[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Thank you very much for your effort and help, Marius !

Curious to see how it looks with the new default BP-theme

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

@Jeff,

sorry about my post.

Fine with me.

Thanks,

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Jeff,

it would making TESTING much much easier, if you could set-up a BP-website including your plugin.

Please grap a domain and a cheap server and put BP onto it including your Privacy-plugin.

Then a bunch of us can test it. This would be most effective and we can set permissions, and can feedback to each other.

Like: hey, can you see my profile or is it hidden ? No, I can not see your Profile, bla, bla, bla…..

Let me know if you need a domain-name, I still have a few laying around….I can just point it to your webhost…..

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

I also used “PO edit” and changed some text within this editor. Then I uploaded via FTP to my server, but the words did not change.

So is PO-edit for MAC only ?

Is there any other better editor for changing these language-files ?

I do not have a MAC, just plain Windows XP Home.

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

please check this:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1431

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

could you please also “theme” this page:

http://testbp.org/wp-login.php

http://testbp.org/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Ftestbp.org

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Hey David,

I guess you agree that “usability” is much better than before ?

Just change the colors to the ones you prefer and you will be happy…..

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Hi Marius,

many thanks for your feedback !

I am considering using your plug-in for my website.

maybe this domain would be nice:

bpgroupblog.com

Thanks !

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

@nexia

please consider putting your energies at the right place.

Please do not post within THIS thread anymore.

Thanks.

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

I would prefer Google-Connect over Facebook-Connect considering specific users I am targeting.

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Hi Marius,

2 questions, please:

– is the “Groups-Blogs plugin” compatible with the “to be released” version of BP 1.2 ?

– do you have a website at which I can have a look at how “Group-Blogs” is working ?

Many thanks,

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

can you make “trend lines” out of it ? Probably also Group-specific ?

So that we can see which “activities” are coming from which Group ?

Showing trend-lines like charts at the stock-exchange ?

You might get some ideas from this one:

http://www.google.com/finance/domestic_trends

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

great idea to see a TREND from status-messages !!!

However, instead of a “cloud”, I would rather prefer to have simple links (like the “Tag-Clud” we currently have with BuddyPress). The 3-D animated cloud ist flashy, but simple things actually rule the world……

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

giving a user his own blog – why not also give a user his own forum ?

Great idea……

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

many thanks for your feedback Ray !

I think the page “textbp.org/forums” does not bring much value to the website. Also for the average user it is difficult to understand what the purpose of that specific page is.

Therefore I suggested a re-design of that specific page:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1389

Maybe this helps to utilize the forums and also get the user to better understand what is the idea behind a “Group-forum” ?

We are all more or less “living” within the Internet – we are programmers, designers, WP-experts, Professional Bloggers, etc. , but lets put ourselves in the shoes of the average internet-user – would he be able to understand and also use the service which we are trying to offer ?

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

this feature should be by default within BP-core.

Not sure why some text is turning into a link and some text is not. Typically the first word and the last word in a string of words is not linked, other words within the string are indeed linked.

Why do I always need a plug-in in order to turn things off which do not make any sense at all ?

Although people might say “this is WP standard feature” – I am wondering what kind of “standard” this is ?

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Hey Jeff,

can you install BuddyPress on your website (including your Privacy-Component) and we can test the functionality then at your website ?

That would be a great way in order to test it.

If you wish, we can also make some “bug-posts” or suggestions into your Discussion-Forum or wherever you like us to do so.

Gonna see if we can blow it up

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

maybe this helps:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/bp-member-filter

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

nicht schlecht….gut gemacht !

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

I would go for option “3”

Why not re-name the “WIRE” to “Guestbook” ?

The user should be able to choose whether his “Guestbook” (Wire) will be visible to other users, visible only for friends or not-visible.

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Please also see the suggestion of changing the “layout” and “navigation” for the specific “Group Forum”:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1396

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

yeah, the “Forum” / “Forums” and posting is very confusing. I guess this way the Forums will be under-utilized by users, although a Discussion-Forum is one of the most important features for a Social-Networking website.

When you come to the point of having the need to explain the average user how your website works, then the website is crap and will never get any users signing-up. I saw many BP-websites which have videos in order to explain the use of the website.

Keep things as simple as possible, so that a user will understand how to navigate your website without having the need of watching 5 videos at which you explain how to navigate.

I would suggest to re-design the Forums-page in order to make it easier for users to understand how Group-Forums work and also make the posting-process a lot easier.

see this:

https://trac.buddypress.org/attachment/ticket/1389/sketch_2.gif

from the concept a little similar to this:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=6

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

I guess I understand now what you are saying (@Michael, @Tore):

– when I make my comment to a Forum-Post, then my comment is showing-up at the “Home-page” and also within “My Activities”, but my comment is currently NOT showing-up within the specific Topic at the Group-Forum.

I do agree: All comments being made to a Forum-Topic, should be also made visible within this Group-Forum.

Also, I would suggest a re-design of the “Forums”-page:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1389

https://trac.buddypress.org/attachment/ticket/1389/sketch_2.gif

this would make the “Forums”-page much more interesting for users and an easy understanding of how the “Group-Forums” are working.

see a similar example here:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=6

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

I am excited !

This really brings a lot more interaction !

The “Group Activity” is perfect. Great job !

[@erich73 Participant 16 years, 11 months ago]

Of course, all those features are definitely important.

I actually just wanted to talk about “priority-settings” (in regards to timeline) of different features.

Sorry if I have missed the point.