BuddyPress.org | Menelik Seth | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/menelik-seth/activity/ Activity feed for Menelik Seth. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:00:38 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 91467ccf650e783e732198fc089f8b86 Menelik Seth reviewed the plugin BuddyPress Private Community https://buddypress.org/updates/p/172316/ Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:59:16 +0000 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 starsTrying it out on BuddyPress 1.2.9. So far it works well. Switched from S2Member because the latest version no longer auto re-directs logged out users, like it used to. So I’ll stick with this until I figure out what’s up.

]]> 0 d19259844852f074ff49db20be72e409 Menelik Seth joined the group BuddyPress Private Community https://buddypress.org/updates/p/172315/ Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:59:16 +0000 0 a59ff1b6c8210b370b8d9cb361cc8800 Menelik Seth replied to the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/?topic_page=2#post-1064 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:07:41 +0000 Alright solved again. Turns out there was a mistake in my code. Here’s the breakdown:

Old Code:

`function cg_postcatagory( $post_id = false )
{
if ( empty( $post_id ) || empty( $_POST[‘post_metacat’] ) )
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]]> 0e7b20a244271635e7bed0ba760a36cc Menelik Seth started the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:22:48 +0000 Well, it worked for a good while, and just when I was good and ready to launch, things went haywire again. I appreciate all who have helped me find my bearings thus far. Hopefully this journey will have a happy ending (without any plot twists :P) Hello all, I’ll try to break down what I’m […]

]]> c00443f2b11062470179c3b1705a25ab Menelik Seth posted an update: @r-a-y Hey bro, don't worry about it. I apologize for not […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/151041/ Wed, 04 May 2011 11:01:20 +0000 @r-a-y Hey bro, don’t worry about it. I apologize for not replying sooner either. Things got really hectic on this end. School work and client work is no fun, especially when you’re working with unfamiliar grounds (thank God for BuddyPress’s approachable community)

Thanks again for all of your help. I got some BuddyPress brainteasers that I’ll be…[Read more]

]]> 0 907475e6562507bf1fcbc3b58d0c7dbb Menelik Seth posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149817/#acomment-149858 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:48:36 +0000 No dice, the wordpress.org/support registration form states that my email already exists.

In reply to - Menelik Seth posted an update @r-a-y Yea , my login name is Menelik Seth, but I’d very much like it changed to menelikseth (one word, and all small letters). Thanks a bunch! ]]> 0d32ab34958ad72d36d17d1510f5732e Menelik Seth posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149817/#acomment-149856 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:44:24 +0000 Alrighty, I just changed my email to my alternate email address. I’ll go on ahead and attempt to create a new account using the primary one.

In reply to - Menelik Seth posted an update @r-a-y Yea , my login name is Menelik Seth, but I’d very much like it changed to menelikseth (one word, and all small letters). Thanks a bunch! ]]> cd65aa1a7060e86b68f6769c2a813bde Menelik Seth posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149817/#acomment-149827 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:06:18 +0000 Thanks for the efforts, it’s no biggie. Is it at least possible to recover the email I’m using with this one? me@menelikseth.com or will it be tied up with this account?

It would be a bummer if my fav email account was rendered useless with the BuddyPress/WordPress commmunity.

In reply to - Menelik Seth posted an update @r-a-y Yea , my login name is Menelik Seth, but I’d very much like it changed to menelikseth (one word, and all small letters). Thanks a bunch! ]]> c0d58b417ca70cfc8641c48f529dd56b Menelik Seth posted an update: @r-a-y Yea , my login name is Menelik Seth, but I'd very […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149817/ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:41:15 +0000 @r-a-y Yea , my login name is Menelik Seth, but I’d very much like it changed to menelikseth (one word, and all small letters). Thanks a bunch!

]]> 6 c1ecf9f9edc589aea12f40bb556f21e5 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Create group only by admin in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/create-group-only-by-admin/#post-96966 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:49:53 +0000 I’m still new to BuddyPress, so this may not be the best approach, but here’s what I’ve done: 1. Copy bp-default > groups > index.php into your own child-theme (make sure you keep the same directory structure) 2. Open the newly copied groups > index.php that is located in your child-theme 3. Find: 4. […]

]]> 64dd972233c9c43f20c8d6ddad02a974 Menelik Seth posted an update: @r-a-y Hey r-a-y, Firstly, thanks for the insights into the […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149779/ Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:01:28 +0000 @r-a-y Hey r-a-y,

Firstly, thanks for the insights into the bbpress meta functions. That really clarified things for me. I’m currently going to use it to create some custom filters for the forum loop.

I have a small problem with the buddypress.org forums. I cannot access my profile page, or any of its functions: can’t see my notifications,…[Read more]

]]> 0 e60add677246a78e4f28d278f2fb9977 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Ajax New Topic Form & Filter by Tags in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/ajax-new-topic-form-filter-by-tags/#post-96914 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:47:14 +0000 I found something close with the default theme’s activity page. Still searching for the tags, though. I totally accidentally the buddypress theme

]]> 3ab98e5ce79a6d90445b445eaa518315 Menelik Seth started the forum topic Ajax New Topic Form & Filter by Tags in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/ajax-new-topic-form-filter-by-tags/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:20:51 +0000 Late last night, I stumbled across these two awesome features while poking around the default buddypress template. Today, they seem to have disappeared; I don’t know whether they existed or if I was just imagining things: 1. The ability to filter forum topics by their tags (AJAX) 2. An ajax New Topic Form that slid […]

]]> 382c8a7f8be726f6db2063e02c37586c Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Changing Group tab display defaults in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-group-tab-display-defaults/?topic_page=2#post-96865 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:22:18 +0000 @r-a-y Interesting to note, I’ve just tried the code, and it works. But for some reason, while it works flawlessly on my XAMPP box (Windows Vista), my MAMP box will not load any of the forums or forum posts… It just loads a blank page. I just hope it works on my live server… EDIT: Works […]

]]> 636f9add4bc607a921d926e21c8f58a8 Menelik Seth joined the group How-To and Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/updates/p/149635/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:22:18 +0000 0 f516223a359f824f91c7e616aa32f593 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Arabic Group URLs in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/arabic-url/#post-96846 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:31:29 +0000 Thanks Paul!

Ticket created:

http://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/3175

]]> 6b95fcd4874b616e5196c3c386a715f4 Menelik Seth started the forum topic Arabic Group URLs in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/arabic-url/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:08:50 +0000 Hello again, I’m trying to get BuddyPress to work with Arabic URLs. Although it works fine with single-word URLS, if a user tries to create a group with an Arabic name that contains spaces in it, then it’s a hit and miss: Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t (submitting a group creation throws a “Bad […]

]]> 08062bd53e5f89b2153031be00f785a6 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96819 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:51:53 +0000 Thanks for the tip! I’m going to have to figure out how to validate the form input to ensure that it’s an array (and that the check-boxes have been selected). That’s next on my to-do list after I’ve set up some custom loops to display posts based on the metadata I’ve created 😀 (will post […]

]]> 26c1bd1c2d38d14d275130adcb13dc27 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96813 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:12:33 +0000 my tweaks, to get it accepting arrays. Sound code?
function cg_newmeta( $id, $postcat) {

global $catagory, $wpdb, $bbdb;

do_action( 'bbpress_init' );

foreach ($postcat as $value)
{
$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "INSERT INTO $bbdb->meta ( meta_id, object_type, object_id, meta_key, meta_value ) VALUES (%d, %s, %d, %s, %s )",…[Read more]

]]> cc7dab29f2bf2cd1023f2a4e912c5245 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96808 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:34:06 +0000 r-a-y! Thanks for sharing the knowledge! It didn’t occur to me to look into bbPress’s functions. I’ll definitely look into it. I’m trying to figure out how to pass an array of meta, so that each post can individually have several user-selected meta associated with it. I have a feeling I’ll find my answers in […]

]]> 9cb82d9a4298132812df4af69036766b Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96716 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:45:50 +0000 And just as I thought I was drowning, Brandon Allen’s hand reaches into the dark waters of PHP/MySQL/BuddyPress and pulls me out. Thanks bro! This is exactly what I was looking for. I’m gong to thoroughly review this and compare it against where I was stuck. This has been a great trial by fire for […]

]]> fab3d10085767dc22b20c88abb0a5213 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96697 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:04:10 +0000 Struggling to figure out a way to get a topic’s post_id. I have to approaches I’m considering. 1. Return the latest post’s id (somehow) and then increment it +1 for the object id (to match the new post) 2. Find a way to get the newest post id… Since the post_id is autoincrement, something tells […]

]]> 809ffeb80d9bc8dcd08e92826b4dfd8f Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic New theme – Buddypress UX in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-theme-buddypress-ux/?topic_page=2#post-96610 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:01:36 +0000 This is inspiring 🙂 two years eh? I’m just getting my feet wet with BuddyPress, and I’m trying to work towards something similar (a custom theme that I want to build to suit my own specific needs, but then give to the community for free). I look forward to trying out your theme, and who […]

]]> f67789ed893949354e1c98c05858c789 Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96609 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:52:13 +0000 Okay, I got it semi-working. 1. The function, cg_newmeta, inserts a new record into bp_bb_meta table 2. It gets it’s data from the function, postcatagory. 3. cg_postcatagory() SHOULD get its data from the new topic form (forum.php). However, I haven’t figured out how to do that yet. Basically if I set the variables in cg_postcatagory(), […]

]]> c172926307a27f213aaa77f49e0aa81d Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96337 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:09:56 +0000 Okay here’s what I’ve come up with so far. It doesn’t do anything (neither works, nor breaks the website) so I’m definitely doing something wrong. Could somebody point it out? ——————— In functions.php ——————— 1. cg_newmeta: take the metadata and add it to the bp_bb_meta table. Code taken from BP Rate Forum Post 2.…[Read more]

]]> a18b9f969b2ad2c88cf121a11db9d0fc Menelik Seth posted on the forum topic Add custom metadata to forum topics for sorting purposes in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/add-custom-metadata-to-forum-topics-for-sorting-purposes/#post-96310 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:24:32 +0000 Any suggestions would be helpful. I could particularly use a jump-start on adding data to a table, via a form. I’ll post any finds here.

]]> 8a919f08b245b01ee0e6bdb8aa403426 Menelik Seth joined the group Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148152/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:21:25 +0000 0 17715bece8a0783948467fe0d89241f9 Menelik Seth posted an update: @acousins Hi acousins, I'm wondering if you could provide […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148108/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:29:35 +0000 @acousins Hi acousins,

I’m wondering if you could provide some insights. I’ve tried to get the file attachment plugin to work, but it won’t detect the upload directory. I have a feeling that the space in one of the folder names is the cause, but I can’t figure out how to work around it.

Here’s the directory where the default upload folder is…[Read more]

]]> 0 9c5759a686379d46b1fec190bb34619c Menelik Seth reviewed the plugin U BuddyPress Forum Editor https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148107/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:27:23 +0000 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 starsSo far so good 🙂 This is exactly what I’ve been scouring the Internet for.

]]> 0 5f258f56ec885cf48a0cf4b0eae1bfe1 Menelik Seth joined the group U BuddyPress Forum Editor https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148106/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:26:21 +0000 0 93dac97a466af6baba6a57e95a736130 Menelik Seth posted an update in the group U BuddyPress Forum Attachment: Running BuddyPress on XAMPP (Windows Vista) So far […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148103/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:18:02 +0000 Running BuddyPress on XAMPP (Windows Vista) So far customizing it has been a smooth experience, but I can’t seem to get U BuddyPress Forum Attachment to work. It keeps telling me that the upload directory doesn’t exist.

Here’s my upload directory:

C:UsersjohndoeMy Dropboxdocrootbuddypress/wp-content/uploads/ubpfattach/

I have a feeling the…[Read more]

]]> 0 f99456ffa78aecf425b4b38c0b087699 Menelik Seth joined the group U BuddyPress Forum Attachment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/148102/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:15:07 +0000 0