BuddyPress.org | firetag | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/firetag/activity/ Activity feed for firetag. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:10:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6e2cc58eb87a0d9806432195176227ab firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/129386/#acomment-129488 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:15:14 +0000 @mutualdesigns I don’t really work on any buddypress sites anymore and haven’t worked on that plugin for a while. I thought functionality like that was replaced by newer versions of wordpress & buddypress. What’s the URL to the site you are implementing it with?

In reply to - MutualDesigns posted an update @firetag Anything we can do to help with the bp categories plugin? We’d love to use this on a worldwide site. We’ve been modifying it to make it work for now, but would love to see […] ]]> 792a3810eab71f99175c5385d95e7041 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/43242/#acomment-45954 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:22:21 +0000 I’m hoping within a month but I can’t be sure because I don’t know exactly the kind of workload I am going to have with school this year.. and until Christmas this is always the busiest time for me anyway… but I’d say a full non beta release with pretty much all features within a few months… next release hopefully within a week… fixing a few…[Read more]

In reply to - Pisanojm posted an update in the group BP Group Categories/Types: @firetag Any idea as to the BETA/NEXT release of this plug-in? ]]> 844b0d1b44b265f37449dbc6b4a977ec firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/42768/#acomment-45953 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:19:39 +0000 Yes this issue will be corrected in the release version… and its not that it negatively effects your groups or data attached to them its that in versions to come I hope to release a new feature that replaces the old groups directory… this wont be possible if your groups don’t have the correct meta values set…

In reply to - smiranda posted an update @firetag you say it is best to not install this plugin if groups already exist. Will this issue be corrected in your release version? And, you say this is wise for purposes of forward […] ]]> 66c69f994f8101868c672ec2b333fce7 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/42525/#acomment-45952 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:17:11 +0000 Well I just got back from vacation last night… which is why so many of these updates and questions have gone unanswered but it really depends on what my work load is this year for high school… I am hoping to a new release with some bug fixes and new features within a month… permitting my work load is easier than I expect it to be…

In reply to - aribo posted an update @firetag Hi, I am very interested in this plugin. How is development going? Thanks. A. ]]> b4dcfa437d5a17326ca6d869ca3c7670 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/39952/#acomment-45951 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:15:05 +0000 I really can’t provide an accurate ETA since I am already very busy and I have school starting in a week but I would say hopefully within a month the full release version one will be released

In reply to - Pisanojm posted an update in the group BP Group Categories/Types: @firetag any idea on an ETA for a BETA/Stable release? Thanks. ]]> db786fc2ea24531c51e296cee03557d2 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/36282/#acomment-45950 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:13:28 +0000 you can read the roadmap on the plugin homepage at http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-group-categoriestypes/home/ if you want to know some of the features that I hope to implement in the near future..

In reply to - German Laullon posted an update @firetag I just found your plugin, and I’m very interesting on it… what are your plans for the plugin? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-group-categoriestypes/ ]]> dc48429b9d3462fd23d9727886336ca6 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/38427/#acomment-45948 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:10:33 +0000 yes there is lemme post some code to show you…

In reply to - amahesh posted an update @firetag Hey love the plug-in but I was wondering, is there any way so that category groups link straight to the list of subgroups instead of the generic profile activity page? See: http:// […] ]]> 04fa9303aa560341456db199365bd64b firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/38854/#acomment-45947 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:09:54 +0000 no I was thinking of adding this but its not full priority right now … although I will add features upon request for pay though..

In reply to - amahesh posted an update @firetag Is there any way so that forum posts in a user group also appear in the forum for the group category? ]]> f53ea67c1365623cb8173fdb51214895 firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/?topic_page=2#post-64908 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:19:20 +0000 @r-a-y yes it’s totally safe but in order to maintain forwards compatability with the plugin it’s best to only use on installations that currently don’t have any groups

]]> f3a208e98098c22df7b56dac202e6b9d firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/?topic_page=2#post-64809 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:51:19 +0000 @roydeanjr the current way the plugin is designed allows the admin to create the categories for which the users can create their own sub groups under… The problem with doing the way you mentioned is that in the drop down all groups would be included this becomes a hassle when there is a few hundred groups. […]

]]> fedc74b7c6b3b77380df8204d75bb741 firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/?topic_page=2#post-64717 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:47:07 +0000 @vshafer well I just released it now.. and no its not its not a premium plugin its a freemium… lol bad joke but heres the link http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-group-categoriestypes/ …. its my first upload to the repo so tell me if the download doesn’t work or something

]]> bbefaf7c959a701bded9a1bd68ddc2b4 firetag posted an update: Well the plugin won't be in the directory for a few days […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/32459/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:33:26 +0000 Well the plugin won’t be in the directory for a few days since I forgot about how long it takes to get it added and for a request to add in a new plugin… but I’ll post some screens later on..

]]> 1 fb194771fdef1e7d3f56502fa468ff65 firetag posted on the forum topic One simple change to BP that would make it significantly more usable. in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/one-simple-change-to-bp-that-would-make-it-significantly-more-usable/#post-64442 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:02:35 +0000 @el_terko Scheduled for a pre beta release tomurrow. Has all the basic features for a groups hierarchy. And for standalone forums I plan to add in a feature like this in future versions too. Anyway @modemlooper this does sound like something I need for a future version for one of my sites. I’ll defiantly do some looking […]

]]> 8366153819b942d907226b77379098da firetag posted on the forum topic cant get wp paginate links to work correctly in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/cant-get-wp-paginate-links-to-work-correctly/#post-64141 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:55:22 +0000 lol nvm the substr thing was easier than i thought lol

]]> 9df45241e4bf296965b45797b0dd9d4e firetag started the forum topic cant get wp paginate links to work correctly in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/cant-get-wp-paginate-links-to-work-correctly/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:12:48 +0000 I’m not sure if this is a buddypress issue or stupid me just using it wrong. I am working on my group categories plugin and I am creating a sub category groups directory as a sub navigation page inside groups. I don’t think it’s the way I am using wp paginate links because it works […]

]]> c69ad5d8430205cb16f0f4ae154bc582 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/30739/#acomment-31061 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:29:05 +0000 I don’t know if I’ll be ready to test on a live site this weekend because I’ve been fighting a migraine this week. I may also be redesigning the backend of the plugin a little bit. I’ll be sure to keep you updated though.

In reply to - Greg posted an update @firetag One client decided to go ahead and use the Business Directory plugin so as not to mingle the group functionality with it… but I have another client it may still be a great fit for. […] ]]> 21f3b90fa83923ba331271cc9109e297 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/29542/#acomment-30425 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:45:47 +0000 Sorry i forgot to reply to you! Anyway if you have skype i could just share my screen with you and show you what it looks like so far.. Like I said it’s not styled or anything yet, but it seems to be coming along well. I really only have a few more things to add in functionality wise like the edit screen and some options that the site admin…[Read more]

In reply to - Greg posted an update @firetag Actually, I have a few sites I’m working on that could use your plugin for additional group types, and they are all in the development stages. One client is considering using […] ]]> c1426259503c8b4c87144c2d278ae519 firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/#post-63524 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:46:55 +0000 In the current version of the plugin there is a drop down of all the category groups and which I need to add in a checkbox for the admin to choose if it’s a category group or just a normal group… @agrundner @finni3

]]> 4fc95b0aa3d6d3377ce033dc4ec03857 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/27726/#acomment-29094 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:19:56 +0000 A little update.. I actually worked on it the past few days and for the functionality that you want should be done within the week… I just have to test it a little and do some CSS styling to the admin area. After that I’ll do some quick testing on localhost, message me back if you all are still interested that way I can add and change some…[Read more]

In reply to - Greg posted an update @firetag hey firetag, I just stumbled upon a forum post where you said you had developed an additional group type with its own directory… this is EXACTLY what one of my clients needs… any […] ]]> b14061ee4828c143716630d1ff01c440 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/27726/#acomment-28133 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:31:44 +0000 @gregeland The plugin probably won’t be released until the newest version of buddy press is which will implement 3.0 fully, but it honestly depends on how groups are currently going to be run on your site.. I have a few questions about your current implementation… First off is the site currently online? If it is then the plugin would require…[Read more]

In reply to - Greg posted an update @firetag hey firetag, I just stumbled upon a forum post where you said you had developed an additional group type with its own directory… this is EXACTLY what one of my clients needs… any […] ]]> 8e6a21e63e581efa8c049dafa86e64aa firetag posted on the forum topic Get rid of the name field upon registration? in the group BuddyPress Usernames Only http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-usernames-only/forum/topic/get-rid-of-the-name-field-upon-registration/#post-61593 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:21:40 +0000 Thanks for the reply. Sorry I can’t follow this site more than I already do. I see how there is value to the name field so I’ve decided it would be best to keep it… I was thinking it should continue to work the way it does its just users need to have an easier […]

]]> ced38347b2decb0b229eae5d47f36684 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/24268/#acomment-24583 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:32:34 +0000 yeah i have it running .. but it requires theme edits and all kinds of hacks… there are lots of other developing the same thing… maybe they have better solutions…it would require a few core changes to make it so there are no theme edits… there are still a few major bugs with current code so I need to clean it up a little bit before i…[Read more]

In reply to - bizpod posted an update @firetag @firetag Any update on the group hierarchy / categories plugin you are developing? This would be a killer solution for making a large numbers of groups manageable. The thread on […] ]]> 3938939ed14851cafd4206706b497926 firetag started the forum topic Get rid of the name field upon registration? in the group BuddyPress Usernames Only http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-usernames-only/forum/topic/get-rid-of-the-name-field-upon-registration/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:46:28 +0000 Should I just get rid of the name field when a user registers?… and then i could just save the username as the name… the only problem with this is that usernames must be lowercase with no numbers? what the heck is up with that? theres probably something in the trac lemma see

]]> 13de38fa221385828e1e1450fe3b3f07 firetag joined the group BuddyPress Usernames Only https://buddypress.org/updates/p/23913/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:46:28 +0000 0 9f06b457a10b800115d9dc8739d20380 firetag started the forum topic cube points cash out function in the group CubePoints Buddypress Integration http://buddypress.org/community/groups/cubepoints-buddypress-integration/forum/topic/cube-points-cash-out-function/ Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:17:51 +0000 I was wondering if anyway has a way or any ideas for a way to implement a cash out function… every 10 points on my site is worth $1 dollar real us money and I want to let my users cash out their points for real money …. does anyone have any ideas on how […]

]]> 72f43b6fda6200070a9dc7efee7e2f70 firetag joined the group CubePoints Buddypress Integration https://buddypress.org/updates/p/21788/ Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:07:26 +0000 0 4d67ef23a6886a098fbc769631752a3c firetag posted on the forum topic dropdown navigation for active components w/o using pages? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/dropdown-navigation-for-active-components-wo-using-pages/#post-58292 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:27:26 +0000 nvm.. I’ll just use page templates…its easier

]]> 581243e3ad9e0b5c9f0797652b1ffb7f firetag started the forum topic dropdown navigation for active components w/o using pages? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/dropdown-navigation-for-active-components-wo-using-pages/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:13:13 +0000 Is there anyway to add like sub pages to a component? This way in theme that supports it there would be a dropdown of the sub pages of that particular component?

]]> c3e449ce6e744d93d82634b9738e204e firetag posted on the forum topic groups api custom creation steps?.. not working at all in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/groups-api-custom-creation-steps-not-working-at-all/#post-58271 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:33:36 +0000 I don’t understand why but for some reason I added in the wp nonce check and it worked..(posted this just incase anyone is experiencing similar issues)

]]> 41d8c56a51bf7cac7af521eb77d9b67a firetag started the forum topic groups api custom creation steps?.. not working at all in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/groups-api-custom-creation-steps-not-working-at-all/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:03:47 +0000 I am making a custom creation step using the groups extension api and there are quite a few problems with it… I looked in the trac, but I’m not sure if there are open tickets for the problems I am experiencing or not… The first problem I am experiencing is that the api seems to […]

]]> 9a50b177bfdd00e18d99d444757a095f firetag posted on the forum topic Sticky a group in the directory? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/sticky-a-group-in-the-directory/#post-58208 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:24:16 +0000 oh I see lol my bad I thought he meant sticky posts.. in that case its not too hard and rich’s way is the easiest way to do it…

]]> 0e32a4911197de303bc03786fc7f3cc8 firetag posted on the forum topic Sticky a group in the directory? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/sticky-a-group-in-the-directory/#post-58201 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:21:35 +0000 well i don’t know how buddypress works with bb but in the wp_bb_topics table (created using the default bb install using buddypress) there is a topic sticky field and the default value is 0… I think if you set it too one it would become a sticky but I’m not sure how buddypress works with […]

]]> f9ce99320814d9e0f25ff6d2eed7fe11 firetag posted on the forum topic groups within a group in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/groups-within-a-group/#post-58195 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:56:59 +0000 I am almost done writing a categories plugin which you can use to do this… also after releasing the categories plugin an online league/competition plugin is my next…

]]> d2084eac438fdba7146fa24d6e040067 firetag joined the group Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/updates/p/19244/ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:56:59 +0000 0 fef533e23601dd3027d7ce0946342502 firetag started the forum topic creating new forums component in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/creating-new-forums-component/ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:09:43 +0000 I want to replace the existing forums component with a custom one for my group categories plugin.. And rather than having tabs I want to have an html option box called show… which would have all topics… and then topics by each global category. Whats the best way of replacing the forums component.. should I […]

]]> 3c09eceaa129c5fb30e15f3063dac520 firetag started the forum topic update group meta upon group creation in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/update-user-meta-upon-group-creation/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:42:26 +0000 I am working on my group categories plugin and I don’t know how to organize users picking which category their new group belongs to. I don’t want it to be a whole step like the BP Group Extension makes it because the problem is the way buddypress is designed new groups are created and added […]

]]> 0cbd76ddf82d9328c26aa49ebc7835c8 firetag posted on the forum topic removing certain group activity and groups from my groups section in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/removing-certain-group-activity-and-groups-from-my-groups-section/#post-58006 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:01:03 +0000 alright I figured this out with a one line core hack, but I decided that it almost doesn’t make since to hide it from the activity stream… I don’t know if that’s what I want it to do anymore or not… I don’t know what does everyone else think? EDIT: I just don’t know if […]

]]> e0c2c1bad8a2da7abe7432bb18351305 firetag posted on the forum topic removing certain group activity and groups from my groups section in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/removing-certain-group-activity-and-groups-from-my-groups-section/#post-58000 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:10:16 +0000 @pcwriter hmm yeah I guess I could make a new status type… I know in a future release of buddypress though there is one more status type which is in between public and private like we need here… I’ll check it out on the trac…. that only problem is I’d like a quick solution with no […]

]]> 485da9ed7abe762d519a482a86c61394 firetag posted on the forum topic removing certain group activity and groups from my groups section in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/removing-certain-group-activity-and-groups-from-my-groups-section/#post-57986 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:04:37 +0000 @pcwriter actually thanks for posting this will work so much better because I would still like to have activity for the group just not show up anywhere, but on that group page so this will work great! I’ll still have to do some poking around though in order to make sure people can join without being […]

]]> 6282d4a84817c6ba0e562ab1d20f4dd4 firetag started the forum topic removing certain group activity and groups from my groups section in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/removing-certain-group-activity-and-groups-from-my-groups-section/ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:22:28 +0000 I am almost done with my group categories/types plugin and one of the last things I need to do is stop certain groups from having membership to them users still join the group but it appears they never joined anything… I started doing this by getting rid of the send invites and members sub nav […]

]]> 6beace42113af9791af09f44b04608da firetag posted on the forum topic Activity Stream background different for admins and groups in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/activity-stream-background-different-for-admins-and-groups/#post-57649 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:04:34 +0000 Well I don’t know the best way to do this but you could just wrap a div around the activity if bp_activity_id is an admin id and just format that div with css… the hooks you need are ‘bp_before_activity_entry’ and ‘bp_after_activity_entry’

]]> 2a5cfdb25937ca3c88b5c9bd31b6aed5 firetag started the forum topic How to make a new groups slug? in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/how-to-make-a-new-groups-slug/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:57:43 +0000 I am making an admin back end for a plugin… I am letting the using creating a new group category in the backend…. this requires creating a whole new group… how does buddypress generate a new groups slug… is it just replace all spaces with dashes and convert the whole string to lowercase based off […]

]]> 4413729f193e87c3157e7227a1d1e276 firetag posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/16869/#acomment-16878 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:01:40 +0000 lol

In reply to - courageinc posted an update My avatar looks Buddy-DePressed. ]]> a07a41d127a2be1919152abc0bfe0476 firetag started the forum topic disabling nav items in groups in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/disabling-nav-items-in-groups/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:02:38 +0000 I am developing a group categories plugin and I need to disable certain sub nav items in certain groups… I know there is the bp_options_nav array but there is nothing there to totally get rid of sub nav items… I know I could dynamically delete it via the theme ,but I really don’t want to […]

]]> ca76cd1e479f998f0d03ffe2cf685371 firetag started the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:26:42 +0000 Edit: This is meant to be a discussion of what you would like to see implemented by this plugin… I have recently been working on a buddypress group types plugin which is coming along fine…. but I keep finding myself wanting to add sooo much more… I just don’t know whether some of these features […]

]]> 7d1b0530caa88ab91eca2eb576a5f3b3 firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/#post-57378 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:26:42 +0000 Ok an update on this…. You can now categorize groups as much as you want… like game_consoles->game_publishers->genres->games or whatever…. but I have been thinking that for genres or something you may want to organize this by tags? Right now the meta tags that this requires for each group are ‘parent_cat’ which holds the parent groups […]

]]> 3457f936fe95625fde00e320db75ab6b firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. Group Hierarchy in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/#post-57316 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:20:53 +0000 support ticket #1706 is already addressing this….I am going to stop looking into this for now and I’m going to finish up some other plugins I’m working on…

edit: nvm decided this is too important for a site i’m making to wait…

]]> 890e64f96c574127f22ecc6eef56bc86 firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/#post-57123 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:11:27 +0000 @pcwriter I planned on preserving the present group structure for the sub category groups… but all these different ‘types’ of groups I believe still should be made by extending the current groups code… because otherwise wouldn’t I just be recreating the wheel? Also I love the idea of organizing group categories with the tabs great idea! […]

]]> 40533a671d35cf781336b5409a89d335 firetag posted on the forum topic New Buddypress Groups design.. in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-buddypress-groups-design/#post-57107 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:10:29 +0000 It also allows a user to sort through activity much easier…Because you have sitewide activity… then category activity then sub category activity…

]]> 3c3ea6a07fe5024ece973b295319286d firetag started the forum topic where to hold a little data for a plugin in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/where-to-hold-a-little-data-for-a-plugin/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:56:31 +0000 I am working on a buddypress group types plugin… I am letting the preset group types in the admin…. The first version of the plugin will add no more functionality it will only just save the selected group type upon creation (when user creates a new group), but in future version I would like to […]

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