@SuluhuZetu I’m working on a mobile stylesheet that you would add to whatever theme you were using. I do have a mobile theme that deploys automatically (it’s a plugin), BUT it doesn’t work very well for my needs. Calling a separate stylesheet is the way to go, because you have full control and a minimum of problems.
A good place to start is to identify which sections you would not need when viewing in a browser, then set those as display:none; If you’ve created a printer-friendly stylesheet before, this is very similar. You have to add extra rules for the elements you do want and don’t forget to preview it with a mobile phone tester.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/01/stylesheets-for-print-and-handheld.html
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/return-of-the-mobile-stylesheet
When you upgraded did you deactivate any running BP plugins?
If your entire site went blank when you activated the bp-default theme, please check your error log to see what the culprit is.
If you don’t know how to do that, try this tutorial.
I’d do it via customized comment form. There are a ton of plugins that allow you to do this. That way it’s automated and streamlined. A two page site. A front page for info and then a page that is essentially a blog post or page that has the comment form and all the entries below. These can be voted up and down like @mercime suggested.
@thebigbonanza – BuddyPress is overkill for what you want to do. This is what I’d suggest you do with your $700 per your notes above
1. Find a web development tool (free or nearly free) that will allow me to create and customize a social website that a dummy (me) can manage.
– Get a free account at WordPress.com, pay for upgrades to
a) get your own domain name pointed to your free WordPress.com account
b) get a premium theme installed (if you don’t like the offerings at WordPress.com)
2. On this site, I’d like for visitors to be able to upload their own videos of them eating my pizza, talking about it, etc, comment on posts, vote for fave videos, and forward posts to their friends via email, FB or Twitter.
– You’re going to spend a lot more than $700 if you’re going to allow people to upload videos in your own server if you choose that route, and you will need to upgrade your plan again at WordPress.com to allow others to upload videos there at limited upload space at that.
I suggest that you ask your friends to upload videos at Youtube, Vimeo, etc and to send you the video URL. Post that URL to your wordpress.com and enable free Ratings and Poll systems, then add free widgets for Twitter et.al on your sidebar.
3. I’d also like the site to prompt people to sign up for email alerts throughout the contest
– add free Subscription widget to sidebar as well so others can follow your blog.
4. link to PJ’s online locator of PJ stores and online ordering system.
– Add link to PJ’s online locator in free Text Widget you can add to sidebar
There are free tutorials to manage that WordPress.com blog at http://wordpress.tv and there is free assistance at http://en.forums.wordpress.com/
Then after the Papa John’s contest in August, if you want to go full social networking with own server and move over all your posts in info from your free wordpress.com account, then go BuddyPress.
Good luck.
Thanks @nahummadrid ! This works:
while ( bp_groups() ) : bp_the_group(); if(bp_get_group_name() != ‘MyGroup’ ) :
I think I’ll post something about this on wpmu.org because it seems like a pretty common request. I wish there was some kind of exclude parameter instead. 
@arxpoetica; Don’t worry. Leaving people out of the loop means they failed. You had fun on your own anyway. They lost. I won, too! 
@pollyplummer r-a-y showed me how to do this for blogs, thought i’d flip it for the groups loop and it seems to work. this was from a couple versions back there may be something new as it was said there would be an easier exclude parameter for has_blogs but i haven’t seen it. anyway try
php while ( bp_groups() ) : bp_the_group(); if(bp_get_group_name() != “Name of your Group”) :
then add the ?php endif? before the endwhile.
All I really want that WordPress/Buddypress doesn’t do now is a gradebook that will take grades from SCORM or other learning modules. Will BuddyPress Courseware do that? When do you expect a testing version will be available? As an aside I’m also waiting for the latest Scriblio so that the whole setup will include a library and extensive reading program as well; how will their be an API that will allow other plugins to include their data in the gradebook (I think I remember reading that you were going to include one). Looking forward to Courseware.
@jeffsayre
Thanks for confirming Jeff. That’s great.
I am looking forward to it as I have a few plugins which I am developing exclusively for 1.3 branch and do not want to break it before even completeing
@sbrajesh –
Trunk has not been synced with branch for over 2 months. With BP 1.2.5 out the door, @johnjamesjacoby has said that he will soon be merging the 1.2 branch into trunk. So, the changes discussed in this thread will see thier way into trunk.
@JJJ
These changes are not committed to trunk(for 1.3). Can you please confirm the changes will be committed to the 1.3 trunk and when
@crashutah
that plugin pretty much serves the purpose. thanks.
hi everyone, i was hoping that someone was willing to share their experiences with the management of profile and the confusion generated by the standard link to the wp profile and the buddypress edit profile, but i can see that there are no takers…
so question going back ot the developers: i found a plugin which allows to edit the admin menu in the dashboard called ‘admin menu editor’. using this plugin i can manually change the links to the various pages. my intention is to change the profile link (profile.php) to the buddypress one. however, the problem is that this link is dynamically generated based on the user: ie
https://buddypress.org/community/members/myuser/profile/edit/
and this is where i need some guidance. is there a way to call a slug for the user which is going to work in the dashboard?
thanks!
@dennis_h a front-end Member FAQ/Help plugin would be a great idea for site owners. Something that other plugins can hook into as well to explain how their features work in terms for a member.
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@techguy I would love to, but I can’t figure it out myself. Moreover, It should be done when a new release is finalized and by some that able to release it packaged with the update. I’m not in that circle. Even if I was, I’m no php expert. I can hack my way through some things and can follow directions (most of the time). Bottom-line, if you need a tooth pulled you should go to a dentist not some guy who owns a pair of pliers.
I hope to contribute as much as I can where I can in this community. Maybe by 2.0 I will have learned enough to take it on.
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One thing I do plan on working on (when I get the time) is a FAQ/Help Page that site owners can put up to help their members use the BP features. Perhaps that would be a good community project.
@medani: Did you solve this?
Yeah, certainly looks like they are by the code, but for now Photos would be cleaner. Language file has everything in, but not the Word on the Tab 
I’m not using a cache plugin, but I do have:
Akismet
Google Analytics
BP Group Documents
BP Posts on Profile
BP Redirect to Profile for Buddypress
Activity Stream Bump to Top
Activity Stream Hashtags
Album+
Edit Activity Stream
Forum Extras – Forum Index, Quote, RSS Feeds, Tag Index,
Group Email Subscription
Group Forum Extras
Buddypress Like
BP Usernames Only
Comment Rating
Contact Form 7
Feedburner Plugin
Polldaddy Polls
Wp-ReportPost
I’ve disabled all one by one. I’ve moved them into an ‘inactive’ folder. Nothing’s located the problem. I have a developer working with me who is more adept at php/mysql, but we’re both stumped. Any help is appreciated!
Is there anything in php.ini that affects replies?
Thanks, Rich!
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The new BuddyPress Courseware I’m working on, will kick ass, I wouldn’t even bother testing moodle
@techguy
gotcha! let me fiddle with it!
I think BP Album+ has a language file. Can’t you just change the language file and it will change it everywhere? I should also note that in future versions there planning to add videos and other media. So, that’s probably why they used media instead of photos or something.
@desininja
I’m not sure exactly what you mean. Are you talking about a simplified version of https://buddypress.org/community/groups/cd-bp-avatar-bubble/ You could always take that plugin and modify it to just be the core elements you want. Or maybe I’m not sure what exactly you are trying to accomplish.
