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You don’t need to first browse to a group, click a group name on a topic and you will go straight to that group forum where you can post a reply or new topic.
Correct. However, placing group areas within the forum front page helps indicate that groups are message containers. Placing all groups’ forum posts on one page is similar to placing every BuddyPress file in one directory.
Stickies cannot be show on the front. You may have hundreds of groups, each with stickies. This will clog up the directory and make it useless.
That should be at the discretion of the site administrator. Hopefully, a developer will create a component which provides site owners with more flexibility.
These points should not be taken as a slam against BuddyPress.
There are some exceptions.
For instance, the buddypress.org forums front page includes groups, followed by new messages throughout all of those groups. The default forums home page simply displays new messages. The presence of groups introduces the concept to users that they must first enter a group, then enter a topic.
The buddypress.org forums front page also includes stickies. For some reason, stickies are only available to group members. This requires a subscriber to somehow know a sticky was created – and in what group – then go to that group and read the sticky. This defeats the ability to globally inform all users via forums.
These two features – including groups in the forum home page and permitting stickies to be available globally – would greatly enhance the usability of the forum concept.
I thought forums held all topics created by all groups. In other words, you had to join a group to post a topic, but you could read and reply to topics, no matter which groups you belonged.
However, I found if I created a sticky topic in group A I wanted everyone to read, it appeared only when I visited that group. I’ve created other topics that were available to everyone. If forums can’t be globally read, the main “Forums” tab should be removed to prevent a misunderstanding.
The other question, I guess, is has the BuddyPress team shelved plans to better integrate with the full-blown BBPress?
After considering the options, funneling the forums through groups makes a bit more sense – particularly since the current method *works* instead of the voodoo magic required to get a stand-alone bbpress and buddypress to communicate.
I’ve solved the problem by posting a ‘sticky’ forum note alerting members they need to join groups to take advantage of the forums. But it would be nice to have the ‘create new topic’ as an option.
My expectations were a blog would be created (met) and when people clicked on the “blog” item in the group, they would be taken to a separate blog and people would be able to post to the blog.
NB: Never mind. I exchange Recently Active Member Avatars with the “Members” widget and the names appear.
I notice my “Recently Active Member Avatars” widget isn’t displaying member names and such. How do I fix that?
The site looks very nice. The profiles give me reason to try the Achievements plugin.
Thanks. Excuse the non-coder questions, but should bp_profile_group_tabs() ?> be added (it’s not in bp-sn-parent) and in which profile php file?
I notice bp_profile_group_tabs() is in profiles/edit.php. This chunk of code caught my eye as being perfect for the main profile page (as opposed to the edit screen):
<?php get_header() ?>
<div class=”content-header”>
<ul class=”content-header-nav”>
<?php bp_profile_group_tabs(); ?>
</div>
Could that be added to the main profile php file?
@Burkie: snaps is an interesting forum. I’m building something similar for journalists. A couple questions:
1. How did you display profile field groups beyond “base” ? I never see those displayed, except when logged-in as admin or by the profile-owner.
2. What do you use to create a portfolio link to photos? I have a number of photographers and offering a portfolio would be a popular feature.
Exactly my point. I prefer the profile page designs chosen by buddypress.org and profiles.wordpress.org – they’ve removed the “Me” and “My Profile” columns in favor of a sub-menu in one case and base data under the former “Me” column in another.
Are there any examples of how BuddyPress sites are diverting from the default profile styling?
@mkgold: such a plugin would be a welcome and significant addition to the user-interface.
Partly. My goal is to create profiles available to all registered users. These profiles would include the “base” data (name, location, email, etc.) and then tabs which would display more field groups (such as clips, employment, etc.) Currently, however, the only way to view that data is if you either are an admin or the profile’s owner.
I’m using the 1.1 beta. Design and content is moving along and am concern operating off the trunk might be risky.
NB: I took care of item #3 by lengthening the full name prompt to specify both first and last names, not loginid.
It would be interesting to see how people are theming the achievements plugin.
@David: thanks for the pointer; I had increased security within minutes of following that link.
@sandeepdude: the code works perfectly, once I took Jeff’s advice about “plugins.”
@david lewis: good suggestion about hiding the activity stream. Is there a SLUG I can add?
Jeff, where do I sign up for the alpha tests? I’ve been contemplating the “Members Only” plugin limiting access to registered users. Aside from the question of how it would work with BuddyPress (any experiences with MO?) there is the granularity which your component seems to offer. I want some of my membership site open to the general public, but the core information – profile data – I want to provide access to premium subscribers.
Thanks, John.
Thanks. I have some questions:
1. By “copy in” do you mean copy the header.php file from the bp-parent?
2. If the child theme points to bp-sn-parent, how do I tell it to get header.php from my child theme?
3. Or, am I completely missing the point and you are suggesting I edit the parent them?
@Reboot Now – for the non-programming readers, such as myself, could you suggest some code that could be dropped in?
I was seeing the same errors as yourself. I solved it by placing the bbpress installation in buddypress/bp-forums and then running the one-click forums install. BuddyPress then creates a bp-config.php file in your WPMU root.
The key is having the bbpress installation in the bp-forums directory.
The 1.1 forums installation is light years ahead of the witch doctor moves you had to endure to get buddypress and bp-press to talk to each other.
With 1.1, how do I change the H1 text to an img? I want to add my logo to the default theme – I guess via the custom.css file?
Thanks for the outline. I’ve been able to successfully create a group with a forum attached.
I appreciate all of the help I’ve received as a BuddyPress newbie. I want to “give back” by creating some docs that clearly outline the steps needed. Perhaps that will reduce the avalanche of questions on oft-answered subjects.
