Yes, I know fb-auto-connect but not having the option to choose an username on signup is a real bummer. User can change a display name later, but the @ mention name still stays automatically generated facebook “name.surname”…
And I was waiting for buddystream release, but for some reason it doesn’t have single-click sign up options with 3rd party sites…
<?php printf( __( "You are not a member of any groups so you don't have any group forums you can post in. To start posting, first find a group that matches the topic subject you'd like to start. If this group does not exist, why not create a new group? Once you have joined or created the group you can post your topic in that group’s forum.”, ‘buddypress’ ), site_url( BP_GROUPS_SLUG . ‘/create/’ ) ) ?>
I was thinking of possibly trying to integrate the Mingle Forum to use as a ‘Global board’ while the groups had their own forums.
You can install and use a WP forum plugin like Mingle Forum, SimplePress, etc. The tricky part is integrating the plugin with BuddyPress i.e. forum posts in Mingle Forum or SimplePress won’t appear in sitewide activity if you do not create a “bridge” script or plugin nor will forum topics posted in BP group forums appear in Mingle or SimplePress forum topc list. If that’s acceptable to you, then using one of WP forum plugins is the way to go for your “global board”
creating a ‘global board/forum’
There is a premium BP-compatible Global Forum plugin working on top of the internal bbPress forum installation http://buddydev.com/plugins/global-forums/
@adrianmaggio and @agck I don’t know to what you’re referring, but I see go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading, and set the “Front page displays” setting to “A static page (select below)”, then choose “Activity Stream” from the “Front Page” drop-down menu. I even tried out a fresh 3.1.1 install. This is how you set the page.
@adrianmaggio When BP 1.3 is released, you’ll be able to easily set the front page using the method I’ve laid out above.
You could try using BuddyPress Custom Posts and modify it to what you need. That’s what EP uses, and it basically attempts to minimally replicate the dashboard for custom post types. (http://code.google.com/p/buddypress-custom-posts/)
@covandy You might take a look at EventPress. It has a lot of potential, but I ran into a usability issue with it. It was just too confusing for the normal user.
and in case anyone else is reading this thread in the future regarding the in-depth discussion about using db tables or not, I wanted to mention one thing I learned.
You can insert or update the wordpress database – existing tables or your own – using nice built in class functions. for example:
`
$wpdb->mytable = $wpdb->base_prefix . ‘mytable’;
$values = array(
‘col1’ => $myval1,
‘col2’ => $myval2,
);
$wpdb->insert($wpdb->mytable, $values);
`
doing things this way, you gain all the security features of the wordpress database class, and don’t have to work about preparing or escaping the query. it’s done for you. $wpdb->update also exists. more here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpdb_Class
The problem seemed to go away when I changed “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?” to Yes (under BuddyPress General Settings).
Just an FYI, the replies that disappeared were to forum posts, but the notifier email said they were replies to an “update.”
I’d like to also be able to disable activity stream commenting for Updates too, but now I am not sure if that is necessary.
Of course it would be nice to allow activity stream commenting on forum posts…. but I just can’t take the chance that any replies to forums will be lost. The forum is a central feature and selling point for my site.
During the period that this problem started, I had:
+Tried to “connect to WordPress.com” using JetPack button, only got my homepage, looked at the features of JetPack and decided to deactivate and delete it.
+Added, then deleted, the Twitter Connect plugin.
So I guess it’s possible the problem happened in the install and uninstall of those plugins?
Did anyone else here do something similar with their plugins prior to having this problem?
Had the same problems on a multisite installation. Didn’t try deactivation of the bp-theme. In my case I just overwrote the buddypress plugin and then made my modifications.
Yes, I want this too.. I just installed WordPress, and integrated with the Buddypress Plugin. I also have the Forum up, but I want to create “topics” then “subtopics” within a topic.
The single most import feature is that events have their own title structure. Previous event plugins have used the groups code as their base but the problem with that is that events don’t get titled in a very seo friendly way (if at all) AND often link directly back to the main blog’s latest post. This is an SEO killer Also if events could be included in the WP tagging structure that too would help. If I had to add one more feature it would be the addition of an rss feed.
Update: I took the approach of using my own db tables. and so far very smooth sailing. Once I got the hang of setting up db tables and handled db schema updates, everything is crystal clear and easy to work with. I’m glad I took both routes. and for any future custom content I will definitely use custom post types and taxonomies, but for this kind of specialized functionality that is not really content, custom db tables is much cleaner in my opinion. (Perhaps a hybrid approach is sometimes the best approach, it all depends.)
@imjscn the plugin will probably only handle activity comments as a whole. You will be able to like, rate or vote on them (or all three at the same time!). I’ll add hooks and filters in the plugin so you could probably limit rating for activity comments on your special custom post type.
Could you be more specific? Buddypress is set up to integrate with bbPress, so I assume you mean plugins to enhance this existing set up.
I’m a fan of Forum Attachments and Group Forum Extras – both of which are available through the extend/plugin directory on this site.
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Also if events could be included in the WP tagging structure that too would help. If I had to add one more feature it would be the addition of an rss feed.
