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@win – any luck setting it up? Would love to see the theme in action. The demo version is too minimal for me to get a good grasp. Thanks!

having just started looking at this some more, and reading something that @snapstart said about her config files, I am kicking myself as my problem I believe is related to moving DB host at some point. I had no fecking idea that a bb-config file gets generated with copies of your db cfg values in. I have now found that half of my forums are in an old db, and new forum creations don’t happen properly as it’s trying to do stuff across 2 dbs. DOH!

Hope you dont think Im rude, Im just saying what I see. No point in lieing. I am looking for a god quality premium theme. However, when I look at the demo on the site I am thinking this is not much of an improvement on the default buddypress theme, A few changes of colour, text and images, but nothing substantial.

If I was trying to sell a premium theme I would make the demo show that theme and have plenty of data on the site to illustrate how the theme looks right across the board. The current demo wont sell anything.

I am certainly interested in seeing what people make with the theme and if it looks good I would buy it. I am also looking at the wpmudev themes in particular blogsmu which I really like, but I refuse to pay for upgrades, I dont mind paying a one off fee upto $100 but upgrades must be free.

@tom_taylor_85 –

your solution (using the admin panel setting) turns off all activity stream posting.

The original poster only wants to remove the Sitewide Activity tab, and I assume wants to keep activity streams within profiles, etc.

The best solution is just to remove this tab from the main nav bar, is to edit the header.php file appropriately

@rossagrant would like to see a base-demo of the pro theme… I’m currently looking at some of the themes from WPMUdev.org as well….

same question here! just started with BuddyPress and this was one of my first questions.

Just to be clear: Did you click “Set up a new bbPress installation” at Dashboard > BuddyPress > Forum Setup?

Is there a bb-config.php file in the root of your WP installation? (It should have been created automatically when you did the initial setup.) If so, does it contain the correct database connection information? Do you have access to the database so that you can check whether the tables exist (they should start with wp_bb_)? Is this problem occurring with newly created groups as well as older groups?

@joelhinch,

Unfortunately I haven’t made any further progress on this. With work and life going on its difficult to find time to work continue with this… Perhaps I’ll get back on this and finish it up over the coming weekend. Thanks for the reminder.

I have noticed this problem too.

A fresh setup …5min WordPress install, add BuddyPress Plugin etc etc…

I can not yet confirm if it only occurs for hotmail users (yuck) and it needs more testing!

But here are some obscured excerpts from my mail logs…

Node1 webserver and BuddyPress:
`Oct 19 13:02:42 node1 postfix/smtp[23717]: D67EA2802A: to=, relay=192.168.###.###[192.168.###.###]:25, delay=40, delays=0.33/0.01/0.05/40, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 5967C292C1)`

Relayed to my Mail Server at Node2:
`Oct 19 13:02:43 node2 postfix/smtp[27458]: F2173292C4: to=, relay=mx3.hotmail.com[65.55.37.120]:25, delay=0.23, delays=0.01/0.02/0.08/0.12, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Queued mail for delivery)`

I have a pretty good knowledge of Linux and webservices, but this indicates the mail was sent to hotmail… but the user in question never received it – not even in their spam box.

My servers even have a correct SPF text record in the DNS but so far it seems all the hotmail sign ups are not being seen by the end user.

I can only guess that st00pid Microsoft’s hotmail is sending them into a black hole – perhaps they have got fussy about the confirmation link or something?

Even though it would seem it is not a BuddyPress problem, perhaps some tests should be done to find out why this happens (to be honest, I hate hotmail – but a lot of people use it).

If it is something todo with the confirmation link, then maybe there is some kind of work around?

It will be interesting to hear peoples thoughts on this!

@revolutionfrance @hnla is correct, I was talking about using a custom theme that doesn’t rely on the BP default theme.
If you are using a child theme of the BP default theme, you wouldn’t need to copy the new functions over.

Is 1.2.6 buddystream compatible

thekmen’s advise should be noted to refer to a true custom theme rather than a child theme.

If you are running as a ‘child theme’ i.e you are using and referencing the bp-default files – even if you have copied over some to customise then that is a child theme and you are still loading the original functions.php so DON’T copy anything in it over to your own file as that duplicates or attempts to call the same function twice and that results in problems.

@boonebgorges, @hnla , @djpaul – can anyone fix the broken html in this stream?

@thekmen I try copy/pasting from the functions.php, but I get a blank page…any clue why?

If you are not familiar with building child themes in WordPress / BuddyPress – you should read this page before beginning:

https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

it’s almost certainly a problem with your setup, and nothing to do with the core BuddyPress code.

As I suggested, check your bp-custom.php file first of all – it goes in the /plugins folder – did your developer put any functions in there that modify the behaviour of your site?

p.s. are you sure you are using vanilla BuddyPress – you (or developer) haven’t modified any of the core files?

@djpaul

You once mentioned having a proprietary solution for user lists using xprofile fields.

In redesigning my organization’s website I need to 1. display certain users (organization members in various departments) in a directory and 2. limit certain kinds of content creation to these lists (group creation only for organization members). We still want the site open to the public and use it to recruit new staff so I can’t just close down registration. Also, I can’t use wp roles because write permissions don’t line up with our organizational groupings (eg, some organization directors will be contributors while others are editors).

I’d be interested to know what you’ve come up with and would be willing to purchase it if it meets our needs and fits our budget.

@bojanski

hide_sitewide is a boolean, and in this line is being used to test whether an activity item has been marked as hidden or not – (it’s not a count @tom_taylor_85)

You should NOT be modifying the code there – that’s a core file, and you’ll run into problems when you upgrade if you’ve modified them. You’ve also changed the logic to say: if an item is marked as hidden get it to display – which is not what you want.

@bojanski – can you be clearer about what you mean by “remove sitewide activity tab” – do you mean you want to remove the main Activity page from the main nav bar?

If the latter – edit it out in header.php in your child theme.

In order…
-Depends what you mean, but this is a built in featured to BP
-This is pretty much a requirement for BP. Although, you can choose how big or small you want the profiles to be
-Groups in BP should satisfy this. You can make them public, hidden or private.
-This is a widget in the default BP theme
-Just turn it on in the BP settings
-There are a couple picture plugins. One that’s paid that’s pretty good from BuddyDev.com Another one that’s getting really close called BP Media. They have a version available now, but it’s basic. In a month? or so it will have even more features.
-These can just be added to your theme anywhere that you think would be good.

So, pretty much everything but the pictures is available by default with BP. The pictures need the plugin.