what do you mean by ‘sidebar toggle on the options in the admin’ and is this related to the missing th tag?
Just noticed on WP single 2.9.2 BP 1.2.1 When this plugin is activated it breaks the sidebar toggle on the options in the admin.
Oh, man, thank you for mentioning that. I’ve been trying for the last hour to track down what was going on there! Going to have to deactivate it until we track down what’s happening there. Seems to only happen with the last two recent updates from the 1.0 of the plugin, I think.
This is a really great plugin, great use of the WP core oEmbed function. Do you have any idea how I can enable the oembed functions on the WP blog post comments too. So that the users have the same option everywhere on the site?
@stwc that is a good idea putting the user karma in the profile. I’ll add that soon. buddypress- is the final name, erase the other one 
@Modemlooper good eye, that is true. I’ve added a trac request for BP 1.2.2 to add a action hook so I can add that missing TH tag. i forgot to mention that in the installation. to solve that go to /bp-themes/bp-default/forums/forums-loop.php and after line 32 line which is ‘<th id=”th-freshness”><?php _e( ‘Freshness’, ‘buddypress’ ) ?></th>’ you should add this
<?php do_action( 'bp_directory_forums_extra_cell_head' ) ?>
then the plugin will correctly put in the th tag.
Well, to be honest that pretty much sums up CSS doesn’t it – ‘just way too much css tweaking required’. Every site I’ve ever developed has required a fair bit of CSS tweaking / hacking / fighting!
As someone who hacked BP1.1 into a premium WP theme (and boy was that a headache!) I actually found that in comparison, BP 1.2 with @andy’s BP Template Pack was a dream. Granted, to get it exactly how you want it takes a little work, but I managed to update a new WP theme in under an hour! Then gradually bringing in BP css from the default theme along with some changes of my own has pretty much worked for me.
The default structure / css is never going to work for everyone – I think it has to follow WP to a point, after all, they’re related apps – but look at it this way: at leastyou haven’t had to create a whole social networking plugin!
@timnicholson – let me know if / when you’ve knocked together the tutorial and I’ll throw in any useful tips that I come across as I finish my own mods.
The plugin adds a th to html for the +1 next to each forum post but doesn’t add the matching th to forum labels to even it out. People may not know who to fix this.
<th id="th-rating"></th>
EDIT: this maybe a css prob in the default BP . I see the code for adding cells to the forum list but when you do it fudges the forum header leaving a whitespace.
Just noticed on WP single 2.9.2 BP 1.2.1 When this plugin is activated it breaks the sidebar toggle on the options in the admin.
missed a folder name change in the javascript so we’re up to version 1.0.2 now.
I agree that this is more difficult than it should be. I’m finding that when I try following the buddypress codex on this with using @imports, the admin bar works fine, but pulling in the default theme css screws up a lot of things. I’ve found that just grabbing the default buddypress theme’s css sytles that are in addition to the core wordpress ones is working better.
I really think that the buddypress default theme should do a better job at segregating core wordpress css tags from the buddypress specific ones. The buddypress-specific css styles seem to be too dependend on the core wordpress ones. For example, core wordpress typically removes the dots from
entries and the wordpress sub-nav tabs assume that’s already done. I’d like to see the buddypress specific tabs assign all the css properties they need so those can be pasted into an existing theme with ease.
While I’m making progress, the time involved to get it perfect is too high. Not to mention buddypress really adds a lot of overhead and slows down my site. I haven’t even installed the bbpress forums yet as I’m scared to death of what that will do to site performance. I’m on a dedicated server, too, and its just not good.
I’m thinking about writing a tutorial on my site http://xtremelysocial.com to document what I’m doing to help others with this. However, regarless of what tutorials get published, in the end there is just way too much css tweaking required.
You found the right place, patlan.
If you want to edit the files there, though, you’ll want to copy them to a child theme, and edit them there. Your changes in your child theme will override the defaults, and future upgrades to Buddypress won’t end up overwriting your edits.
Search the site here or ask if you need more info on making a child theme. Once you get your head around it, it’s very easy to do.
@nuprn1 @stwc @xfreme I’ve updated the copy to fix the folder name bug that was introduced when I uploaded it to the WP repository. learn something everyday. The new version is 1.0.1. thanks stwc for the heads up and easy solution
Great stuff, @Dwenaus. What did you settle on for the prefix — bp- or buddypress- ?
Also, a feature request already! 
Maybe we could put a user’s total forum karma number on their profile?
hey @stwc I didn’t know that the WP repository changed the folder name. I’ve updated the code so it should work now. thanks for the heads-up. I wonder if there is a way to avoid a hard-coded call like that. anyone?
Fixed – I renamed the folder for the plugin to ‘bp-rate-forum-posts’ rather than ‘buddypress-rate-forum-posts’ where it auto-installs to, and it seems to work!
Very nice, minimal-style, plugin. Kudos!
Very much like to use this one, but nothing seems to be happening after install in terms of UI on the site. No errors on activation, tried activation and activation site-wide both, logged-in as admin (using version from WP repo).
Screenshot and description look great, though, and looking forward to getting it working!
small bug from downloading at the WP repo
some of the js and css calls are referring to bp-rate-forum-posts instead of buddypress-rate-forum-posts
even after updating the bad references – i can’t seem to get it to work. It will rate to a +1 but nothing is being saved to the db. Maybe the repo has a bad version?
Sorry, it’s my fault Really great plugin! Wow la vita e` bella !
@Dwenaus about thread comments. Like on this picture: http://s006.radikal.ru/i213/1002/54/d2697bdd7e39.png
That idea is from russian IT site http://habrahabr.ru/ . And sorry for my poor language
@xfreme which comments are you talking about? blog comments or activity feed replies?
Thank you! It is one of the most expected features i’d like to have
BTW, what with rating on comments? some of them sometimes are great and it’ll be good to rate them also!
I have to say that I’m glad to see that the community around BP appears to be very strong, and that’s good thing. I’ve always tried very hard to advocate for open source, and have done so for over a decade now. I plan on advocating more for WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress, as well as the WordPress Foundation through my Autism site. I take exception to those who talk about being able to tell when a site is based on WordPress. Of course, its up to the designer of the site whether or not they will fly that flag, and I’ve long ago decided that I would let everyone know what I was using to get things done. I’ve been running Mobodojo on WP since 1.2.
Sadly, though, I’ve been growing accustomed to the automagical nature of WP and have stopped using themes which need to be tweaked every time the code base gets updated (though Atahualpa and Arras are stunningly powerful themes) as well as counting on plugins to do everything I need. The deficit lies in the fact that I’m hopeless when it comes to coding. Sure, I can edit existing PHP and even make it work 13% of the time, and I’ve been hacking around HTML for years, but there are things I need to have my site do, and so I’ll need to buckle down and either find out a way to do it myself or pass along my passion to someone (or someones) who have the skills.
I realize that my opening post sounded upset, and I was, but that frustration should never have been vented on the BP community. I do thank you all for making some mild fun of me and, otherwise, being very cordial and helpful. I’m also pleased with myself to have managed to spark a little bout of debugging
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demilio, I didn’t yet manage to put the content on different lines, but maybe you want to look at this threat for a half solution:
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/easy-change-of-activity-design?replies=8#post-39467
PJParticipant
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-real-names/
I tried that but the registration form doesn’t change and all and when I click the Buddypress button in the site admin it redirects me to my homepage. The title of the plugin sounds good, but if it worked that would be better.
You have to go inot the BP folders that are added to the theme, and wherever there’s a “content” div, match that up to the HTML markup in the original theme.
If it;s overly complicated in the theme – yeah, pain in the ass. (which is why there’s unfinished themes on my hard drive 
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