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@ Mercime: From what I recall its not necessary for it to be GPL, but okay.

It wont work if your chat require a real server. Most BP sites are on shared hosting sites.

Something like http://www.pcpin.com/ would be great

Don’t think it’ll be a widely used plugin, first because it can’t be used on most hosts/servers and second since not a lot of sites actually need it.

Besides that, you’ll get a lot of people nagging that the plugin won’t work on their host/server.

Closing thread; see https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/please-help-understanding-buddypress-code-without-documentation/

WordPress, not BuddyPress plugin, handles email activations. It could also be because of webhosting configuration. Deactivate BP and BP-dependent plugins, then double-check if activation emails are sent from your installation. Check for resolutions from
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/faqs/specific-faqs/
WP.org forums https://wordpress.org/search/activation+emails+not+sent?forums=1.

@bgrun80 I think it’s cool that you want to work on the documentation. I saw your post Dec. 2010 “Buddypress functions that I’ll try to figure out – please help via comments” in your blog and you’re working on the BuddyPress 1.1.3 version. The userbar.php, optionsbar.php and plugin-template.php files for example, are no longer in BP 1.2+ versions. You might want to document latest version https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.7/bp-themes/bp-default

CometChat has a pricey plugin at $500 USD that can offer that plus screen sharing. I haven’t heard reviews on it though.

@djpaul we have a troll @bgrun80

“There is no listing and explanation of functions. There is no explanation of hooks, actions or filters.”

LOL, it’s called “dummies” meaning for people who don’t even know how to install WordPress let alone BP. The Dummies book is great for an absolute beginner. If you have moderate experience with WordPress, then no, the dummies book will not do you any good. You are better off reading this forum, going through the developer docs.

Not to mention, why are you replying to a topic that is 8 months old? Are you a troll?

@bgrun80
If you’re looking for info on functions, don’t go looking in a `dummies` book. The title of the book should have made it clear to you that it’s probably not the most technical of books ever published and that maybe you don’t fit into the desired audience.

Buddypress for dummies is a piece of crap.
Do not buy it. Just d/l it from isohunt.

I just read through it and my hope has turned to despair.
There is no listing and explanation of bp functions. There is no explanation of bp hooks, actions or filters.
Basically, for the first half of the book (literally) she tells you what WordPress is and how to install it.
For the 3rd quarter of the book, she tells you what the components are, what plugins are, how to use (wait for it) HTML tags, CSS, and other crap.
Also, you learn how to use the admin panel. Yay…
Do not waste your money.

Buddypress for dummies is not suitable for developers.
I don’t suggest buying it if you want to develop seriously.

I just read through it and my hope has turned to despair.
There is no listing and explanation of functions. There is no explanation of hooks, actions or filters.
Basically, for the first half of the book (literally) she tells you what WordPress is and how to install it.
For the 3rd quarter of the book, she tells you what the components are, what plugins are, how to use (wait for it) HTML tags, CSS, and other stuff.
Also, you learn how to use the admin panel. Yay…
I really didn’t like it.

Not every do_action call automatically has actions attached to it. Some do, but some are just there so developers can hook into them if they need to.

If you want to know what a function does, then do a search in the files for the functions. While the codex does a good job with the various loops and some other stuff, it’s not so good with functions, and there are a lot of them. Once you have found the function (takes around 3 seconds in my IDE) you know what parameters it takes, where you can hook into and to what hooks it is attached.

Quite easy, really

Instances of do_action() don’t actually do anything. They are just hooks for other plugins or themes to use. So, while I agree that there should be a great deal more documentation throughout the BP core, documentation for the do_action calls in bp-defaultisn’t really possible because of the simple fact that most of them are not actually used by BuddyPress itself.

If you would like to see where (or whether) a particular hook is being used by BP, search for that hook name in the context of an add_action() in the BP package.

And fyi, every user account here on buddypress.org should have edit access to codex.buddypress.org. Try visiting codex.buddypress.org/wp-admin. If you find you don’t have access, it’s an error – let me know and I’ll be happy to set it up.

== when I go to Activate plugin ==

You mean when you activate BuddyPress plugin? or another plugin?

duplicate of this post

Agreed. @DJPaul mentioned upgrading template pack for BP 1.2.6-1.2.7
@hotforwords has submitted her fix for BP Template Pack for BP 1.2.6 https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-template-pack-and-buddypress-1-2-6-things-break-but-i-have-a-solution

I asked about this weeks ago and no one has responded. I even offered to update the template files my self.

@r-a-y Thanks for the help. I was just looking how to translate that word. It’s not appearing in the Codestyle Localization plug-in, so your workaround seems to be the only way to localize it.

The official instructables … https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/