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The backpat plugin is only going to support the 1.1 branch of code, and not the dual theme massive integration headache that came before it.

To have the activity stream update when you post a topic or post a reply, bbPress would need a special plugin to be made, and/or bbPress would need to be “deeply” integrated with WordPress/BuddyPress to have those functions natively available.

The other thing you could do is look into previous versions of BuddyPress that included that kind of support. In BP 1.0 it was assumed that if you wanted forums, that you were using the voo-doo magic method of integrating things.

What is it you wanted the chat to do that mine (buddypress ajax chat) failed to do. Please tell me:)

Thanks,

Dave

One way is

if (bp_is_profile_component()) {

include ('profile.php');

}

where profile.php is widgetized and you can add the widget in your dashboard’s Appearance > Widget panel. Are you using 1.2 bp-default theme or bp-sn-parent theme?

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/conditional-template-tags/

Btw, if you use conditional statements for bp themes, do not add a standalone is_page() – need to add page ID/slug/name within () – otherwise it will override conditional statement for bp_is_profile_component() and other conditional statements for other BP-generated pages.

Check out this plugin – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-remove-avatars/

This plugin will completely remove ALL avatars (including default, uploaded, or gravatar) from displaying on your site. This includes hiding the step for choosing avatars when creating groups or user accounts, and removing the menu items for editing avatars.

Are you referring to the buddypress admin bar like the one you find at the very top of this page with grey background that you want the members to add to their self-hosted sites? “My Account” “Notifications” etc.

You would need a custom plugin possibly with preconfigured authorization so they don’t need to log in to your site when they click on link in buddypress admin bar in their site.

Also a clear explanation to the users between their buddypress profile and blog dashboard would be nice! Btw I’m really glad you’re picking this up, i think its a very smart move to make!

Great public service DJPaul. What they all said. May I also suggest categorizing the videos as basic, intermediate and advanced and/or themes, codes, plugins, upgrading, etc.

Initially I would not focus on us (site admins) but on buddypress its core functions. Explain potential new users what bp can do for them, and their target group and how users can use their bp site. For us all these things are wellknown but there are a lot of people who don’t! As an added bonus these videos can also be embedded on bp powered site (if the admin wants this) to help its new users a long.

After these introduction videos you can get in depth and create more advanced tutorials and solutions for site owners. I think it would not make much sense to skip the basic BP fundamentals!

I installed the support plugin using the admin of the default installation as you suggested, but there is no point to do that, since the buddypress interface doesn’t support it.

Small weekly 1 minute tricks and tips videos, not just on core bp things but also on using firebug to help change the css etc..

Upgrading from one bp version to the next and what to do when it goes wrong – I always dread it when I have to upgrade.

Themes and Bp-sn-parent folder – Things to remember such as you may change the css within one theme, but how does the bp-sn-parent fit in.

A snazzy promo video saying this is why you should be using BP rather than ning etc….

You almost have to do 2 different videos on each topic as your audience is either code masters or just hackers with a tiny bit of knowledge

I would gear my videos to the WP masses that will now start using BP

What Buddypress is and is not?

Theming and Theme Frameworks

Integration with WP, bbPress

Hardware/Hosting considerations

Extensive examples of creating child theme and components

Navigation was initially quite overwhelming so just a general introduction to the software from a user perspective and what you can do with it would be nice.

Something showing how activity streams work would be great too. It’s a concept that is hard to explain to new people but once they do get it they love it.

installation/use are pretty straightforward, I can’t see how videos can be useful except just as demo to show the buddypress capabilities.

Just to clarify you have BuddyPress (latest trunk) running with a standalone WordPress 2.9.1 (NOT MU) and BBPress 1.0.2?

I am looking at doing this. Just need to know.

Any advice?

Thanks!

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Does the “use existing install” button on the BuddyPress wp-admin backend (under ‘forum setup’, or something), not do the job?

Either by creating a custom “translation” file https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

or

http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2010/01/02/mangling-strings-for-fun-and-profit/

The descriptions of this plugin sounds great. I was trying it myself om WPMU2.9.1.1 and Buddypress1.1.3 with just the BP-default theme.

The installation went fine.

But if I ceate a new link to a youtbe video and try to save the link. I get an error at the top saying: “Please fill in all of the required fields”. But I don’t see any field I can fill in.

An other nice feature would be to sync the categories with the categories used for posts.

I could use this for combining posts in a certain category and links with videos/foto’s in the same category. This can also be done with tagging. The only problem for this is that the same tags needs to be used sitewide by all users.

EDIT

The first point was that with a refresh of the page the category selection was not filled in anymore.

Two more features:

a) support for vimeo (and other big video hosting sites)

b) let users delete links.

hi Arturo,

I don’t see a link to your example. Can you post it?

Just to clarify you have BuddyPress (latest trunk) running with a standalone WordPress 2.9.1 (NOT MU) and BBPress 1.0.2?

Thanks.

I think one of the crucial issues is that you are mixing content with meta data. Twitter does this for obvious reasons, such as making it work well with text messaging. I like what Andy said about BuddyPress not being Facebook or Twitter, but one thing BuddyPress is… is WordPress.

WordPress does a great job of separating content from meta data. Blog Posts have content and they have tags. Why not use something similar here? Why not let the meta data be separate?

Just add a tag box! Any tag that starts with @ means that the tag name is really a username. Now think about the WP tag box. You type any tags in, separated by commas and press ‘Add tag’. The tags automagically get separated into their own little icons. A similar thing could happen in BP, but when @user tags are added, they get displayed as the user’s full name. You could have an interface that allows for entering @username or just allows the user to type a full name and have it autocomplete. Using auto complete is easier in a tag box than in a content box.

WARNING: Whatever you do, be very careful! If you merge content and meta data now, it may be very difficult to separate them later. In 1.1, wall posts had their content separated from the meta data specifying whose wall it was on. Now with 1.2 it sounds like all of my wall content will be modified to say who I was talking to. Then, if you change your mind and want to separate them out again in 1.3, you will have to modify the content again to remove the meta data.

edit – didn’t notice that was from 8 months ago :=0

@peternicholls – It looks like you created sub-blogs “members” “blogs” and “groups” which you shouldn’t have done. Delete those sub-blogs. Let BuddyPress automattically generate those pages when you click on the links. Just tested the theme and it’s working great on 1.2-rare bp-sn-parent.

If that’s not the case, it would help us help you if you answer these questions – https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support

What BuddyPress version are you one? Which theme are you using? In other words https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support