[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

The free version has a lot of options. If you are running a social network you should have a local development install set up to test out plugins.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

There are role level plugins but as @hnla has stated they do not work with registration. You would need to set levels yourself or create custom registration screens.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

s2member works great.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Its either the admin or you let anyone. If you want levels of users you need to install a roles plugin that allows finer grain control of allowing users to do certain things

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Like I said, nothing to do with BuddyPress. Connect plugins do not use WP or BP fields for the information. They get it all from the service that is being connected to. Message the developer of the connect plugin about this issue.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

once activated: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installation-wizard/

Make sure WordPress is up and running by making a post, a page, a comment and adding media via media upload. Then activate BP.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Yup, follow those instructions. If you do not want others to set up blogs/sites then you turn off that option in the admin.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Turn on multisite. Install BP on a site you create via admin. Done.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

You can do some mods with CSS but it will never be 100% perfect. If you are using a child theme you can copy over a template file from BP plugin

buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/activity/index.php

your-theme-folder/activity/index.php

If you have that file structure bp will use your file instead. You can then edit html to make it fit better. DO NOT edit CSS classes and id’s of BP markup or the javascript will break.

bbPress work similarly but you place bbPress template files in a folder bbpress

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

OOTB BuddyPress and bbPress are not built for small screens. You will need to re-write the template files if you want a better experience on those devices. BP 1.7 will work better with mobile plugins but the content will still be squished as those plugins are just a wrapper for the content.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/customizing/bp-custom-php/

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Works for me. Make sure you are writing the field name exactly as it is. name does not equal Name.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

The example may have broke and needs a refresh, try this:

echo bp_member_profile_data( ‘field=Name’, bp_get_member_user_id() );

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

1. Any private WordPress plugin should work with bp. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/
2. You can use a maintenance mode plugin but use it as a private site plugin.
3. I have a paid plugin that includes privacy settings BuddySuite

 

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

That is the connect plugin choosing the username not BuddyPress. You can use this plugin to allow users to change their login which is the username slug. http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-username-changer/

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Introducing BuddyPress Reply By Email Beta!

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

ahh you need php tags. when you cut and paste you may need to retype single quotes.

 

`<?php bp_member_profile_data( 'field=cancer type' ); ?>`

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

When outside the members loop you have to pass it a user id.

bp_get_profile_field_data( array( ‘field’ => ‘cancer type’, ‘user_id’ => bp_displayed_user_id() ) );

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Not recommended. No social site allows you to put code into forms as it creates security holes. If you really don’t care about your sites security you can filter the kses that are in place to stip html tags

This code will allow admins to be able to put code into forms and not get stripped. http://pastebin.com/CWryrkDT

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

In the WordPress Admin under the Users you will see a link called prifile fields. This is where you create fields.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

updated my blog post to include other services besides youtube

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Not true, http://dev.taptappress.com/admin/profile/

I have it in a second group called my info.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Yup.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

Any oEmbed WordPress allows but you have to match up field name with code

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 9 months ago]

I wrote you a code sample: http://modemlooper.me/allow-youtube-embed-in-buddypress-profile-fields/