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I’m sorry if I missed this (searched thru this forum a bit and couldn’t find it)
Is it possible to make this just one plugin with a series of options/components (a la Buddypress it self) instead of 10 plugins? I love the plugin but there are some I don’t use and you can’t delete them without deleting all. A smaller point is that 10 plugins take up quite a bit of real estate in the plugin frame just for one plugin.
Many Thanks
BP-Album devs must be in serious code mode. @foxly has gone dark! Gladly chilling on my release until this gets done
1. Andy is about to put everything into Groups on this site (where I think they belong) I know everyone wants to stick with the old forum b-board model but think of it this way: While you point out that everything is “front and center” here…that’s exactly the problem. You have to wade through tons of stuff you don’t care about just to track what you want. Now, you might say, well….just categorize within forums. That’s exactly what Groups are. They are contextual groupings. But a category is 1 dimensional. A group is extensible to make the Group so much more than slapping a category on a topic. To each his own, but to me, a forum is just one part of a much bigger concept.
2. Just curious (seriously) What is all this extending people want to do with forums (is bbPress) I am having trouble wrapping my head around what was deemed “weak forum functionality” What is it supposed to do that it already isn’t? There are a few plugins underway to integrate a few things into the activity stream (media, etc) (which, therefore, integrates them into the forums) and maybe I can see some tweaking to the forum listing page) I’m all for adding capabilities, but everywhere Iv’e seen them implemented, the forums (in Groups) do an awesome job of being the discussion framework.
PS Awesome idea on “posts since last visit” btw
@LwEEs
You can also place this code anywhere you want and style your own little Notifications Block:
<!-- Notifications block -->
<?php
echo '<li id="notifications-menu"><span id="menu-title">
<a href="' . $bp->loggedin_user->domain . '">';
_e( 'Notifications', 'buddypress' );
if ( $notifications = bp_core_get_notifications_for_user( $bp->loggedin_user->id ) ) { ?>
<span><?php echo '('.count($notifications).')' ?></span>
<?php
}
echo '</a></span>';
echo '<ul>';
if ( $notifications ) { ?>
<?php $counter = 0; ?>
<?php for ( $i = 0; $i < count($notifications); $i++ ) { ?>
<?php $alt = ( 0 == $counter % 2 ) ? ' class="alt"' : ''; ?>
<li<?php echo $alt ?>><?php echo $notifications[$i] ?></li>
<?php $counter++; ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<li><a href="<?php echo $bp->loggedin_user->domain ?>">
<?php _e( 'No new notifications.', 'buddypress' ); ?></a></li>
<?php
}
echo '</ul>';
echo '</li>';
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I agree with @modemlooper et al. As clever and useful as the overall tag metaphor may be it is not what people are used to and isn’t not intuitive enough to take over as a new paradigm. +1 for upload to album (choose from list or create new) and tag/name later or at upload time. Let’s be honest, we don’t need to reinvent every wheel here, esp with a basic functionality.
@foxly you guys are clearly big time talented devs. I hope you realize how appreciative…yet passionate about this stuff we all are
This might have been mentioned elsewhere but I uploaded some pics 4 hours ago, made a few replies on other topics, etc and then added a “comment” (perhaps a better verb than “reply” for images, etc) and the reply was added properly to the image….all the way down on the bottom of the activity stream. I think this is correct behavior (according to code) but is it the right behavior? The issue is that the image remained stale (ie at the bottom of the stream) although, you could argue, by my comment, I made it “fresh” again and it might deserve to be bumped to the top again.
I worry that this might hinder the discovery aspect of the community. Thoughts?
The tag functionality and metaphor is awesome and seems to be working as intended. From a user standpoint, if we’re going to go with the tags as both tags and album names metaphor, we’ll need to make it clear to the user which is which and when. Currently, it’s not delineated well enough.
Will send in feedback when fully run round the ringer!
I had to FedEx her. You may have to sign for the delivery. She shouldn’t take too long to inflate
@justin_k Wondering what your thoughts are on my situation: I run a site with a fair number of required, custom fields filled out on registration (class year, military branch, etc) and the site’s content is viewable only to registered members. We have considered using the FB-connect plugin given so many of our members are on and want to make things easy. I suppose they’ll have to be ok with potentially making their postings public (via their FB stream) but I’m most concerned about how to get the custom field filled out -> Do I redirect to yet another custom page that has just the non-FB connect related fields? Maybe I am biting off to much in the name of simplicity. Your thoughts are most welcome. Thanks.
I agree with @pedromiguel and have helped Brajesh in the dev of bp-gallery but I must say it’s time for these two plugins to merge. @foxly and teams’ progress is remarkable. I am now torn.
@r-a-y Thank you and may a thousand maidens be blessed upon your doorstep by morning!
What would be the code to place to redirect the login form action specified by
<form name="login-form" id="login-form" class="standard-form" action="<?php echo site_url( 'wp-login.php', 'login' ) ?>" method="post">back to $bp->root_domain?
@r-a-y I am embarrassed to be asking such a simple question:
re registered-users line ~48 -> bp_core_redirect(bp_get_signup_page());
What would be the correct way to do the following:
redirect not_logged_in users to a welcome page.. say domain.com/welcome.php which has a login widget for registered users as well as a Create Account button/link taking you to domain.com/register.php ?
I tried:
`$page = $bp->root_domain . ‘/welcome.php’;
bp_core_redirect($page);`
but, of course, that led me to redirect Hell.
Thanks for clarifying.
Thanks for reminding us @Peter. I realize the lesson you want to preach is ‘quit relying on people’ when the service is provided for free. People were just asking for clarification so they could make informed decisions. To be a part of a community is to have that collective responsibility. That’s what this is about, not whether people are owed anything from Erwin.
@sandeepdude According to the desc ,it restricts the display of the Activity stream, which is already filtered on friends if you choose. Still trying to figure out what/why the need
I must be missing something. Please clarify: There already is a tab (right next to ‘All Members’) that filters just friend’s activity. So why the need for a plugin to do the same thing? Sorry for misunderstanding.
@xevo Generally, I agree with you but there are reasons other than user blogs for using MU. It’s often practical to use blogs for specialty purpose (as we have on our site) while still not allowing user blogs. We have 4 indiv blogs with unique functions. It may be possible in a Single setup but the power of doing it within a blog is compelling.
@modemlooper Odd. I had to over-write ajax.php as well for the exact same reason (needed a place to hook background sprites into) and my new ajax.php files is recognized just fine. Of course, because there are no filters in place, I have to be diligent about keeping up on any changes to ajax.php
@Phil We use http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com/index.jsp (tell a Friend) Quite handy
@Mark My Pleasure. I might have a need for that type of functionality down the road. Not just yet but eventually. Looking forward to your implementation.
@MrMaz given how far along Erwin is, I’m not sure it’s the best use of your valuable time.
@Peter I def misunderstood your requirement. A MeetUp type of admin only event manager may or may not be doable with bp-events. While it would be cool and useful, for sure, I think the majority of BP admins are desparate for an event system that is user centric as that is a clear community builder/driver. It still may be as simple as making event permissions admin only and adding some of hte extra features you desire.
@David You could use that plugin, but think of all the social media benefits you’d be missing out on e.g. “John Doe is attending EventX” or “John Doe added a picture to EventY”
@Peter you are correct, the EdgeTech event plugin, aside from not integrating with BP at all, is a disaster. Anything user (read ‘non-admin type) related should bend over backwards to keep you OUT of the back end.
Erwins 1.1.3 version was light years ahead of this one. The 1.2 version will rock even more. There’s no wheel re0invetion necessary here. Facebook does events magnificently. The input process is intuitive and erwin’s plugin is similar.
Additionally, you can comment on events, before and after, integrate Google Maps, rsvp, etc. Groups or individuals can have events. From what I understand, Brajesh is working on making media inegrated with events (the obvious case being pics of the event) This will not be an expanded community calendar. The jQuery use of calendars is to provide a handy mechanism to display events by type, group, etc (as it shoudl be)
Will it be perfect? Nope. But I’d wager it’ll be the best BP integrated alternative out there (certainly head and shoulders above that stuff pimped by wpmu.org)
@wowfood3 but activation emails are actually sent out. Why isn’t your install sending them?
@markpea it should work. stumped so far. can u tell me what the Edit link on the right column points to on your install?
