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/*
 * Paste in your theme functions.php or in bp-custom.php.
 * Load the site in a browser
 * Then REMOVE this function from your theme functions.php or bp-custom.php.
*/

function buddypress_add_last_activity() {

  $members =  get_users( 'fields=ID' );
  // $members =  get_users( 'fields=ID&role=subscriber' );
  
  foreach ( $members as $user_id ) {
        bp_update_user_last_activity( $user_id, bp_core_current_time() );
  }

}
add_action('bp_init', 'buddypress_add_last_activity' );

If you check out my website you should see I’ve written a lot about the basics of BuddyPress, you should check it out, it should answer a lot of questions.

When you enable the BuddyPress Groups component you will be able to set up a Groups page, when this is viewed it will automatically show a Create Group link.

If you install bbPress you can enable group forums, that way your users get the option of addinga forum to their group.

I’d first try switching your BuddyPress theme to BP Legacy in Settings>>BuddyPress>>Options. and see if the menu appears

Ah ok, my hunch was wrong, hope you found it an interesting diversion. Have you tried deactivation all plugins apart from BuddyPress to see if there might be a conflict causing this?

Yep BuddyPress uses the WordPress user database, so creating a BuddyPress user automatically creates a WordPress user.

Are the users receiving the activation link and are they trying to login after activating their accounts?

Hi there,

To centre the title you can use the following css slector:

#sitewide-notice strong {
    text-align: center;
}

However currently it’s not possible to separate the two paragraphs. This is due to the text going through the wp_filter_kses() function which is removing the <p> tags from the text thus turning two paragraghs into a single paragraph.

You could ask for an enhancement in Trac, to change this to an alternative function bp_messages_filter_kses() this would allow you to add a filter to allow <p> in the sitewide notice content. If you raise the ticket I’ll add this information as a suggestion to the devs.

I forgot one, you also need to remove the option from the Admin>>My Profile page, if you allow admin access for users:

add_action( 'bp_members_admin_xprofile_metabox', 'bpex_remove_user_profile_metabox', 20 );

function bpex_remove_user_profile_metabox() {
	
	if ( ! is_admin() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
	foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
		if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
			remove_meta_box(
				'bp_xprofile_user_admin_avatar',
				buddypress()->members->admin->user_page,
				'side'
			);
		}
	}
}

This one is not that straight-forward there is a filter you can use as follows:

function bpex_role_disable_avatar_uploads( $default ) {
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
		foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
			if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
				$default = true;
			}
		}
		
		return $default;
	
}

add_filter( 'bp_disable_avatar_uploads', 'bpex_role_disable_avatar_uploads' );

However this causes BuddyPress to simply show the user that they can upload their profile image via gravatar, and I’m afraid you can’t switch this off.

So the alternative is to remove the Change Photo tab and admin-bar menu item:

add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_remove_change_profile_photo_tab', 50 );
add_action( 'bp_setup_admin_bar', 'bpex_admin_bar_remove_change_profile_photo', 50 );

function bpex_remove_change_profile_photo_tab() {
	
	if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() && ! bp_is_user_activity() && ! bp_is_user() && bp_displayed_user_id() != wp_get_current_user() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
	foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
		if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
			bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'profile', 'change-avatar' );
		}
	}

}

function bpex_admin_bar_remove_change_profile_photo() {
	
	global $wp_admin_bar, $bp;

	if ( ! bp_use_wp_admin_bar() || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$user_id = get_current_user_id();
	
	if ( ! $user_id || $user_id == 0 || ! is_numeric( $user_id ) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
	foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
		if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
			$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu( 'my-account-xprofile-change-avatar', 'my-account-xprrofile' );
		}
	}

}

You’d need to put this in your child themes functions.php or a bp-custom.php file in the plugins directory.

Have you read this: https://codex.buddypress.org/plugindev/add-custom-filters-to-loops-and-enjoy-them-within-your-plugin/

To add the feature where people can post updates to the user would involve adding the activity What’s New form to the the users all activity page. It’s an odd quirk of BuddyPress that the standard profile based activity update form only displays when the viewing user is the profile owner.

You’d need to load the lightbox javascript of your choice and change the link info depending on which lightbox you want to use. It’s going to be different depending on which lightbox you choose to use. You may need to add additional Javascript.

I guess if you installed WP Featherlight then you should just need to add the featherlight attributes as specified in the plugin readme. This isn’t specifically a BuddyPress question, it’s a lightbox question and it’s not something I’ve ever done so you might be better off asking the WP Featherlight developer if you are struggling with their instructions.

Hi there, some answers:

1. You can change the layout of profiles by overloading the profile files and css, see: https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/theme-compatibility-2/ it’s possibly a bit advanced for you right now but all the files in the plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/your-bp-theme/buddypress can be copied, modified and loaded from your child theme directory. Similarly you can overload the css to make styling and layout changes.

1b. The default is for horizontal navigation unless you’ve changed it in Customizer>>BuddyPress.

2. The BuddyPress extended profile is editable from the front end, and avatar too. It’s only the wordpress profile that’s enditable in admin and most BP sites don’t use that as t’s really set up for authors.

3. I recently posted the code to combine all the profile activity feeds into 1, https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-combine-activity-tabs-to-one/

4. https://wordpress.org/plugins/cb-change-mail-sender/

5+6 are bbPress questions, for the best answer you should post on their forum https://bbpress.org/forums/

7. Assuming you have set up the groups directory page and enabled group creation by users in Settings>>BuddyPress>>Options, users will have the option to create groups on the Groups directory page and also from the Groups menu of the WordPress toolbar ( top right hand side of the screen, hover over your avatar image, drop down will appear one option will be groups.

Which buddypress_functions.php file are you talking about? I’d have thought you’d put it in your themes functions.php file or a bp-custom.php file located in the plugins directory.

Also I’d load it in the action hook ‘bp_setup_nav’, not ‘wp’.

Hi there, BuddyPress uses the WordPress login page, so it sounds like it’s working correctly. Unless I’m missing something?