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@porscheheritage :

you can do this very simply from your wp-admin backend –

Goto “settings … reading … front page displays:”

ok, you could also look at these plugins by @nuprn1 : https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-group-forum-extras/

I don’t know about an off the shelf widget, but you could write one easily enough using the activity loop and filtering for forum posts:

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/

@Bonlu – make sure you have WordPress set up for multisite: https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network Then take a look at the recent site wide posts widget (in your wp-admin backend: appearance… widgets) You need to develop your child theme so that it allows for the widget to be embedded on the home page, or take a look at […]

@adiljaved – yes, each individual having their own blog is a standard BuddyPress setup. You’ll need to install WordPress 3.0 and configure it for multisite: https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network Then install the BuddyPress plugin (from the plugins menu), and it’s as simple as that. You’ll have a default installation, default theme, and the…[Read more]

@zamoose – you can use the function: bp_current_component() that returns a boolean To detect specific pages, you can use bp_is_page() as @modemlooper points out. Use it like this: bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) bp_is_page( BP_ACTIVITY_SLUG ) bp_is_page( BP_GROUPS_SLUG ) bp_is_page( BP_FORUMS_SLUG ) bp_is_page( BP_BLOGS_SLUG ) Other functions (look…[Read more]

Yes, I don’t know why the job board was taken down, nor why the forum threads get locked (almost crusade like). If the threads are locked they quickly disappear off the front page, so are never seen by the vast majority. It’s a really valuable service for more than a few BuddyPress users and developers. […]

@christinarule – other than the check for mod_rewrite.c, you have the same .htaccess that I have in a default install, with permalinks set to /%category%/%postname%/ (http://playground.21inspired.com is a simple default install). My .htaccess: # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index.php$ – RewriteCond…[Read more]

@geekoftodd is that really all you have in the header.php file in bp-default? If you site looks ok with the default install, that can’t be the case. If the default install isn’t displaying correctly, try deleting and then reinstalling the theme. As the guys point out – just type the basic URL of your pastebin snippet […]

@christinarule – also, do you have anything in the category base field on the permalink page?

@christinarule – if you post your .htaccess and wp-config.php files (use pastebin.com). It might help pinpoint the problem.

I think there is something wrong in your basic install / wp-config.php / .htaccess setup. I’m surprised to see your blog pages have index.php in the url, even though you’ve set /%category%/%postname% as the custom structure. I suspect the problem is not in BuddyPress, but perhaps in the basic underlying install structure. Unfortunately, I’m not […]

Some pointers, but not a solution: @ipstenu The featured image is referenced by _thumbnail_id . It’s not stored in the $post data structure, instead it’s held in the postmeta table. There are look up functions to get the featured image from the post_id of course, but not sure how efficient these would be… I guess you […]

@geekoftodd: Post your code using pastebin (pastebin.com) as it’s not showing in the forum

The header.php file for the default BuddyPress theme is in /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default

Keep that theme where it is, and develop your child theme (derived from bp-default) in the standard themes directory

@hnla – yes, a lot of the ‘disproportionates’ probably just need the API / template tags stripping back to something finer grained. Leaving the control on string building, content and presentation in the front end templates.

@lunakm – You see all the comments in the activity stream anyway… but, ok… having the link to give someone is useful in your use case. Part of the annoyance, is that the view link is there by default, gives a poor user experience, is useless 99% of time, and difficult to remove (it’s not as […]