[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 9 months ago]

Do not use existing installation if you do not have a standalone bbPress install.

Go to “Forums Setup”, then click on the reinstall link.
Next, click on “Set up a new bbPress installation” and follow the steps to complete forum setup.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

If you’re using BP 1.2.7, simply put your buddypress language files in:
/wp-content/languages/

Make sure your language files are named like:
`buddypress-vi.po
buddypress-vi.mo
`
If you’re using an older version of BP, read step 3 of this guide:
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

A workaround is you could create your own groups loop and place it before the group directory loop in the group directory template:
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-groups-loop/

If you know you’re not going to have to change these groups, you could just hardcode the group info with HTML directly into the template.
This saves having to create another group loop.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

To remove the default tabs, you’ll need to modify the theme.

Read this page:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Then, once you’ve got the hang of that. Copy over /bp-themes/bp-default/header.php to your new child theme and modify the tab structure.

The function you’ll want is:
`is_user_logged_in()`

Wrap a is_user_logged_in() conditional around the tabs you want to show only for logged in users.

Something like this:

`

<li class=”selected”>
<a href="//” title=””>

<li class=”selected”>
<a href="//” title=””>

<li class=”selected”>
<a href="//” title=””>

<li class=”selected”>
<a href="//” title=””>

<li class=”selected”>
<a href="//” title=””>

`

Note that if someone knows the URLs to those tabs, they’ll still be able to access them.

You might want to look into some BP private plugins like:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-private-community/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-buddypress/

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

They have an abbreviated registration form on the homepage that only shows the username field, then it redirects to the registration page.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Are you looking for something like this?
http://bettercodes.org

If so, navigate to your BP registration page, view the HTML source and copy everything in the `

` tag into your homepage template.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

MrMaz, the term you’re looking for is “theme framework”. Like Justin Tadlock’s Hybrid or Ian Stewart’s Thematic.

Your argument is similar to Justin’s blog post on why advanced parent themes are not frameworks:

Frameworks? Parent, child, and grandchild themes?

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Sounds like you’re using an older version of WordPress.

Deactivate BuddyPress and upgrade WordPress:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

This is because the BP Template Pack plugin needs to be updated, particularly the JS variables.

Read this for a temporary solution:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-template-pack-and-buddypress-1-2-6-things-break-but-i-have-a-solution

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

See:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/12-6-upgrade-date-offset/

It’s already been filed as a bug here:
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2779

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

No need to hack BP.

Put the following in your theme’s functions.php:

`
function ray_bp_get_send_public_message_link() {
global $bp;

return wp_nonce_url( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->activity->slug . ‘/?r=’ . $bp->displayed_user->userdata->user_login );
}
add_filter( ‘bp_get_send_public_message_link’, ‘ray_bp_get_send_public_message_link’ );

function ray_bp_get_send_private_message_link() {
global $bp;

return wp_nonce_url( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->messages->slug . ‘/compose/?r=’ . $bp->displayed_user->userdata->user_login );
}
add_filter( ‘bp_get_send_private_message_link’, ‘ray_bp_get_send_private_message_link’ );`

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

I believe this is fixed in trunk.
https://trac.buddypress.org/changeset/3591

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

If you want to use a WP network install, you need to install WP in the root and not a subdirectory:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Read the red notice.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Just to give a quick summary:

– current standalone bbPress plugins are possible to use with BuddyPress, but they need to be ported over to WordPress/BuddyPress. Check out Rich’s BP Forum Extras plugin, which combines a few of them:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/

– forum editor tutorial:
http://etivite.com/groups/buddypress/forum/topic/quick-tip-adding-markitup-to-group-forum-textareas/

or:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-tinymce/

– lastly, like Paul mentioned, bbPress is getting a major rewrite from an external script to a WordPress plugin. This will directly impact BuddyPress in version 1.3/1.4. Don’t worry too much about it now. Just use the BuddyPress’ forum setup as-is. Everything will sort itself out!

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Yeah, I’ve seen this issue before.

Revert your hacks and try this fix:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/faq-how-to-code-snippets-and-solutions/?topic_page=2&num=15#post-44366

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Thanks for the fix, @herostrat.

I’ve posted a patch for issue on the BP Trac:
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2556

Thanks again!

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

If it separates by commas, just do a str_replace.

`
echo str_replace( ‘,’, ‘
‘, bp_get_the_profile_field_value() );
`

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

@stoi2m1 – Did you view the link I posted above? The info on the page tells you to use the “Mail From” plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/

Try that and see if emails are sent out.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Check out:
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1332
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2636

You can temporarily fix private messaging by overriding the username filter. See #2583 for hints.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

No problem! So does that mean you fixed your problem?

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Can you try activating the BuddyPress Default theme to see if these problems go away?

Re: #4 – I just signed up for your site and it did not redirect me to the control panel after logging in.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

I’ve experienced a bit of success with AVH First Defense Against Spam:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/

Checks the user’s IP against StopForumSpam and Project Honeypot (with an API key) before parsing the entire page.
This won’t stop human spammers but every little bit helps.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

No need to bump the topic multiple times.

If you are not sure how to patch and you feel a little adventurous, make the changes manually:
https://trac.buddypress.org/attachment/ticket/2661/2661.002.patch

If you have access to edit plugins, login to your WP dashboard and navigate to “Plugins > Editor” and select BuddyPress in the dropdown menu located near the top right corner, then edit the files mentioned in the patch.

Otherwise, open up your FTP program and make the edits mentioned in the patch.

**Be sure to make a backup of the files you are attempting to edit before you make any changes**

Green lines mean they are code additions; red lines mean delete.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

Can you specify which pages the string shows up on?

[@r-a-y Keymaster 15 years, 10 months ago]

@mentions- currently do not show up in your notifications menu; I believe this might be included in BP 1.3 due early next year.

Re: email – please read this:
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/faqs/specific-faqs/#register