[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

I’m quite sure you can’t tack on just any component in the bp_is_active() function.

It should be like this:
if ( bp_is_active('profile') || bp_is_active('activity') || ... etc ) {

The easiest thing would be to list what you want publically available.

Here’s a function to build on:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-make-a-private-community/?topic_page=2&num=15#post-44616

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Closing topic. Please contact Adam if you want to inquire about the job.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Try installing it locally on your computer, or give testbp.org a spin.

1) That’s up to you. If you don’t need members to write blog posts, then the default WP role of “Subscriber” should be fine.
2) A full-featured privacy component is on its way (by Jeff Sayre). Until then, there isn’t really another plugin that does this right now.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

codex.buddypress.org – if you’re logged into buddypress.org, you should be able to edit any page on the codex.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Yup, that function can be found in /bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php

Check out some of the other template tag functions in:

/bp-core/bp-core-templatetags.php
/bp-groups/bp-groups-templatetags.php
/bp-friends/bp-friends-templatetags.php
…
etc.

Btw, thanks for the funds

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@peterverkooijen – If we’re talking semantics, you referred to me saying this:

“I definitely don’t believe [bbPress] is a “parasite” like you do.” (which I did write)

And then, you wrote this:

@r-a-y, this sounds pretty parasitic to me:

“… it should be possible (and rather effortless at that) to mold BuddyPress into a more forum-like environment …” (which I didn’t write)

 

This inferred that I believed bbPress was a parasite because it makes it look like I wrote that, which in fact I didn’t. Only you believe bbPress is a parasite. If you’re not trying to pick a fight with me, then write clearly.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

That’s because the documentation relies on users like you and me (for both bbPress and BuddyPress).

Most of the template tags you can find in /bp-xxx-templatetags.php in the BuddyPress folder. It’s well organized enough to read and I usually just dig through the code to find what I need.

Btw… I do take donations! You could consider that beer money

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Do you get an error message of any kind?

You can try disabling and reenabling the forum component. Login to the WP backend, navigate to “BuddyPress > Component setup”. Disable bbPress and save. Enable it again.

Also do the same thing with the BP group in question. Go to your group admin page, navigate to “Group settings”. Disable discussion forum and save. Then re-enable the discussion forum and save.

Try posting your forum topic now.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

It all depends on what you want to do with your community.

Since you have no experience with WordPress, the BuddyPress for Dummies book might be a good way to start:
https://buddypress.org/2010/03/book-buddypress-for-dummies/

If you have some coding experience, it shouldn’t take you long to get up to speed. Although it would have helped to have some idea of how WordPress works, especially with themes and hooks.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Did you try posting a forum topic? That needs to be done as well.

Also activate this plugin: “BuddyPress Forums Extras – Forums Index”

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@tinabeans – just tested the following snippet:

echo bp_core_fetch_avatar( 'item_id='.get_post_author_id() );

This is working for me on a deep-integrated external bbPress install. Let me know if this works for you.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@peterverkooijen – But did I write that? Also that’s not a strong citation for your argument.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

BuddyPress might very well be used first and foremost as a forum by those of us who want WordPress+bbPress without any fuzz (because BuddyPress delivers).

But BP isn’t a forum. Just use bbPress if you want a forum; it’s less overhead as well. Plus you get access to all the existing plugins without needing to tweak them for BP.

FYI, there are signs that bbPress is coming back to life.

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To some extent, I agree with Peter (but not his tone!). We should be taking advantage of the existing activity stream coupled with some activitymeta (title, tags). I think this could potentially be used as a very nice “forum alternative”; we also wouldn’t have to worry about forking discussions from the activity stream. Also, I think this new enhanced activity stream should only be used for groups. Just a thought.

I’ll see if I can get a proof of concept going.

Btw, @peterverkooijen – I’m not sugarcoating anything; I understand the rationale used for incorporating bbPress up to version 1.1. I definitely don’t believe it’s a “parasite” like you do.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@tinabeans – Try this:

Avatar sharing between buddypress and bbpress

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Also check out the BP showcase:
https://buddypress.org/showcase/

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

ok so yours worked grouping the 2 together but mine wouldn’t work having them seperate, why is that?

It depends on where you placed the CSS snippets. I hope you created a child theme to make your changes. Creating a child theme allows you to make changes to the default BP theme easily.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Ahh okay, try this plugin by Rich:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/

This extends the functionality of the group forums. One of the features is a group forum index.

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Also make sure you have enabled the discussion forum for each group.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

I think Famous means the default theme isn’t default blog-friendly.

I’ve read a thread by Famous asking for this before:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/enable-theme-12-sitewide/

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@kippnkatie – I would strongly recommend learning some elementary CSS. Using the Firebug plugin with Firefox also helps immensely.

Replace your following snippet above with:
#members-dir-list .item-list li, #groups-dir-list .item-list li {clear:both;margin:0 0 2em 0;padding:10px 0;}

This should fix both your members and groups directory.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Ok, i have found a theme i want, Deerawan – Cloudy 1.4.2, but how would i make it so it was buddypress compatible?

This theme appears to be a WordPress theme. Use the BuddyPress Template Pack plugin in conjuction with your WP theme:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

And how do i display my groups in the forums i have on my site? I have posted several things but not showing up in the actual forums, but in the groups forums.

Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about showing the group avatar or a list of groups in your external bbPress setup? Being specific really helps!

I think i really need help with getting these groups set up to run the right way…..

It all depends on what you mean by “the right way”.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@bofw – I don’t experience this problem with the default BP theme.

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Anyway, some general updates about the plugin. Sorry for the lack of progress! (blame it on me moderating the forums!)

Next version will definitely include:
-activity stream resizing + activity stream permalink resizing
-changes to caching logic for performance reasons
-support for WP Embed handlers (for developers to extend the embed list; more info can be found here – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_embed_register_handler)
-CSS class around oembedded object (this one’s for the designers)
-support for group descriptions
-fix fatal error if activity, forum or group components are disabled

Btw, please post new questions or bug reports in the new plugin group:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/oembed-for-buddypress

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

@jivany – Read what Boone did for the CUNY commons:
http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2009/12/06/upgrading-from-buddypress-1-0-to-1-1/

Pay special attention to the beginning and end of the post.

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Put the wp-blog-header.php line at the top of your script.

Also try posting on the WordPress forums, as this isn’t really a BP issue.

eg. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/288455
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/285890

Run a Loop Outside of WordPress

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

You’ve declared “display” as screen_function in your org_info_add_subnav() function.

So now, you need to create a “display()” function with some code to display your admin page.
In the skeleton component, the function you would want to look at is “bp_example_screen_one()” for hints.

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Also is your plugin BP-aware?
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/make-your-plugin-buddypress-aware-v1-2/

[@r-a-y Keymaster 16 years, 6 months ago]

Off-topic: Shouldn’t /community/ exist in the /public_html/ folder?
Anyway… did you try using a simple WP function after integrating the wp-blog-header.php file like a query_posts loop?

Read this for more info:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website