Cool. I could be wrong but I think that on Facebook the idea of “like” is not just to tell someone you like something… but to also modify the algorithm on the news feed. That’s getting really complex though… and would be irrelevant to BuddyPress since BuddyPress shows ALL activity anyway. Well… you can filter it of course… but there is no algorithm that decides that it thinks you might be most interested in.
I agree with you totally I also highlighted this issue in this thread:
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/spam-domains-to-add-to-your-block-list
Not to sound rude but it feels like if the developers or the main people aren’t too affected by an issue then its not regarded as an issue.
SPAM is major problem and while a test site might work fine if you have niche sites around certain topics you might get more spam than others based upon the fact that spammers might come across your site through keywords specific to your site and as such the devs might not neccisarily experience such problems.
I have tried everything some spambots even seem to get around CAPTCHAs, the only option I have is to manually approve each new user.
Paste this into a ‘styles.css’ file in ‘themes/child-theme/’. It works. I tested it. I had not tested any of the solutions above. Just wrote them off the top of my head. I had missed the hash mark for starters on the sidebar-login-form declaration. The ‘echo’ statement was correct though. <<<Blah … Blah; is a valid php syntax. Altho’ I’ve never used it.
/*
Theme Name: Child Theme
Template: bp-default
Tags: buddypress
*/
/* Parent styles */
@import url( ../../plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css/adminbar.css );
@import url( ../../plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css/default.css );
/* Custom styles */
#sidebar-login-form,
#login-text{display: none;}
@bpinspire
I am deep into group integration right now, then I am going to work on the activity stream integration. Once those are done I will be doing the testing before releasing 0.4. So its probably going to be a week or two at the least.
The above code is out of date, you can find the latest in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php
I’m using Buddypress 1.0.3 with “File based” and “XCache”.
It seems all running very well. Less query’s and a faster page load.
But after some hours of use, the main Blog gets loaded with a theme from the user Blogs.
After I delete all files from the cache folder, the site is back with the correct theme.
How can I figure out this problem?
I really like to use the object cache. But I can’t with this bug…
just received the book today.
Great job on that book !
@r-a-y: You probably meant this plugin: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/buddypress-like
You’re right.. it does do pretty much the same thing. But I’ll stick with this, since it’s one of my few attempts at coding something 
i would love for this to work not only in the activity stream but also in regular blog posts for the news section…
@ r-a-y . it proved my first comment that i am real guff.. thanks a lot for making this soo easier and helpful. Yes its working fine on site now. Btw I agree and support @Modemlooper suggestion so that it may work same like as videos are displayed on facebook.
@MrMaz when are you planning to do more testing on single WP? I want it to use so badly your plugin for the project I’m working on. I just have this blank page log out issue
Make sure you upload this to the plugin repository!
@blackphantom it’s the link that reads ‘Check your tweetstream settings’ in Buddypress. It redirects me to the home of the installation (Buddypress is on a subdomain):
http://red.labrujulaverde.com/members/admin/settings/tweetstream
I can’t get to Tweetstream settings on profile pages. The link redirects me to the home of the buddypress installation, so I can’t authorize with Twitter. Ideas?
looks like it doesnt work on Firefox but works on IE.
Css issues with viewing likes for activities like 2 people becomes friends
did the update and when u click on “view likes” nothing happens. using default BP 1.2 theme
It actually covers 1.2 — Really, the only thing that didn’t make it into the book is the mention about the ability to use it on .Org as well as MU — but the basics of using BP are the same either way, so in the grand scheme – it was a minor omission when compared to the massive changes that did make into the book for 1.2. It was quite a challenge keeping up w/ BP development during the writing of the book no doubt – – big props to Andy with helping me stay up to date and as current as possible; while doing a fab job tech editing the book
Keeping up w/ fast dev. in print is a challenge for any publishing company or author. My hope is that it is helpful to anyone who gets their hands on it.
Thanks for the suggestion + info Erich73. I sent him an email.
EDIT: He already answered:
Unfortunately I don’t have a good answer for you. Buddypress already works like P2 in so many ways – have you had a look at BuddyPress 1.2?
My best suggestion is just to dig through the source, especially the javascript and php -> javascript files. They’d leave you with the best clue.
Although, I think BuddyPress probably has all of your needs covered.
Dead end…
You led me to the solution. I hadn’t really thought of it as a lightbox … but more of a flash menu. After you said that, I tried deactivating my wp super cache.. same result.. and then my ‘Lightbox 2’ plugin. Voila! I had forgot that in the midst of playing with BuddyPress, I had updated 2 or 3 plugins… that being one of them.
All is well again. Thx for the tip!
Since you know about the activity stream, is it possible you could help answer a question?
My fresh install of wp + bp (all latest releases) does not succeed in writing activity records. Running on Win2k8, MySQL 5.1.4.2, php 5.2.11, IIS 7. Any ideas?
@roydeanjr
Tried that, too, figuring the same thing. Repeatedly switching back and forth between the options didn’t help. 
Anyone know enough about the Buddypress theme options or WordPress MU debugging to help me figure out how to troubleshoot this? I think I’ve hit all the preliminaries, and might need to start looking at some log files.
Re: dropdown… are you talking about that lightbox thingy?
That doesn’t seem to be BuddyPress-related.
Also, I would try deactivating WP Super Cache and deleting any cached items you may have.
Unfortunately you will have to delete the old data from wp_bp_activity_meta and wp_usermeta before installing the new version. Sorry guys, it’s so new I don’t have an upgrade routine!
You can do this using phpMyAdmin or similar.
Grab the new version here: http://www.alexhemptonsmith.com/downloads/bp-like.zip
