BuddyPress.org | erikshosting | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/erikshosting/activity/ Activity feed for erikshosting. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:29:36 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f00c8c499cedf86635a5b7b34c07ead5 erikshosting posted on the forum topic How to modify the top admin bar? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-modify-the-top-admin-bar/#post-72292 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:49:53 +0000 i’ve pretty much bent the bp admin bar over a barrel through the different jobs i’ve had. Why don’t you take a look through my posts, and if you need something else send me a comment or contact request.

]]> 4110dab83c8b4e63583c3a07d94358ed erikshosting posted an update: Any body else notice all the spam bots posting on here? https://buddypress.org/updates/p/63461/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:55:40 +0000 Any body else notice all the spam bots posting on here?

]]> 0 97474d1e907cfd44f5327d53fcaf4005 erikshosting posted an update: @sandeepdude Hey, I was doing some searches on goodle and […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/63456/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:53:50 +0000 @sandeepdude Hey,
I was doing some searches on goodle and up came a comment you made.
I was having the issue with my buddypress install where the ‘whos online avatars’ and ‘recently active members’ widgets were aligned vertically instead of horizontolly.
I was wondering if you ever found a solution?

]]> 0 7f17357528e7aa4cb6202d2f18cb4b65 erikshosting posted an update: I just submitted a new plugin! https://buddypress.org/updates/p/59070/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:28:31 +0000 I just submitted a new plugin!

]]> 0 2cf8eef9cca73c87dad3c8b67bf420a9 erikshosting posted on the forum topic I need to block user access to the dashboard in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/i-need-to-block-user-access-to-the-dashboard/#post-71516 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:24:17 +0000 Hey There!
I built a plugin that locks all subscribers out of EVERY page in the dashboard and redirects them to their buddypress profile page. If buddypress isnt installed, it redirects them to /wp-admin/profile.php and stops the redirect on that page only..

Check it out…[Read more]

]]> 460658ae2994585b0954bb2dbdfae71e erikshosting posted an update: @peterverkooijen Hey I don't know if you still need to […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/59068/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:20:00 +0000 @peterverkooijen Hey I don’t know if you still need to redirect users from wp-admin/profile.php to their buddypress profiles… but i made a plugin that does it! Check it out here: http://erikshosting.com/scripts-code/dashboard-lockdown-and-buddypress-profile-redirect/

]]> 0 6198463971408c1819fe5e17ca48e140 erikshosting posted an update: @ajbuddypress Hey I don't know if you still need to redirect […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/59067/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:19:55 +0000 @ajbuddypress Hey I don’t know if you still need to redirect users from wp-admin/profile.php to their buddypress profiles… but i made a plugin that does it! Check it out here: http://erikshosting.com/scripts-code/dashboard-lockdown-and-buddypress-profile-redirect/

]]> 0 b92b1d87e3f010737c231900ebc46141 erikshosting posted on the forum topic Redirect wp-admin/profile.php -> members/username/profile/edit in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/redirect-wp-adminprofilephp-membersusernameprofileedit/#post-71515 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:19:17 +0000 I built a plugin that does exactly this! Hooray! Someone needs it! When a subscriber attempts to access any /wp-admin/ page they are redirected to their buddypress profiles! If there is no buddypress installed, then /wp-admin/profile.php doesnt redirect, and all other dash pages redirect to it. I just submitted it to the plugin repository minutes […]

]]> 7facb227077f2f6d41847941883830e8 erikshosting joined the group Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/updates/p/59064/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:19:17 +0000 0 508bbf13171db907b5b8f2c7fa32afed erikshosting posted on the forum topic How to modify the top admin bar? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-modify-the-top-admin-bar/#post-71042 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:53:14 +0000 and adding all your wordpress pages to the menu dynamically..
http://erikshosting.com/wordpress-tips-code/add-all-pages-to-buddypress-admin-bar-dynamically/

There’s also a snippet for putting the pages into a drop down menu instead of straight across the top..

]]> 0ed29a274151dab7d4e09d9772680b76 erikshosting posted on the forum topic Buddy press menu bar in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddy-press-menu-bar/#post-70976 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:33:18 +0000 Im not sure why it only solves part of your problems.. But I wrote up an article complete with plugin to dynamically add all your pages to the buddypress bar.. Maybe this will help?
http://erikshosting.com/wordpress-tips-code/add-pages-to-buddypress-admin-bar-dynamicall/

]]> c0836866cfc651e3aee8a4dc69412bce erikshosting posted on the forum topic How to modify the top admin bar? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-modify-the-top-admin-bar/#post-70966 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:09:57 +0000 Hey this thread might be a little bit old.. But I wrote up a tutorial on adding menu items, drop down menus, & drop downs with flyouts Via a plugin so its all upgrade safe. The link is here: http://erikshosting.com/wordpress-tips-code/adding-custom-menus-links-flyout-dropdowns-to-the-buddypress-bar/ Here is another tutorial on how to remove the…[Read more]

]]> 6bebc0ad8d428f7681b87d38eabee62b erikshosting started the forum topic restrict link creation to specific domains, or restrict using ban list. in the group BuddyPress Links http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-links/forum/topic/restrict-link-creation-to-specific-domains-or-restrict-using-ban-list/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:18:29 +0000 I am currently working to restrict the link creation to urls begining with a certain domain, or to exclude certain domains.

This way you can have a ban list for spammy domains
or alternately, restrict link creation to only a certian domain (say ebay)

any tips?

]]> ccdee01a4eb206e8db8758389a1e5139 erikshosting joined the group BuddyPress Links https://buddypress.org/updates/p/45449/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:18:28 +0000 0 66dff2f68e3dee51d57b872a1ed9ee7d erikshosting posted on the forum topic Avatar Problems - Upload failed! - Cannot move to upload folder in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/avatar-problems-upload-failed-cannot-move-to-upload-folder/?topic_page=2 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:48:41 +0000 Just thought I’d mention that I had this issue and solved it by checking that the blogs.dir folder AND ALL SUBFOLDERS, RECURSIVELY, were set to ownership by ‘apache’ and had 775 permissions. This took some time to trouble shoot, as it turned out my host was only setting the blogs.dir folder to ownership by ‘apache’ […]

]]> 134ac647daa817ba1269a93bde9a9f69 erikshosting posted on the forum topic remove_action( 'bp_adminbar_logo', 'bp_adminbar_logo' ); not working in RC2? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/remove_action-bp_adminbar_logo-bp_adminbar_logo-not-working-in-rc2/#post Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:11:02 +0000 I just wanted to mention that adding the #wp-admin-bar ul { margin-left: 0 !important; } line of code to my stylesheet, killed the flyout menus on my custom buddypress admin bar links.. Just wanted to mention it here, as I couldn’t find it anywhere else on the next. so, basically, adding a 0 margin-left to […]

]]> a64654101504a327117cc4e2376ac532 erikshosting posted on the forum topic bp_nav item values in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/bp_nav-item-values/#post-68263 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:26:48 +0000 Anyway. Now that its all said and done. I’m still upset I cant affect the ‘posts’ bp_nav tab. I’ve got it down, I change the of any other tab and it works. just not the ‘posts’ tab. I have tried this in a /plugins/ file, a /mu-plugins/ file and the child theme functions… no luck. […]

]]> a6a1a77209054d25ed81aa1fb132c1e9 erikshosting posted on the forum topic customizing buddypress profile page default tab and item-nav order in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/customizing-buddypress-profile-page-default-tab-and-item-nav-order/#post Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:24:15 +0000 What about ? have you had any luck modifying that? it doesnt seem to respond to the same syntax as all the other tabs..

]]> 4d4301c8e3f6b2fbb77e00ae0819f1c5 erikshosting joined the group How-To and Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/updates/p/44093/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:24:15 +0000 0 a14ecfc70966b08fc01fb35eca28d08c erikshosting posted on the forum topic bp_nav item values in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/bp_nav-item-values/#post-68126 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:56:20 +0000 so $bp->bp_nav = (‘../posts’); changes the slug.. that takes care of that.
only problem is. I need the menu to show up for logged out users as well.
would this be wp_users_nav? if so i can’t seem to get the syntax of that down..

]]> e9a4a5971e44e2bbc6157241fc34997f erikshosting posted on the forum topic bp_nav item values in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/bp_nav-item-values/#post-68100 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:03:33 +0000 Yah, the 999 is good to remember, but it isnt helping here.. so basically I figure that is getting written over. because when i change the name to anything else, it displays, but if i call it posts, it does nothing which makes me think its working properly, just getting overwritten down the way.. So, […]

]]> 05db5766df56f3a2dadcc0b0725fb066 erikshosting posted on the forum topic bp_nav item values in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/bp_nav-item-values/#post-68092 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:44:46 +0000 Thanks for your suggestions. I checked it out, and I have the name right. It looks like I am calling the posts tab correctly, but it is getting overridden somewhere else… lame

]]> d253d0c0371705faa438f48b19a168fe erikshosting posted on the forum topic bp_nav item values in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/bp_nav-item-values/#post-68090 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:27:42 +0000 epic. I’m reordering the nav like so: function erocks_change_bp_tag_position() { global $bp; $bp->bp_nav = 10; $bp->bp_nav = 20; $bp->bp_nav = 30; $bp->bp_nav = 40; $bp->bp_nav = 50; $bp->bp_nav = 60; $bp->bp_nav = 70; $bp->bp_nav = 80; $bp->bp_nav = __( ‘My Profile’, ‘buddypress’ ); $bp->bp_nav = __( ‘Gigs & Posts’, ‘buddypress’ ); } add_action(…[Read more]

]]> f0ab95655da2314be55d14d15a2d261c erikshosting started the forum topic bp_nav item values in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/bp_nav-item-values/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:11:33 +0000 Hi, So, i’ve got my bp_nav customized in the order I want, only thing is there is one tab that i cant control. the ‘posts’ tab. I geuss its name value isnt ‘posts’ because attempting to rename it has no effect.. I have this code working and can rename any of the other tabs.. but […]

]]> d66e45f4a078b61a788cfc6a09a17bbe erikshosting joined the group Miscellaneous https://buddypress.org/updates/p/43452/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:11:32 +0000 0