@djpaul needs codex / documentation is another trac tag I follow over in core WP. This would be for anything that requires a codex entry to explain.
Are you using the default buddypress theme? If not, you need the bp template pack to put the bp template files in your theme. that’s why they won’t work.
The tricky bit is that we don’t have an API for getting BuddyPress data out of it programatically… yet(?).
@svenl77
Hi. Once you’ve made your changes, create a patch, and then upload to https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ (you will need to make a new ticket — one ticket per patch/idea). Then one of the core team will take a look and give feedback/commit as necessary.
As @dennissmolek said, if a child theme has customised, for example single.php, it is important that this change does not render a duplicate sidebar. I am looking forward to see your suggestion.
Also, how much work would it be to make the sidebar go on the left? Is it just a case of changing the CSS or is it lots of work?
We’re trying to keep backwards compatibility for the theme as much as possible, as we encourage people to create child themes of it ad don’t want to annoy theme developers.
In general regarding custom post types: we have plans to do this everywhere for BuddyPress 1.4. I am sure that once we are closer to the release of 1.3, we will communicate details for 1.4 on the bpdevel.wordpress.com so everyone can discuss. That may be an appropriate time to kick-start the old groups-as-an-object ticket.
Anyone interested in UI should keep an eye on tickets marked as needing UI input: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=%21closed&keywords=~needs-ui
Perhaps we can add some more reports to the Trac. Are there any on https://core.trac.wordpress.org/report that you would find useful on the BuddyPress trac?
EDIT: just added report 17 — “Needs User Experience / UI Feedback / Designs”
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/report/17
in addition to what @paul gibbs has to say…
this is the answer you need guys: it helped me out too…
Here is solution:
1) delete buddypress.
2) It might be useful to check if the tables for bbpress were deleted. Check also there is no bb-config.php in the web root folder.
3) reinstall buddypress
4) change ‘TYPE = MYISAM’ to ‘ENGINE = MYISAM’ in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-admin/includes/defaults.bb-schema.php before creating groups and using forums.
5) create groups and test forums.
And I find it here: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bbpress-posting-errors-missing-database-tables/?topic_page=2&num=15
a member @fladnag pointed this out in a different thread…
this is the answer you need guys: it help me out too…
Here is solution:
1) delete buddypress.
2) It might be useful to check if the tables for bbpress were deleted. Check also there is no bb-config.php in the web root folder.
3) reinstall buddypress
4) change ‘TYPE = MYISAM’ to ‘ENGINE = MYISAM’ in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-admin/includes/defaults.bb-schema.php before creating groups and using forums.
5) create groups and test forums.
And I find it here: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/bbpress-posting-errors-missing-database-tables/?topic_page=2&num=15
a member @fladnag pointed this out in a different thread…
@fladnag thank you soooo much for that reply… believe me, i found atleast 10-15 forums talking about this issue… but no one put it asa neatly and precisely as you did… thanks!
There seems to be a growing list of great plugins that have been abandoned. With the upcoming BP 1.3 I’m sure that list will grow much larger.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I always fear using plugins because I don’t want to add features for my members only to take them away a few months later.
With WordPress an abandoned plugin (in many cases) can continue to function well into future versions. If something does stop working the user base is so large that in many cases fixes are created by others. Even if there is no fix to be found you can easily find WP developers that you can hire. With BP (comparatively) you have a small user base and very few developers that have a solid understanding of the coding.
What I would like to see is a repository for developers to submit their plugins to that they no longer wish to maintain. Once a plugin is submitted BP.org can setup a trac for each one which is open to anyone that wants to help keep them going.
That’s just an idea. Maybe others have a better idea, but one thing is for sure, large numbers of broken plugins can take down BP just like it took down bbPress (Yes, I know bbPess is still around, but users from 2 years ago know what I’m talking about.).
A few great plugins that have been abandoned:
BuddyPress Links
http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-links/
BuddyPress Group Forum Extras
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/
I guess all etiviti plugins:
http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/nuprn1/
BuddyPress Privacy Component
http://jeffsayre.com/2011/01/19/bp-privacy-history-and-lessons-learned-from-developing-a-major-buddypress-component/
I’m sure members can fill these pages up with other examples.
Hi @johnjamesjacoby
we are kind of new to all this… How to start? I will check out the latest version via svn. That’s fine. But how to check in? Commit? Push?
Should I add the complete theme as .zip file on a ticket? I guess the size will be too big.
I would like to write this patch, I’d like to start with some easy job to slowly go into all this. So the sidebar bug is an easy startup.
@dennissmolek, i guess we can keep it update save (backwards compatible) by asking if the sidebar is already active
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_active_sidebar
Some more newbee questions:
Where do I add my other subjects? The sidebar was just one example of a long list we would like to discuss and write patches for.
Should we open a ticket for every idea we’d like to change?
Sorry, if some of the questions are already answered in other forum threads.
Maybe it would be a good idea, to write a guide to become an active part on the project.
Thanks for all, we are excited to start
Well… Now I Have done what i want but i cant make the values save into tables.
In buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-templatetags.php
I Find
`$html .= ‘
‘;`
And add After my values
`
$html .= ‘1’;
$html .= ‘2’;
$html .= ‘3’;
`
But i cant save them to profiles, If someone can help me, I would appreciate it
Hi, Well in users profile I would like my users to choose a number from 1 to 50 in some fiels so Im creating a lot of fields that are Drop Down Select Box, but i have to write one a another 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, is there any way to make this numbers default so I dont have to customize them as options in each field.
In HTML Would be something like this
`
1
2
3
4
etc
`
But I dont know how to do this in php, specially in buddypress
Thanks.
Hi, Well in users profile I would like my users to choose a number from 1 to 50 in some fiels so Im creating a lot of fields that are Drop Down Select Box, but i have to write one a another 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, is there any way to make this numbers default so I dont have to customize them as options in each field.
In HTML Would be something like this
`
1
2
3
4
etc
`
But I dont know how to do this in php, specially in buddypress
Thanks.
First of all, do not use ALL CAPS to post your issue in this forum, it’s not kosher.
Second, what do you mean you “cannot get the links to work”? You have to be more specific than that – like link redirects to home page or to blank page, etc.
Third, pretty permalinks are required in BuddyPress installations. mod_rewrite must be enabled in your server.
Deactivate BuddyPress and any BP plugins you have installed, change to WP default theme – twentyten – and resolve permalink issues at WordPress forums before activating BuddyPress again.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/
OK I have fixed the entry php and applied the plugin I have this errror on the page
Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_is_activity() in /home/embroid/public_html/social/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-comments-collapse-and-expand/comment-colexp.php on line 107
Thanks for the replies. I decided to use a different theme now and gave up with child theme stuff, it wasn’t originally what I wanted but I’ve been testing it out today and it all works so I’m gonna stick with it.
I’m currently developing a plugin for Buddypress and have come to a dead-end in functionality.
Anyway, I’m using the bp_groups loop but even when the member of that group is only a member bp_group_is_admin() returns true
@janismo @Aliceembroid @el_terko @phoenon @4ella @digte WordPress and Buddypress finally registered it https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-comments-collapse-and-expand/
*edit: If you plan on installing this plugin, please note that you must undo any changes made that were previously discussed within this forum topic.
I’ve got it installed for 24 hours and, so far, nothing blocked in the cache. HOWEVER, I’ve only had 4 spammers sign up in the last 24 hours, where i usually get 30 or so every day. Maybe it works, but doesn’t report properly? I can report, no negative side-effects.
I’ll keep on this and report back if the spammer load stays low.
if you want to customize the page, you can copy down the /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/messages down to your own theme (put it in /themes/yourtheme/members/single/messages ) and edit away.
I spent another five hours today trying to figure out a way to get this fixed for BuddyPress 1.3, I couldn’t figure out a solution that worked in all situations. It’s pretty much the same problem as https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1726
But……. https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/2299/iis.patch
If you can try that, @tejaswi2008, and either comment here or on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2299/ that the patch there works, I’ll drop that into BuddyPress 1.3. I don’t know how to force my dev installations to use almost pretty permalinks, so I can’t test it.
If you’re talking about the buddybar, read this: https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/modifying-the-buddypress-admin-bar/
If you’re talking about the WordPress 3.0 admin bar, that’s different.
In either case, you want this code: `groups_is_user_member( $user_id, $group_id )` 
I have it on my setup right now. I’m not sure that it’s doing anything for BP, to be honest, but I also don’t know how to check 
I looked at the plugin page on my wp-admin side and it’s all `./wp-comments-post.php` down the board.
Cookies for Comments works, though.
