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@askunky

There are any number of ways you can do this using CSS positioning (and developing your own bespoke website theme).

This isn’t really a BuddyPress question though, it’s a general website development / CSS question. I suggest a good book on CSS would be a starting point.

Incidentally: There’s no need for div wrappers just to position an image (you are adding unnecessary bloat), and I’d certainly avoid inline style definitions (which can be a maintenance nightmare).

@pcwriter – I’m not sure what you are trying to write with your CSS, but I suspect you’ve confused absolute and relative positioning. For the approach you are suggesting, you should make your main header div relatively positioned, and use absolute positioning on your image to position it absolutely in relation to the header div: http://css-tricks.com/absolute-positioning-inside-relative-positioning/

As to suitability of BuddyPress for a ‘simple site’ – it depends what you want that site to do – if you want user profiles, messaging, groups, activity streams, etc. – then BuddyPress gives you a great platform to build on.

If you just want a simple content management system with posts, then you’d be better building on vanilla WordPress.

If you don’t need content management, then your simplest site would just be HTML and CSS.

@askunky

The image should be contained within a div whose precise placement in the header can be controlled with position:relative;
Here’s an example styleset to get you started:

`.my-header-image {
position:relative;
left:-50px;
top:150px;
z-index:1;
}`

In the above example, the top-left corner of the div will sit 50px to the left of the left edge of your header, and 150px below the top edge of the header. No width or height is defined so you can place whatever size image you want in it. Here’s how:

`

`

Hope this helps!

thats very cool jeff! i cant await to turn on all the new privacy settings

@owrede Make sure that you’re using BP 1.2.5.2

You can write your own customised BuddyPress website (theme) to achieve this:

Please check the codex reference I gave you – it has all the details on how to write your own custom (filtered as you want it) activity loop.

Also check under docs on this site for details on how to write your own bespoke website theme.

@ehegwer

You should add an action function to the xprofile_updated_profile() hook. It’s called when a profile is edited.

In your action function, you can use bp_activity_add() to create a new activity item each time a profile is edited.

You can find those functions in bp-xprofile.php and bp-activity.php, and it’s probably worth checking to see how they work.

If you are not familiar with writing hooks, there is some content in the docs section on here. [ https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/action-reference/ ]

If you search the forums for bp_activity_add you’ll find some examples of how to setup and call that function – it’s at the heart of what you are trying to do.

I did a few days ago:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/show-profile-changes-in-activity-feed/

@ehegwer – post your question as a separate thread, if you want users to find and answer it

@paulhastings0 I forgot to add we’re in a sub-folder install on bluehost. Site at http://www.coetail.asia

@paulhastings0 yes…all blogs are public and actually any and all widgets/plugins that are suppose to be site wide are not pulling any of the blog posts or other content. I’m running 1.2.5.2 which from I can tell is the latest version. I’ve checked the config.php file to see if there was something I had to switch on there and couldn’t find anything. All site wide widgets just pull from the main blog. Really would like to have the latest blog posts from the community on the front page.

@bowromir

@bowromir I was trying to ensure the thread didn’t necessarily run on seeming to be focused at your site, this was trying to be kind! As for Moderators hat actually no it can’t ever be left off that is one of the burdens incurred in the responsibility, and I definitely do not feel the need to act tough and I trust that was a joke as for showing power that is the mark of a BAD moderator I’ve been doing this sort of thing for far too long to be feeling as though I needed to demonstrate power, also too old to think that’s important.

I’ll close the thread though now which is about the only power I do have

@kimprasannanielsen welcome to the help forum, firstly the forum is not a coding service as such we can’t do the work for you but will help you where you get stuck.

If you find an aspect confusing then please explain what stage you are at and what you’re stuck with and someone with experience of using the template pack will hopefully be able to guide you along.

If however you do want professional help then rather than post your email address here post a request on the jobs board group for help getting this sorted.

@travel-junkie Along with due attribution should also go the common courtesy of requesting permission and of not assuming that because something is posted publicly that that means it’s free to be copied as this is generally not the case.

With a tiny moderation hat on I would state for the record that this thread, should it continue, is not about bp-tricks in particular please, lest it feel like unfair judgment is being passed, which isn’t deserved.

On the matter of ‘tips & tricks’ getting lost on this project home site I would agree but that is an issue that is to be addressed by the reworking of the codex for the site and that this is where many code snippets will be gathered and presented as things progress, as for that being replicated elsewhere I pass no comment either way.

Yes, there are already filters for this in the default theme.

Also, take a look at: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/

Hi @bowromir,

This has the makings of a good debate, (and nothing to do with “get non activated users”.. Someone close this thread!)

I want to argue with you, refute your points, etc., etc. – but in reality, I tend to agree with a lot of them.

You are right, this site is very poor when it comes to finding information – even, as you point out, “how to” information (tricks… I hate that word!) that you know you read just a few days ago.

I’ve seen little constructive feedback, desire or direction from Automattic on this. So, I understand the motivation to create a separate site that attempts to do the job of presenting technical “how to” information well (and easily searchable).

I’m a little uncomfortable though about mixing your commercial side (themes) in the same site as the community resource, but accept there are arguments each way. I don’t know much about Adii and WooThemes, but suspect a lot of their content is self generated, or produced by their theme users. Where I worry about the ethics is if things are simply taken from this site (or others) and represented as “another great trick brought to you by Bowe”.

Ok, enough of hijacking this thread – and @travel-junkie‘s excellent snippet. Let’s talk separately sometime.

Hi Jozik and others
Are you still developing BPML? It’s been a while since last update.

Hi @rogercoathup,

Woow you almost make me feel guilty now! You make a few valid points, and I think the “problem” is that bp-tricks.com currently shows a big homepage offering my theme, while the actual community is not yet online. This might give you the impression it’s purely about business and making profit, and that is certainly not the case. It’s hard to defend myself when I only have a pre-order page to show, but if you read my reply here: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/bp-slick-probably-the-best-bp-theme-ive-ever-seen/#post-73078 you hopefully have a better idea of what I’m trying to do.

I’ve been on this forums for a long time, and I’ve come across so many awesome tips and tricks which are only seen by a few, and lost for so many. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for a tricks which I KNOW is here somewhere, but impossible to find back. That’s how BP-Tricks was born, and it will hopefully become a very nice resource for buddypress users. No ads, only BuddyPress related content, and no subscription models or anything like that. If you want to purchase a premium theme you can, and you’ll receive support for that, but it will not be promoted with ads or constant posts about why you should buy a Premium Theme or anything.

I hope that BP-Tricks becomes something like WooThemes or NetTuts.. have a huge bunch of cool resources and free stuff, while at the same time providing good support and nice designs/themes for people who wish to use that service. I personally have no problems with these kinds of services as long as you strike a balance between offering awesome stuff for free, and asking some money for certain services (in my case a Theme).

This has become quite a long reply sorry for that

I’m not aware of any games plugins, but I an working on an Achievements plugin.