Last I heard, this was supposed to be addressed in BuddyPress 1.6 where there will be better integration with bbpress 2.0. Where that process stands I have no idea. I ran into the same problem myself and wound up NOT using forums inside BuddyPress and instead am using the bbpress plugin. It’s ugly and very basic, but at least it works.
What I did was take a page template that I liked, then made a copy of it and renamed it. Then I created a copy of the sidebar (and registered it with functions.php). Then, in the template copy, under sidebar, I swapped out the listed sidebar for my custom sidebar. Done. This way, you can have a page template with a different sidebar. Not sure if this is the ‘proper’ way of doing things, but it worked for me. Good luck.
http://pastebin.com/DDX3d0bc – core actions page actions.php
http://pastebin.com/qYsSy6tN – core actions index.php
@modemlooper – I second not1_name statements re: I think a native BP app would be very useful!
Being dependent on Aurigma is iffy at best.
We wouldn’t want your app incorporated into a theme.
If it works standalone, then a site license fee is a no-brainer !
Creating a mobile theme for BP is a huge task that others might not want to take on. There seems to be a movement in using responsive themes instead.
As for pic uploads on iOS there is only 3 options: the intermediary app, a native app and an email image option. I’ve never tried doing the email option as I think it’s a clunky method. Facebook gives this type of option but I think it’s more for feature phones with cameras, not smartphones with apps. Would instagram be as successful if you could only email in photos?
Other option, like you stated, is to use other services to get photos into BuddyPress; twitpic, instagram, Flickr etc.
If you have the following files (based on the free ifeature theme) open up ifeature theme’s /core/actions/page-actions.php and post code in pastebin.com and do the same with theme’s core/actions/index-actions.php
== I did install through the one click installation. ==
WordPress should be installed manually i.e. via FTP, cpanel, etc. and NOT via webhost scripts which bring about numerous issues when BuddyPress is activated. – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#system-server
I’ve been scratching my head during hours and I can’t find any related answer to this problem.
Basically I am developing a theme with BuddyPress support and when I am logged in and write a new post or add new friends or create a new group or comment an activity it works but then when I want to add to favorite a post it does change to “remove favorite”. I can see it calls wp-load.php with status code 200 OK with the response remove favorite but when I reload it goes back to favorite and when I go to the favorite section it is empty. I am running it on my local but when I switch to the generic BP theme is works fine..
Does anyone had this similar issue? Any help would be great!
Hi ! I’d like some help here…
I want to show only user’s status update in his activity stream. I looked around the web, and found this:
http://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/
As written, I changed the:
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for:
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in the theme’s activity-loop.php.
It doesn’t change anything.
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( WPMU Business theme )
One thing I think a lot of people want is a solution to allow members to favorite posts so we can display them to them on their activity pages in a loop or something in a sidebar. There was a plugin for that but it broke after updates so how about making this a core feature of buddypress. I see there already is something similar for activity updates but I would think having this for posts we be 10x more useful.
Hi there,
i am new to buddypress and would like to hide the admin user, for security reasons.
How can i exclude the admin, maybe by id, from the members loop or hide him from any access at all? Is there a plugin to solve this?
Hugo,
My sincerest apologies. I am embarrassed to have been so abrasive and adamant about my issue. Looking at the post and the manner of which they were posted is not me. So again, thank you for responding and understand that I have taken note and will be more patient in the future.
Being said, I have the latest WP and the latest BuddyPress installed. I did install through the one click installation. I purchased the “Salutation” theme from Parallelus and before I migrated my site to a dedicated server I was able to create groups and forums as a user. I will go through each plugin associated with BuddyPress and assure there isn’t anything I missed.
I will post me result.
Thank you again, Hugo.
On the Activity Page, I can see two tabs; one for All Members and one for @Username Mentions. Is it possible to change the Username to Nickname or Display Name?
The rest of the application shows nickname/display name everywhere else, except for that tab.
Edit – I can see my Username when I am looking at a group if I am the owner of the group.
@mercime thanks a lot.
I did it all. BuddyPress required me to change 15 files, not 16.
Everything seems aligned now, but there ´s something wrong with the register.php page link which is navigating back to the home page. I did that one twice, using a clean backup file I have. Same results.
Clues?
Again, thank you very much.
No I am using the Paid Pro version. Let me know what files you need and I will send them over ASAP
Thanks for all your hard work.
Hi all. I have an issue where the two emails that are supposed to go out when a new user registers on the site, the activation email to the user and the ‘new user registration’ email to the admin, does not get sent / delivered. I’ve tried deactivating all my plugins and deactivated my premium buddypress theme but it still didn’t work. Only after disabling buddypress and using the standard WordPress install, does a user receive their activation email. I have searched high and low, but I just cannot get to the bottom of this, but as soon as I activate buddypress, it stops working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Justin.
Hmmm, thanks. Looks like they are part of the Buddypress Profile Privacy plugin. Did not know that this plugin also had these settings. So here is what happens:
Setting privacy on individual profile fields in the profile editor works
Setting privacy setting in Profile -> Settings -> Privacy does nothing at all.
Maybe it’s something I’m doing / not doing, I don’t know.
Is Buddypress Profile Privacy 1.4.2
Will investigate further.
Ok, I’m a little confused here – my first buddypress and multisite set up
I need the social networking aspect of buddypress
I want an extensive forum within the multisite accessed by all users across the network
what i want is
Main site 1 – with main content, and buddypress social network aspect
blog site 2
blog site 3
blog site 4
blog site 5 ………….. 10 etc
on all sites I’d like a menu tab in the navigation menu that goes to a forum, which people log into as part of their network wide subscription, so all users from all sites can interact on the forums
I have tried tinkering with the forums which come as part of the buddypress install – but they don’t seem to play too well within the theme of my whole site, look very basic, and confuse me with the buddypress.
so, what set up is best? – make the buddypress forums work somehow – am i missing something? can I get them to run in a seperate skin/theme
load a seperate bbpress install in a sub-site
use something like mingle plugin in a sub site
I’m sure this isn’t the best answer, but an option – use a bridge to a phpbb install ….
I’ve been using/moderating phpbb forums for a while, but I’d really have an integrated package within buddypress or wordpress
any help appreciated, I’ve tried searching all over the net, and not managed to find a clarity
cheers
Mark
Hi, I am using a Linux server ( Not local server ) , and installed wordpress and buddypress manually using an ftp client. My server configurations are
PHP Version : 5.2.9
Mysql : 5.0.92
Apache rewrite module not enebled
I have not installed wordpress to the root directory of my domain.
That is the directory where i installed wordpress is “www.mysite.com/demo”
Thanks a lot for your answers
I like it. How did you do the drop down menus on the groups, forums ect tabs. I like that.
Current version of BuddyPress doesn’t have any privacy settings, so, which plugin are you running?
@Mercime: May I send you an email so you can take a look at my site?
