[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

You could check to see if the field exists before creating it.
But that check would happen on every page load.

The best and most efficient method is to create a plugin and write a function that hooks to the
register_activation_hook.
In that function, check to see if the field exists and if not, create it.
Then the function will only run which the plugin is activated.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

I’ll try to remove by add filter to bp_get_options_nav_{css_id}

If you can figure out what that filter hook is, please share it here. Thanks.
.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

it’s not always easy to get crucial info out of the documentation

Very true. And BP docs aren’t at the level of WP docs.
BP codex is being worked on, but it’s a cumbersome process.
If you see an opportunity to improve / amend something, I think participants can still do so.
Or start a topic here with suggestions.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

would changes to the files in the bp-templates directory get overwritten if I update the BP plugin?

Of course, which is why I suggested you create template overloads instead.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Using WP 4.1, BP 2.1.1, unable to duplicate your issue.
You’re trying to add a field group via: your-site/wp-admin/users.php?page=bp-profile-setup ?
You’ll need to provide more info.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

i want to remove some default BP tabs

Re removing the Manage > Delete tab…

You’re referring to the anon function in bp-groups-classes.php ?
add_action( 'groups_admin_tabs', create_function( '$current, $group_slug', etc...

I agree that it’s unclear.
I think that if that function added a css id to the li tag, then we should be able to use the filter in bp_get_options_nav in bp-core-template.
If this makes sense, and you haven’t found a workaround, please open a ticket on trac.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

You should be able to add to the allowed tags array like so:

function fred_whitelist_tags_in_activity( $allowedtags ) {
    $allowedtags['a']['target'] = array();
    return $allowedtags;
}
add_filter( 'bp_activity_allowed_tags', 'fred_whitelist_tags_in_activity' );

You may want to do an add_filter / remove_filter in your plugin so that you don’t open up the allowed tags for other activity items.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

BuddyPress doesn’t provide forums.

You need a separate plugin: bbPress

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

https://codex.buddypress.org/plugindev/group-meta-queries-usage-example/

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

1. We have a premium plugin for blocking: BuddyBlock

2. BP-Album is a third-party plugin. Did you try asking on their support forum?

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Have you tried this plugin?

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Yeah, it can be frustrating to change some strings.
I’m not sure why you’re having trouble with the .mo approach.

For one or two changes, you can use a function in your theme/functions.php or in bp-custom.php
Try this:

function example_gettext_with_context( $translated, $text, $context, $domain ) {

     if ( 'buddypress' !== $domain )
        return $translated;

     switch ( $text ) {

        case 'Site-Wide Activity':
            return 'text you want to appear instead';

        default:
            return $translated;
    }

    return $translated;
}
add_filter( 'gettext_with_context', 'example_gettext_with_context', 11, 4 );

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

I cannot duplicate your issue.
In wp-admin, Users > Profile Fields, are your fields part of the ‘Base’ group of fields?
Or are they under another group, in another tab to the right of ‘Base’?

btw: instead of bp_get_profile_field_data, you should use bp_get_member_profile_data
That tutorial is for BP 1.5, very old.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

but not in the admin menu profile fields section

What exactly are you referring to?
The adminbar at the top of each page? If so, member-header.php does not affect that.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Then you could search on those types like so:
bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( 'activity' ) . '&action=video_category' )
More info: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/loops-reference/the-activity-stream-loop/#filtering-examples

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

I have add 2 new columns in activity mysql table “video_category” and “video_subcategory”.

Adding new columns is not a good approach.

Did you try adding your ‘categories’ as a type via
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/function-examples/bp_activity_add/ ?

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

How will the ‘tags’ be used?
As the basis for filtering members?
Or just as ‘notes’ about each member?

If the former, see the BP_User_Query codex page.

If the latter, you could use this premium plugin: BuddyNotes

Or you could simply create template overloads of these 2 files:

buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\single\profile\profile-loop.php
buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\single\profile\edit.php

And check the fields via their id or name and then decide, based on who the logged-in user is, whether the fields should be displayed.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Congrats on the fix. Multisite + BP can be confusing.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

@shivam-kumar
Thanks for the link and for creating the how-to.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

bp_activity_screen_favorites() loads that screen.

Try using: bp_activity_get_user_favorites()

Looking thru the source code will answer these kinds of questions.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Try switching to a WP theme like 2012.
If the issue goes away, you know it’s something in your preferred theme.

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

@johnjamesjacoby
@netweb

This is still an issue for me.
Sometimes I can only post one link, sometimes 2, never more than 2.

Any ETA on when this might be fixed?

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

Another approach: bp_user_query

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

The BuddyPress codex is your friend:

Filtering by Xprofile fields

[@shanebp Moderator 11 years, 10 months ago]

As you know bp_total_unread_messages_count() will echo the count.
Many BP functions have a version that just returns a variable.
In your case, here they are:

if (bp_get_total_unread_messages_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) > 0 )
//etc

if (bp_friend_get_total_requests_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) > 0 )
//etc