There is, but it only kicks in on a MU install. Look at bp_core_add_illegal_names() in bp-core.php. There may be a reason why it is not done on a regular WordPress install — perhaps such a feature doesn’t exist in regular WordPress.
@corin-rules BuddyPress 1.2.x requires at least “Requires at least: WordPress 2.9.1” (regular or normal). This may or may not have anything to do with your problem, though you will find other problems running it on 2.8.
If you have figured out an inconsistency between BP page use the different “user names”, please add this information to a Trac ticket so we know where to dive in.
BuddyPress 1.2 is not built and has not been tested on WP 3.0-alpha. Therefore, you will probably experience issues. Once WP 3.0 is more mature, I suspect the BP core developers will at that point start testing BuddyPress and fixing any WP-3.0 specific issues.
You need to add them in manually, either via the page or directly in the DB. I suppose this could be achieved with a plugin, or in a future BP version.
Someone (Bowe, where are you!) said they were interested in working with me in fixing up Achievements for BP 1.2. If this happens, I will release a point release. This could conceivably happen within a 2 week time frame, for example.
However, if the thing with Bowe doesn’t happen, it is more likely to be a month before a new release of Achievements as I’m currently working on a pretty big overhaul to it.
r-a-y’s right, but I can’t help but feel that what you’re proposing could potentially be trouble with regards to XSS and people trying to break your site.
Another approach, with different benefits and drawbacks, would be to utilise either WordPress 2.9’s custom post types or just upload a number of background images using the Media Uploader; you’d still use the xProfile field to get users to select which image they want, but you write some code that switches the image selected with the actual image URL from the media library.
BuddyPress isn’t all-or-nothing; it’s built to let people integrate it into existing themes and websites. I’d set up a test copy of your blog somewhere (or on your local PC) so you can install BuddyPress and give it a test to see how it fits in with your existing content/theme.
I can’t see how you are getting this particular warning if you are on WP 2.9.2 and BP 1.2.1. I’ve released a new version (1.64) that tweaks the check above, let me know if you still get an error.
