BuddyPress.org

Mine is working and growing well: http://housingstorm.com

BuddyPress doesn’t try to use any file called crossdomain.xml anywhere. What’s in your web server’s error logs, and did you complete the Forums Setup screen under the “BuddyPress” menu in wp-admin?

I think you need to fix WordPress before you use BuddyPress. I am assuming your host has disabled ini_set; research into if you can re-enable it.

came across http://blogs.ubc.ca/
appears to be a great example of what bp can do (3000+ blogs etc)

@nahummadrid @justbishop @modemlooper

modemlooper – you’re totally right, the script should be called from the header or an external js. Placing it in post-form.php only calls it for the whats-new form, and placing it in entry.php calls it repeatedly for every comment reply, leading to multiple instances.

I adapted your reset script suggestion for use with nahummadrid’s technique of using a read-only text input field to display the count:

`jQuery(‘#aw-whats-new-submit,.ac_form_submit’).click(function() {
jQuery(‘.charlimitinfo’).val(‘240’);
});`

`.charlimitinfo` is my count field
`.ac_form_submit` is a class I’ve attached to the submit input for activity comments (in entry.php)
240 is my chosen text limit

The only issue I’ve encountered is that if you post something via the whats-new form and then post a comment reply without refreshing the page first, the reset for the character limit for the comment reply doesn’t fire. I guess this is related to the bug in Buddypress that prevents the whats-new form functioning correctly after an update’s been made and the page hasn’t been refreshed – perhaps due to the use of multiple identical ids and nonce field ids in the activity stream? I’m no expert, just a guess.

@Shazar

Joining a site running Buddypress can be as simple or as convoluted as you want to make it for potential members. There are quite a few plugins that can be implemented for captchas; authentification via other networks like Facebook, Google, etc; profile synchronization with other networks; custom login pages and much more. An example of the basic BP account creation process can be found on one of my sites here: http://buddylite.com/register/

The only thing I’ve added to the default registration process on BuddyLite is a simple math captcha called Buddypress Humanity: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-humanity/
You can see a working example of one front-end post solution called TDO-Mini-Forms on the same site here: http://buddylite.com/buddybuilder-style-submission/ and the end results here: http://buddylite.com/category/custom-buddybuilder-styles/
You’ll need to login as a test user to see the form though… user = buzzer / pass = hellobirdie

On another site I’m currently working on, you can see an example of another front-end post form called Quick Post Widget: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-post-widget/
See it here: http://kwitterz.com/share-your-thoughts-with-all-kwitterz/
Again, you’ll need to login… user = pjohn / pass = gollysarge

Hope this helps to get you started!

Thanks for the answers. @Mikey3D, I used the code as you directed and it worked great.
You said that I should let the user decide where to go and not the other way around. However, it’s not me that has decided that, rather it is the majority of social sites that directed users to their profile. Although, I must say that what you said is true also; a user should specify where they want to go although I haven’t seen that in practice. Great idea though.

@laconic you said that’s just the way it works, but shouldn’t we question why it works that way. I hope no one gets me wrong–I really want BuddyPress to work, however someone on the internet commented that there is no successful BuddyPress site. Which may not be true, but it gets you thinking–how many BP sites are actually successful? I would think by now at this stage in the development that there would be quite a few. Does anyone know of any? I found this link to successful BP sites. To those who contribute to BP, thanks I really do appreciate BP.

Thanks again gentlemen (I’m ASSuming you’re all men, if not, I apologise!) I tried both methods, but ended up gpong with the one laid out by @aljuk

Make sure the .htcaccess file is at the root of your WordPress installation at that it has permissions of 644. Also, make sure Apache is enabled to do the URL rewrites that BuddyPress requires: http://www.lavluda.com/2007/07/15/how-to-enable-mod_rewrite-in-apache22-debian/.

https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/

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any progress? would love to see whats been done and test it out to see if we can use it… really looking forward to this.

@aljuk thanks for the tip. that was just something i dragged together and it has worked for me. i’m no pro is for sure but what a pro once told me, “if it works!, it works!” hehe. I thought the copy and paste issue was an issue but folks are saying it hasn’t been so right on.

@justbishop sorry i had my code highlighter plugin deactivated on that post…i’ve fixed it now.

@justbishop

Just checked too. Like @mercime said, adding the !important param to css style rules sometimes helps when you just can’t tighten up the specificity any more.

If you ever run into a jam where the !important thing just doesn’t cut it, try “weighting” the specificity of the element you’re trying to style. Here’s a simple set of guidelines to help get you started: http://htmldog.com/guides/cssadvanced/specificity/

Just throwing in my 2¢

Thanks guys!

@modemlooper: at the risk of seeming like a total idiot, does the code in your pastebin link go between php open/close tags? To be honest, I’m not quite sure at all what to do with it *blush*

== copied the “register” sidebar from the function.php file of twenty ten and added it to the buddypress default theme function file ==

So you had to copy the function to register the sidebar from functions.php file of twentyten. Could be that not all files were uploaded properly to server when you installed BuddyPress. I didn’t have to copy anything when I tested fishbook theme or any bp-default child theme.

At this point, it would be beneficial on your end if you download a fresh copy of BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/download/ and re-upload the files manually (FTP/cpanel/etc) to wp-content/plugins/buddypress/ just to make sure that all files have been uploaded.

WP Multi-Network and http://wpmututorials.com/news/new-features/multiple-buddypress-social-networks/

== I think i have the activity in between the sidebars and looking OK. ==

Confirming that it’s looking good

== I just have the admin bar width issue to figure out ==

The adminbar in that permalink page is styled like so in bp-default adminbar.css
` body#bp-default.activity-permalink #wp-admin-bar .padder {
min-width: 960px;
max-width: 960px;
}`
I see you have a fixed width of 1000px for your site. So if you have custom.css listed after the @import of adminbar.css, just add this
` body#bp-default.activity-permalink #wp-admin-bar .padder {
min-width: 1000px;
max-width: 1000px;
}`
but if you use stylesheet listed before @import of adminbar.css, you’d have to add `!important` to your min-width and max-width

You should also correct the width of the site when in permalink view
` body.activity-permalink {
min-width: 960px;
max-width: 960px;
}`
change to 1000px