[@mcuk Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

After a lot of searching I’ve put this together. It appears to remove the ability of normal site users to use the rich text area editor in ‘multi line text areas’. Its use now allows jQuery functions for character limits to be applied to the text area which was not possible when tinymce was active.

function bptest_remove_tinymce() {
	if ( !is_super_admin() ) {
	tinymce.activeEditor.getBody().setAttribute( 'contenteditable', false );
	}
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'bptest_remove_tinymce' );

Note that the is_super_admin() is included. Without it the WP bar at the top of the screen which is used to access dashboard etc disappears.

Then to remove the remaining Visual/Text tabs attached to the text area, use the CSS display:none on the relevant div id.

I am still very curious as to whether there are better methods for excluding the rich text editor / tinymce from Buddypress (across the site and/or targeting specific text areas). Would appreciate any input from anyone more in the know!

Thanks

[@mcuk Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

🙂

[@mcuk Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

Would a redirect do? –

//Prevents non admin users seeing pages 
function bptest_restrict_bp_pages() {
	global $bp;
	
	if( !is_super_admin() && bp_is_members_directory() ) {
		bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain );
	}	
}
add_action( 'get_header', 'bptest_restrict_bp_pages' );

[@mcuk Participant 11 years ago]

Hi,

Maybe using this would help stop users who aren’t logged in seeing things you don’t want them to in the first place (and therefore they won’t be able to try and access it). Not really the redirect solution you are after but it may be of use. Works with BuddyPress (I don’t use bbPress).

//Prevents non logged in users seeing pages other than those permitted
function bpcustom_restrict_bp_pages() {
	global $bp;
	
	//These pages are permitted to logged out users
	if( bp_is_blog_page() || bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	if( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
		bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain );
	}	
}
add_action( 'get_header', 'bpcustom_restrict_bp_pages' );

[@mcuk Participant 11 years ago]

Hi @danbp thanks for reply.

Tried the code you wrote in the link above and it works fine. But as with the one referenced in my first post it reduces the string length upon display rather than preventing the user typing in a large number of characters in the first place (and the data being stored in database).

So moved onto looking at the code snippet by @henrywright for the sign up page. Would be suitable if i could convert it to work with profile fields. Got to this stage with a few q’s:

function my_textarea_validation() {
    $custom_field_id = bp_get_member_profile_data( 'field=Mini Bio' );	
	//is the use of $_POST['field_' . $custom_field_id] correct to access desired profile field?
	if ( strlen( $_POST['field_' .$custom_field_id] ) > 5 ) { 
        global $bp;
        //which $bp->... error message to use?
	$bp->signup->errors['field_'] = __( 'CUSTOM ERROR MESSAGE', 'buddypress' ); 
    }
}
//which hook to use? (to affect the textarea on Profile > Edit navigation tab)
add_action( '???', 'my_textarea_validation' );

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

These might help you @antoinegdln4:

[Resolved] Position Notification Counter Bubble after Specific Navigation Tab ID

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/help-customising-admin-bar-removing-links-from-dropdown/

or removing WP admin bar entirely to all users except admin:

function remove_admin_bar() {
	if ( !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) && !is_super_admin() ) {
	  show_admin_bar(false);
	}
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'remove_admin_bar' );

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

Hey @osisis,

Glad to see you sorted it. This was my code:

function bptest_main_nav_notification_bubble( $items, $args ) {
    if( $args->theme_location == 'header-menu' ) { // In manage locations via WP Dash>Appearance>Menus
    	$items_array = array();
        while ( false !== ( $item_pos = strpos ( $items, '<li', 3 ) ) ) {
            $items_array[] = substr( $items, 0, $item_pos );
            $items = substr( $items, $item_pos );
        }
        $items_array[] = $items;
        array_splice( $items_array, 3, 0, '<li id="bubble">' . bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) . '</li>' ); // 0,0 1st position, 1,0 2nd, etc
        $items = implode( '', $items_array );
    }
    return $items;
}
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'bptest_main_nav_notification_bubble', 10, 2 );

I gave it the ID ‘bubble’. You can obviously give it a class if you want too (class=”bubbles”).

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

Hi @leanneoleary,

I can help with your first q (if your’e still looking). Add to your bp-custom file:

//WP Admin Bar - Remove edit-profile tab from dropdown menu
function remove_admin_bar_edit_profile( $wp_admin_bar ) {
	$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'edit-profile' );
}
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'remove_admin_bar_edit_profile', 999 );

To remove the activity, substitute ‘activity’ wherever it says ‘edit_profile’ in code above. note also the ‘my-account-activity’ eg:

//WP Admin Bar - Remove activity tab from dropdown menu
function remove_admin_bar_activity( $wp_admin_bar ) {
	$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'my-account-activity' );
}
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'remove_admin_bar_activity', 999 );

for profile: sub in ‘xprofile’ and ‘my-account-xprofile’
for notifications: sub in ‘notifications’ and ‘my-account-notifications’
for messages: sub in ‘messages’ and ‘my-account-messages’
for friends: sub in ‘friends’ and ‘my-account-friends’
for settings: sub in ‘settings’ and ‘my-account-settings’

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

If you add the code below to your style.css file it won’t appear on the page:

#buddypress .field-visibility-settings-notoggle {
      display: none;
}

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

Thanks @danbp, exactly what i needed to position the counter bubbles! Both snippets worked great.
I updated the theme_location arg in the second to get it to work with my menu and added an ID to allow the CSS. Thanks again!

For anyone looking to do the same with the messages and friends request counters, replace the:

bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count

with

bp_get_total_unread_messages_count or bp_friend_get_total_requests_count as needed.

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

All the code I’ve used is in the post above. Not required any custom functions.

The function: bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) was mentioned here:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-get-notification-count-code/

Just echoing that function in my child header.php gives me exactly what i needed (along with the CSS i posted). Everything works fine.

The only issue is to locate it within the menu itself in the correct location after the Notification tab, which i cannot do in the header file. At the moment I am only able to locate it within the container that holds the menu.

The menu I am using I have created via WP > Appearance > Menus. Just a bog standard menu in the header of the page.

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

hi @danbp,

I saw it, didn’t take anything from the code in the last post. Am i missing something?

Or are you referring to the guy who said to build the menu manually?

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Great 🙂

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Yeah that’s why I’ve left it as is. Everything interlinked.

Opened a ticket as per your recommendation!

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

p.s. Reason i needed it in first place was because i wanted the wp admin bar logout to match that of my Buddypress logout buttons.

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

I think it does that by default yeah (i say ‘think’ because I’ve been customizing for a little while now and can’t remember 100% what is default). But I’m fairly sure, 95%, that what you are describing is default.

I’ve basically started from zero knowledge on Buddypress and used the forum & Codex for help to progress. Other users and moderators have usually posted relevant stuff and have helped me out on things too. So no php skills shouldn’t hurt unless you want to customize heavily. Lots of code is scattered around the forums.

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

That’s quite an interesting document, especially the infographic. Would never have know it existed.

Personally I have found using the forum is more user friendly and written at a more understandable level than the Codex. It’s also up to date and returns far more results for a given search when compared to the Codex.

But knowing that BP is volunteer run is a very valid reason for things being outdated etc. It’s great that there’s a resource base for it in the first place. I’m sure many people like me who are new to BP wouldn’t get half as far in a given time frame without it!

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

I’ve seen a few places mention this plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wangguard/

(not actually used any myself as site isn’t live yet)

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Just bear in mind what Dan said though, ‘if you know how’.

It really depends on what you want to do, the level to which you want to customise etc. So CSS and PHP skills are likely needed unless you decide on changing v little. There are documents and the support forum though where people have done stuff and posted how to do stuff or various pieces of code etc. (that’s what I’ve been using).

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

No worries

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Yeah you can have an activity page (or Home as you are calling it) showing activities of people you are friends with.

Personally I see the whole ‘friends’ thing as just a connection between two members. So you can ‘friend request’ and become ‘friends’ with the person and have their stuff appear on an activity page. But you can use various tools to change ‘friends’ to be ‘follow’ or ‘colleague’ or whatever you feel like. Hence why I see it as a ‘connection’ because you can call it whatever you want depending on what site you are building.

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Yeah I bet it is a big task. All you guys are doing a great job at it nevertheless so congrats!

If I get sufficient knowledge to contribute I will. Right now in these early days of using it i am nowhere near qualified! (Simultaneously learning/hacking away at php :s).

I guess by asking the various questions that I have been and/or putting the code on the forum etc. the snippets of knowledge I gain is shared with anyone else looking to do similar.

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

Thanks for the explanation @danbp. Ahhhh the Mystery Man ha.

WP is using get_avatar and BP substitute it with his own code for internal purpose.

So if i understand you, WP calls for the user’s Gravatar regardless via get_avatar and Buddypress then just takes it from WP to make it appear on the user profile? Therefore the code add_filter('bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav', '__return_true'); only stops the second part of the process where Buddypress requests the user’s Gravatar from WP. That right?

Deactivating Gravatar will also deprive the people who use the service to get their usual picture on your site. It’s not an innocent decision.

Yeah I agree. The reasons I have now for wanting to prevent access to Gravatar is for data/privacy/3rd party website reasons and also slowdown (if the user numbers did reach certain levels). I don’t want to ‘force’ them to upload a profile pic because I want them to give as little or as much to their profile as they feel like (which is why I wouldn’t use the Buddydev force profile pic plugin either).

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

So what appears to be happening is that the Buddybar adopts the slug changes immediately (I’ve just removed the display:none CSS for the main nav tabs on Buddybar to check because I don’t use it).

But the top menu (created via the Menus in WP Dashboard) is where the tabs are disappearing due to the slug changes. Tried with define ( 'BP_MESSAGES_SLUG', 'notes' ); to confirm it wasn’t an isolated effect. All is fine there now though, they just need replacing into the menu via the WP Dash once the slug has been changed and then they appear again.

Are the slugs of subnav tabs changed using the define code too? I haven’t come across it.

Out of interest, have I misunderstood this link where it says the various defines at the bottom are deprecated, or is it just in need of updating? :

Changing Internal Configuration Settings

[@mcuk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

I tell a lie…it works on the ‘friends activity loop’ (not sure what the name is, the activity loop filtered to show updates from your friends), but it also makes the ‘my friends’ tab and page disappear (the section showing WHO i am friends with).