BuddyPress.org

Hey!

Can you please write a little tutorial on how you did the integration? We would really appreciate it

Thank you in advance!

you should copy the code directly from header.php:

Here’s the div with the code

[snip]

That should work fine if you’re using it for a theme which is buddypress ready/compatbile (which I presume it is ). If you’re copying it into a normal WP theme without BP installed you get errors

I’m not sure. Sounds like it would benefit the overall BP community (thought it may be viewed as something for a plugin). You could create a ticket to suggest it to the developers: https://trac.buddypress.org/

We definitely need a plugin which will allow user to deactivate BuddyPress triggering automatic deactivation of all BP-related plugins/components AND auto-revert theme to WP Default Theme

Working

WP single, WPMU 2.9.1 & BP 1.2

wp-ban

invisible defender

wp-spamfree

bp-links

bp-group-documents

On BP 1.2

Group Forum Subscripton for BuddyPress

SyntaxHighlighter Plus

Quanrantine (awaiting for soon? update)

bp-events

bp-groupblog

this is exactly the same problem i am having and I put a post also describing my situation (https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/upgrading-bp-getting-white-screen).

it seems like this problem may be common.

had a similar problem with sub menu in “my blogs” because of a missing slash in the path.

After reading this tread, it seems it’s more complicated

anyway, i posted a ticket before i read here

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2038

about the translations i don’t mean they are outdated, they are not active at all… just english.

i pm you my details… play as you wish

That link on wpmu.org contains out of date info, so please just use the plugin.

Can anyone experiencing this problem deactivate BuddyPress, get a copy of the 1.2 branch from SVN then reactivate and see if the problem is fixed?

Thanks

https://svn.buddypress.org/branches/1.2/

Also http://wpmu.org/ [snip] …

Version 0.1.5-alpha

at Backend – Options – Maps Sizes, I get the following Warning:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in …/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-maps/bp-maps-admin.php on line 278

and the Drop-Down is emty

@zageek

Yes, usability is a big challenge.

Here’s my 10 cents worth. Note: I come from the perspective of generally seeing BuddyPress as a tool to implement vertical social networks that would typically connect with / enhance Facebook and other social platforms.

What you are saying is very reasonable to debate. I’m not sure it’s a role for the core BuddyPress project (or a fork thereof), but can certainly see the need for it in a large number of BuddyPress based sites.

The Challenge

To build the system you suggest, the remaining challenge is how to handle blogs whilst appearing not to give the user a separate admin system (the rest is all handled by the front end already).

I understand where you are coming from, and also have clients for whom this is a major headache.

The core BuddyPress / WordPress needs to be a broad flexible system, to allow us to build as wide a range of systems as possible (as our clients / users demand). Unfortunately, as you point out, for a lot of developments this provides a lot of ‘excess interface’ that leads to end user confusion.

Our challenge as developers is, therefore, to build on BuddyPress (or take away from BuddyPress) to ensure we present a clean consistent interface to users in our finished developments.

Dealing with blogs

If the site is going to give end users a rich blog feature set (e.g. choosing themes, positioning widgets, and creating category structures), then I don’t see how we can avoid exposing the wp backend.

In this situation though, you could perhaps re-theme the admin backend to ensure a consistent look and feel with the front end. This is a lot of work, and we don’t go this far with our own site developments, instead we opt for the very partial solution of just rebranding the backend (using plugins from WPMUDEV).

If you are only going to allow the end users to have minimal blog features (e.g. posting a story), then a clean front end only solution is more viable (have you looked at plugins such as: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-editor/ ?)

Or, if we are not going to offer blogs, then simply turn them off.

I thought I’d read something on ‘post from frontend’ features in WordPress 3.0, but might have been dreaming it.

@r-a-y i upgraded to latest and the plugin died. work great with previous version.

WP single 2.9.2 BP 1.2

EDIT: just realized that even though you auto upgrade you have to go back and change the folder name

This plugin partially works with WP 2.9.2 and Buddypress 1.2

Pasting a link does embed the video but it also causes an error. Here is a screenshot… https://i.imgur.com/XCvPv.png

Since this forum is meant to discuss possible enhancements for future BuddyPress versions in 2010, the idea of forking the project is beyond scope. You of course are free to continue discussing this topic but it might be better to start a new thread in the Miscellaneous Forums.

As to this example:

Lets say if i want to use Buddypress to set up an organic farming community for example I am going to have many of my users getting confused with having a backend and a front end and all of the options and admin stuff in the backend.

The only reason users would need access to the backend is if the Site Admin has set up their BuddyPress community to allow users to have their own blogs. If the mulitblog feature is not enabled, then users only have access to the frontend menus to set options and navigate the network. Also, the Site Admin could choose to build their community on the single-user version of WordPress. Then offering blogs to users is not even an option.

Whereas your assertion that

…stripping out the WP centric features surely won’t be an issue in the context of running a social network.

might be the case from a user’s perspective, it is a huge issue with regards to the amount of programming and code refactoring that would be required.

I can state with a high-degree of certainty that Andy nor Automattic will not be forking their own creations. The only way I could see that happening is if a few Automattic employees break off and form their own shop.

Why wait for someone else to do it? As I said in my first post in this thread, forking any OS project is a lot of work, but you are free to do so as long as you follow the GPL. If you think you have a unique, under-served vision for the platform, form a team and do it.

@grosbouff – Thank you!

I´m using BP Maps and BP Maps Profile and it works like a charm.

Will you put it up for localization, at least for user side? I will be happy to contribute with a Swedish translation.