BuddyPress.org

r-a-y, i started with that 2 months ago. Honestly, I’m frustrated. It seems like I can’t even throw money at this issue. I have an elance job post and the folks who’ve replied can’t do what I’m asking…I’ve posted that I’m willing to pay for this answer here at BuddyPress.org…and no one has responded…and buddypress.org has the forum categories working here…and to date has not shared the procedure and code that could allow users to do the same.

I’ve been trying to release a basic install of BuddyPress that works like BuddyPress.org for one year. I have 19 years experience as a technical writer (albeit off and on), and I’ve offered to help BuddyPress with documentation in exchange for assistance. I’ve offered to make videos, and yes, I’ve posted in more than one thread. I’m a proficient “hack,” so to speak, and am happy to mess with code, however, I’m not a programmer and I just don’t understand the back end of BuddyPress the way you do…

..can you expain why you haven’t shared the code? Or rather, can you just share the code? I mean, asking me not to bump several posts…after months of my effort in trying to do something most likely so simple that it’s just figuring out a file path and the right file in which to call a particular function…which is really hard for me to figure out…but most likely you and several readers of this post

know how to do and are just not sharing

…is just frustrating…

can you relate?

I mean, I’ve been at this for a year and what I’ve wanted is:

1) a BuddyPress install that works like BuddyPress.org, which means:

1.1) the forum works the way the BuddyPress.org forum works

1.2) the look and feel is consistent for the main and user blogs

So, maybe I’m wrong, maybe this isn’t easy for you…maybe you don’t have access to the code…or there is something else going on…but geeze can you relate at all to how frustrating it is to be sitting here, and, my assumption (which could be wrong) is that all you’d need to do is share a few PHP files and some quick instructions, and I’d be off and running…

…and a few other folks have gotten in touch with me with a) willingness to split the costs of figuring this out b) asking me to get in touch with them when and if I do wind up receiving an answer.

…so those folks might be shy about coming out with their desires, because they don’t want to be treated harshly.

…and frankly, how am I supposed to feel with you posting

“Use the bbPress admin backend to create your forum categories.

/yourdomain.com/your-bbpress-install/bb-admin/”

…yeah…ha ha…like I wasn’t back there 2 months ago…you know…it’s hard not to get sarcastic and just say “thanks for not helping” you know?

…honestly, how do you expect me to take your reply?

I mean, are you guys going to share the code and procedure for creating what could be called “Main themes” “Forum Categories” or “Sub Boards”

and not just creating them in the backend, because that is really easy…

…are you going to share the code and procedure for creating and displaying them or not?

It’s hard for me not to be upset about this issue…because it’s been so incredibly long…and I just feel like the developers, for whom this is likely a super easy issue, are really just “code hogging,” which frankly, I find simply mean. Especially when I’ve sincerely offered to create documentation in exchange for help…and I’m a documentation professional…so I’m not talking about slacker beginner docs.

So really, can you give me a straight up yes or no? Cuz this issue is really tiring, and I don’t feel like beating a dead horse anymore…

…if you won’t reveal the procedure and code, please explain why.

…if you won’t reveal the procedure and code, please help me figure out where i can get the answers to these issues either at a developer forum or in a paid coding community… i mean, is wpmu dev the right place where people would share both code and a procedure so that folks can move forward instead of going round and round in circles?

It would really help if you could clear these issues up, cuz it’s also tiring for me to continue expecting to receive help (in a positive environment), and well, I just might be wrong about my expectations for help and I might be wrong about what this forum offers.

I just figured you’d be willing to share the code and a procedure.

…ok…enough circling around the same issue…it’s clear what I need, what I want to do, what I’ve offered repeatedly to get it…so I’ll look forward to any replies this post receives and any assistance I can get in displaying forum categories.