BuddyPress.org | HorrorUK | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/horroruk/activity/ Activity feed for HorrorUK. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:57:06 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1f70806cc46a36dba75d683b89ac07ce HorrorUK started the topic Change background color of notifications in admin bar in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-of-notifications-in-admin-bar/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:48:22 +0000 My theme is changing the background color of the notifications icon in the admin bar, to be the same as links on the site. This is a dark blue, so cannot be seen well and the number within it cannot be seen either.

Is there some CSS I can use to change this color?

Thanks.

]]> d59df0605aab1698ccbfa71a8c908957 HorrorUK started the topic Change @name from username in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/change-name-from-username/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:06:47 +0000 Is there a way to change the @name used in BuddyPress so that it doesn’t give away the username used by a user, or admin.

This is especially useful for the admin users, as I don’t want anybody to see the usernames used for the admin accounts for security.

Are there any plugins or anything that would allow a user to create their own @name, as I…[Read more]

]]> d3ae7ec60172dc4c239f80fa9c9ac362 HorrorUK replied to the topic [Resolved] @user shown in profile and what shows up when typing is different in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-shown-in-profile-and-what-shows-up-when-typing-is-different/#post-238073 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:20:36 +0000 I thought adding it above may help anybody else doing a search 🙂

]]> 25962b81cc5ec9c91dc3fea2bd6cf3fc HorrorUK replied to the topic [Resolved] @user shown in profile and what shows up when typing is different in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-shown-in-profile-and-what-shows-up-when-typing-is-different/#post-238067 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:24:11 +0000 I had a little play (because I’m not as techie as I used to be), and I found the solution.

In member-header.php line 25 it has this:

<h2 class="user-nicename">@<?php bp_displayed_user_mentionname(); ?></h2>

I changed that to this:

<h2 class="user-nicename">@<?php echo bp_get_displayed_user_username();…[Read more]

]]> 7310a644f911b356d9395cd48563055d HorrorUK replied to the topic [Resolved] @user shown in profile and what shows up when typing is different in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-shown-in-profile-and-what-shows-up-when-typing-is-different/#post-238062 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:49:46 +0000 Thanks for that.

I’ve taken a look at those, and it seems that most of them are about changing the way it is shown, but I’m happy for the username to be shown, which is how it is done in the system (joej), but on the profile it is showing the display name (Joe Jenkins).

Which file deals with showing the top half of the profile, where it has the…[Read more]

]]> 3ffc7a0ff6f8cb1b5952cf562f183d26 HorrorUK started the topic [Resolved] @user shown in profile and what shows up when typing is different in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-shown-in-profile-and-what-shows-up-when-typing-is-different/ Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:32:24 +0000 I have a test user with joej as the username, the user has Joe Jenkins as the publicly displayed name.

In the profile it shows:
@Joe Jenkins

But when typing into the activity section, it comes up as:
@joej

Is it possible to get it to show the correct one in the profile?

Thanks.

]]> 3ffc7a0ff6f8cb1b5952cf562f183d26 HorrorUK started the topic [Resolved] @user shown in profile and what shows up when typing is different in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-shown-in-profile-and-what-shows-up-when-typing-is-different/ Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:32:24 +0000 I have a test user with joej as the username, the user has Joe Jenkins as the publicly displayed name.

In the profile it shows:
@Joe Jenkins

But when typing into the activity section, it comes up as:
@joej

Is it possible to get it to show the correct one in the profile?

Thanks.

]]> c04ace8111225c2c504817abdc442a33 HorrorUK replied to the topic Creating a group doesn't get past first screen in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/creating-a-group-doesnt-get-past-first-screen/#post-171649 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:53:18 +0000 I’ve gone in and removed all other plugins and used the default theme, but I still have the same problem.

I tried some of the solutions on the link below, but none of them worked:
http://buddypress.org/support/topic/group-creation-error-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-this

]]> 876ba44871a0f25b5513115f5356a41c HorrorUK started the topic Creating a group doesn't get past first screen in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/creating-a-group-doesnt-get-past-first-screen/ Sat, 21 Sep 2013 23:49:13 +0000 I’m having trouble with groups being created.

It allows the first screen to be filled in, but when it gets to the second section, it does not have any info, just the steps to be taken. Clicking on the ‘next’ button takes you to one of the ‘Are you sure?’ screens, and if you click yes, it returns you to the section with no info in there.

It does…[Read more]

]]> 7b719543d4a5cf6034697c08bbaac041 HorrorUK started the topic Editing the pages, such as activity, groups, etc in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/editing-the-pages-such-as-activity-groups-etc/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:47:55 +0000 I’m having a problem with some themes I want to use with BuddyPress.

They are not showing sidebars on pages, and I can get around this on most pages using a plugin, but to do this, I need to place the code where I need it to be, and where certain BP pages are just blank, this is not possible.

I thought shortcodes may be a way around this, but it…[Read more]

]]> 80c63fdbc8c19f8593f2882c040c07eb HorrorUK replied to the topic Do any plugins exist that do multi-step registration for Buddypress? in the forum Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/support/topic/do-any-plugins-exist-that-do-multi-step-registration-for-buddypress/#post-171573 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:42:45 +0000 You can do this with Gravity Forms (www.gravityforms.com). You’ll need to also have the User Registration Add-On, but it does a great job of doing what you are asking.

The only thing to keep in mind though, is that it won’t save any of the info until you click the final submit button.

I use this for registration on BuddyPress. Though I don’t…[Read more]

]]> f5a520c3a53d1caf48e10decfdb9b63d HorrorUK started the topic Remove message sent after selecting 'This is a notice to all users' in the forum Installing BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/support/topic/remove-message-sent-after-selecting-this-is-a-notice-to-all-users/ Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:40:13 +0000 I accidentally selected the checkbox after ‘This is a notice to all users’ when sending a message, but don’t see how to remove this from showing in the sidebar.

]]> 77243d73a84109b76449711d5eab1a66 HorrorUK started the topic Load profile field link in new page in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/load-profile-field-link-in-new-page/ Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:13:49 +0000 I have some extra profile fields for Facebook/Twitter profiles, but when they are clicked on, the page is loaded in the same tab/window.

Is there a way to get these to load into a new tab instead?

]]> 1a31d1247d057eebab232c64ae86051b HorrorUK started the topic Like not appearing in the forum Installing BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/support/topic/like-not-appearing/ Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:35:29 +0000 I’ve just installed the plugin, but seem to have a problem with the like button not appearing in the activity stream.

WordPress: 3.6
BuddyPress: 1.8.1
Website: http://www.writaz.com

Thanks.

]]> 7eaf8aa73efe665dc5a856080943c246 HorrorUK replied to the topic Normal user unable to create a new group in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/normal-user-unable-to-create-a-new-group/#post-169664 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:35:16 +0000 I’ve just noticed that htis works fine in Chrome, but in Firefox, users are unable to create a group, and just pasting in the URL gives a 404

]]> 1351bf57a24a18f99d55a65b3fa4ddd9 HorrorUK started the topic Normal user unable to create a new group in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/normal-user-unable-to-create-a-new-group/ Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:23:13 +0000 I’m having a problem with the groups section, where non-admin users are unable to create new groups as the button doesn’t show up.

I have selected the section in the admin (Enable group creation for all users).

I don’t know if this makes a difference, but this is set up on the main site of a multisite installation.

http://www.mywriterblog.com

Thanks.

]]> f42635c73ee3a7c7c0b78a7be7296e9a HorrorUK started the topic Create a menu item to the current user's profile in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/ceate-a-menu-item-to-the-current-users-profile/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:03:08 +0000 Is there a way to create a menu item that, when clicked on, will take the user to their own profile, enabling them to make any edits and check on things?

]]> dbc4afd6143a2f0e4e01a47e1635adf9 HorrorUK replied to the topic Video: BuddyPress 1.7 Overview in the forum Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/support/topic/video-buddypress-1-7-overview/page/2/#post-155206 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:31:31 +0000 Ignore that, I just added an older trac version, and for some reason it doesn’t show on there either, so must be my site.

]]> 10f062b0556ced3265a58341c1aeec9a HorrorUK replied to the topic Video: BuddyPress 1.7 Overview in the forum Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/support/topic/video-buddypress-1-7-overview/page/2/#post-155205 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:20:45 +0000 I just uploaded the latest TRAC version, but it looks like somebody forgot to add a save settings button to the components settings.

]]> b11c113edd9c71b33ab92544037d3f9b horroruk edited the forum topic [Resolved] item-list-tabs when using the BuddyPress Template Pack in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/item-list-tabs-when-using-the-buddypress-template-pack/ Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:49:40 +0000 Hi all,

I’ve used the BuddyPress Template Pack to add BP functionality to my theme, and it looks ok, but I can’t seem to control the two sections on every page that use the item-list-tabs css.

I’ve […]

]]> 1690003d98dd6a4f013550559be69a78 horroruk replied to the forum topic item-list-tabs when using the BuddyPress Template Pack in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/item-list-tabs-when-using-the-buddypress-template-pack/#post-143963 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:01:44 +0000 @mercime

Thank you for that code, it did the job perfectly 🙂

]]> 44b039be7dc7dcf320eb7c6fda88e4ce horroruk replied to the forum topic Restrict viewing forums to group members? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/restrict-viewing-forums-to-group-members/#post-140164 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:26:54 +0000 I don’t mind other users coming along and signing up, it’s just that I don’t want them being able to write on the forums if they are not a member of the group

]]> fcf7437e506b652b379fcc7272355136 horroruk started the forum topic Restrict viewing forums to group members? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/restrict-viewing-forums-to-group-members/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:10:14 +0000 Is it possible to restrict group forums to members only?

As it currently is on my site, anybody can view and reply to forums on the group, so it doesn’t seem worth them joining the group.

I only want […]

]]> e0e4d3e473a190b5e37a2f42d03ba793 horroruk started the forum topic [Resolved] Error when adding a new bbPress topic in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/error-when-adding-a-new-bbpress-topic/ Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:19:42 +0000 I’m trying to add topics in my forums within a group, but whenever I do, I get the following message:

There was an error when creating the topic

I’ve tried creating within the group and within the main […]

]]> 7b2deae9f691b96e42a804acafe157a3 horroruk replied to the forum topic Error when adding a new bbPress topic in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/error-when-adding-a-new-bbpress-topic/#post-139328 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:01:43 +0000 I cleared it all from the database, then had to recreate the groups. That fixed the problem.

]]> 7f29a259e414bfef361c54f1f065aaac horroruk replied to the forum topic Error when adding a new bbPress topic in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/error-when-adding-a-new-bbpress-topic/#post-139262 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:16:40 +0000 I’ve tried various themes, with the same problem, so it is definitely BuddyPress

]]> 93e7d290a3da31704001dd27020dbf5c horroruk replied to the forum topic Error when adding a new bbPress topic in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/error-when-adding-a-new-bbpress-topic/#post-139207 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:57:47 +0000 ok thanks, first support request so a bit of a newb. It gave me the idea of turning on wp debugging, so was worth filling in.

1. Which version of WordPress are you running?
3.4.2

2. Did you install […]

]]> 01bd94395c2a46a22b1e7ad241f08042 horroruk replied to the forum topic Error when adding a new bbPress topic in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/error-when-adding-a-new-bbpress-topic/#post-139165 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:05:11 +0000 Anybody have any ideas on what could cause this?

]]> a50517de3c92cef0c5a6a9dfd5d4c1bc horroruk replied to the forum topic active 42 years, 8 months ago ??? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/active-42-years-8-months-ago/#post-138653 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:15:58 +0000 It’s just strange that it seems to have happened in the middle f users signing up, those before and after are fine.

Also, the members widget shows the same users with the correct information, so it is only on […]

]]> c8c586c92cd670fb878099d155b0b376 horroruk replied to the forum topic active 42 years, 8 months ago ??? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/active-42-years-8-months-ago/#post-138599 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:45:49 +0000 Hi,

Any ideas on this?

Thanks.

]]> b7eec41ed5a81bb7b3497dfd33e1c0ed horroruk replied to the forum topic active 42 years, 8 months ago ??? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/active-42-years-8-months-ago/#post-138467 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:52:59 +0000 The really strange thing, is that those who have registered both before and after those marked in this way are showing up correctly.

]]> b579e0642cbe15e36384d843abb801f9 horroruk replied to the forum topic active 42 years, 8 months ago ??? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/active-42-years-8-months-ago/#post-138466 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:49:10 +0000 Hi Paul,

WordPress Version 3.4.2
Buddypress Version 1.6.1

This was a fresh build of both WP and BP, and the timestamps are correct on my posts.

The timezone is correct, but I’ve not tried any scheduled […]

]]> f73270373f84f454f688a922744dd21b horroruk started the forum topic active 42 years, 8 months ago ??? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/active-42-years-8-months-ago/ Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:32:41 +0000 For some reason, my members page is telling me that a few of my members were last active 42 years, 8 months ago.

I’m sure that this can’t be right, as I only went live last week.

Any ideas on how I can fix […]

]]> 6fd5b97ea50112b5b4e57effbc5d6312 horroruk replied to the forum topic 'View' page is blank in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/view-page-is-blank/#post-125181 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:25:07 +0000 Thanks @mercime

Where do I get that permalink file? I took a look in the BuddyPress folder and the default theme, but couldn’t see it there.

]]> a1233e0b27912b93cd6f18c6d29eebbf horroruk started the forum topic After Adding Multisite, users no longer join the main site in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/after-adding-multisite-users-no-longer-join-the-main-site/ Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:51:14 +0000 I had the site working ok, with users signing up to it via BuddyPress.

However, as soon as I mad the site MultiSite, it still has the BuddyPress registration form, but the users aren’t being added to the main […]

]]> 79214a0385209ab3c8939f8d1f02e788 horroruk started the forum topic 'View' page is blank in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/view-page-is-blank/ Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:44:46 +0000 I’ve created a BuddyPress version of the Listings theme from WooThemes using the BuddyPress Template Pack, and everything seems to be working ok, except that when I click on the ‘View’ link for a user’s […]

]]> da787f3ff8be33ba3aae8ce1dc01bc43 horroruk replied to the forum topic BuddyPress Template Pack: The Members Loop in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/buddypress-template-pack-the-members-loop/#post-120868 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:35:04 +0000 Thanks for that.

I’ll take a look at all that and get it sorted :0)

]]> b78785e6ec86951ac9e3ba8f086a63a6 horroruk started the forum topic BuddyPress Template Pack: The Members Loop in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/buddypress-template-pack-the-members-loop/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:12:09 +0000 I’m using the WP-Smooth theme from Solostream, and have got just about everything looking right using the BuddyPress Template Pack.

However, I’m having trouble with the members loop, as it seems to be […]

]]> 56bd93413a8807803dc59a926f11127d horroruk started the forum topic Inviting Members within a group in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/inviting-members-within-a-group/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:34:46 +0000 I’ve just noticed that when I go to the ‘Send Invites’ within a group, it shows members who are already members of the group.

Is there a way to stop this happening?

]]> 6852d0c77825633cf9b4b93d8f40ab6e horroruk started the forum topic Big gap on group pages in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/big-gap-on-group-pages/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:13:22 +0000 I’ve created a BuddyPress site, taking my usual WP site and using the plugin to add the BP sections.

Most of it is ok, I’ve made a few tweaks and have some more to do, but one problem I have is proving a bit […]

]]> 4c88a5497099165ffa2289796a96b400 horroruk started the forum topic Changing the @name given on signup in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-the-name-given-on-signup/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:12:07 +0000 I’m using WHMCS Bridge which creates a new user when somebody signs up to WHMCS.

This is great, but because it uses the email as the signup name, which can easily be changed to whatever the user wants, the <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/name/&#039; […]

]]> 1ff652dc4ca2bbd6d4eb9261f3f27b34 horroruk replied to the forum topic Changing the @name given on signup in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-the-name-given-on-signup/#post-117853 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:58:07 +0000 Actually, my apologies, but that did do the job perfectly.

Thank you.

]]> a0632545cd6f94dce75621217aa1f509 horroruk replied to the forum topic Changing the @name given on signup in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-the-name-given-on-signup/#post-117846 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:13:51 +0000 Thanks, that’s kind of what I need, but for the @name only, as the user name needs to remain the email so that the bridge will work (WHMCS only allows emails as the user name).

There isn’t a problem so much […]

]]> 3de64bf7fa6d7c3b7fe1129e08f17192 horroruk replied to the forum topic Have another Group Page as Businesses Group Page in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/have-another-group-page-as-businesses-group-page/#post-117823 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:18:40 +0000 I’d be interested to know if this is possible, as it would be good for the town community site I’m working on.

]]> d0c7ecbaf51f7ecee86fe74a69e9dfb2 horroruk joined the group Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/updates/p/190309/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:18:39 +0000 0 e6dcfd491ce1f4f3f8371e45d55fd07c horroruk replied to the forum topic Add filters to if ( bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( activity )) ) in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/add-filters-to-if-bp_has_activities-bp_ajax_querystring-activity/#post-1 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:45:21 +0000 I got this to work using the last bit of code shown above, however, it needs to be added without the smiley:

`?php
function my_query_filter_new ( $query_string ) {
$query_string .= ‘&per_page=5’;
return […]

]]> 91c9a5aba25ce4a04122f0d2b95a832a horroruk joined the group How-To and Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/updates/p/189007/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:45:20 +0000 0