BuddyPress.org

A directory of what?

Closing this post. Create new topics to discuss something other than what the existing topic is about.

Check out http://dogsuniverse.dk for integration between forums and groups

@raymade, please would you start a new topic. This one’s pretty old, and the fix for your problem might be different from the fix that aces linked to, 9 months ago. Be sure to include details of what versions of WordPress you’re running, what you expect should happen, and what’s actually happening. Thanks!

You have been answered by @r-a-y in your other post. Closing this thread. Please refrain from posting multiple times with same topics. Also it’s bad forum etiquite to bump topics that are this old.

Thank you Paul.

I don’t have a “page” called “forums”. That is what the forum archive links too.

I don’t know why, but I am more confused then ever. Perhaps if I share what I want to achieve, someone can tell me how to achieve it.

I want:
Forums have to be precedent (and sidebar), like buddypress.org/support/ (no archive)
The ease of use, such as this forum. Ie; Forums divided into subjects and topics in those forums.
The functionality of buddypress. Ie; user member profiles and such.
And the two to work together.

I know this is possible, but wrapping my mind around what settings to disable/enable and what slugs to use or not, are out of my league. Today, I have spent 5+ hours trying to configure, yesterday, at least that many hours or more.

thank you for the help. Not sure why it’s so difficult to grasp.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the tip about starting a new topic for my post – will do now and include the specifics of what I need help with 🙂

Hi Kevin,

Not really comfortable to chat personally at this point. In fact, not really comfortable to publicly bag Salutation theme either!  First time ever for me to speak so negatively about something I invested in online.

Certainly some people have managed to get the theme working well so for those who have good understanding of Buddypress and BB Press, it’s an excellent option. There are just a lot of holes that need to be filled in for newbies and the support forum available through Salutation leaves much to be desired for the total beginner.

Yes, the video tutorials are great! And I did find much help there. However, once again, it’s assumed that you already have a thorough understanding of Buddypress and how it works. I don’t so was often left feeling confused and uncertain about to create exactly what I want.

One more thing on Salutation – I originally contacted their theme support via email to request professional support – almost 2 weeks ago. I got one email response back 5 days later saying they would pass it on. I have heard nothing from them since hence me posting for professional support here at Buddypress 🙂

I wish you much luck, Kevin! I’m sure that you’ll find the perfect solution very soon 🙂

This sounds like a bug with bbPress and how it supports BuddyPress groups.

Please post a bug report at:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/newticket

Sign in with the same credentials you use here on bp.org.

Hi Peter,

Commons In A Box is not a fork of BuddyPress.  It utilizes BuddyPress as well as other vetted BuddyPress plugins together to form an easy package to work from.  The rationale is you shouldn’t have to go and find which plugins work and don’t work.  CBOX also packages a nice theme to work with that is easily customizable.

Check out the CBOX website for more info.  Also feel free to register and ask questions over there.

Please try not to post the same thing across several threads.  A good rule of thumb is to create a new topic for your questions and not bumping older topics that haven’t been responded to in awhile.

As for your questions:

* Geotagging for member profiles – several plugins exist.  You might want to try Mapology.  It’s a premium plugin, but it’s probably the most feature-rich.

* Auto-refresh activity page – there are a few plugins out there, but I haven’t really tested all of them.  Try this one:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rs-buddypress-activity-refresh/

* Events – again, several plugins exist.  Do a search on Google for “buddypress events” and you’ll find the top plugins.

You’ll probably want to test out a few of those plugins to see which ones will suit your needs.

Hope that helps.

Hey man, I realize this post is pretty old but you all seemed very knowledgeable. I have a site idea with ENORMOUS potential and is catered around a very niche clientelle. It has the possibility of thousands of users generating thousands of posts daily. I was looking into Ning but didn’t like what you said above, however, when I looked into Buddypress it seemed lacking some of the features I need. What I need is…

Profile members. All member’s profile should have geo tags on their profiles.

An activity page that shares posts on certain pages which all members can tune into and have updated on a correlating IOS and android app (if possible).

A search for profile members that are attending an event that include their proximity to the person searching. Meaning. If I am attending an event and there are several other members that are too, I’d like to be able to see which members are near me.

I realize this is a lot so I’m posting in several places.

All the best,

Jeduhu

I am looking into building a social network too which would need this option. I’ll keep watching to see if this problem can be solved. I am wieighing my options on ning vs. buddypress. I really need to be able to make custom searches for profile members. Privacy search options. If this isn’t possible on Buddypress I need to find a different option.

If you’re using a child theme of the bp-default theme, modify /registration/register.php and remove this block of code:
http://pastebin.com/tvKBRnW6

If you don’t have /registration/register.php located in your theme’s directory, copy it from /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/

Can I suggest we update the guide to include a note to ‘check your bp-config.php file to confirm the table prefix’

Good call, daneglerum.  I’ve updated the codex article.  Feel free to update it yourself!  Anyone who has access on buddypress.org should have access to edit any article on codex.buddypress.org.

I just tried to duplicate what both of you were experiencing in BuddyPress 1.6.1.

I logged in as a regular member and tried to navigate to another member’s settings page.  It redirects me back to the member’s home page.

I’ve read issues similar to both of you about the redirect issue.

You can try removing the canonical redirect. Do this by adding one of the following in /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:
add_filter( 'bp_do_redirect_canonical', '__return_false' );

remove_action( 'bp_template_redirect', 'bp_redirect_canonical', 2 );

And see if that helps.

I cannot get the link to open in Chrome. But it does open in IE. I have seen those instructions before. But in step 4 the screen capture shows 3 options under bbPress. It shows “Settings”, “Deactivate” and “Edit”. I do not have those options. I have “Network Deactivate” and “Edit”.

The link to the codex article I provided does not have any screenshots.

I can’t even get the Forums menu to show up on the menu bar.

This is a bbPress issue.  You have to create your own page for Forums.  When you create a new page, make sure to add one of the bbPress shortcodes to display what you want (you’ll probably want to use [bbp-forum-index]).  Then, add your page to your theme’s custom menu.