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thealchemist started the forum topic The BEST Plugin for BuddyPress? in the group Miscellaneous: 13 years, 11 months ago

I know this might stir up a hornet’s nest of ego angst but I was curious what you FEEL has been the BEST BP PLUGIN for you? What’s really made your site more useful? more easily managed? more fun? For me, “Achievements” takes the cake for the most FUN and USEFUL plugin. The plugin incites […]

thealchemist posted on the forum topic WordPress Upgrades vs WP MultiSite vs BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

Thanks to you both!

thealchemist started the forum topic WordPress Upgrades vs WP MultiSite vs BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

Ok. Just when I was comfortable with the majority of my work on my WP+WPMultiSite+BP website I see a new WordPress update pop up. Oy! So, any thoughts on the impact of WP updates? Should I simply update the minute it pops up like I do on other sites? Or should I wait for a […]

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Word count vs character count for automated excerpts: Feedback wanted in the group Localization: 13 years, 11 months ago

Yep. Character count. We see character counts all the time – Twitter, FaceBook – so not a huge intelectual leap – well, for most.

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thealchemist posted on the forum topic Not getting activation email in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

It may also be the perennial problem of them simply not RECEIVING the activation email. Be certain to mention to people registering to check their junkmail folder if they do not receive the activation email within a few hours.

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Possible to Block IPs from Signing Up? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

Just for anyone’s edification I realized I can block IPs from accessing the site at the server level. My server uses cpanel and there’s a function called IP Deny Manager. Since the plugin “User Activation Keys” lists the IPs of everyone attempting* to join I can easily see the most offending IP addresses – and […]

thealchemist started the forum topic Possible to Block IPs from Signing Up? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

So my site has been up for 9 days now and I am getting 30+ spambot signups a day and its getting tiring deleting the user, the activation codes and the sites these things create. I have noticed that they are generally all coming from 2 IP addresses. I would love it if I can […]

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Universal Ablum All Pics in the group BuddyPress Media: 13 years, 11 months ago

I am using PhotoSmash. You can make a gallery page that all users can upload to.

thealchemist joined the group BuddyPress Media 13 years, 11 months ago

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Event List is Duplicated in the group Achievements: 13 years, 11 months ago

@Erland … there was a hiccup during the installation of the multisite that the confid.http (or whatever) did not get done properly but all other steps were completely. When they went in and fixed the file I had not turned off all the BuddyPress dependent plugins (of which, Achievements is one). THAT I believe is was […]

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Installing buddypress and buddy press theme in the group Installing BuddyPress: 13 years, 11 months ago

I checked and no links work so I’m assuming you haven’t made the pages yet? I don’t see anything “broken” .. I do see that your two top widgets in the sidebar are not wide enough for the content. That means adjusting the width of your sidebar or adjust the width of what’s inside.

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Installing buddypress and buddy press theme in the group Installing BuddyPress: 13 years, 11 months ago

What theme are you using? Sometimes there are wiggly issues that just need to be massaged.

thealchemist joined the group Installing BuddyPress 13 years, 11 months ago

thealchemist started the forum topic New Members v. Spambots in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

Well, my new site has been live for about a week and I believe the spambots have found me! Actually, I know they have because membership leapt by 40+ “people” all using firstlast as username and an irrelevant firstname######## in the profile. Here’s the problem … All of the spambots get to the signup but […]

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Why no good buddypress WP Themes? in the group Creating & Extending: 13 years, 11 months ago

Now .. I have WP+BP so I don’t know if this is relevant … but I am using a theme called Citizen Kane and I think its great.

thealchemist posted on the forum topic My Forum Vanished! in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

Figured it out … duh!

thealchemist posted on the forum topic My Forum Vanished! in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: 13 years, 11 months ago

Here’s an oddity related to the above … one of the groups is still disconnected from the forum … do you have an idea on how I can re-connect it? or should i just delete the group and restart it?

thealchemist posted on the forum topic Event List is Duplicated in the group Achievements: 13 years, 11 months ago

Thanks!

thealchemist started the forum topic What to Do with Points? (Feature Request?) in the group Achievements: 13 years, 11 months ago

I can’t remember if I posted this elsewhere … the whole point of Achievements is to increase user activity. The assignment of “points” to an achievement seems rather meaningless unless the users can utilize their points FOR something. So, I am offering certain products in “exchange” for points. As far as I know, there’s no […]