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It is hard for me to read into a smilie. Are you happy that someone is testing it against 1.5 or amused that I’m not waiting for the new version?

I’m eager to test BP 1.5-beta-1. I don’t expect everything to work perfectly […]

@linusf I tried that plugin, and while it installs cleanly in 1.5, it doesn’t seem to work. I don’t see any areas where I can set privacy options on […]

Just use Buddypress Groups, and don’t put any content on the site outside of the private groups.

Just use Buddypress Groups, and don’t put any content on the site outside of the private groups.

I appreciate the contribution, but sometimes you can’t easily identify a person to determine if you should friend them (or find someone to send friend requests to) unless you view their profile.

Ultimately, I think we need […]

Privacy controls would still be a very welcome feature, either directly in BP, or through a solid plug-in.

This entry in trac looks particularly relevant:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3422

Sadly, that plugin does break with 1.5, and it is currently abandoned. The author stated someone else can pick it up.

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/buddypress-privacy-1/

Shoulld I replace that with a new function? What do I need to do?

Have you cleared browser cache?

And is the site doing any database caching?

In bp-activity-template I show the two new arguments:

bp_activity_template( $page, $per_page, $max, $include, $sort, $filter, $search_terms, $display_comments, $show_hidden, $exclude, $in )

but in bp-activity-templatetags.php […]

Have you guys checked the file permissions of the avatar folder to make sure Buddypress can write files there?

I have a working version now, but the avatar rotates with every page refresh, so it isn’t really permanently assigning a random avatar to users without one.

function myavatar_add_default_avatar( $url )
{
$tmp = glob(‘avatars/*.png’); […]

I set the default avatar in Buddypress to the Mystery Man. And I’m trying this:

And all I’m getting is Gravatars. No Mystery Man, and no random avatar either.