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@erich73 – When there’s an update, always read the changelog:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/changelog/

Also read the plugin’s forum for bug reports and the like:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-usernames-only/forum/

@Erich73; We find having an @ mention name and a full profile name useful, as long as they don’t clash and cause confusion. The ‘usernames-only’ plugin from @r-a-y takes care of that. We hope to include business members, so provision for their ‘business card’ name is essential, but only on their profile and pages they pay […]

@Erich73 it gets better than that.

Check out the opportunities for naughty fun it creates… 😉

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/13866/display-name.jpg
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13866
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2445

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@erich73, you’re welcome. Do share how it’s working with you in WP 3.0 🙂

@erich73, have not tested this with WP 3.0 but @sbrajesh has a free plugin for BP 1.2 – The bp-wire for putting the Buddypress wire back to Buddypress 1.2 or method by which you could Use Activity as Wire as well

@Erich73 That’s version 0.1.7, written over 3 months ago. We’re working on version 0.1.9 right now. Comparing the two versions is like comparing MS DOS to Windows 7. Try the nightly beta. (But not on a live site!)

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@Erich73 BP Album+ is compatible with WP 3.0, it will work with any BuddyPress component disabled (although you will lose features) and it is compatible with any properly written plugin.

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@erich73 – try the welcome pack plugin, https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/

@erich73
Rich also created a widget only plugin 🙂

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/is-there-a-latest-forum-topic-widget/

@Erich73 I mean changing the name because calling it a forum is not really the right terminology when people are set in their head about what a forum really is. “discussions” seems like a better choice of wording as you posting “topics” that people discuss. Maybe having a main forum but inside groups call it discussions […]

@erich73 – Your issue isn’t related to this plugin. Rich’s link to ticket #2409 is what you’re looking for.

@erich73 As far as I know its basically identical to testbp.org

@Kunal17: thanks buddy, that would be great.

@Erich73: using groups was the way you used to do it in facebook, and it was a mess. Thats why the launched the fan page thing ..

@erich73 Yes I get what you mean, but wasn’t that partly what was discussed some time back; there is the sister? plugin ‘Invite Anyone’ allow group admins to send invites to all members not just those that you have set as friends, so this solves that initial problem? or maybe not? Being able to send email invites from […]

@Erich73 I’ve created a ton of customizations that are specific to my site. Not to mention some interactions with another plugin I wrote to have some specific group information. For example, each group can define the email message they want to be sent among other things. I don’t plan on releasing all of my changes as […]

@Erich73 I think the Boone addressed this before that the group wasn’t fully created or something. So that’s why he didn’t implement it at creation. I’ve personally modified the plugin so that you can only invite external users by email (not existing users). Plus, I’ve integrated it to automatically join the user to the referring group. […]

@erich73 I don’t know what you mean, can you send a screenshot?

@erich73,
Done. I hope this gets traction because it would make our communities a lot more intuitive!

@erich73 — “seems like BP 1.2.4 was tested with testbp.org only.” Sorry, but that’s ridiculous. I for one have been using what become 1.2.4 on WP/MU 2.9-3.0 since work started on it. The testbp site is to let people try out BuddyPress and learn what it is, without having to setup their own install; it’s not […]