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The usage of @ may have been a twitter hack, but it came from using it as a way to acknowledge or direct a comment at a user when a threaded option wasn’t available. We use it even here in these very forums quite often, because we can’t directly reply to one another.

Deprecated code, the wire, and the status update components are totally removed from the BuddyPress 1.2 core and will be available in a separate BuddyPress Backwards Compatibility plugin. If you desire to use those components, or are using a custom theme that uses old function names or loops, you will be required to install and activate this additional plugin to continue to use your old code.

This was done for three reasons:

1. Reduce the amount of legacy code in the core that is just hanging around not being used

2. Not give new comers 2 (or more) ways to do the same one thing

3. Influence plugin and theme developers to upgrade their code to be compatible with BuddyPress 1.2 sooner rather than later

More detailed instructions and details will come as the 1.2 launch comes closer, but this is the best way to make sure everyone is happy.

You’re best to deactivate BuddyPress and any plugins that depend on it before upgrading.

2.9.1 should be the last time you will need to do that though.

I know that the tutorial is for external bbpress integration. What I’m saying is that it was written before you had the option for linking bp to bbpress inside of buddypress. If I delete my bbconfig and reinstall forums, do I need to go through the full install including the cookies or do I only have to go to a certain point and then let buddypress handle it. I know that once I select external bbpress an let it integrae, I can then delete my old install files because it takes over. I just didn’t know at what point it takes over.

Thanks for linking me to the guide again. Was going to have to dig through old links to find it.

It uses the “plugin-template.php” file.

It’s a generic catch-all for plugins, which need a layout for their settings.

Look for it in /wp-content/wp-sn-parent/.

If you’re using a child theme, copy that file to your child theme folder.

More info:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/which-template-file-is-settings

That tutorial is only if you want to have an external install of bbPress with WPMU/BuddyPress.

If you want to use the integrated version with BuddyPress, then just stick with what you have.

Here’s a WPMU / BuddyPress / bbPress integration tutorial:

http://theeasybutton.com/blog/2009/07/17/integrating-buddypress-wordpress-mu-and-bbpress/

I’ve used this a few times myself.

It depends on your usage.

Most people will just use the default, integrated forums in BuddyPress.

If you didn’t upgrade from the BP 1.0 series, then just use the default. Unless you like the idea of having two sets of forums (which could be confusing from a UI perspective).

For others who are frustrated by add_submenu_page – using WPMU2.9.1 BP1.13

to BuddyPress menu in WP-admin

function add_menu_link(){



add_submenu_page( 'bp-general-settings', "YOUR MENU", "Your Title ",

'manage_options', 'your-plugin-slug', 'your_function');

}

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'add_menu_link', 20);

// NOTE the addition of a higher priority seems to solve the problems where

//  WPMU starts trying to tell you that you don't have access (url is admin.php/?c=1)

I can’t take credit for this – the solution was here

http://teleogistic.net/2009/10/group-forum-subscription-for-buddypress-1-1/#comment-4582

I am running into this same problem in 1.1.3 with the groups extension api. I found a semi-ridiculous work around – name your plugin directory something that comes after “Buddypress” in the alphabet. Does any one know a way of specifying plugin dependencies?

Also, I never had this problem until I upgraded to mu 2.9.1. I can’t reproduce this issue on any of my pre-2.9.1 installations. On the older versions BP plugins always manage to get loaded after Buddypress.

There is a multilingual plugin for BP available which does this:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-multilingual/

I don’t know if it’s compatible with the BP 1.1 or the upcoming 1.2. I need this as well so we should look into it then

Also take a look at this ticket I made today: https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1593

If the “supergroup” feature would be implemented it would mean that you could make different “homes” for different countries/regions and still have a central homepage where all sitewide content is shown.

I think it would be good to set up separate blogs for separate languages — as in: if people don’t want the interface language to be different, then I expect they won’t want the discussions to be in a different language, either.

I tried WPML and it (or my hosting) is simply too slow. I just decided to set up separate blogs instead — and I hope I can install buddypress in 2 (or more) versions … I don’t think there’s an easy way of having 1 instance of buddypress work in English here, in German there, etc., right?

I haven’t been able to find much information about buddypress in German — I think I read the language files need to use the German buddypress (is that right? doesn’t really make sense to me)…

So, yea: I’m quite confused again… O_O

The @ thing is a Twitter hack which was came about out of necessity due to Twitter’s limitations. BuddyPress has no such limitations. Let’s not copy Twitter’s @ and # hacks. BuddyPress can do the same thing in a much more user-friendly and intuitive way… by clicking an action link for instance. Relying on raw text strings? Bad idea. I think.

Well,

I was able to get it to work quite well from its main ‘Events’ page so thats one step.

I just want to use it from another page – just not sure exactly how the calls are being made etc.

Hey Mariusooms,

Can you share the wpml-auto-settings plugin? I’m in need of something very similar.

Cheers,

Nuno

salut mr maz

i’m running

wpmu 2.8.6 with bp 1.1.3 and your plugin bp-link

It worked like a charm, could create some links.

but now i’m getting this php erro by creating a link :

Call to undefined function bp_link_creation_tabs() in /homepages/41/d278410228/htdocs/wp-content/themes/bp-default/links/create.php on line 5

any ideas ?

thanks in advance

There is some functionality written by TravelJunkie which allows you to create group types. Find his post here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/soon-to-release-bp-group-control-plugin

@Erich73: Supergroups are similar and could be seen as another group category.. The ideal situation would be if you could create different categories and could also say which category could do what. For instance:

Group Cat 1: Can use forums, activity stream and groupblog plugin

Group Cat 2: Only forums

Group Cat 3: Supergroup which can do all + has an extended activity stream as described in trac: https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1593

To make it ever better it would also be cool if you could set up different desciption fields to fill in per group;

category 1 : Info, history, goals

category 2: Name, description, latest news

There must be someone who could help us out with this guys

edit: I am willing to pay for this plugin to be developed. Might not be the only one I think?!

Given all the problems listed on this thread, the utter lack of responsiveness and vague claims on the plugin site, why even bother trying?