Thanks @paulhastings0, will do but want to get some more testing & feedback first.
1.2.5 in testing and for now no problem thanks JJJ, a question about translation there will be changes?
CVS is vital for projects, and I had once pushed for using SVN on a web app project but was overruled by the rest of the team as they thought it would be too confusing! I was proved right and they regretted not implementing it. If I ever have cause to implement a CVS in the future I’ll probably be looking at GIT As at first glance it does seem one whole heap less confusing than SVN and like the decentralized approach.
The branch Installed with no issues despite having activated bleeding edge, deactivating it, removing bleeding edge folder, replacing with branch and reactivating, alf expected that to cause issues in the DB but at initial test all seems to be fine.
@hnla That is correct. The 1.2 branch of code is what we’re working with. Anything up until 1.3 will exist in that branch of code. SVN can be confusing, but it works really well for large project development with multiple developers and various states of progress; projects like WordPress and BuddyPress would be a nightmare without it.
@lincme Awesome; look forward to your response 
@johnjamesjacoby; I’ve just downloaded the zip file again, and oddly enough the readme.txt is now as expected. No idea what was going on there! I’ll have a look at the latest BP soon and let you know how it is.
@johnjamesjacoby ok I checkedout trunk which on reflection was not what I intended as that is bleeding edge soon to be tagged 1.3 isn’t it? On a side note there installed that for fun and it breaks straightaway with an undeclared function bp_page_title() which isn’t a new function!
It’s been a while since I used Subversion – mainly due to disliking it using the repo browser I am downloading:
https://svn.buddypress.org/branches/1.2
That is I presume is the current state of play for the 1.2 branch to be tagged as 1.2.5
Just to clarify, it’s this link (as of now, anyway. Anyone coming to this thread after today will need to follow the trac link to get the latest revision)
There is no way this is a problem with the zip. I’ve checked it a few times now and it’s perfect.
There is guaranteed no PHP code in the readme.txt. This has to be a problem with your installation.
Try to download the zip again, and open readme.txt in a text editor. It is the standard readme.txt.
@thekmen; Thanks, but it doesn’t work. No bother. Most ordinary users haven’t a clue about bookmarking, and ask, “Use the permalink? The WHAT?!” The View link is being perma-deleted!
So there seems to be an underlying error, but browsers happily ignore it..? Doesn’t sound good, really, so hopefully @johnjamesjacoby or another developer can take a look at it.
Hmm… @johnjamesjacoby; I did as you suggested, then disabled all BP plugins and BP, deleted the BP files, and copied the new ones in. The readme.txt is still code by the way, starting with;
<?php
define ( ‘BP_XPROFILE_DB_VERSION’, ‘1870’ );
/* Define the slug for the component */
if ( !defined( ‘BP_XPROFILE_SLUG’ ) )
etc., etc.
On activating the new BP I get;
Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bp_loaded() (previously declared in C:xampplitehtdocswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-loader.php:55) in C:xampplitehtdocswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-loader.php on line 56
Everything else in WP and BP has been running fine so far.
Reading around here again this morning, and checking our own site design again as regards BuddyPress use, I find the whole thing is an incoherent torrent of information – and that’s for we who are developing sites!
Our test users are clueless as to what’s going on unless most of BP is ripped out or renamed, and everything laid out in simple, logical terms. Frankly, WE need the same. Smart design makes for ease of use, not stuff all over the place because the designers have butterfly minds and want to show what pretty kaleidoscopes they’ve built.
It’s worth the BP devs and admins considering that in the end the tools they’re creating are for ordinary people to use, not people who’s brains are wired differently through years of programming, forum use, etc. To paraphrase an ancient Chinese saying, “The wise love simplicity, but fools tie themselves up”.
@Djsteve
You are bang on Djsteve … it is an incoherent torrent of information coming at you from all directions.
I cannot be bothered itemizing it all.
> @nonegiven; Where are you seeing this error, just out of interest..?
Everywhere … index.php onwards. They relate to the avatars.
They are not printed but if you put your browser into debug mode they come up every time and every page. Do not now if it is important or not.
They are all gravatar icons without proper suffices, e.g. .jpg
https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/17c2352f99fcaf76fcc3c64021b47167
You may want to try your download/upload again, as it appears something might have occurred during your file transfer.
Just checked the readme.txt and the files you show throwing an error, and they don’t contain anything like you’ve mentioned.
I updated the link in the first post to take you to the trac source page rather than the zip directly. Maybe try it that way?
No you’re not the only one I raised a ticket on the matter.
Problem is that for the moment you shouldn’t use that hide adminbar unless you make some changes. The issue is that there is a function that checks to see if disable adminbar is true and if so it generates a style tag with a ruleset to hide the adminbar with display:none, this function then adds an action with places this style tag erroneously in the wp_footer hook resulting in a style tag sitting in the document body, a major validation issue as it’s obviously illegal to place this tag at this point in a document.
As in reality this style tag is not actually required due to the adminbar being removed anyway the function ought to have been removed, but for some unknown reason it was deemed to be ok to leave until bp 1.3 branch is released.
To fix in the meanwhile as there may be a wait for 1.3 you will have to add a remove_action or edit the core file holding the function (not first choice)
In a child functions.php file you can try adding this line:
remove_action(‘wp_footer’, ‘bp_core_override_adminbar_css’);
That should prevent the action from running, tested and works for me on WP 3.0 BP 1.2..4.1, but there may possibly be better approaches?
Hi @johnjamesjacoby. Yawn… a nice sunny Sunday morning, so I thought, “Why not?” Copied the files into the right folder, ran my local test installation and got;
Warning: require(BP_PLUGIN_DIR/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-admin.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:xampplitehtdocswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-core.php on line 8
Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘BP_PLUGIN_DIR/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-admin.php’ (include_path=’.;C:xampplitephpPEAR’) in C:xampplitehtdocswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-core.php on line 8
The readme.txt file is full of php code. Should I be renaming that and running it, or creating a new folder, or something? Haven’t tried a test version of BP yet (as you can tell) but am happy to if I can get it going.
I had the same problem yesterday. I installed the BBPress plugin from the Plugins menu. I don’t know exactly what I did to fix it but here is a list:
I deleted the BBpress folder from the plugins folder.
I deleted all the test groups (new site) that I had created.
I let BuddyPress do the installation again.
I would need them to register on their school website (using an invitation token from the Register Plus plugin). Then they would also have access to the main site.
Thanks Rohan.
@r-a-y: how do you integrate the user bases
If you’re just looking for an easy-to-integrate forum for WordPress, try Simple:Press.
If you want to integrate a standalone forum into WordPress, try out bbPress.
To find out if BuddyPress is for you, try out BuddyPress over on the test installation site – http://testbp.org.
Although BuddyPress does have some forum functionality, it is not a dedicated forum script!
Hope that helps somewhat.
hmm…I quite don´t understand what you are trying to do, but it sounds interesting.
Could you please explain or show how this looks like ? A Forum integrated with BuddyPress….?
I am curious to understand…
If you’re looking for just a forum, install bbPress by itself and integrate your userbase from WP/BP.
If you’re looking for a one-click install of forums not attached to groups for BuddyPress, Brajesh Singh has a solution. I should note that I haven’t tested this myself since it’s a premium plugin, but you might be interested, which is why I’m listing it here.
