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copy your bb-config.php file from your root to /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/. It worked for me, but your account has to be the keymaster, and I set up BBPress first, and then BuddyPress, syncd, and then integrated. Not everything will work… which is what I am trying to find out how now.

just make sure bb-config.php is in both places….

…if a program doesn’t have the logic you require

That is the key for me. Buddypress misses a lot of things that I think should be part of the core. I’m not asking for features like galleries and event management, but basic standard member registration stuff, getting data to/from xprofile, etc. BP is still very new of course, but this attitude that, “hey, you can program it in 20 minutes” is worrisome. Andy has also made some comments that suggest separation of logic, data and presentation is not exactly a priority for him.

If you want to learn PHP…

I really don’t…

I don’t have the time. I can’t afford it. I’m on the content/publishing site. I don’t make any money from web development, although I’m kinda forced into a career change recently…

@David, thanks for Lynda.com. I find most of what I need on php.net, w3schools.com and youtube.com, but always looking for additional resources.

I’d have to disagree though about separation. From Andy’s response, I take that separation to be less than desirable, but workable. See https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/buddypress-theme-with-wptheme#post-32424 and https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/buddypress-theme-with-wptheme#post-32593 and http://themehybrid.com/community/topic/hybrid-version-08-discussion#post-2398.

This is not an indictment of BP, but an acknowledgement that at current form is very tightly linked to function and separating them won’t be easy, particularly without some php skills.

@mike

i installed David’s chat plugin on the FR demo site http://buddypress-fr.net/bpdemo/

(wp 2.9.1.1 & bp 1.1.3)

Feel free to create your account and test it !

@Peter Separation of logic, data and presentation doesn’t mean that you don’t have to know how to code if a program doesn’t have the logic you require. And I disagree that the layers are less separate in BuddyPress than WordPress.

If you want to learn PHP… I would highly recommend lynda.com. I use their training videos all the time and they are worth every cent.

I found the posts where Boone Gorges has set up such admin bar in other installations – here and here – same post but check out the comments area for some hints which could make it work for you. He noted “theoretically this method could work for any kind of software out there.” Good luck.

Hey Mattias,

Check out this tutorial:

http://jeffersonsnewspaper.org/2009/creating-a-blog-topics-directory-in-wpmu-2-8-buddypress-1-1/

This is one of the tutorials I found, however there are other ways to do it.

@surfartculture – you have many threads regarding this including https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/god-help-me wherein you’ll find a helpful code regarding this matter from Boone Gorges:

global $bp;

if ( $bp->loggedin_user->id == 1 ) {

/* Display the stuff you want user 1 to see */

} else if ( $bp->loggedin_user->id == 2 ) {

/* Stuff you want user 2 to see */

} /* etc */

But you have to give more information about your installation so that forum volunteers can help you out specific on your install.

1. What WPMU version?

2. What BuddyPress version?

3. What theme are you using?

4. Site URL?

Wonder if you could use this to create extra forums like a Miscellaneous or a General forum? I want to use the default install because I like the way it all integrated with the group forums, but I wanted to have some general forums for random stuff that I really don’t want to have to force people to sign up to that group just to post there. Right now, having to skin and deal with external bbpress installation seems more of a hassle than dealing with the random forum for me.

Using trunk + single wp; I’m set up on an external installs of bbPress + BuddyPress/internal install for groups

I use the bpGroups plugins (“forums” subdomain of the BP site) but the plug-in required some updating to get everything working smooth (activity notifications, public/private/hidden/ready only stuff)

Obviously this method won’t enable plugins on the buddypress/internal groups but this allows me to provide an advanced forum interface while creating outside forums (support, help, testing, etc) not associated with groups (group forums can be added to a specific forum category – i think default is “1”).

… i have re-theme’d bbPress to somewhat match the new default BP theme (well somewhat)

(screenshots:

http://files.etiviti.com/misc/bbpress-vwg-main.gif

http://files.etiviti.com/misc/bbpress-vwg-forum.gif

)

@Dfa327 Is there anywhere we can see your plugin at work (demo) I have searched all your sites and found it a bit confusing to find what I am looking for. Thanks.

Just a little heads up about JQuery. If you rely solely on JQ to display or hide certain fields, sometimes you will not get the intended behavior if a user has disabled javascript in their browser. It all depends on what methods/actions you are using to accomplish the hiding.

BP and WP are relying more heavily on JQ scripting to accomplish certain tasks. So, whenever you are coding JQ functions to hide or show certain objects, you have to be doubly sure to test your JQ scripts on all browser types with javascript turned off just to make sure that the behavior is consistent across the board. In other words, will the very small subset of users who turn off JS be able to inadvertently gain access to fields that they are are not supposed to see.

I struggled with this when coding my BuddyPress Privacy Component. It would have been a lot easier to simply have relied on JQ to accomplish many of the privacy filtering functions, but by doing so I would have been risking a given user’s requested privacy by exposing their data to users who had JS turned off.

The lesson here is that if your intent is to truly sequester a subset of data from certain users, JQ is probably not the best solution. I now look at JQuery as simply a nice tool for effects, for UI/UX experience. It is not a tool for basic security protocols.

OK, I know this might not be well-received, but learning a bit of PHP will allow you to do almost anything with WP … I’m not a programmer, but a guy who bought a book on PHP/MySQL awhile back and WP is so easy you could teach yourself the basic stuff.

I’m being dragged kicking and screaming into learning PHP. I don’t have the time and can’t afford to hire a PHP programmer, but keep running into things that I’d consider basic core functionality that isn’t up to standard.

I’m not asking for new features, I just need a solid core that will let me get things done, starting with member management, including things like multiple user types.

When WordPress first arrived the point was to separate layout (html/css), functions (php) and data (mysql) as much as possible, so anyone with basic web development skills (html/css/design/content) could build and maintain sites. In Buddypress it all starts to mix again.

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support

Yep, but of course we/you should make a sharp distinction between video for users and video for developers.

as developer, I want MANY videos.

the one hacking the bb-config.php, that was something that I already noticed. Just I think, if the developers don’t want us to access to the admin panel there must be a valid reason.

Anyway it works properly, it’s just that the buddypress can’t handle the plugin frontend

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!