BuddyPress.org

Yes, same as Facebook.

@alanchrishughes – Here’s such a tutorial to integrate WordPress and standalone bbPress:
http://www.techblog.viveksanghi.com/2009/12/bbpress-installation-and-deep-integration-with-wordpress/

It should use the display name by default. If you installed the BP Usernames Only plugin, deactivate it.

Please read this:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/faq-how-to-code-snippets-and-solutions/?topic_page=2&num=15#post-41850

(Side note: I wish that FAQ thread was stickied properly!)

If you’re just looking for an easy-to-integrate forum for WordPress, try Simple:Press. If you want to integrate a standalone forum into WordPress, try out bbPress. To find out if BuddyPress is for you, try out BuddyPress over on the test installation site – http://testbp.org. Although BuddyPress does have some forum functionality, it is not a…[Read more]

If you’re looking for just a forum, install bbPress by itself and integrate your userbase from WP/BP. If you’re looking for a one-click install of forums not attached to groups for BuddyPress, Brajesh Singh has a solution. I should note that I haven’t tested this myself since it’s a premium plugin, but you might be interested, which […]

If you don’t like the forum link color and if you’re using Firefox, get the Stylish extension for Firefox and apply a different color for the links.

If you simply want to add links to the BuddyBar, then hook into the “bp_adminbar_menus” action.

eg.

function my_custom_adminbar_links() {
echo ‘Pretend this is a link!’;
}
add_action( ‘bp_adminbar_menus’, ‘my_custom_adminbar_links’ );

Put this snippet somewhere in your theme’s functions.php.

@erich73 – When there’s an update, always read the changelog:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/changelog/

Also read the plugin’s forum for bug reports and the like:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-usernames-only/forum/

@rossagrant – Upcoming version of Welcome Pack (v2.2), when combined with Usernames Only, will display usernames for the admin friends list.

You’ll have to twiddle your thumbs for a bit until Paul is ready!

If you can’t wait, check out the dpw_admin_settings_friends() function in welcome-pack-admin.php. Find the snippet with “bp_member_name”…[Read more]

@romik84 – I saw your post on here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/415399

I haven’t looked too far into this, but there doesn’t appear to be a “wpmu_new_blog” filter:
add_filter('wpmu_new_blog', array(&$cets_wpmubt, 'set_new_blog_topic'), 101);

However, there is an action called “wpmu_new_blog”, maybe that is what the plugin author…[Read more]

@hnla – The cool thing about child themes is you can move templates around wherever you want! Just make sure you change the pointer to that file!

Probably not. The deadline is more of a moving target; it’s something the core dev team strives for, but won’t necessarily hit.

Keep an eye on the latest builds of the BP Album+ plugin:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/topic/latest-version-nightly-build/

It’s progressing quite nicely. Keep in mind that these builds are development versions suited for test installs, rather than production environments.

The stable version is good as well, but lacks…[Read more]

3sixty noticed that the forum topic count was a big performance eater:
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2421

Try the solutions listed there and report back.

@kevbow – Some sleep for me helped! Your image URL from Pastebin worked, but when I went to your site in IE8, there was an additional backslash added to the avatar image URL: http:///vapersplace.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1802/191f39155d4b7abce53b63d5972abc9c-bpthumb.jpg This is an odd one for sure! Can you please try the updated code for…[Read more]

Thanks for that other typo!

The first change was to the second filter. Double check that one.

Yeah, I know! I made a typo in the filters! Please copy and paste the filters above and try them again!

P2 might have their own filters on the post content. If it doesn’t work in P2, report back.