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Aha. Problems.

So, following the advice of @modemlooper I got this working just fine. Anything created under Buddypress custom user fields can display fine in the bbPress loops, using something like this:

`
$user_location = xprofile_get_field_data( ‘Location’, bbp_get_reply_author_id() ) ;
if (strlen($user_location) > 0 ) :
echo ‘

Location: ‘ . $user_location . ‘

‘;
endif;
`

However, how do I make sure I follow the custom fields’ restrictions regarding visibility? In BuddyPress we can create a custom field and set its visibility to be either:
1) Anyone
2) Logged In Users
3) My Friends

Furthermore, these fields’ visibility can be allowed to be changed by each user.

So, before simply displaying a custom field for just everyone, I need to run the required checks to verify that it should be displayed for the anonymous/logged-in user. I tried getting a reference to the actual field, like this but the var_dump() doesn’t help me much:

`$user_location_field = xprofile_get_field( ‘Location’, bbp_get_reply_author_id() ) ;`

This is the var_dump($user_location_field):

`object(BP_XProfile_Field)[29]
public ‘id’ => null
public ‘group_id’ => null
public ‘parent_id’ => null
public ‘type’ => null
public ‘name’ => null
public ‘description’ => null
public ‘is_required’ => null
public ‘can_delete’ => null
public ‘field_order’ => null
public ‘option_order’ => null
public ‘order_by’ => null
public ‘is_default_option’ => null
public ‘default_visibility’ => null
public ‘allow_custom_visibility’ => string ‘allowed’ (length=7)
public ‘data’ => null
public ‘message’ => null
public ‘message_type’ => string ‘err’ (length=3)`

Even though I see a couple of public methods like “default_visibility()” and “allow_custom_visibility()”, they don’t really help. Their value doesn’t even change even when I change the field properties in the CMS.

@mercime thanks!

Here’s the source codes of the following separately in pastebin.com

– loop-page.php: http://pastebin.com/rC4W3k0Z
– functions.php: http://pastebin.com/wSt1cg15
– sidebar-page.php: http://pastebin.com/HrzsVHbF
– header.php: http://pastebin.com/MgsbGE4f
– index.php: http://pastebin.com/9Fu2EhFM
– footer.php: http://pastebin.com/U0u8WJu8

@mercime:

1. Thanks; I managed to create a menu item of this name (the default menu item had got deleted by mistake), and linked it to the Members page using the URL given in BP>> Members>>Members page. This solved the problem.

2. I am still struggling with resizing user images in the front end in a straightforward manner, and would appreciate your sharing how image resizing was handled by you.

Thanks in advance.

Hi @PAUL GIBBS I apologize that I trolled into your topic yesterday, as I was not about to create a new topic. Far as the other topics they were within the same support criteria that I needed. And you are right I haven’t discovered an answer.

I am using the latest version of buddypress and WordPress 3.4.2,which I installed via the dashboard and after review I do not have have within my editor/ftp directory called bp-custom.php file.

Thanks @modemlooper I’ll check that out.

@modemlooper thank you for your help.

@modemlooper Thank you! That did it.
get_the_author_id() as well as bbp_get_reply_author_id() seem to both work just fine.
get_post_author_id() and $bp->displayed_user->id don’t seem to work for me though.

Made some progress with this, but still need help. I figured that I could simply add something like this underneath the avatar:

However, notice the hard-coded “10” there which is an ID. This needs to be the ID of each user in the replies table and it changes with each table row inside the “loop-single-reply.php” file. I don’t mind changing the template file and keeping a record for it when upgrades come, but how do I know the ID of each user in the bbPress posting loop?