modemlooperYou don’t have to add tutorials to the blog here. Create your own blog. You don’t need permission. Others have created their own sites. Then go to codex tips and tricks and post up your link. Or you can always post a how to here in the forums. I contribute to BuddyPress and I don’t have the keys, so can you.
I’m not trying to sound hostile, just speaking my mind.
Ben Hansen@valuser thanks for sending that but i don’t think i know how to install it never baked my own plugin before do i just create a dir and add those files to it inside the plugins dir?
@qrahaman yup thats exactly what we are trying to do we use groups to make contests. prior to 1.5 there was a plugin which basically did this same thing and nobody was an option worked great (not that that means its important to everyone but certainly a good option to have).
Austin Nichols@modemlooper I don’t understand your hostility.
First this has nothing to do with the wire-frame topics. I think I’ve said that 3 times now. But because you brought it up…. I didn’t attack anyone. I stated why the designs where flawed. Gave my own opinions why they where, provided links to outside opinions on why they where flawed, offered alternative ideas, provided links to other ideas, posted pictures of examples we have built, etc. Is that your idea of being negative? I have no problem with any of them being “vetoed.” My only issues was that the impression was given that they where vetoed prior to asking for feedback so that effort was wasted.
Now back on topic. I’m not asking for others to do the marketing work I described. But the simple truth is I don’t have the keys to the site. Where can tutorials be submitted to the Blog? Is the blog willing to change how it is currently being used? Where do users submit sites to be included in the showcase? Are you looking for sites to be submitted? etc etc. Those are things only the developers can control. Empower your users and you maybe surprised at what they can contribute.
danbpfrHave you declared “testing” as a child-theme from within style.css ?
If you simply renamed bp-default when throwing it into the wp-content/themes/ folder, it is normal that you have a bad issue, because you’re using the same theme twice.
bp-default theme folder has to be in the buddypress/bp-themes/ directory. 
Quint+1 for your request. Here’s an example and a qualification of its use: a member’s street address. The member should have control over whether or not their home street address is displayed in their profile. Here’s the qualification… If the “nobody” option is selected, I don’t want it hidden from mapping plugins, such as Mapology/Buddyvents. Member-specified visibility of location should also be offered by mapping plugins, which is not a BP issue.
modemlooperAll of which you complain of has a feeling of “somebody should do all these things so I benefit” not “I want to help by doing all these things” and it’s coming off as anger.
I once felt similar as you do in regards to the potential. I felt things did not progress as fast as I’d like. I even went as far as saying I’d never write BP code again. Then I took a breather and rethought how I fit into the project and moved on.
Many of my suggestions here get vetoed all the time, I can point you to the trac tickets, but then I just turn those ideas into plugins that get download thousands of times. I smile because I get the feature I need and learn more about BP code.
My advice is if something isn’t being done and you think it should be then do it. You want more tutorials then write some. There is a tips and tricks section in codex you can add links to posts that are about BuddyPress.
Also, you have been negative in the wireframe threads. Stop being negative and attacking others ideas. Nothing there is stone. It’s just everyone’s ideas. Those ideas get discussed in the dev chat and decisions are made by popular vote. You don’t like it but everyone else does and idea gets voted in. That’s life my friend. Not all our wishes come true. And you sure as heck can’t sway popular vote with negativity or attacks at the ideas being presented.
See you in the dev chat!
Sciencefiction68done!
valuserHave posted a follow on topic at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/search-bp-members-by-wp_usermeta-fields/
@mercime@fiq I hear where you’re coming from. I appreciate the fact that you care about what happens with BuddyPress as the reason you’ve have been posting in the different threads. You have some good ideas there. We all need to keep common courtesy alive here in the forums even when others get tough, demanding, oppressive or condescending. Good ideas can get vetoed all the time depending on project requirements, you know that. If the way the idea was vetoed was not civil but brusque, then forgive those who did so and let it go.
As for the Codex, those have been volunteer efforts from the core devs, forum moderators and some active and generous members of the BP community. All are welcome to contribute to the Codex.
@mikey3dI found the problem. When I change the theme to bp-default and the link in the Group Directory is working. But oh boy, it is not theme it was the function.php that I add @boonebgorges codes is not working:
What’s the easiest way to change the default landing page for BuddyPress groups?
It was working in BP 1.6 but not BP 1.6.1. I deleted it. It works.
function bbg_set_new_group_default_subnav() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_group() ) {
// Set up your new default
$new_screen_function = 'groups_screen_group_forum';
$new_default_slug = 'forum';
$parent_slug = bp_get_current_group_slug();
if ( $function = $bp->bp_nav[$parent_slug] ) {
if ( !is_object( $function[0] ) )
remove_action( 'bp_screens', $function, 3 );
else
remove_action( 'bp_screens', array( &$function[0], $function[1] ), 3 );
}
$bp->bp_nav[$parent_slug] = &$new_screen_function;
if ( bp_is_groups_component() && !bp_current_action() ) {
if ( !is_object( $new_screen_function[0] ) ) {
add_action( 'bp_screens', $new_screen_function );
} else {
add_action( 'bp_screens', array( &$new_screen_function[0], $new_screen_function[1] ) );
}
$bp->current_action = $new_default_slug;
}
}
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bbg_set_new_group_default_subnav', 999 );
function bbg_set_new_group_default_action() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_group() && !bp_current_action() ) {
$bp->current_action = 'forum';
}
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_globals', 'bbg_set_new_group_default_action', 999 );Mikey3D
Austin Nichols@chouf1 It wasn’t victimization or moral harassment. It was a response to being called a d–k.
This isn’t about me. I can afford to hire developers, etc. I have been working with BP since it was in beta. I have answered questions here. I have contributed where I can etc etc.
I am calm.
I went out of my way to write this post in a productive way. It just seems I was talking on a completely different level. This isn’t about mods, locked posts or any of that other stuff. It was about the BIG PICTURE.
danbpfr @FIQ, i believe i understand what you’re saying here and on other treads in the past days, but i’m affraid you use the wrong maner.
“The hostility expressed just underlines my point.” sounds like victimization of yours, a kind of moral harassment against the BP users simply coming here for help or questions.
Rome wasn’t buit in one day. Learning how to use BP needs time, try outs and heavy headaches in some situation. And similar to other situations in the real life, you can’t go faster as the lowest BP user.
“My point” is your’s. Everybody here has his own point of view i guess.
If you want to help on this forum, write answers.
If you want to express your personal opinion, write on your own blog or elsewhere you want.
If you haven’t the time or the skills to do so, read only.
So what happens to you appened also to other i guess
– discovering buddypress
– learning the software
– enjoying it
– becaming familiar
– viewing the dark side
– burning down the idol (your actual statement ?)
– taking back
– viewing global
– acting local
So please, calm down, you’re not alone. 
@mercime@tomelk31 Per my check, the submit button is floated right in your site’s register page. However, this page and your other BP pages show that you still need to complete Step 3 of the Appearance > BP Compatibility process, i.e., fixing alignment for BP template files transferred to your WP theme folder.
@mercimeB. At the bottom of the same 16 files, replace:
`
`
with the following (except for registration/register.php):
`
`
with the following for registration/register.php:
`
jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});
`
Save files.
C. Upload the 6 BP folders containing the 16 files you’ve just revised to your server wp-content/themes/catch-box/
D. Copy the style modifications made in BP Twenty Ten at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ and paste to your theme’s stylesheet. Adjust to taste.
@mercime@ed161718 You need to change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your catch-box theme folder in server during the compatibility process.
If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your catch-box theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.
Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.
A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
`
with the following:
`
<article id="post-” >
Then, in each of 16 files, you’d like to change the BP Templates’ page title’s header tag from `
` or `
` to `
`, AND move title to above `
Save files.
danbpfrHi,
WP is promoting his own software Akismet against spam, so i’m affraid that it’s not tomorrow they will develop another antispam system.
i’m using wp-ban and some htaccess rules (very efficient IMO)
`# BEGIN ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .register*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*your_site.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) http://die-spammers.com/ [R=301,L] (->URL to redirect spammers to)
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer mrtoday.net spammer=yes (-> identified spam site)
Order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from env=spammer (-> some IP’s to ban )
deny from 78.47.125.158
deny from 203.186.54.21
deny from 174.139.12.106
deny from 70.32.38.85
# Blocking access from libwww-perl, and blocking urls that include “=http:” to eliminate bot attacks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} www-mechanize [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(wp-login.php|/wp-admin/) [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)=http [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]
# END ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION`
Take care by copy/pasting above code. Notices between (-> bla….) must be retrieved !
IP’s and sites to be blocked can be found in your server log files.
You can also consult some antispam sites giving the latest spam marked sites like http://urlvoid.com/
Austin Nichols@noel_tock Stop trolling.
danbpfr @mercime, ok thanks! But “honor” is too much i opened a ticket witch probably would be considered as “not important” yet…. There are other more important tasks to do first
Austin Nichols@karmatosed You are replying more about what you think my motivations are for writing this and not the larger points I was trying to make. I can be like a bull in a china shop at times. I realize that, but this isn’t about wire frames or even my posts or replies to them, which for the most part have been positive. This is about what I and others have been seeing as a whole beyond that. This is about the marketing of BP, which starts on this site.
@mercime@sciencefiction68 this topic is specific for the alignment of the Catch Box theme for ed161718. Please start a new topic, copy over what you’ve posted above and I’ll help you there.
@mercime== BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Activity Streams, User Groups, Members, Activate, Register. Repair ==
@tgnwsauctions Click on repair https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#settings-buddypress-pages
Make sure that Pages are associated with the BuddyPress component
Tammie ListerI am simply going to comment once here and won’t reply as I’ve had my fill of debates like this. Part of me just feels I shouldn’t even comment anymore but you certainly have got the wrong end of the stick. I for one want you to get involved more – I have lost count of how many times said that now. I still do and my hope was that you step into the community with more involvement not tred on it with a statement like this, so with that intent I shall comment.
You’re not the only one active in the community speaking to users, many say positive things. As someone that is like everyone else whose not a core contributor and by your definition an ‘us’ not an them (horrible definitions with too much negative weight to be used with bias), I can say that I couldn’t disagree more with your attitude exhibited in this post and also in other posts. There is no conspiracy, there is nobody against anyone. The mods aren’t out to get anyone either… they are simply doing their job in the forum.
If you look at the facts you will see actually a far more open community effort has been done in 1.7 where the core team have opened the doors by asking event or UI contributions for the first time ever in the history of the project. These were open to absolutely everyone and still are. You, me, him, her.. anyone can do a wireframe and it will be discussed. Anyone is also encouraged to be part of this process. I am not a kid by any means, I have lots of work to do, a husband, a life outside of BuddyPress – do you truly think I and others like me who aren’t part of the core team would get involved in this project when it was going to be pointless to be involved?
In 1.6 there was even a theme project and yet again calls were made out for people to join. I did, so did others and you know what – we had an amazing time, were welcome and never had any agendas forced on us.
Whilst, out of context to your statement here, I shall mention briefly the apparently trigger word for you of ‘veto’. You took offence at my use of one word ‘veto’ in relation to a technique suggested for drag and drop feature by a member of the core team, claiming this was a sign of an agenda by the core team – I still encourage you to look at the logs I linked for the developer chat to put that statement into context. Then I think you would see no agenda as there wasn’t any. Perhaps as you state ‘if you take this as hostel you proved it’ you should look without bias before jumping at a word.
I have before and I will again simply ask you to turn up the developer meetings and get involved. There is no point writing posts like this without looking for solutions. Negative breeds negative and gets peoples backs up. You say don’t take this post as hostel, way I’d not take it as hostel would be to see you step up and be a positive influence and get involved in the community. Then you truly are putting the community first and making sure by being part of the solution there is no agenda.
You walk into a room with open arms and smile – you get a welcome. You walk into a room, you talk to people, you start conversations and engage positively – eventually you’re at the center of that room’s conversations and integrated. You walk into a room with folded arms and a grumpy face – you get no welcome. You walk into a room, stay a while and endlessly complain about the room and all the people in it – people stop talking to you, back off and the room becomes very lonely. You walk into a room, stay a while then start lashing out your arms and swearing – people ask you to leave. I hope you open your arms and become a part of the solution.
mix35Hello,..
How can I enable “Restrict group creation to Site Admins?” ?
I think this is my problem I can’t find this option. Dashboard > Setting > Buddypress > Setting tab http://content.screencast.com/users/decs2/folders/Jing/media/d3023706-7c62-4bb9-9db9-f2598026d4a5/2012-09-04_1427.png
Austin Nichols@djpaul Off topic? This is 100% on topic.
I was only quoting what she wrote. She wrote things have already been vetoed and are not up for discussion. If you have a problem with that take it up with her because she was the one that wrote it not me.
Don’t worry I won’t comment anymore. Clearly it’s not welcome.
