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In reply to: Buddymatic Theme and BuddyPress
Has the parent-child structure been abandoned in version 1.2? I see the download comes with only one bp-default folder. Can you still use a custom child theme on top of bp-default in 1.2 or should you just replace bp-default?
In reply to: Group BlogIs it possible to put a link in the blog back to the associated group?
To use the group blog as a more Twitter-like microblogging tool, I’m going to try to integrate the P2 theme in the group blog theme.
In reply to: What are you doing for SpamChanging the register slug so far looks very effective in my installations. Could that be built into the core somehow?
In reply to: Group Twitter PluginInstallation in 1.1.3 went smooth. Twitter shows up in group admin of an existing group.
Added one “Twitter account name”. Should that look like ‘@web2newyork’? Or without the ‘@’?
If you add more names, should you separate them by comma? Or a new line for each?
Where are the tweets supposed to show up in the site? I have a heavily customized theme. Is there a template tag I should put (back) in somewhere?
Apologies my observations aren’t very relevant to 1.2. I’m not trying to derail the thread.
In reply to: Group Twitter PluginDoes this plugin work for version 1.1.3? Or are there other versions and hacks floating around that work?
I’ll try after coffee…
In reply to: mobile theme for buddypress?I’ve installed the Carrington theme/plugin site-wide on this site, but I don’t have a smartphone yet, so I don’t even know how to test it. If you have a chance to take a look on your mobile, let me know…
I guess it’s not detected in online emulators, not this one anyway. Are there other/better emulators I could try?
The Carrington theme is only WordPress of course. I’m curious if it at least works on the blog parts, including member blogs, or not at all. Perhaps it is possible to expand that theme.
In reply to: mobile theme for buddypress?What is the latest on this? Can anyone recommend a plugin/theme that works for BP or an approach how to make it work?
In reply to: Buddypress iPhone Theme?What is the latest on this? Carrington looks good. Is it still the best option?
Is there any way to test it online? I’ve installed the Carrington theme, but it’s not detected in online emulators I guess. I don’t have a smartphone yet… (broke…)
In reply to: validating extended profile fieldI need to figure this out as well. The xprofile fields are generated (?) with a loop from an array. It looks almost impossible to do anything with a specific xprofile field if you are not an advanced PHP whiz.
Or could you just hard code the registration fields on register.php, instead of using the ‘profile field loop’? And then use field_2 and field_3 to “do stuff” with? Are there any serious downsides to that to watch out for?
In reply to: WPMU or Buddy Press is really slowWhat is this supposed to do?
2). Add this to the top of your .htaccess file;
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
I tried it. It just kills my site, white page. Does it depend on the server configuration?
In reply to: Member only access to BuddyPressThis issue was discussed here.
In reply to: Options for registration for blogsI used this plugin for a one-time, scary users import operation. Not sure if that’s helpful for your issue.
The WP/WPMU/BP members database is a patchwork designed to be as incompatible as possible with whatever else you might dream of using.
In reply to: Email Login & Randomized User URLs – SolutionThanks for the mention nickbwatson. I did not write the code, it was assembled from several sources with help from BP developers.
In my version I generated the username/user URL from the fullname, onkeyup on the form. I use the same javascript trick for blog name. I think there were some security objections to doing that, but it works for me for now.
Someone earlier also posted a simpler php version that produces an entirely random string as value for username on a hidden input field. Can’t find that post…
In reply to: Activate plugins for all blogsI think when you activate site-wide they’re activated for all blogs. Plugin control is all or nothing; close access to the plugins for all users or leave them wide open. More selective control over plugins would make WPMU/BP exponentially more useful.
@snark, I simply removed the function bp_core_disable_welcome_email() from bp_core_activation.php. But then the password in the welcome email is wrong, as discussed here. Haven’t been able to come up with an explanation/solution for that…
1) By default, an email isn’t sent to the user because the user password is sent via plain text (not a good thing security-wise).
That makes absolutely no sense. If you use the forgot password feature, the password is sent via plain text as well. Why is that OK and sending a password upon registration not?
Most big sites, Facebook, LinkedIn, newspapers, have no problem sending passwords via plain text. Online security is always a balance between security and convenience.
Buddypress is a social network. It’s not a banking website. If you start using credit card payments or paid membership, those scripts usually come with the own security.
Who is going to steal a password to someone’s account on a blog network? Has that ever happened? What would they do with it?
Just my 2 cents. Flame away…
In reply to: Email Login + Random Member URLsEmail login plugin. Lose the username field by making it type=”hidden” on register.php and autogenerating a username value using a trick like this one.
In reply to: BuddyPress Classifieds Component 1-beta released !Congratulations! Looks very interesting.
Would it work with BP 1.1.3? If not, what changes between 1.1.3 and 1.2 does it rely on?
I will try myself as soon as I have time…
In reply to: Photo Albums…. omfg!!… but relationships to users need to be maintained, in a ddition to Groups and possibly even events. Then each image must maintain an associated comment/activity stream set of functionality. Finally, in order to be truly useful in a social media context, the ability to “tag” a user in an image will be very important.
That’s all metadata with image files, it has nothing to do with uploading photos, generating thumbnails, etc. I’m not saying writing a plugin to make those connections is easy, but it would be easier than writing an entire gallery/photo app from scratch.
I’ve tested several gallery scripts. I needed something that could handle upload of raw photos. NextGen came close, but still had some problems. If Buddypress tries to build an entire app into the core, it’s never going to be as solid as NextGen or Zenphoto or other established gallery apps.
Obviously Nextgen and Zenphoto are for single user galleries. That doesn’t make them any less suitable as starting points for a BP plugin. There has been some discussion about Nextgen on the WPMU forums.
This photoblog plugin claims to support WPMU. Not sure what it does. Haven’t tested it.
In reply to: external-group-blogs & group-twitter doesn't work@Michael Berra, there was yet another thread with several suggested solutions, not that one.
In reply to: external-group-blogs & group-twitter doesn't workIs there a way to make group-twitter and external-group-blogs work with BP 1.1.3 and WPMU 2.9.1?
There was another thread with some code fix suggestions, but I can’t find it now.
In reply to: How to customize signup form?@osasko, do you use the email login plugin? You can’t get rid of the username entirely, because WordPress is built around it, but you can autogenerate a username and hide the input field on register.php by adding type=”hidden”. It’s an ugly hack…
In reply to: Hiding Buddypress from the View Source?It’s open sauce.
Sorry, couldn’t resist…
In reply to: Photo Albums…. omfg!!Simple plugins that leverage established, mature gallery apps would prevent much of those upgrade dilemmas. Let Zenphoto and NextGen handle upload, compression, database storage, gallery creation, etc. The BP plugins then only have to provide ways to display images stored by those apps within the BP context.
That is the open source approach. What Djsteve suggests is the proprietary commercial software approach. Nothing wrong with that, but Boonex and SocialEngine are already doing that. If that’s what you want, expect to pay.
Personally I chose WP/BP because I want to be able to mix and mash scripts. Built-in forums, galleries, event management, etc. only make that harder.
So… there will be an updates but it may not be effective at preserving user groups, tags, wires and messages?
Your data is in MySQL and should be safe no matter what you do to the php. The problem would be only in displaying it. That depends mostly on template tags.
If you use standard themes you probably won’t have too much trouble I imagine. It’s mostly difficult people with custom themes who will be screwed I guess.
