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Hello @Dwenaus,
Could you please send me the files as well? – I was quite astonished, when I mooved to WPMU / BD, that it did not have such a ground functionality for a group to start with.
Thank you and sorry for troubling you.
rgerhart at crehol.com

@johnjamesjacoby –

The problem is the jquery is picking up every tr for a given page and inserting the alt class based on the even/odd – while at the same time the recent discussion list is also inserting alt class via php but on a per table basis.

All rows highlighted: http://files.etiviti.com/misc/zebraisahorse.gif –

Add one more row to the table above it: http://files.etiviti.com/misc/horseturnsintozebra.gif

So, jquery alt class stuff needs to calc the odd/even on a per table basis. As any plugin (like mine) could insert an extra table into the theme file and cause the odd/even to be off. https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2475

@nuprn1; I’m switching off and taking a much needed break, but again, thanks for your help. That function means little to me in terms of where it goes (I’m assuming in an overridden theme file). I’m also guessing that the guy who asked the original question might also say, “What?!” Yes, there’s the codex, and god knows how many more hours wasted just trying to do something *really* simple like remove a useless link! As I said, it’s *not* simple, is it? And if people who download WP and BP to build a site find it isn’t as simple as they were lead to believe, guess what? They disappear after a very short while. Right now, if I have the choice of spending 14 hours a day for months on end trying to untangle a massive ball of string or getting the knife out, I’ll get the knife out. Coding *isn’t* poetry, it’s sometimes fun, sometimes a waste of life. Sometimes both!

Well these are common WP type functions – have a look at the codex.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_filter

If you’re building a site – might as well try changing it the correct way instead of informing others to hack the bp-core. (as that will just lead to bigger problems down the road for those who may not understand the changes made). BuddyPress is littered with hooks

something like:

function my_blank_activity_permalink( $content ) {
return ”;
}
add_filter(‘bp_activity_permalink’, ‘my_blank_activity_permalink’, 1, 1 );

That is something Andy wrote for buddypress.org – so I don’t believe anyone knows besides him. Definitely not part of the group forum extras plugin.

@nuprn1; I know you’re trying to help, but you might as well have said “Just create world peace; end of problems”. For those who aren’t used to creating plugins, hooking into WP and BP functions, etc., (and more importantly, who don’t have the time to learn it all right now) this is quick, and it works. Also, in not just one opinion here, the View link and the improperly formatted page it leads to are not required, and confuse users who don’t play around on blogs and forums all the time. Thanks for the help and all, but it would also save time if perhaps you just posted a link to a quick way to do what you suggest..?

Edit: I thought it worth adding an extra note to say that I hope this doesn’t come across as ungrateful. We all appreciate the time and work you and others put into WP, BP and plugins. One issue that’s obvious reading around this site is that not only are people finding things confusing for end users, they’re also confused themselves, and they’re trying to build sites! All the advertising of “Famous 5 minute install” are pretty worthless to those who aren’t programmers (and don’t want to be) when they find weeks and weeks of work is required to produce something workable.

Most of us just want to build sites end users find simple and effective, and we’re using WP and BP because they’re presented as being the quickest, easiest, and most powerful way to do so. Having to continually slave away at making it all simple is time wasting, and often very frustrating for those who believe what code authors say about it being simple. Turns out, it isn’t, is it? I love the WP+BP combination, but I’ll take the shortest route to a working system that I can, because somewhere away from my hot computer there’s a life I used to lead!

We aim to please. And also strip 60% of BuddyPress away so it functions in ways ordinary users can understand.

@johnjamesjacoby At risk of the subject becoming a tad boring back to the zebras:

For the moment, so I can move on I have adjusted bp-forums-templatetags.php – function bp_get_the_topic_css_class() ~580 to the snippet below to deal with the empty class attr:

if ( 0 == (int)$forum_template->topic->topic_open ):

$class .= ' closed';

else:

$class .= ' open';

endif;

and commented out the functions if($forum_template ->current_topic … $class .= ‘alt’ leaving the jQuery snippet to deal with alt class as in the short term it’s easier to let jQuery deal with this rather than $class hopefully when it’s sorted one or another changes should silently overwrite with no impact.

@corell; The View link confuses people, we find, though others here said it’s useful as a permalink for bookmarking. Without it, people could lose track of posts in the Activity stream. However, for non-techie users and those not used to Internet blogs and forums, etc., the Favourite link does a better job and means more to them. Plus, My Favourites is always there on the Activity stream page for easy access to what they’ve saved.

So, I modified a few BP core files, and saved them separately so I can overwrite the core or restore it as required. (I’d been having problems with the theme’s View page layout, and was modifying it with help from others). You can see the result at our still developing site at http://lincme.co.uk/activity/

I used a fast file internal search and hunted down the string “View middot” (“View” AND “middot”, not “View” + space + “middot”). Then I just remmed out the permalink insert line with /* & */. There aren’t too many files to change, but obviously, keep them separate and don’t overwrite your BP zip installer! If it helps, I use a freeware file search tool for Windows called Agent Ransack.

@boonebgorges and @turquoisefish FYI there is a free plugin by @sbrajesh which brings the Wire back to BuddyPress 1.2 and another way using the Activity section as Wire in BP 1.2 themes

@rohan_kapoor – install same as your configurations; check bb-config.php – sample here http://wordpress.pastebin.com/1qAdu2q3
– after correcting your bb-config.php at root, you can re-run forum creation – BuddyPress > Forums Setup and click on re-install link. There should be 7 tables of bbPress generated in database wp_bb_forums, wp_bb_meta etc. as well as a new bbPress folder generated within wp-content/plugins/buddypress folder in server.

“I hope I’m not the only one who waits for bp 1.4” … Now THAT’S enthusiasm!

@johnjamesjacoby; G’morning mate (or not, as may be your geographical case!) I’ve just been modifying some BP core files, as I do, and keeping them separate so I can overwrite and restore as seems best. The main reason is that I’m very finicky about how things read English-wise for site users, as I’ve found it can really put them off if it isn’t easy to read, or looks wrong because of syntax or extra spacing, etc.

One of the main things I’ve changed is the English in the Activity steam. For example;

“X and Y are now friends: 4 hours ago”

That makes no sense to most not-techie users, and gives them the uncomfortable subconscious feeling that something is wrong. Mine now reads;

“X and Y became friends 4 hours ago”

I know it might seem over-picky, but I’ve done a fair bit of study into the psychological impact of software interfaces and website layouts on users, and small things really do make a difference. It’s amazing what the brain spots unconsciously, making the user feel either comfortable and relaxed, or increasingly more tense as the minutes go by in use.

So, though I haven’t looked into it yet, is it possible to override core BP files in some way, or could it be made possible without huge amounts of work? I mean a bit like theming, where you can just clone the Default theme into a new folder and hack away merrily.

One other option, of course, would be to keep *all* strings used in formatting in the /bp-languages/buddypress.pot file, and user them in all php files, so that modifying the .pot file would change the output instantly. At present, much of the string formatting is hard-coded into the php files (at least in English), so just changing the .pot file doesn’t work globally. Hmm… now I think about it, does using another language .pot file cause that to happen, ie., the formatting in the core php files is overridden? (I don’t speak any other language, and haven’t tried changing it). If this *is* the case, then creating an ‘English Modified’ .pot file would do the trick, yes..?

I’m not a core developer, but I suspect we’ll only release 1.2.6 if there is are show-stoppers or incompatibility with something in the 1.2.5 release.

@jeffsayre, Are there any other issues that you need help with besides trac ticket #2325 before you’ll be able to release BP Privacy?

members/single/home.php is the file you need to edit to see the changes take effect on the activity page. bp-template-pack is a great plugin.

The Wire feature was deprecated with BuddyPress version 1.2. If you’d like to use the Wire, try installing the BuddyPress Backward Compatibility plugin and activating the wire feature: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-backwards-compatibility/

The functionality of the wire – namely, the ability to leave short messages for other users – has mainly been replaced by the @-mention feature.

If you want users to have their own individual blogs, you’ll have to activate WP Network mode. If you want them to be able to post on your main BuddyPress blog, they’ll have to be at least Contributors. If you just want them to be able to post messages for others to see, then perhaps the status update feature will be enough.