BuddyPress.org | driz | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/driz/activity/ Activity feed for driz. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:31:04 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 304882f1603630021532f81abb6e4915 driz posted on the forum topic Custom achievement in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/custom-achievement/#post-93368 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:15:43 +0000 Mine is neither a post type or a plugin. It’s just a simple function that adds some meta data and closes the post.

]]> 7ea8dfa40084b8563ab1d0aba6beffe1 driz started the forum topic Custom achievement in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/custom-achievement/ Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:08:54 +0000 How would I go about creating a custom achievement? As on my site I have built a function that allows users to accept comments as accepted answers to questions (these are posts). So for example if someone successfully had there comment chosen then they would unlock an achievement for how many times they did it […]

]]> 0961305316cdf7f4e8454032556765ab driz posted on the forum topic Show points for user in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/show-points-for-user/#post-93155 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:19:13 +0000 This works global $bp; dpa_member_achievements_score( get_the_author_meta('id') );

]]> 93b847ac4e1142de95b666e4dab91808 driz posted on the forum topic Show points for user in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/show-points-for-user/#post-93154 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:16:17 +0000 It wouldn’t be displayed_user as it’s in the loop and NOT on a member page so therefore would be something like author_meta right?

]]> ec7d008fa14ac160fb6a7f66ef9b5368 driz posted on the forum topic Show points for user in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/show-points-for-user/#post-93135 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:47:38 +0000 e.g. code:
< ?php printf( __( &#039;<strong>%s', 'buddypress' ), bp_core_get_userlink( $post->post_author ) ) ?>

<div class="avatar">
<a class=&quot;user&quot; title=&quot;" href="/members//"></a>
</div>

<a title=&quot;Points&quot; href=&quot;/members//achievements/">0</a>

I want to change that 0 to the number of…[Read more]

]]> 7fcb73b5d1954370453aa281febd240e driz posted on the forum topic Show points for user in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/show-points-for-user/#post-93134 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:45:15 +0000 Any updates? Just to clarify I’m wanting to show the points of the author of a post within the loop, so where it says there name and shows there avatar I would also like to show the points. Thanks.

]]> 75a3db48eb5e0380146fbbf2c0ff3160 driz started the forum topic Show points for user in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/show-points-for-user/ Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:56:59 +0000 On my website I want to show the points a user has next to their avatar in posts and comments throughout the site. How could I do this? Thanks

]]> 5efd91e69b95de0b88de3fe06924fd0c driz posted on the forum topic What template file is used for the account settings? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/what-template-file-is-used-for-the-account-settings/#post-92787 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:25:38 +0000 :/ bugger why are they hard coded like that!

]]> 3adba8d91aeef9c472503943df0f8ddc driz posted on the forum topic What template file is used for the account settings? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/what-template-file-is-used-for-the-account-settings/#post-92590 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:34:11 +0000 Anyone know? Thanks

]]> eeefe5dc2ea63790d75cfb789ca6ba84 driz started the forum topic What template file is used for the account settings? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/what-template-file-is-used-for-the-account-settings/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:38:25 +0000 I’m building a custom theme for a BuddyPress website but can’t locate the template file used for this page: /members/cameron/settings

I know the parent template is plugins.php but what about the actual content? Thanks

]]> 9630cc4bce9767b55bb4c15f70c9e8fe driz posted on the forum topic BuddyPress Notifications in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-notifications/#post-90239 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:41:51 +0000 Thanks 🙂 Works fine!

]]> 0d97a36120550f017a499cfb7af813f5 driz posted on the forum topic BuddyPress Notifications in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-notifications/#post-89985 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:11:12 +0000 Any updates? Thanks 🙂

]]> 262ddfb8e69197256890e3f0bf9dfe81 driz started the forum topic BuddyPress Notifications in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-notifications/ Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:40:06 +0000 Is it possible to show notifications on a BuddyPress site when something new happens like a comment on a users post or new private message? So for example something like this: Notifications ( 2 ) <a href="/2010/01/01/my-post/#comment-2">Cameron posted a comment on your post </a> <a href="...">Dave sent you a new private message </a> EDIT: Just…[Read more]

]]> 9cb7ec59df7d1c028e57c3c2023b346d driz posted on the forum topic Show Like outside of activity stream in the group BuddyPress Like http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-like/forum/topic/show-like-outside-of-activity-stream/#post-89882 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:32:14 +0000 This sounds awesome 🙂 Is there any word on when this will be available?

]]> 9f4d5260aa54938d65fce5144c3b04cd driz posted on the forum topic Show Like outside of activity stream in the group BuddyPress Like http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-like/forum/topic/show-like-outside-of-activity-stream/#post-89875 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:06:43 +0000 Any updates? Thanks 🙂

]]> 823dd4e4d3e5731c4e0559f4cd14efc6 driz posted on the forum topic Move administration to back-end and allow custom-templates in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/move-administration-to-back-end/#post-89872 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:51:08 +0000 @Paul Didn’t know I could just copy files straight into my own theme 🙂 That’s good news! Regarding the admin stuff, while editing profiles may be done front-end, the actual creating the profile fields and that are done back-end. Considering that an admin STILL needs to go back-end to create posts and that, they can’t really […]

]]> c95a61b96937db28eb99983749706503 driz posted on the forum topic Activity Confusion in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activity-confusion/#post-89858 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:05:21 +0000 I have asked here if anyone has an answer: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-like/forum/topic/show-like-outside-of-activity-stream/

]]> 54880c55fc30af4833d1fcde889cd77b driz started the forum topic Show Like outside of activity stream in the group BuddyPress Like http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-like/forum/topic/show-like-outside-of-activity-stream/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:04:51 +0000 From what I have seen of this plugin upon activation it adds the like button to the activity and when a user likes something it will like the activity and NOT the actual post is this correct? How can I add the Like button to my index loops for my custom post types and the […]

]]> 66daa363c679f4aa9cb9f5433b8a9ac6 driz joined the group BuddyPress Like https://buddypress.org/updates/p/137363/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:04:50 +0000 0 5323ddaf4ce574cfd1cfe24c90d3ff11 driz started the forum topic Move administration to back-end and allow custom-templates in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/move-administration-to-back-end/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:20:34 +0000 Wouldn’t it be better if all the creation and editing of achievements was done in the back-end like all other plugins? It makes no sense that all other WP functionality and BP too are done in WP-Admin but the user has to jump to the front-end to manage achievements. The biggest issue this causes is […]

]]> cbd0d686b47d787f1b51368efcc1c402 driz posted on the forum topic Activity Confusion in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activity-confusion/#post-89853 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:51:40 +0000 What about the BuddyPress Like plugin? Does that Like the Activity or the Post itself?

]]> 9d18ce285b9337e48248d49220761fc8 driz posted on the forum topic Activity Confusion in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activity-confusion/#post-89847 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:07:59 +0000 Where? I only see the option to disable the Activity Stream

]]> ae5cffc89a822fad6204697668800b26 driz started the forum topic Activity Confusion in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activity-confusion/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:47:46 +0000 I am building a website using BuddyPress for a community that can share multimedia work at University. Users can comment on each others posts and ‘Like them’ using the BP-Like plugin. However I have noticed a problem with the activity stream! If a user views the stream and sees the follow message “Cameron has posted […]

]]> 5000ac64c97090e9461e3a265b57c7f5 driz posted on the forum topic Get member ID when viewing member page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/get-member-id-when-viewing-member-page/#post-88889 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:35:36 +0000 Thanks guys

]]> df6c91d139ec0629a72a98dc91a06e10 driz started the forum topic Get member ID when viewing member page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/get-member-id-when-viewing-member-page/ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:03:34 +0000 How can I get the member ID of the user on a member profile so that I can show a list of posts by that user. So for example: domain.com/members/cameron/

and then in the page: how do I get that author ID? THANKS

]]> 25f0e2858e00b26fdd4c940bc3b4498b driz posted on the forum topic BuddyPress show avatar on posts in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-show-avatar-on-posts/#post-88652 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:01:22 +0000 Any updates? Thank you.

]]> 8fc5a24663fa57c94942cb9c19bef00a driz started the forum topic BuddyPress show avatar on posts in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-show-avatar-on-posts/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:58:19 +0000 On my home page where all my blog posts are I want to show the avatar of the author and then link it to the members profile so for example: domain.com/members/cameron.

I have managed to get the avatar showing, just need to grab the url: <a title=&quot;View profile for " href=""></a> Can anyone help? Thanks.

]]> b670aa5e072ef908b3c6aa00dbbdba14 driz posted on the forum topic Why using pages for BP sections is a bad idea in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/why-using-pages-for-bp-sections-is-a-bad-idea/#post-83501 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:51:14 +0000 So what are the core developers thoughts then? I think it’s important to do something about all this soon as just releasing 1.3 with the whole pages system and then 6 months down the line changing it to something else just sucks.

]]> 50853da37a34d7a99188a81b4e477980 driz posted on the forum topic Why using pages for BP sections is a bad idea in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/why-using-pages-for-bp-sections-is-a-bad-idea/#post-83475 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:47:41 +0000 @Travel-Junkie I wouldn’t call it innovation. Using pages for such functionality is a hack. @MrMaz I like the idea of BuddyPress being split up, but not as a theme, I think it should remain a plugin, but just not so robust. The problem the WordPress community is making is trying to make it so that literally anybody […]

]]> 6531d8f617b38d0e63c26b8e95a044cf driz posted on the forum topic Why using pages for BP sections is a bad idea in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/why-using-pages-for-bp-sections-is-a-bad-idea/#post-83453 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:57:55 +0000 @Travel-Junkie deleting the pages isn’t a problem. Using pages in the first place is the problem. It’s just bad development!

]]> 5600b7cfce89efe29a9307b220b96a14 driz posted on the forum topic Why using pages for BP sections is a bad idea in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/why-using-pages-for-bp-sections-is-a-bad-idea/#post-83444 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:21:32 +0000 @modemlooper

Content types sound interesting as Members, Groups, Forums etc are all types of content. Would be good to hear some input from the main developers and would be good to get this changed before releasing 1.3 and having everyone create fake pages.

]]> 1859ef8f5dc701a4d0b2bb6026d3b833 driz posted on the forum topic Why using pages for BP sections is a bad idea in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/why-using-pages-for-bp-sections-is-a-bad-idea/#post-83427 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:08:24 +0000 Yes pages can be deleted, but that’s not the big problem, rather the fact that the plugin uses pages at all to accomplish something so simple. What was wrong with the current system? It’s important to make the software easy, but somethings should be left to the developer of the site and not the admin […]

]]> a45ed0bd34e40b5bb1dcf303c2173bda driz started the forum topic Why using pages for BP sections is a bad idea in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/why-using-pages-for-bp-sections-is-a-bad-idea/ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:08:40 +0000 I’ve noticed in the new version of BuddyPress 1.3 that pages will be used to create the sections of the site such as Members, Activity etc. While this may seem super easy for a user to change the urls, it also breaks the rules of good web development. Pages in WordPress are supposed to be […]

]]> bba5507979e0dde41311977e48926b38 driz joined the group Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/updates/p/125330/ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:08:40 +0000 0 9567935cfecdb314ffc61537c3f7431c driz posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/120747/#acomment-121078 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:47:13 +0000 Sounds interesting. I’m not sure I fully understand the need for both actions, could you by any chance show a quick code example of how I might go about doing this when you get a moment. Would be much appreciated, as I’m hoping to begin developing the project sometime in January and need all the help I can get. Thanks for the reply.

In reply to - driz posted an update @DJPaul Hi Paul, for your achievements plugins would it be possible to allow users to achieve new roles based on their achievements? So for example if a user makes 20 comments they get the […] ]]> ee775f19f30bcbcede1aed403e08f3ff driz posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/120747/#acomment-121029 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:06:37 +0000 Any updates or thoughts on this. Thanks.

In reply to - driz posted an update @DJPaul Hi Paul, for your achievements plugins would it be possible to allow users to achieve new roles based on their achievements? So for example if a user makes 20 comments they get the […] ]]> 60bd655da95c04cbc2780a2c936a384d driz posted an update: @DJPaul Hi Paul, for your achievements plugins would it be […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/120747/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:21:55 +0000 @DJPaul Hi Paul, for your achievements plugins would it be possible to allow users to achieve new roles based on their achievements? So for example if a user makes 20 comments they get the Trusted Member achievement and then are moved into a Trusted Member role (created by a custom role plugin such as Members). This would be really awesome, as I…[Read more]

]]> 3 7ea4362b8606306de7dc73500660e8ae driz reviewed the plugin Achievements https://buddypress.org/updates/p/120745/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:17:13 +0000 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 starsWould it be possible to allow users to achieve new roles based on their achievements? So for example if a user makes 20 comments they get the Trusted Member achievement and then are moved into a Trusted Member role (created by a custom role plugin such as Members). This would be really awesome, as I need this exact capabilities for a University project.

]]> 1 1e2f6dc9c1a330ef24de9eab08082f53 driz joined the group Achievements https://buddypress.org/updates/p/120744/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:17:13 +0000 0 c705a1295086b4b75bc9a349dcedfe9d driz posted on the forum topic Latest Posts on home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/latest-posts-on-home-page/#post-67520 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:17:04 +0000 Any updates? Need to get this working asap please. Thanks

]]> fea5f21660047f9465d8af1a1d9afc1d driz posted on the forum topic Latest Posts on home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/latest-posts-on-home-page/#post-67504 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:55:30 +0000 It’s already set as that. But BuddyPress shows the activity stream instead.

]]> 1ddc43b893113f8fd3031fd300bcd1ab driz posted on the forum topic Latest Posts on home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/latest-posts-on-home-page/#post-67501 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:32:39 +0000 Any updates? Thank you.

]]> f3b96cb3a4644b0bfec2da00e1785574 driz started the forum topic Latest Posts on home page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/latest-posts-on-home-page/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:18:11 +0000 How do I get my latest posts on the home page instead of the activity stream? Thanks

]]> 4a0773af739cc4d5ecba880f1a28c5e9 driz posted on the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/#post-57912 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:05:50 +0000 A project I’m currently building uses the network feature of WP 3 (formally WPMU) so I have been able to set BuddyPress up on a second blog called ‘community’.

Would love to know how you would do it if you only using one blog like BuddyPress.org is. Any updates on this?

]]> 91b476f3afa5535290903f18767d591e driz posted on the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/#post-57200 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:02:41 +0000 Has @apeatling had a chance to look at this yet. Thanks.

]]> 2db121559a222f30dbb9710a5a8bd9f1 driz posted on the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/#post-56705 Mon, 31 May 2010 22:32:01 +0000 Using WP Pages sounds messy to me because then you would just end up with a bunch of blank pages that used special templates. You don’t have pages for other dynamic sections in WP like archives, searches, etc. It should be left as coded back-end, and if need be some option page if people feel […]

]]> 6a06562ca12ac8c23b92f9328a690070 driz posted on the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/#post-56695 Mon, 31 May 2010 21:42:57 +0000 updates?

]]> 1bc7a88983078112abcbd0ab0b61cd22 driz posted on the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/#post-56581 Sun, 30 May 2010 18:38:02 +0000 Any updates on this? What does BP 1.3 bring to the table that would change things regarding the permalinks? Using WP Pages sounds really screwy, especially seen as BP currently doesn’t rely on this so I can’t see why it suddenly would.

]]> 9a967a171679f4b5f7b656b49e7d1cdc driz posted on the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/#post-56556 Sun, 30 May 2010 13:09:06 +0000 I doubt they are using WordPress pages. Would be a pretty odd thing to do creating a bunch of fake pages to mask the URLs for the different BP sections.

]]> db044ece6128c163d9388d6718f46f2a driz started the forum topic Change permalinks/slugs for BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/change-permalinksslugs-for-buddypress/ Sat, 29 May 2010 23:36:21 +0000 How would I go about changing the slugs for a BP site so that I can have URLs like domain.com/community/members/ etc I have read about using BP on a second blog but from what I can tell you don’t use WPMU/3.0 MS on here so I’m guessing you do it differently. I had a look […]

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