates/p/4692/ Wed, 05 May 2010 00:30:55 +0000 0 0b779c3181720b1b6e8bab8b0f32eb03 Derek posted an update: i am not sure BuddyPress is the best alternative for the […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/4665/ Tue, 04 May 2010 23:22:25 +0000 i am not sure BuddyPress is the best alternative for the former Ning folks. I don’t think that it should be marketed that way.

]]> 0 d86b1ea9c20e931f97361ca712538a04 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic YAEP (yet another events plugin) in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/yaep-yet-another-events-plugin/#post-52271 Tue, 04 May 2010 20:16:16 +0000 I am too however it will be August 23 at least before we see anything from GSOC. The problem is many of us using BP Events are still forced to use 1.1.3 so depending on were WP and BP are this is going to be one heck of a tricky upgrade. I am still using […]

]]> 3d007d5317e8453bd46eeb9eef882ba0 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic YAEP (yet another events plugin) in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/yaep-yet-another-events-plugin/#post-52214 Tue, 04 May 2010 15:22:27 +0000 I have tried these and the problem with them is that they incorporate the admin dashboard to create events. If only the admin is creating events that’s fine but if you have users who need to create events the setup is way too confusing for them. In addition you would have to give everyone of […]

]]> d28b8c26f4a864fcf6cfe71429bbe395 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Here's bp-events working with bp 1.2+ and works on bp upgrade in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/heres-bp-events-working-with-bp-12-and-works-on-bp-upgrade/?topic_page=2#post-52 Mon, 03 May 2010 21:54:48 +0000 Somebody? Anybody? Come on guys/ gals this really stinks! If I knew PHP I would do it myself but I am just a BuddyPress user… Somebody has to know how to get this working?

]]> ef9c7cf052d197ce6414e4ff518677c0 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Here's bp-events working with bp 1.2+ and works on bp upgrade in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/heres-bp-events-working-with-bp-12-and-works-on-bp-upgrade/?topic_page=2#post-51 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:03:01 +0000 I am taking another look at SocialEngine. It’s a more expensive solution for sure but it has a complete feature set. I will wait and see what their new release (V4) looks like.

http://www.socialengine.net

]]> a85658878a3d8562e8525564822c1bb0 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Here's bp-events working with bp 1.2+ and works on bp upgrade in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/heres-bp-events-working-with-bp-12-and-works-on-bp-upgrade/?topic_page=2#post-50 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:37:25 +0000 @Mike_Pratt I have been here as long as you have so you know that I am a fan of BuddyPress, however I cannot honestly say that my sites have not suffered due to some of the missing features that were standard on NIng. I had a ton of members that used the events system a […]

]]> 405752c624f5cbcdd97f6a16c3e90863 Derek Bolden posted on the forum topic Here's bp-events working with bp 1.2+ and works on bp upgrade in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/heres-bp-events-working-with-bp-12-and-works-on-bp-upgrade/?topic_page=2#post-50 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:57:56 +0000 I cannot express how frustrating this waiting has been. I just don’t know if BuddyPress is going to suit my needs moving into the future. Which is a bummer because there is so much potential here. I guess I will just stick with my 1.1.3 sites until I can move to another platform… Again. Uggh!

]]> de1e2cdccd4ea646771ddb9bd0e6f800 Derek Bolden joined the group Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/updates/p/1078/ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:57:56 +0000 0