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Post comments are outside of the user notification. @mention scope is handling site and user activities. A post is also an activity, but @mention in it is not an activity. It’s just a link to a profile in a post.

When you go to message settings on your profile, you can see the whole items covered by mention and email notification. Blog post are not included.

To remove @username near the header avatar on profile page, use this (in bp-custom.php)

function bpfr_remove_mention_from_profile() {	
	// hide the hardcoded @ sign and username
	echo '<style> h2.user-nicename { display:none; } </style>';

	if( bp_is_user() && ! bp_get_member_user_id() ) {
        $user_id = 'displayed: '. bp_displayed_user_id();
    } else {
        $user_id = 'get_member_user: '. bp_get_member_user_id();
    }

	remove_filter( 'bp_get_displayed_user_mentionname', bp_activity_get_user_mentionname( bp_displayed_user_id() ) );
	
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_displayed_user_mentionname', 'bpfr_remove_mention_from_profile' ); 

To remove the mention sub tab from profile page, use this (in bp-custom.php):

function bpfr_hide_mention( $retval = 1 ) {
	$retval = false;
	// condition 
	if ( bp_is_user() && ! bp_is_my_profile() ) {
		$retval = true;
	}	
	return $retval;
}

function bpfr_hide_mention_nav() {	
	// stop if condition is not ok
	if ( ! bpfr_hide_mention() ) {
		return;
	}
	// otherwise we remove the nav item
	//bp subnav items
	bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'activity', 'mentions' ); 
}
add_action( 'bp_ready', 'bpfr_hide_mention_nav' );

To unlink @mention (this removes only the link not the mentionned username) AND remove the public message button, use this (in bp-custom.php):
add_filter( 'bp_activity_do_mentions', '__return_false' );

To allow the new BP 2.1 @mention tool in bbPress, use this (in bp-custom.php):

function bpfr_bbpress_maybe_load_mentions_scripts( $retval = false ) {
	if ( function_exists( 'bbpress' ) && is_bbpress() ) {
		$retval = true;
	}
 
	return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_activity_maybe_load_mentions_scripts', 'bpfr_bbpress_maybe_load_mentions_scripts' );

Tested with WP 4.1 – BP 2.1.1 – bbP 2.5.4

Could it be a plugin “conflict”?

I don’t think, but it’s possible. To know the answer, check it out, you’re the master on your site !

Have you tested by writing a notice where you mentionned a member ?

The snippet removes only the link from @mention, but doesn’t remove or sanitize this part. If somebody writes @ something, you’ll see @ something but without the link to profile.

And for almost any activity modification, the code isn’t retroactive. Past activities are stored with the old version and the new one are stored with your modification.

Hi @iburnthings,

Try this. Add the snippet to your child-theme functions.php or to bp-custom.php

/* Remove @mention from profile header */
function bpfr_remove_mention_from_profile() {	
	
	echo '<style> h2.user-nicename { display:none; } </style>';
	
	if( bp_is_user() && ! bp_get_member_user_id() ) {
        $user_id = 'displayed: '. bp_displayed_user_id();
    } else {
        $user_id = 'get_member_user: '. bp_get_member_user_id();
    }
	
	remove_filter( 'bp_get_displayed_user_mentionname', bp_activity_get_user_mentionname( bp_displayed_user_id() ) );
	
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_displayed_user_mentionname', 'bpfr_remove_mention_from_profile' ); 

To change the default landing tab, from (activity) to (profile), use this:

/* Change BuddyPress default Members landing tab. */ 
define('BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT', 'profile' );

I’ve never done this, but…

I believe @mention uses a member’s login name – so it is unique.

I also believe you can change that so their user_nicename is used by putting:
( 'BP_ENABLE_USERNAME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE', false );
in bp-custom.php

Note: user_login, user_nicename and display_name are all the same unless changed in wp-admin or a user’s profile. But that change only applies to display_name afaik.

So if you want the functionality of @mentions, I believe you need to expose user_login.

@[name] is set via \buddypress\bp-members\bp-members-functions.php -> bp_core_get_username() which has a filter
apply_filters( 'bp_core_get_username', $username );
You could experiment with that filter and see what breaks :}

That is the BIG question ! If you read the comment i mentionned, it says “converted space”.

In fact, as stated before, @mention use $username combined with $user_id
This works in almost every situation, i think.
If your username (pseudo) is henrywrigth, first name henry, last name wright, the display name would be automatically henrywright. As display_name is the first and last name, not the username.

Same thing if you chosee HW102 as username (pseudo) and first name henry, last name wright, the display name would be automatically henry wright.

On frontend, we’ll see HW102 and on mouseover, we’ll see henrywright. (with converted space)
On backend, we have HW102 (username) and Henry Wright (NAME)

NAME is the BP combination of WP’s first+last name on a profile.
And you always mention somebody by the username.

@mossyoak How did you accomplish that?

I need a solution that allows only the user (and the admin) to see their own profile. I need it so members not involved (@mentioned) in conversations on activity strea cannot see them.

Only the members involved and the admin should be able to see the conversation.

Thanks,
Adam

You can use r-a-y’s code to remove that pane:

//Removes mentions pane from profile activity (doesn't remove mention functionality)
function ray_remove_mention_nav() {
global $bp;
bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $bp->activity->slug, 'mentions' );
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'ray_remove_mention_nav', 15 );

It works on my 1.8+ test setup.

-David

Did you add a plugin recently? If you change to bp-default theme, do the mentions show up?

BuddyPress doesn’t use Facebook’s wall idea. It’s more like Twitter; you need to @mention them. The default theme has a “public message” button when viewing another user’s profile; this is a shortcut and it provides the @mention for you.

@katemgilbert

It’s not that the profiles are broken, but that the activity and @mention permalinks for prior events aren’t updated. New activity will have the correct, new link, while prior activity links will be broken.

I’ll let you know if I have any more luck with this!

If you want to have it on a different page, just change the permalink on the profile to something different, or “URL”. This may help. https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

I have long thought BuddyPress was confusing, and so I decided to take on the task of building a theme that would solve every issue I have with BuddyPress. It can be downloaded at http://www.buddyboss.com.

1. Groups and Forums are combined in an INTUITIVE way on my theme. It finally makes sense!
2. @mentions are gone. In their place is a TRUE Facebook wall on every profile. Post on friend’s profiles and status updates with threaded comments. You’ve got to try it to see how sweet it is
3. Stripped out all of the nonsense that adds to BuddyPress’ general chaos, and what’s left is a simple and enjoyable experience.

Here’s the answer! It has always frustrated me how @mentions work in BuddyPress as I find it chaotic and confusing for users. So I built a theme that converts the @mentions system into a TRUE Facebook wall with post to profile and threaded replies. If you every need to, at any time you can deactivate our Wall Component from the dashboard and your content will revert to @mentions, You can download the theme at http://www.buddyboss.com.

I created a theme that comes with a true Facebook wall. It converts all @mentions into Wall posts that can be replied to and threaded on your profile and is extremely intuitive to use, and it makes use of some of the code in R-a-y’s plugin. You can get it at http://www.buddyboss.com.

You might want to try the BuddyBoss theme at http://www.buddyboss.com. It has a built in Wall on user profiles. Images and video can be added via oEmbed for BuddyPress, and the wall functions like a true Facebook wall in terms of how the conversation flows. It converts @mentions into wall posts so the BP Gallery plugin could potentially be integrated if you know what you’re doing.

@msullens88 How did you combine @mentions, status updates, photos from bp-gallery into one activity feed? I have been looking for the answer to this for weeks. I have an activity feed on a users profile, but can’t get @mentions to show.

Your help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

-Paul

@mercime, it’s because the @mention was after the excerpt on the profile activity stream. It’s weird.

Notice how our posts are somewhat indented?