@ubernaut Thanks for the encouragement! Part of the reason I am thinking that this will work for this particular site is that most of the users there are very engaged just through the comments. I think it is a great site for us to start with and get our feet wet with BuddyPress because of the amount of existing engagement. These guys are serious about their vehicles and I have a feeling that if I can get some groups started and get a few of the more experienced body guys to offer some advice to the newcomers we could have a really nice place for people to share and learn about something they are truly passionate about. I’m really looking forward to seeing how it takes off. Hopefully the installation will go relatively smoothly and we’ll have the opportunity to watch it grow. I’m waiting for some information from our theme developer now to see if there is anything there that we need to do and the next step will be to load the plugin!
Thanks again for all your help. It is always appreciated. I’ll be sure to let you know how it goes. Hopefully, I’ll have some good news to share and a good BuddyPress install to show off!
Have a great day and we’ll be in touch! 🙂
Hi, I am having this error after register:
Warning: sprintf() [function.sprintf]: Argument number must be greater than zero in /home/pontogam/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-functions.php on line 1357
The code in line 1357 in bp-members-functions.php is:
$message = sprintf( __( “Thanks for registering! To complete the activation of your account please click the following link:\n\n%1\$s\n\n”, ‘buddypress’ ), $activate_url );
I didnt changed anything.
What could be the problem???
Thanks
Thanks again @ubernaut. I think I read something similar awhile back stating that is was better to install bbpress using FTP. I can do it either way, but I’d prefer to do it through BuddyPress so I’ll try that first and see what happens. We’ve backed everything on the site up, so if something goes “awry”…we’ll be ready for it! LOL
I appreciate all your help and I’ll be sure to post here to let you know how it goes! Looking forward to getting up and running and seeing if we can get some of our regular blog commentors to register in the forum and networking areas. This is kind of an experiment for us at this point.
It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction we get here. It appears that most of our registered users are pretty computer friendly…something that’s not always true in the auto industry! LOL Lots of really good technicians out there that can’t answer an email due to lack of computer skills…so I’m hoping that we don’t come up a “bust” merely due to that. But, only time will tell…so, in an effort to waste a little less of “that”…I’ll get started and see what we can accomplish!
Thanks again for the help and we’ll be in touch!
LDJAutoBody 🙂
well if your theme says its buddypress compatible that means it was probably compatible before the universal compatibility was part of buddypress so to answer your question no you should not have to change anything, however i would check with your dev to ensure its been updated to work with 1.7 because there are some changes from 1.6 to 1.7 that could effect the legacy compatibility (at least there was for our theme).
it shouldn’t matter the order you install (i don’t think) but personally i would install buddypress first. i used the button to install bbpress from inside buddypress actually. But that was a while ago and i think i read somewhere thats not actually the best way to do it though. maybe someone else can chime in here who knows more then me.
One more question! Sorry! It was an “afterthought”! LOL
Is there ANY order in which to install BuddyPress and bbpress? In other words, should we install one before the other? Right now, we have neither one installed and need both social networking AND forum capabilities.
Again, thanks in advance for any help. This site and the support forums are great. Don’t know what we’d do without it. 🙂
LDJAutoBody
Thanks @ubernaut! That is the information that I wanted to hear. I appreciate the quick response too. Now…I actually have another question. I have heard that the new BuddyPress version is compatible with most WP themes whereas previously, it was not. Is it possible to use BuddyPress and BBpress together on an existing WP installation? Or will we have to “re-design” the site using a theme designed specifically for BuddyPress?
The WP theme that we are currently using “says” that it is compatible with BuddyPress, but I have not yet tried to install it. Just wondering what I might be up against when we intall the two new plugins… Again, thanks in advance for any help! 🙂
LDJAutoBody
bbpress only handles the forum aspects of your site, so if you only want forums but none of the other social network components there’s no need to install buddypress at all. Likewise if you do not want a forum but you still want the other stuff then bbpress is not required. Obviously if you want everything then you want both.
I want to rename wp-login.php to login.php so that whenever someone visits wp-login.php , 404 page not found is returned. I just noticed that buddypress.org uses the same. The login link is http://buddypress.org/login. How can i achieve the same?
Hi there,
well it works in twenty twelve. For an unknown reason my theme isnt loading the css:
my header code:
<link rel='stylesheet' id='admin-bar-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-includes/css/admin-bar.min.css?ver=3.5.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='bp-admin-bar-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/css/admin-bar.min.css?ver=1.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' />
<!-- my stuff -->
<link rel='stylesheet' id='base-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/themes/kammer/css/kammer.css?ver=3.5.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='scrollbar-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/themes/kammer/css/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css?ver=3.5.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='fancycss-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/themes/kammer/css/jquery.fancybox.css?ver=3.5.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/themes/kammer/js/jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.min.js'></script>
twenty twelve header code:
<link rel='stylesheet' id='admin-bar-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-includes/css/admin-bar.min.css?ver=3.5.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='bp-admin-bar-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/css/admin-bar.min.css?ver=1.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='bp-legacy-css-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/css/buddypress.css?ver=1.7.2' type='text/css' media='screen' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='twentytwelve-fonts-css' href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700&subset=latin,latin-ext' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='twentytwelve-style-css' href='http://local.die-kammer.dev/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css?ver=3.5.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
any idea what’s wrong with my theme?
Hi there again,
installed bp 1.7. very basic, no individual theme templates or anything.
the result: buddypress.css and buddypress.js(? or whatever the name of the bp-js is) isn’t loading in my theme.
What reasons could that have? Anything special needed in the header.php?
THX
Hi Hugo, thx for answering.
Well… then i still need the bp-template-pack plugin active – am i right? If i don’t activate no css and js is loaded, just the templates.
Is there maybe a different option? Modifying the buddypress.php Template file with a php case switcht or something like this?
thx.
@hiboy Strange. If BuddyPress is activated, you should have what I posted above at the bottom of the page Settings > Forums. Have you tried re-uploading bbPress and BuddyPress plugins manually i.e., s/FTP or cpanel?
You can prevent theme compatibility running by simply overloading those BP files as you did before in your theme root using full bp templates – in 1.8 we are looking to introduce the ability to overload templates in theme compatibility mode with files such as index-activity.php, index-component-profile.php etc:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4639
PParticipant
@Chouf1, that’s my blog you’re linking to. I am not sure if they added Throttling to the new Buddypress version. I opened a ticket months ago, the milestone has been set to: version 1.7 to Future Release https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3732. This is a bit frustrating since Throttling makes for great spam control.
@tifire Go to /bp-friends/bp-friends-functions.php in your Buddypress installation and change the friends_add_friend function to the following:
function friends_add_friend( $initiator_userid, $friend_userid, $force_accept = false ) {
global $bp;
$friendship = new BP_Friends_Friendship;
if ( (int) $friendship->is_confirmed )
return true;
$friendship->initiator_user_id = $initiator_userid;
$friendship->friend_user_id = $friend_userid;
$friendship->is_confirmed = 0;
$friendship->is_limited = 0;
$friendship->date_created = bp_core_current_time();
/**
* BuddyPress Friend Request Throttling
*
* Set a throttle period for user friendship requests
*
* @author Patrick Saad
*/
global $wpdb;
$qry = "SELECT date_created FROM wp_bp_friends where initiator_user_id = '".$initiator_userid."' order by date_created desc limit 1";
$user_friend_requests = $wpdb->get_results( $qry );
if ($user_friend_requests)
{
$latest_user_request = strtotime($user_friend_requests[0]->date_created, time());
$time_since_latest_request = time() - $latest_user_request;
// that's 2 minutes
$throttle_period = 60 * 2;
// if the last request was over 5 minutes ago, allow it
if ($time_since_latest_request < $throttle_period)
return false;
}
// End of BuddyPress Friend Request Throttling //
if ( $force_accept )
$friendship->is_confirmed = 1;
if ( $friendship->save() ) {
if ( !$force_accept ) {
// Add the on screen notification
bp_core_add_notification( $friendship->initiator_user_id, $friendship->friend_user_id, $bp->friends->id, 'friendship_request' );
// Send the email notification
friends_notification_new_request( $friendship->id, $friendship->initiator_user_id, $friendship->friend_user_id );
do_action( 'friends_friendship_requested', $friendship->id, $friendship->initiator_user_id, $friendship->friend_user_id );
} else {
// Update friend totals
friends_update_friend_totals( $friendship->initiator_user_id, $friendship->friend_user_id, 'add' );
do_action( 'friends_friendship_accepted', $friendship->id, $friendship->initiator_user_id, $friendship->friend_user_id );
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
This will prevent a user from sending a friendship request to someone if their recent friendship request date was less than, say 2 minutes (change the $throttle_period variable to modify this time)
Just gave this a fresh test, works in Buddypress 1.7.2. This same concept can be applied to comments, groups, etc, you just have to find the functions and play around.
hi there,
here’s my question about 1.7.:
is it possible – like in 1.6 was – to use custom individual full-page-templates for activity, a different for members, a different for groups etc.
If im remebering right in 1.6. the index.php files in folders activity, grups, memebrs, etc. were full pages. Now index.php is just content in pages content.
Ok, i can make a page-buddypress.php im templates root, but thts for all lind of template pages i guess.
How can i change that individually like in 1.6?
THX
Matze
Does buddypress have a lost password function?
@mjbenzon I am willing to spend my own money in continuing the development of it if you guys would be willing to share it. I can also sign any agreement that I would not step in your niche. I would like to use it for my ethnicity as a casual dating site.
@mercime Thank you for replying again
Settings > forums , i only got the following option , no buddypress
Main Settings
Main forum settings for enabling features and setting time limits
Disallow editing after minutes
Throttle posting every seconds
Revisions Allow topic and reply revision logging
Favorites Allow users to mark topics as favorites
Subscriptions Allow users to subscribe to topics
Topic tags Allow topics to have tags
Anonymous posting Allow guest users without accounts to create topics and replies
Default user role
Auto role Automatically assign default role to new, registered users upon visiting the site.
Fancy editor Use the fancy WordPress editor to create and edit topics and replies
Auto-embed links Embed media (YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, etc…) directly into topics and replies
Per Page
How many topics and replies to show per page
Topics per page
Replies per page
Per RSS Page
How many topics and replies to show per RSS page
Topics per page
Replies per page
Archive Slugs
Custom root slugs to prefix your forums and topics with. These can be partnered with WordPress pages to allow more flexibility.
Forums base
Topics base
Single Slugs
Custom slugs for single forums, topics, replies, tags, users, and views here. If you change these, existing permalinks will also change.
Forum Prefix Prefix your forum area with the Forum Base slug (Recommended)
Forum slug
Topic slug
Topic tag slug
Reply slug
User slug
Topic view slug
Search slug
Sorry i couldnt upload images
@fordp I wanted to ask you where exactly did you put the copy of the bp-groups and where did you replace the word “vehicle” for “group” I’m very new at buddypress, and need to build a site with a similar functionality as you.
Thanks!
Fabio C.
@hiboy just to be clear, did you upgrade from previous BuddyPress version with the old group forum installed OR is this a new install on WP 3.5.1 and BP 1.7.2? If this is a new install, then just go to admin dashboard menu Settings > Forums and go to the bottom of that page and uncheck “Enable Group Forums” 
@mercime Thank you thank you of replying me , yes is a typo,
my wordpress is 3.5.1
bp is 1.7.1
I would like to remove the option 3. Forum, cause i also have bbpress installed, i want user to use 1 forum as global, secondly it also causing a issue, when they create a group forum , the thread is shown in bbpress forum too.
I think to remove this is edit through buddypress plugin, but i unsure how.
