BuddyPress.org | Hugo Ashmore | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/hnla/activity/ Activity feed for Hugo Ashmore. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:06:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d405f43d85e5002ae7fbc7c9b65db7e1 Hugo Ashmore updated the Creating a Custom Component page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/391651/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:33:58 +0000 We are currently working on a documentation reboot, here’s the new home of the best accurate docs (WIP). You’re very welcome to contribute to it. Note: If you are building a BuddyPress plugin, please make sure […]

]]> 0 1898cf578d3f909ba2d8157aefa896da Hugo Ashmore updated the BP Default Theme - moving forward with BP 1.9 page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/213483/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:09:35 +0000 The BP Default theme was moved into the BP Classic backwards compatibility Add-on during the 12.0.0 BP development cycle. Updated BP default theme usuage for BP 1.9 onwards The BP default theme has served a […]

]]> 0 b3b26a5435376ef80c747e603c5a219d Hugo Ashmore wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/?p=272059 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 05:11:51 +0000 It’s with a huge amount of pleasure and excitement that we’re announcing the Beta 2 release of BP 3.0 today ready for testing and feedback.

BuddyPress 3.0 will be a major milestone release for us and one we’re […]

]]> 5145d6d850254bd47b0017b03a4b81a2 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic users can bypass required name on registration with space bar in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/users-can-bypass-required-name-on-registration-with-space-bar/#post-270358 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:34:47 +0000 Not sure it’s something we need to be busy with really, in reality if this field is left out the username is used for all display purposes so again I question the use of ‘anonymous’ to describe the registration? I asked earlier whether you had any plugins in use that might alter the way WP/BP names are handled, is there some change being made to…[Read more]

]]> 1d77962730c6a2ba03687c952684c970 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic users can bypass required name on registration with space bar in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/users-can-bypass-required-name-on-registration-with-space-bar/#post-270354 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:56:24 +0000 Ok yes it does – but this doesn’t mean users anonymous the ‘name’ field if the WP display name if our field is empty then the user name is displayed. I would suggest that white space is necessary what we’ll need to do is check for only white space and fail the submit.

]]> 7eed4a5bc91b788665ad0327c4d924cb Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic users can bypass required name on registration with space bar in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/users-can-bypass-required-name-on-registration-with-space-bar/#post-270352 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:43:35 +0000 Correct ticket link: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7671

]]> 7e6b6a4ee9a8775ffb420eb9b35dbd01 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic users can bypass required name on registration with space bar in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/users-can-bypass-required-name-on-registration-with-space-bar/#post-270351 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:40:00 +0000 Hmm I tested this and couldn’t re-produce the issue, checked our code as well, maybe I only added two spaces not three? how would two versus three be any different though.

]]> 56f0c719b31e8946b239206b9dec2e65 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Any date for the releases of version 3.0 in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/any-date-for-the-releases-of-version-3-0/#post-270350 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:37:55 +0000 @mikealan as Paul says we’ll release when we’re 100% happy with the templates, at the moment there is still some work to do and mainly falls to me to complete, thorough testing is then also important, I would revise the ETA to probably be a couple of months away.

]]> cc4d44472f635bf29ad87487817e7fd5 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic users can bypass required name on registration with space bar in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/users-can-bypass-required-name-on-registration-with-space-bar/#post-270187 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:04:32 +0000 BP has checks in place for characters entered, you should not be able to register a username that just consists of white space without the form throwing an error message. Have you any additional plugins running that might be interfering with the BP registration process?

]]> 809b9601479fd8066338fe510a0988b6 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic [access request]Documentation contribution in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/access-requestdocumentation-contribution/#post-270038 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:01:51 +0000 @deimz firstly please accept deepest apologies for losing track of this thread, I did initially read but hadn’t time to follow through with. @Mercime has been writing up a Codex summary for last year and it jogged my memory on contributions.

Mercime is planning – if not already done so – to add the pdf’s into the codex ( or links to ) in the…[Read more]

]]> 7156c8491620130bb3dfcc1c52f54f5e Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Changing the generic "Registering for this site is easy" tag line. in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/changing-the-generic-registering-for-this-site-is-easy-tag-line/#post-268468 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:28:18 +0000 @kristianngve
No it isn’t missing vital info, the clarification is directly after the instruction on naming convention for the BP folders in a child theme.

N.B. Inside the subfolder ‘community’ you must preserve the path structure/folders that exist in the BP original /buddypress/ folder so /activity/ must be created to hold index.php or any of…

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]]> 915adf840723824e34d0d3a44ddfcbb3 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic registration page styling in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/registration-page-styling/#post-267883 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:50:47 +0000 We’re happy for people to contribute those new UX/UI improvements then!

Like I said before please stop slatting BP and the people that provide this very complex app for FREE for your use.

I’m not being impolite @unrealpixel but attempting to get people to realise that the tone of the thread is not pleasant 🙂

@zo1234
> Start a kickstarter page…[Read more]

]]> c94b786afeacc7d0810fc8ca8d721650 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Question about issue in my site in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/question-about-issue-in-my-site/#post-267863 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:52:25 +0000 As stated above:

> Your install has a plugin or custom code that generates that friendship request.

Find the offending plugin and deactivate or get a developer to find the custom code and remove.

]]> 95aa3c7335037ea154279ee0d2020058 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic registration page styling in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/registration-page-styling/#post-267862 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:24:19 +0000 @all Could we maybe a little less rude about BuddyPress styling we put a heck of a lot of our work time into providing BP as theme compatible app, it sounds like you’re all experiencing problems with premium WP themes affecting BP. Our registration screens are as best they can be made when we have to try and cater for unknown styling…[Read more]

]]> 413af5f92f682d8ff23091ab679fd8db Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic avatar upload smaller then 0kb in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/avatar-upload-smaller-then-0kb/#post-267613 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:40:44 +0000 @winstart I can’t replicate any issue with avatar or cover image uploads, can you ensure you have any third party plugins disabled and test again with a plain WP/BP install preferably running a Stock WP theme i.e 2017.

I’ve closed the trac ticket for the moment, that’s more suitable when there is a proven issue.

]]> 439a503c3ead2cef243df030d4901d74 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic 2.9 Group description turncoated in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/2-9-group-description-turncoated/#post-267335 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:57:10 +0000 edited// although it still tests ok on my install – not really sure why – r-a-y is right the function should pass a default value, and has patched.

]]> f4a0a3cb745ad7162e7a69dd3cbe3518 Hugo Ashmore wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/?p=267251 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:39:40 +0000 BuddyPress is happy to announce the immediate availability of it’s latest release 2.9 ‘La Lombarda’ available for download or updatable from your WordPress install plugin directory.

This release features a […]

]]> 80ef611692e2b37c0e849798fe863ff2 Hugo Ashmore updated the Releases page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/211800/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:14:13 +0000 The following are the various versions of BuddyPress, listed chronologically from the oldest to newest, along with the Change Log information on new features and improvements in each version.
N.B from version 1.5 […]

]]> 0 946093277751b676d023fba88d46e139 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Fatal error in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-27/#post-267030 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 08:26:24 +0000 This has been opened as a trac ticket:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7570

@jaeyholic can you provide the details requested there, thanks.

]]> 213eb0fc1b5743db1bd51a0ac09cf663 Hugo Ashmore wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/?p=267012 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:57:09 +0000 Today sees BP 2.9.0 move to The final testing phase Release Candidate 1.

This is the last chance to test out this release and report back any issues found before final release in approximately two weeks time. […]

]]> f47c471f77ba27bfa3c147b64eab021a Hugo Ashmore updated the Prelaunch Checklist page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/849212/ Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:14:35 +0000 Releasing BuddyPress to the world is a big deal, and takes quite a few manual steps to ensure safe & comfortable updates & upgrades are had by all. Below are the steps release leads go through with each & every […]

]]> 0 a8b40a3d6a902e286feacd6061424133 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic BUG: Password in member settings in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/bug-password-in-member-settings/#post-266787 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:00:40 +0000 Can you give a literal example of a password that fails, are you suggesting “just a /” or single digit password?

]]> 75d54a6bf4fc6bd49757bd357d617e32 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Download changed from 2.8.2 to 2.8.0 in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/download-changed-from-2-8-2-to-2-8-0/#post-266757 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:16:15 +0000 @sourfew Thanks for pointing this out, the trunks readme.text file stable tag had been inadvertently reverted, but it’s corrected now.

]]> 0fbc92b81b3a47e8fdd6e3cca7a6a044 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic bbpress search is not working when buddypress is activated in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/bbpress-search-is-not-working-when-buddypress-is-activated/#post-266738 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:40:46 +0000 We may need to be clearer on the steps to replicate this as…
With a twentyseventeen theme, BP trunk, stable bbpress no other plugins.

With an index page displaying the forums list shortcode & search input I can search for forum topics quite happily, returning results to the page showing bbp results.

However tested on single site not MS and use…[Read more]

]]> 7e443f90407a9811134277019bbe1ac9 Hugo Ashmore wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/?p=266659 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:17:56 +0000 Today sees BP 2.9 move to Beta 2 ( Beta 1 skipped for technical reasons ) testing phase and we would request all plugin authors, theme developers and other interested parties test out this release and feedback any […]

]]> 3f659aa9acceb1ff014103ccb1ed6fb3 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Hide Username from Profile in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hide-username-from-profile/#post-264846 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:09:31 +0000 Editing either the templates or customizing the backend functions managing user name display are the only means to achieve this, I’m sorry you’ve had issue with applying php solutions as in the other post but practise makes perfect, or contract a developer to do the work you need for your site.

P.S No using CSS to hide anything is not the correct…[Read more]

]]> 6a069ca540d7e3c673f4cb18c44acfae Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Remove members who have no memberships in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/remove-members-who-have-no-memberships/#post-264845 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:04:27 +0000

Note: Please do not provide a .php fix. I edited the php a couple days ago to apply a fix (unrelated to this one) and it crashed my entire site. I will not be editing the php.

I suggest then that you consider contracting a developer to do this for you or contact memberpress to provide a solution.

We are a volunteer help forum for buddypress,…[Read more]

]]> 7c48a95e253793c655e610b498df8a01 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic template overload isn't working as expected in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/template-overload-isnt-working-as-expected/#post-264688 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:31:04 +0000 @kalico

I can do that. However, I haven’t found any documentation to that effect, and it seems to be much more complicated than the template hierarchy documentation implies:

Hmm I was 99.999% sure I had or we (r-a-y & I wrote the two main codex pages for template hierarchy) had explicitly mentioned this point about full templates but I c…[Read more]

]]> 742e418a416b4274e68ce4caafe2739f Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic template overload isn't working as expected in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/template-overload-isnt-working-as-expected/#post-264636 Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:37:58 +0000 @kalico when you create thse template files for index they must be full templates not partials i.e they must include the WP get_header(), get_footer() and any other markup structures representing your themes structure.

]]> 4ac39f45c8ced5164db81b4a4109122e Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic fatal error message in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message/#post-264510 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:55:55 +0000 🙂 we might have spotted that – regardless you’ll need to approach the theme authors to update their theme or find a new theme.

]]> 04aa58ad700ddf4c5246defb901f1f5b Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic fatal error message in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message/#post-264506 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 18:43:25 +0000 @paripari it’s the weekend so help is likely to be a little slower.

Based on what you show it’s going to be quite hard to suggest what’s wrong apart from the obvious & from a jpg without any other detail of the events surrounding the problem almost impossible.

I can just about see that your using a custom theme ( I have quite good eyesight but…[Read more]

]]> 3667edfbb4c2ce1107ba8967055c113d Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Missing buttons in the forum Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/support/topic/missing-buttons/#post-263851 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:46:06 +0000 Helps to know what theme you’re using, we haven’t done anything in particular to styles, majority of style work was for companion stylesheet 2017 theme.

A link to the live site would let someone test with tools to see where the issue lies.

]]> 5d4d2600281bda653778f4ada0e08eeb Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic How to use Twenty Seventeen Stylessheet in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-twenty-seventeen-stylessheet/#post-263850 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:41:46 +0000 We load the styles in the BP functions file automatically when we detect that the 2017 theme is in use. By and large these companion styles are not necessarily stand-alone styles they are built to work in conjunction with the WP theme styles so how they would work with a custom theme is impossible to say as we have no knowledge of the themes…[Read more]

]]> 94b113205943197ec59744f1c4a5e65a Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Profile not mobile responsive in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/profile-not-mobile-responsive/#post-263826 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:31:21 +0000 You need to define ‘responsive’ in this context; what are you seeing as the issue?

Running BP under twenty seventeen I see no particular issues for profile edit screens, but that is a cursory check, one theme, one browser.

]]> c3048267d731eee144dcad2b008db5f6 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Hidden Groups and Forums not showing for members of them in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hidden-groups-and-forums-not-showing-for-members-of-them/page/2/#post-263731 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:03:48 +0000 Apparently ticketed:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7443

We’ll consider a possible solution or ‘hack’ 🙁 to avoid the issue.

]]> cc6dd07ac6513daf847fda3473e734e5 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Cover Image for a Group? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/cover-image-for-a-group/#post-262617 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:17:07 +0000 Check use cover image option is checked in the buddypress options screen, if it is you should see the tab to add or change cover image on the manage screen in your group.

]]> f7bbcdcef8068764ba1dea22d7f7690a Hugo Ashmore updated the Customizing Labels, Messages, and URLs page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/682116/ Sun, 08 Jan 2017 10:47:14 +0000 Do you want to change various labels and messages in BuddyPress, but don’t want to hack the core files to do so? This page explains how to use a language translation file to customize BuddyPress labels, messages, […]

]]> 0 41cc57f0ea5e5e4f72b06e5c1509f596 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic last_activity empty in members loop in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/last_activity-empty-in-members-loop/#post-261763 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:39:57 +0000 This isn’t really a Trac ticket subject, and is best handled in a forum setting really, I did pass comment though on Trac.

On members loop last active simply states that when user last active the meta display is for last member status update not general site activity for a user id.

]]> 305340f6d2e65c95aa344ca3ccee1012 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Can't upload profile images in Internet Explorer in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/cant-upload-profile-images-in-internet-explorer/#post-261317 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:28:22 +0000 This being looked into on:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7360

]]> 69386400d68e240d49380068747574cc Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Read Only Group? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/read-only-group/#post-261289 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:45:04 +0000 There was/is a plugin called something like ‘Anouncement Groups’ that was as name suggested informational only , maybe not quite what is asked for as it joined all site members automatically but didn’t allow direct commenting / interaction but was read and notify only iirc

]]> 48b3d02342392e86e22d9a9dfbc29d36 Hugo Ashmore updated the BuddyPress commit access page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/640830/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:46:38 +0000 What is commit access?

The code that comprises BuddyPress is written by volunteers. Anyone who wants to suggest an improvement or a bugfix to the BP codebase is welcome to do so, by submitting their proposed […]

]]> 0 6babf34b67307abb3d7ea9fde1499cb5 Hugo Ashmore updated the BuddyPress in Your Language page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/634424/ Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:55:10 +0000 Like WordPress, BuddyPress has the built in capability to be used in any language. The instructions below assume you have already configured WordPress in Your Language and Installing WordPress in Your […]

]]> 0 f27fc3f9c0bf384d4e038a49d69c1e10 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic How to output user ID? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-output-user-id/#post-260437 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:55:26 +0000 and if you need a code example of how you might do this look at danbp’s reply here:

Reply To: [Resolved] Display user id

]]> 9851d257c9e063bc4c70babce40ab9be Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic impossible to create new group, register, .... in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/impossible-to-create-new-group-register/#post-260436 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:50:38 +0000 have you changed permalink settings?

]]> aae6562e839ac11d51777ed7371f906a Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic How to output user ID? in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-output-user-id/#post-260379 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:38:03 +0000 bp_displayed_user_id(); will display the user id on BP screens/loops – but yes user ID’s are WP user ID’s

The codex though does list basic template tags functions so always check through that first to see if what you need is available.

]]> b6bb4a29a94d80ea54d033d3eb9a38d6 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic BuddyPress Style Modules - Members Display in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-style-modules-members-display/#post-260378 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:29:00 +0000 @venutius I’ve just updated the repo files, updating the example enqueueing functions as they needed improvement( although I consider that snippet as being a temp provision) and also updated the styles to add min-height and spacing improvements, not sure if that helps your situation but you can further modify those style if needed (just edit the…[Read more]

]]> 3b092edd641d2070f9d724fb350fc9fb Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic BuddyPress Style Modules - Members Display in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-style-modules-members-display/#post-260324 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:14:54 +0000 @venutius Thanks for the write up, hopefully in time the idea may gain traction, as for a handler for loading those snippets I did have one in use locally but code was rough and ready, so may consider re-doing and making available on github, originally the idea was to add a loader for the snippets to the core buddypress-functions.php file where…[Read more]

]]> 3f6d40ad920418b1464f470b2f0a81e6 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic MySQL version required for BuddyPress? in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/mysql-version-required-for-buddypress/#post-260322 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:42:19 +0000 An aspect like DB is really A WP one rather than BP one. BP as a plugin running under WP uses the DB as created initially by WP so if WP is running or able to run on … then BP will.

https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

It is recommended that 5.6.0 be used but WP will run on older versions.

]]> 0b46aa1b5145633d3814a4ced75c4709 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Create group directory for different group types in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/create-group-directory-for-different-group-types/#post-260304 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:04:49 +0000 This is the guide you need to read up on:

Template Hierarchy

has_directory means that if you click on a BP generated link /groups/type/foo/ or type that as a url/create a link to, then you will see that as the url and the loop will now show only groups of type ‘foo’

Template hierarchy…[Read more]

]]> dde46e983284d97c4ea5ec71f750cab0 Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic BuddyPress Style Modules - Members Display in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-style-modules-members-display/#post-260256 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:51:38 +0000 I’m afraid the notion of ‘Boxes’ when combined with variable dynamic content never does work (unless one uses javascript trickery, which has it’s own troubles – Masonry) The best one generally can do is id the troublesome elements and give them increased min-height (try locating the property I used to set min-height and increase) or padding to try…[Read more]

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