I use the oddly-named but highly effective Wangguard plugin.
You can check your existing list and purge sploggers who have signed up, and tighten up the registration system to prevent them getting accounts in the first place:
Well I’ve just re-started the .css file from scratch, rebuilt it line-by-line testing every time, and now it works. I can’t see any different between the file I had originally which wasn’t working and the one which is now working correctly, but there it is.
I’ve jut noticed that putting the code in header.php spoils the responsiveness of the theme – the main column no longer expands to fill the page on smaller screens.
The upshot is my workaround solution is no good and I’m now even keener than before for a proper fix so someone please help me!
I don’t know how to replace the code in functions.php – I’m happy to look up how to do that, but before I do I just wanted to check this is definitely the code I need to replace and I’m not barking up the wrong tree!
I’m very happy with the way Buddypress is being developed and I think those who are doing so are doing an excellent job.
I think some of the people who are complaining about certain features not being present should be adopt a more constructive attitude. Things like member search are fairly straightforward to add yourself with plugins and hooks.
To all working on Buddypress I say keep up the great work, guys.
A further question on the solution from @lenasterg:
Is it possible to add another filter which changes any spaces in usernames into hyphens?
I have some users who signed up before spaces in usernames were automatically turned into hyphens, so I need it to display @mr-smith instead of @mr smith.
The solution from @lenasterg works very well in the members directory and search results, but I would still like to be able to do the same on the comments for the main blog as well.
I’ve been trying to write a hook for functions.php to do this but I’m getting nowhere. Any help would be appreciated.
Can this code be adapted to show BOTH the Display Name and the Username together next to comments left on the main blog?
This is so that people can see both the regular Display Name of whoever has left a comment, but also the user name so they can add an @ message addressed in the correct way.
The problem goes away if I disable page caching in W3TC but I’m not sure this is a satisfactory solution as the performance benefit of caching the pages is lost. More a temporary workaround than a fix.
I’m having the same problem. When I enable W3 Total Cache if I click log out it still shows me as being logged in. It takes a couple of refreshes to change it. Likewise when I log in it still shows me as being logged out.
WordPress 3.2.1
Buddypress 1.2.9
W3 Total Cache 0.9.2.3
Clearing cookies has no effect on the problem. If anyone can suggest a fix, please do.
<?php
/* translators: 1: comment author url, 2: comment author name, 3: comment permalink, 4: comment date/timestamp*/
printf( __( ‘%2$s said on %4$s‘, ‘buddypress’ ), get_comment_author_url(), get_comment_author(), get_comment_link(), get_comment_date() );
?>