Of course – thanks 
1. Which version of WP/MU are you running?
2.9.1.1
2. Did you install WP/MU as a directory or subdomain install?
directory
3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory?
root
4. Did you upgraded from a previous version of WP/MU? If so, from which version?
no
5. Was WP/MU functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting.
yes
6. Which version of BP are you running?
1.2
7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version?
no
8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated?
no
9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes?
standard
10. Have you modified the core files in any way?
no
11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?
no
12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in?
13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.
14. Which company provides your hosting?
1and1 dedicated server
Thanks Andy, looking really forward to it! As I have mentioned before – I like it very much as it is now (without a pointless extra tab) – but it doesn’t pull acitvity without visiting the admin-area and push the button (same stuff with some other issues on the twitter-plugin)
See my older thread with more detail here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/external-group-blogs-group-twitter-doesnt-work
Now trying Posthaste again. Removing that line removed the post form from all the loops, but putting this line in the template files does nothing:
<?php if(function_exists(posthasteForm)) { posthasteForm(); } ?>
I tried in several files, including regular blog index.php files. Also tried this:
<? posthasteForm(); ?>
Still nothing… And if I leave the add_action(‘loop_start’… and just use the form, nothing gets posted, not even on the main/default blog.
I think I’m closer to a solution with P2, if somebody can help me figure out how to use the P2 post-form from a page that is not the regular index.php of the blog.
Is there an example of that in Buddypress version 1.2?
Bewst: Buddymatic hasn’t been updated for 1.2 yet, so any errors are likely due to that. Give the kind theme developers a little time, it’ll be updated very shortly, at which time you can download a new version that should work just fine. (I know ’cause I’ve been pestering them myself!)
I am using buddypress 1.2 now, but I still can’t seem to find away to fix this.
I just want it to display ALL the users on the site, instead it keeps only displaying the friends of the user you are currently viewing.
Hi,
thanks for the link. I hadn’t found those plugins before, because I was looking for a plugin specifically for BuddyPress.
And most of those plugins do only redirect upon login through the original form, however they do not redirect when manually adding the “/wp-admin/” to the URL after being logged in. However, I was able to solve that with a custom filter hook, that checks if the visitor has admin rights in “admin_init”.
Regards,
Tobias
Hi Paul,
The full code is in this (small) plugin here:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-activity-stream-subscription/
The url is created with the following code:
class Group_Activity_Subscription extends BP_Group_Extension {
function group_activity_subscription() {
global $bp;
$this->name = 'Notifications';
$this->slug = 'notifications';
// Only enable the notifications nav item if the user is a member of the group
if ( groups_is_user_member( $bp->loggedin_user->id , $bp->groups->current_group->id ) ) {
$this->enable_nav_item = true;
} else {
$this->enable_nav_item = false;
}
$this->nav_item_position = 91;
$this->enable_create_step = false;
$this->enable_edit_item = false;
add_action ( 'wp_print_styles' , array( &$this , 'add_settings_stylesheet' ) );
}
She can just add that to her existing WP theme, actually.
Having worked with that theme before, you’ll also have to modify the html in the buddypress templates that were added to your theme folder.
For thsoe who didn’t go look, she’s added BP to an exisiting WP install and is adapting her current template.
Roger — MrMaz has the solution to that over here.
EDIT: this is for the default BP theme not a custom WP to BP conversion
plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css/default.css
but if you upgrade BP stuff you add to the default css will get removed.
It is better to create a child theme that has a blank css file and then put overrides there.
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
I have updated my buddypress from plugin page and everyting works
Of the main template or Buddypress? (Sorry I’m a bit slow)
Actually, you need to delete the old buddypress folder and then install it. Do not overwrite or you may run into problems.
PJParticipant
MrMaz, could you remind us where to find the latest download link? Thank you.
here’s what you need to do. go buy arrowchat when it comes out. Comet Chat’s support and documentation is crap. Worthless.
I’m currently running BP 1.2 on my WP 2.9.1 (single user ), after that I’ve made my old niss theme BP compatible (it worked like a charm).
After activating the external group plugin, I get this php error :
Warning: array_map() [function.array-map]: Argument #2 should be an array in /homepages/…./blog/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups.php on line 2454
sorry if it’s a newbee question, i’m no php guru, far from it
thanks in advance for any help
cheers
OK, thanks Scotm!
I guess my problem is not so much getting P2 to work within Buddypress and customizing it, but how to use on the Group Blog homepage.
I may need to test install version 1.2 to see how it uses the post-form. And Posthaste may be a simpler starting point for my problem. Thanks Symm2112!
@Peterverkooijen
Here are the instructions for using Posthaste if you want to go that route.
If you comment out the action that places the form near the end of posthaste.php:
add_action(‘loop_start’, posthasteForm);
You can manually place the form in your theme where you want it to appear using this code:
if(function_exists(posthasteForm)) { posthasteForm(); } ?>
in my theme, I placed it right after the div id=content in my theme and it showed up at the top of the blog before any content.
@Peterverkooijen
Andy’s post on t how to make your WordPress theme work with BuddyPress can be found under Developers > Docs > How-to Guides. The extension pack can be downloaded from there. Follow the directions and you will have P2 working, but you’ll likely need to make some style adjustments in bp/bp.css for example as a minimum.
I think you need to upgrade to BP 1.2 before you do anything. There is an element of P2 features in the new BuddyPress (post-form) and the Default theme but P2 is in no way integrated with BP 1.2.
Thx
Scotm, where can I find Andy’s how-to and that Buddypress theme extension pack? Will it work for version 1.1.3?
Either way I’d like to learn more. I’m halfway integrating P2 into my custom theme, but can’t get the Ajax editing to work and all posts end up on the main blog instead of on the group or member blog.
Yes Symm2112, also definitely interested in your code. I’ll give Posthaste another try with your info. Perhaps I can put a new hybrid with Andy’s P2 solution together, that I will post here.
Thanks!
EDIT: Is P2 integrated in the version 1.2 custom theme? Anyway, I want to use that ajaxified microblogging interface on the group blog main page in a heavily customized version 1.1.3 theme and keep the blogs looking like blogs.
@jamesjones
I removed the font styling on the menu header to avoid any more confusion in the future.
@everyone
Not getting many bug reports. Do we have a pretty stable version here, or should I leave it out there a while longer before tagging it final?
I have the same problem with BP 1.2. When activity streams are disabled, the individual group pages show an error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_activity_post_form_action() in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/activity/post-form.php on line 1
Does anyone have a fix for this? Or am I the only one having it with bp 1.2 and WP 2.9.2?
Hi,
thanks for the answers so far!
Setting up a separate bbBress is not really what I want, because it somehow would be overhead and a lot of additional for maintaining and everything.
Restricting Group creation sounds good. However this would require that all users are automatically created as members for the default group which will be used for getting the Forums. Additionally that would require some work on the theme, so that the users don’t get to see any Group related stuff.
I guess all this would be possible and I’ll look into it, but it’s not really what I had hoped…
@ashfame:
Just because I don’t want to use Groups, BuddyPress is still well suited for my project. I currently have most of the other components disabled as well (like Blogs, Friends, Activity Stream), but nevertheless there are enough features that I can use for a private community. I especially like the easy administration (from within the WordPress Frontend basically), because I don’t want the users to be in the WordPress admin area.
All of this is superior to a plain bbPress installation, because I get all the WordPress features with it “for free”. So basically this enables me to keep the current website for the project but add some community features to it.
Regards,
Tobias
