[puffyjoe]

This is what I have so far. It doesn’t update the meta table correctly, only putting in the meta name not the values, which are blank

function add_location()
{
    echo '<div class="form" style="margin-top: 20px;">';    
    echo '<label style="font-weight: bold;font-size:2.1">loc? </label>&nbsp;&nbsp;<input value="" style="width: 200px; margin-right: 20px;" placeholder="" id="location" name="location" ><br><br>';
    echo '<label style="font-weight: bold;font-size:2.1">rating?</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;<select style="width: 140px;" id="rating" name="rating" >';
    echo '<option value="5">Amazing!</option><option value="4">Excellent</option><option value="3">Great</option><option value="2">So - So</option><option value="1">Sucks!</option>';
    echo '</select>';
    echo '</div>';
}
add_action( 'bp_activity_post_form_options', 'add_location', 10, 3);

function add_rating_to_activity( $content, $user_id, $activity_id ) 
{
	bp_activity_update_meta( $activity_id, 'location', $_POST['location'] );
	bp_activity_update_meta( $activity_id, 'rating', $_POST['rating'] );
}
add_action( 'bp_activity_posted_update', 'add_rating_to_activity', 10, 3 );

function add_data_to_activity_item() 
{

	$location = bp_activity_get_meta( bp_get_activity_id(), 'location' );
	$rating   = bp_activity_get_meta( bp_get_activity_id(), 'rating' );

	echo '<br><br><span><b>I am at:&nbsp;</b>' . $location . '</span>';
	echo '<br><span><b>Rating:</b>&nbsp;' . $rating . '</span><br>';

//  ‘

}
add_action( 'bp_activity_entry_meta', 'add_data_to_activity_item',10,3 );

I remember something about having to set the ids for the posted values in global.js? seems like I shouldnt have to put code into core files right? I tried modifying it for location to no avail…

/* Default POST values */
		var object = '';
		var item_id = jq("#whats-new-post-in").val();
		var content = jq("textarea#whats-new").val();
		var ch_location = jq("input#location").val();

		/* Set object for non-profile posts */
		if ( item_id > 0 ) {
			object = jq("#whats-new-post-object").val();
		}

		jq.post( ajaxurl, {
			action: 'post_update',
			'cookie': bp_get_cookies(),
			'_wpnonce_post_update': jq("input#_wpnonce_post_update").val(),
			'content': content,
			'location':ch_location,
			'object': object,
			'item_id': item_id,
			'_bp_as_nonce': jq('#_bp_as_nonce').val() || ''
		},

[puffyjoe]

I just wanted to say I got it working. this is my code to filter by the city I save in meta

	public function activity_querystring_filter( $query_string = '', $object = '' ) 
	{
		
	    if( $object != 'activity' )
		return $query_string;
	 
	    // You can easily manipulate the query string
	    // by transforming it into an array and merging
	    // arguments with these default ones
	    $args = wp_parse_args( $query_string, array(
		'action'  => false,
		'type'    => false,
		'user_id' => false,
		'page'    => 1
	    ) );
	 
	    if( bp_is_user() )
	    	    $args['user_id'] = bp_displayed_user_id();
 
	  
	   // try to use args  $user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id();
	   
	    $user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id();
	    $city = xprofile_get_field_data('9', $user_id);
	    //   $city = xprofile_get_field_data('9', $args['user_id']);  //not sure if this is set right but could work
	    
	    
	    // An activity meta query <img src="https://codex.buddypress.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;">
	    $args['meta_query'] = array(
		 array(
		 	 /* this is the meta_key you want to filter on */
			'key'     => 'city',
			/* You need to get all values that are >= to 1 */
			'value'   => $city,
			'type'    => 'CHAR',
			'compare' => '='
		    ),
		);
	 
	    $query_string = empty( $args ) ? $query_string : $args;
	  
	 
	    return apply_filters( 'bp_plugin_activity_querystring_filter', $query_string, $object );
	}//end method activity_querystring_filter 

[puffyjoe]

OK great tutorial I will work through it.

Thanks so much!