BuddyPress.org | xrun | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/xrun/activity/ Activity feed for xrun. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:48:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ee0e04602e05164fae3fa3af4817b711 xrun replied to the forum topic Limiting comments to activities in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/limiting-comments-to-activities/#post-104239 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:18:48 +0000 Sorry for doubleposting, the edit link gives me a “page not found”.

I’ve used CSS to hide the comment link under comments. The link still shows up below new comments to the activity, but only until the page is reloaded or […]

]]> fc1c7be58799fc1645196dc7ddd683ab xrun replied to the forum topic Limiting comments to activities in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/limiting-comments-to-activities/#post-104234 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:56:20 +0000 So if I understand you correctly:
1: If I use CSS to hide the comment link, it’ll be hidden under both the activity and under each comment?
2: Using a filter to filter out recursive comments would hide those comments? Or would […]

]]> b642f8b07f1aa2e2a88aa9b555137e54 xrun replied to the forum topic Limiting comments to activities in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/limiting-comments-to-activities/#post-104162 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:38:43 +0000 I’m also wondering if any of these conditionals can be used:
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bp_is_user_activity()
bp_is_activity_component()
bp_is_activity_front_page()
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Wondering if any of these or maybe other conditionals can be used to determine […]

]]> 0ec04cc7e4457cca45a61c1e29d17f77 xrun started the forum topic Limiting comments to activities in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/limiting-comments-to-activities/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:31:02 +0000 Hi.
I’d like to tweak my activity or entry loop so that only commenting to the activity is available. In other words, no comments directly to comments, just to the activity.
As it is now the users may comment both activities […]

]]> 86c8064729dff3685d6e0e0ca2895ed6 xrun started the forum topic Comment list skew in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/comment-list-skew/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:32:39 +0000 Hi. I need to disable commenting comments under activities on a new buddypress site I’m working on, but keep the ability to comment the activities. When someone comments a previous comment instead of the activity, the new comment skews out to the right, and starts a new thread or something. This becomes a problem when […]

]]> d6e9d772c3c5d5dcbc4e7410faa98532 xrun posted an update: @sbrajesh Hi Brajesh. It seems like moving the site I have […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/39217/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:23:40 +0000 @sbrajesh Hi Brajesh.
It seems like moving the site I have been working on made a couple of things stop working. Specifically, displaying the buddypress avatar in the sidebar of a blog. I’ve been trying to fix it for almost a week, but it seems like I’m stuck. I would be greatful for any assistance you could offer here. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> 0 7b69df58c40bf123ba964131a59ef625 xrun started the forum topic BP avatar for admin on blogs in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bp-avatar-for-admin-on-blogs/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:09:17 +0000 Hi.
I’m working on a site where members can register their own blogs, and I need to display the blogadmins avatar in a sidebar on these blogs. Each blog will have one admin (except superadmin), and I only need to show this one avatar there. How do I do this?

]]> 0c7c7824d973c87d9d5e5fafed52fbbf xrun posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/33103/#acomment-37834 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:22:10 +0000 It turns out I need to display the avatar for the logged in user as well, in the sidebar at a different place on the pages I’m setting up. In this location the avatar for the admin of the current blog must not be displayed, only the logged in user. Do you have a tip for how I may tweak the plugin and widget to do this?

In reply to - xrun posted an update @sbrajesh @sbrajesh Iโ€™m displaying the avatar and profile information, bio and so on in a sidebar on a blog page, so I guess a blog page would be the correct place. The buttons/links are n […] ]]> 3d562a4b72f9978dffc883a55b9aef2f xrun started the forum topic Replying to activity entries on subdomain in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/replying-to-activity-entries-on-subdomain/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:19:14 +0000 I’m running BuddyPress on a WP 3.0 Multisite, and I’m listing activity entries on blog pages on those subdomains. Posting activity entries from subdomains and listing them on subdomains work ok, and if I go to the permalink for a single entry I can read it and reply to it, this takes place under the […]

]]> c1cb61229e628dc5559be9bd91e755ab xrun posted an update: @boonebgorges I've added some information to the thread […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/34767/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:01:17 +0000 @boonebgorges I’ve added some information to the thread about the Load More issue at http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/how-to-add-per_page35-without-messing-up-load-more-link/?topic_page=2&num=15

I hope this is helpful in shedding some light on the issue.

]]> 0 4391b1d2c7473765720d235f5a558d7d xrun posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/33103/#acomment-34731 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:30:02 +0000 I was wondering, I know these buttons are in the buddybar at the top of the page, but to stay consistent with the theme with buttons below the profile in the sidebar: do you have the code for adding links to these things too?
inbox
groups list page
friends list page
edit profile

I tryed copying those from the profile pages, but it seems like…[Read more]

In reply to - xrun posted an update @sbrajesh @sbrajesh Iโ€™m displaying the avatar and profile information, bio and so on in a sidebar on a blog page, so I guess a blog page would be the correct place. The buttons/links are n […] ]]> 15325e8a91043f90b708e7ec15d08c02 xrun posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/33103/#acomment-33153 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:03:51 +0000 Absolutely beautiful. I added code from the profile for blogs plugin to determine the user id, you can see it in the first 15 lines of code there now.
http://bpdev.pastebin.com/6HLJ9Mrq

You’re a lifesaver.

When visiting that users blog now I get links for Add/Remove friend, Mention this user, and Send private message.
When I log in as the user…[Read more]

In reply to - xrun posted an update @sbrajesh @sbrajesh Iโ€™m displaying the avatar and profile information, bio and so on in a sidebar on a blog page, so I guess a blog page would be the correct place. The buttons/links are n […] ]]> b8a675684c650dc77cc16a05cd003285 xrun posted an update: @sbrajesh @sbrajesh Iโ€™m displaying the avatar and profile i […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/33103/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:02:09 +0000 @sbrajesh @sbrajesh
Iโ€™m displaying the avatar and profile information, bio and so on in a sidebar on a blog page, so I guess a blog page would be the correct place. The buttons/links are needed below the output from the profile widget.

]]> 5 c34b8792da0fe12cb3c247096fe4ae2e xrun posted a new activity comment https://buddypress.org/updates/p/32361/#acomment-32845 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:48:47 +0000 I’m displaying the avatar and profile information, bio and so on in a sidebar on a blog page, so I guess a blog page would be the correct place.

In reply to - xrun posted an update @sbrajesh Hi Brajesh I’m looking for a way to include the add friend, remove friend, inbox, send message, all those links in the sidebar below a profile avatar along with the profile info. I’m […] ]]> 1131162d6aec7792264478b10416da89 xrun posted on the forum topic Sidebar missing on profile pages in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/sidebar-missing-on-profile-pages/#post-64667 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:06:40 +0000 I used something like this conditional loading of the sidebars: !– Check to see if this is a single post or entry shown, — ?php if (bp_is_activity_permalink()) { ? /* You can put anything you want to load here if the above condition is met. */ ?php } ? !– End check to see if […]

]]> 587ddfac322adefdbd585d5ef06ceb52 xrun posted an update: @sbrajesh Hi Brajesh I'm looking for a way to include the […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/32361/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:01:15 +0000 @sbrajesh Hi Brajesh
I’m looking for a way to include the add friend, remove friend, inbox, send message, all those links in the sidebar below a profile avatar along with the profile info. I’m already using your very good plugin, but I’m still looking for the rest. Could your plugin do this, or do you know how I could add this myself?

]]> 2 f5c8266106a36420e042f8d4c88db2ec xrun posted on the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/#post-64352 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:21:59 +0000 @boonebgorges @johnjamesjacoby @nahummadrid After working on other bits for a few days, I need to revisit an issue from the original post in this thread about 2 weeks ago. I need to display the user actions for profiles, below the profile image and information in the sidebar, links for adding as friend, send message and so on. If […]

]]> 11039eded7b55a16c6c7c0cb618933dd xrun started the forum topic Comments for activities, not for activity comments in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/comments-for-activities-not-for-activity-comments/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:08:38 +0000 Hi. I’m working on a theme where I need to restrict the users to commenting just the activities, not the activities comments as well. It would be great if someone could point me in the right direction. Even removing the “Reply” link associated with every reply would be ok. I just want comments on the […]

]]> d8954858150345ad8a076987b079e61c xrun posted on the forum topic Adding profile actions to sidebar in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/adding-profile-actions-to-sidebar/#post-64108 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:15:47 +0000 Any insight on this?

]]> ce6ef6c2831b7e6163a562ff7cb32f00 xrun posted on the forum topic Issue when replying to activity entry in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/issue-when-replying-to-activity-entry/#post-64107 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:14:41 +0000 Any insight on this?

]]> b0af9231ce4f42a48de918e41d19faf3 xrun started the forum topic Issue when replying to activity entry in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/issue-when-replying-to-activity-entry/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:34:47 +0000 Hi. I got an issue when clicking to comment an entry in the activity loop. It should normally make room for and display the comment entry form, but here it seems to try to load the comment form, but then does not display it, and then quickly scrolls down the page a bit. If I […]

]]> 4aa71af66a51bb4c1d70b152876e4a90 xrun posted on the forum topic Conditionally loading sidebars in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/conditionally-loading-sidebars/#post-63760 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:36:08 +0000 Perfect, got it solved using this: !– Check to see if this is a single post or entry shown, and conditionally load first sidebar if it is. — ?php if (bp_is_activity_permalink()) { ? div class=”left-sidebar” ?php locate_template( array( ‘left-sidebar.php’ ), true ) ? /div div class=”center-blog” ?php } ? !– End check to see if […]

]]> 9de501e07ef55ce88ed9bd7e69d76951 xrun started the forum topic Conditionally loading sidebars in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/conditionally-loading-sidebars/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:48:41 +0000 Hi. I’m working on customizing and buddypressifying :p a theme for a site I’m working on, and I need to display the sidebars on the page when the users click “View” on a single activity update in the stream. That takes them to that single activity, and no sidebars are loaded in this case. I […]

]]> 6b87b3eed56eaf2b44353b19a9b60e2b xrun started the forum topic Adding profile actions to sidebar in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/adding-profile-actions-to-sidebar/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:42:54 +0000 Hi. I’m working on customizing and buddypressifying :p a theme for a site I’m working on, and I need to display the profile actions such as “add friend”, “send message”, “view profile” and so on in a sidebar. It would need to be conditional, so that if the user viewing this page is the owner […]

]]> 4f40276a605860f242076fa715be5909 xrun posted on the forum topic How to add (\'per_page=35\') without messing up \"Load More\" link in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/how-to-add-per_page35-without-messing-up-load-more-link/?topic_page=2#post-63503 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:44:05 +0000 @boonebgorges the Load More-link doesn’t show up at all without the code. I currently have 13 entrys total, but no Load More-link. Edit: @boonebgorges The Load More-link has finally shown up as the list of activities has gotten longer, but still nothing happens when I click it, except adding #more to the url in the address field […]

]]> 2ac81fa60a54ec2faecf0d80e2e8f156 xrun posted on the forum topic How to add (\'per_page=35\') without messing up \"Load More\" link in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/how-to-add-per_page35-without-messing-up-load-more-link/?topic_page=2#post-63469 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:28:14 +0000 @boonebgorges the load more link has shown up at the bottom in the activity feed, the list currently has 13 entries. I’d like to cap it at somewhere between 5 and 10, and then extend the list to another 10 each time the load more-link is hit. I have removed the custom php-file temporarily, but while […]

]]> 02ae5d19a1ed4fb445abd15f49e92f77 xrun posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/#post-63468 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:19:49 +0000 @nahummadrid Sorry for the late reply.
The copy/paste thing seems not to be an issue, it still limits the length of the entry correctly. I’ve tried styling it a bit, it’s a work in progress. The site is not launched just yet and I’m working under an NDA, but I’ll let you know. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> 1188c0da097db0a137f241ef83c89016 xrun posted on the forum topic How to add (\'per_page=35\') without messing up \"Load More\" link in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/how-to-add-per_page35-without-messing-up-load-more-link/#post-62581 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:43:48 +0000 @boonebgorges I did this, and set the limit to 5 while testing. It adds a “load more” link at the bottom of that short list, but when I click it nothing happens, nothing more is shown. What I did was to copy and put this into my bp-custom.php : function my_custom_query_filter( $query_string ) { $query_string .= […]

]]> 148efb7ae8a3e6bd750387b10b301e8d xrun posted on the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/#post-62572 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:30:12 +0000 Yepp, that works like a charm. I’d like the number displayed like a label though, not in a text box. Makes it a bit more consistent with the theme.

]]> acc3201b847679349c4ff55d2001627f xrun posted on the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/#post-62506 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:54:25 +0000 Yes @johnjamesjacoby , the avatars show up fine on subdomains and the main blog, so that part is fine. I’d like to have the standard actions for logged in users and for visitors shown below the profile in the sidebar though, haven’t found out that just yet. If you have something on that I’d be very […]

]]> f5faa25be600bd44727c122de028e6a9 xrun posted an update: @jeffsayre Hi again Jeff. :) I'm looking at the "Load […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/27555/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:40:05 +0000 @jeffsayre Hi again Jeff. ๐Ÿ™‚
I’m looking at the “Load more” link at the bottom of this page, and wonder how I can get that on my site, for example just showing 10 updates and then a button/link like that, extending the list to 10 more posts each time it is clicked.

]]> 1 c687a42eec1735a4bc583b0b55dfb67d xrun started the topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the forum Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/support/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:35:56 +0000 Hello.
I’m looking for a way to limit the length of text users can write in their update posts, for example 250 characters max. I’ve been tweaking some of the template files for other things and I’m thinking maybe I could tweak post-form.php to achieve this. I’m just not sure about the syntax. I would be greatful if someone could point me in the…[Read more]

]]> 9f72b2d26e1527fad82bd974aac139aa xrun started the forum topic Limiting text length of activity update posts in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/limiting-text-length-of-activity-update-posts/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:35:56 +0000 Hello. I’m looking for a way to limit the length of text users can write in their update posts, for example 250 characters max. I’ve been tweaking some of the template files for other things and I’m thinking maybe I could tweak post-form.php to achieve this. I’m just not sure about the syntax. I would […]

]]> 70bbe5bd97a56f153ca55b6e88145217 xrun posted on the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/#post-62030 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:01:24 +0000 @johnjamesjacoby So what you are saying is that I’ll probably have less issues if going with a subdirectory structure for the multiblog setup, than I currently do with a multisite subdomain structure? It makes sense as long as the root domain constantly seems to be the variable, so to speak. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Edit: I just backed up […]

]]> 8732c6cdd007805c616afcc381c2c3c7 xrun posted on the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/#post-61981 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:58:34 +0000 @nahummadrid Yes, that is some of what I was looking for. Thing is that it still only shows the standard gravatar, not the uploaded user profile image. That image was uploaded through the BP change avatar dialog on the main site ie. http://site.com and seems not to show up on the users own blog at http://blog.site.com. […]

]]> c7bef0d1b94fd912a8ef69ed84a3d287 xrun posted on the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/#post-61974 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:15:33 +0000 I hope I’m doing this right. I made the bp-custom.php file, put that code in between ?php wrappers, and placed it in the main theme folder. Didn’t see any changes. I’m no coder though, be gentle. ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> ac888b57e88d35bb5e96631b84e5c9d2 xrun posted on the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/#post-61964 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:37:38 +0000 Very good. I’m digging into it to find how I only display the blog owners gravatar, excluding the rest of the list. Thank you. Another thing: When I list these gravatars and action button links, I get just a gravatar, not the actual profile picture that has been uploaded. I do however get the actual […]

]]> a24339e7bc786cdfd3ce8dcda9ffc34d xrun joined the group How-To and Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/updates/p/26526/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:37:38 +0000 0 142d4dd0c037ffec6d27601fe7535bd5 xrun started the forum topic Displaying user profile in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/displaying-user-profile/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:35:56 +0000 Hi. I need to display the users profile photo or gravatar in the left sidebar on their blogs in a multiuser (WPMU) setup, with links below for adding as firend, send message and so on. If it is the owner of this profile I need to display links to edit profile, inbox, groups and so […]

]]> c2518dc2bc4b29dfed3a7d51db6bb296 xrun posted an update: @jeffsayre Very good. I'm looking forward to trying your […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/25793/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:01:21 +0000 @jeffsayre Very good. I’m looking forward to trying your plugin as well, crucial functionality in a social network with more users than actual friends.

]]> 0 5e0f2b6a24ca99939bb632c76bfc8796 xrun started the forum topic Adding limits according to role in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/adding-limits-according-to-role/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:58:31 +0000 Hi. I’d like to add limitations to inbox size according to the users role in the system. This way basic members of a site may have room for f.example 50 messages max in their inboxes, and full members would have f.example 1000 messages max before they need to tidy up their inboxes. The siteadmin would […]

]]> e26bab82736f3738254aa4d0a6985692 xrun posted an update: @jeffsayre Hi Jeff. Is there a way to limit the size of the […] https://buddypress.org/updates/p/25637/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:16:33 +0000 @jeffsayre Hi Jeff. Is there a way to limit the size of the members inboxes according to role? I’d like to have 50 messages max for contributors and f.ex. 1000 messages for authors on a site I’m working on. Maybe it’s part of the Privacy Component you’re working on?

]]> 1 07fd00e7b5328f3fe6748b89f4168c67 xrun posted on the forum topic Integrating buddypress in my theme in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/integrating-buddypress-in-my-theme/#post-61502 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:13:25 +0000 I’ll read it now. I also solved the above question, just didn’t see it right away.
The theme divs goes below the content div in the BP template files instead of above. Oh well, one problem down, I’ll soon find a new one. ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> 021e716864084e854cdf1a03322d32ce xrun posted on the forum topic Integrating buddypress in my theme in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/integrating-buddypress-in-my-theme/#post-61475 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:18:47 +0000 The site is not launched yet so it’s not open to the public. I’m developing this on a contract for a client with an NDA and stuff. I can however post some code snippets. If you need more access, please send me a pm. The guide after installing the BP plugin instructs us to add […]

]]> d353814971c52a2190f5124e10b90168 xrun joined the group Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/updates/p/25589/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:18:47 +0000 0 dbe681e025993208d175cd870eddbb1f xrun started the forum topic Integrating buddypress in my theme in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/integrating-buddypress-in-my-theme/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:37:11 +0000 I’ve recently installed BuddyPress, and I’ve been following the steps to get activity and other BP functions to show up in my theme correctly. I just seem to be missing something, cause when I go to activity from the BP admin bar in the front end, the sidebars are not showing up, and I get […]

]]> 710cecc8077ef19483271a11c6e35abc xrun started the forum topic Buddypress and WP MultiSite? in the group Installing BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/buddypress-and-wp-multisite/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:13:06 +0000 I had a WPMU 2.9.2 site that’s been upgraded to a WP 3.0 MultiSite a few days ago. It’s set up with subdomains for the blogs. When I install BuddyPress, do I activate it sitewide (network activate), or just for the main page? Not quite sure how that works.

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