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This is a good start. As I’m not too deep into Buddypress yet, I need some more help:

1. which file should I use as a basic user-template?

2. where do i have to put in what (the function)?

I’ve already put a file called bp-custom.php in my wp-content/plugins directory with the above function in it (I’m using wpmu 2.8.5.2 and bp 1.1.2).

Now in which template-file do I have to put the call bp_check_usertype($bp->displayed_user->id); ?

This is one of the last features I would need to put my site online.

Thank you for helping me!

I am having the same problem, I just bit the bullet and upgraded my “pre-1.0” to the latest 1.1.2 – upon doing this all custom uploaded avatars have vanished. Avatars for members and groups on my live site.

I thought perhaps maybe since my original install had the buddypress located in “mu-plugins” – and I had to put the newer BP into “plugins” then perhaps the images saved for members and groups would be in one of the subfolders that I deleted out of “mu-plugins” – but after look for a while I am lost.

I posted an apology to my users – hoping to find a fix somewhere…

That is bad new Grossbouff.. I feel bad for you, that you’ve put so much work in something only to find out, the WP team has been working on a solution already.. BUT;

It seems you’ve almost finished your plugin, and I think it would be a mistake to not release it.. There are many BP powered sites out there, which are running custom code and have a big userbase.. this means they will be hesitant to upgrade BuddyPress or WordPress as fast as the hobbyists do (no offense ).. So they might really like a custom made plugin, which stays away from their core setup… I think there would be quite a few people really happy with your plugin as is, and you can continue developing a new plugin on the side…

Anyways good luck!

hi

try this one

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/can-i-run-non-bp-theme-on-tld-and-bp-theme-on-subdomain-all-on-same-wpmu-install

IMO this is a theme design decision; if you want a graphic logo on your site, then that’s a custom theme. The bundled theme is just a starting point, even if you only re-do the colours. I’m even going to go so far to say if you want a graphic rather than a text header, you are very likely to want to change some other aspect of the site design at some point; so you’d be creating a child theme for that anyway. I can’t see people *only* wanting to change the site title to a graphic being a very common situation.

In previous versions, we used to get a lot of questions about which file to replace for the graphic, and ‘what font was used/can I have the PSD file for it’, and all the issues that both of these entail.

The question is how to do it now. That’s what we’re discussing. I can’t imagine that anyone would think it’s a bad idea to have a logo as a config option. Sounds logical to me. You should open a ticket for this enhancement suggestion in Trac

https://trac.buddypress.org/newticket

maybe in BP 1.1.3 the core software will include an option to place a logo/image in the header?

(is not knocking the BP design at all here)…but I’m thinking that the more exposure BP gets the more novice the users will become and with that thought in mind, the design of BP will need to tilt towards a novice user. In other words…coders, it would be a good idea to create a “novice proof” layout.

including the option to place an image in the header is so unbelievably basic (with respect to site design) I can’t imagine why it’s even an issue being discussed in the forum?

I agree with you Erich73 and so does stwc in his post here where JJJ recommended:

“Take the files from bp-sn-parent/groups/single/forums/ and copy/paste them into the same location in your child theme, then season to taste.”

Hi Andrea_r, waiting for videos to your session/s at http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-new-york/

I tested your theme in a site under development.

WPMU 2.8.5.2 + BP 1.1.2 + bbpress installed via BP one click

Main site with MU Sitewide Tags Pages

BuddyPress main site in blog-ID-2 at http://members.example.org/

Thank you for the clean theme. Without looking at code, i.e., checking it out like a newbie who activated the theme, following are some quick notes:

1. wp-admin-bar – Text (e.g. Org Members) of link to BuddyPress site ( http://members.example.com) shows up in backend (dashboard etc) but does not show up in front end. The link block is there and clickable to main BP site, but the text does not show up. Still, the wp-admin-bar shows correct links to main BP site, etc. throughout the site including sub-blogs.

2. Footer widgets only showing up in only in blog areas – is this the intention?

3. h1 – cannot find it anywhere in the theme. Need at least one h1 per Post or Page

4. Main Nav – link to Forums was not generated to show BP main site nor other subblogs nor main site, while link to a newly activated “Events” plugin page was generated to show in the main nav across all sites. (the link to Forum shows up in this install when I use child theme)

5. Main Nav – like the official bp-child theme, activating the theme in sub-blog for groups or individual members does not show correct links to main BP site features like member/group/blog directory. In order for one theme to be used throughout the site, conditional statement will be needed to show correct links to main BP site conjoined with respective blog’s navigation links.

Quick scan in main BP site (blog_id_2) to see how theme works in different sections

6. Members Section

– directory page – 2 columns – ok

– My own admin individual profile page – skeleton set up with 2 columns where in left column is avatar, options bar and user bar boxes. But there is a large space on the right side as if missing a 3rd column. Checked links in options bar resulted in two columns with links except the ff which has a missing left column – Edit Profile page, Change Avatar page

– If I click on another member’s individual profile page – left column as two user bar boxes unlike the link to my profile which has the options bar and user bar. In addition, when I also am missing the left column with options/users boxes in Blogs link page, Friends link page, Groups link pages plus the Events link page is incorrect and goes to front page of site

7. Groups Section

– directory page – 2 columns – ok

– Group individual page – skeleton set up with 2 columns – but there is a large space on the right side as if missing a 3rd column plus the page is missing all sub-navigations for Creating a Group, Creating forums etc

That’s it for now. As mentioned above, didn’t look at codes “behind the scenes” at this point, only the functionality if newbie user activated it.

Good luck

Is this the type of plugin that I need to display different groups of members and members activity on each of my blogs?

Meaning, I am still trying to figure out how to give each of my blogs on wpmu their ‘own’ buddypress. (only show members/groups/activity streams of the blog being displayed –think ‘ning’ where each site has their own ‘bp’ yet all members are still part of the ning community)…

Is that even possible with bp, and if so, is this the type of plugins I should be looking into for this type of functionality?

thnx

AFAIK BuddyPress uses that table to avoid running multiple query each time a page with activity stream is called. I also think that is limited to a maximum of n entries so it won’t explode…

Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? yes… Really Simple CAPTCHA, WP-Cumulus, and Google News XML Sitemap

The first thing to do is disable all plugins except BuddyPress. With new installs, you should always fully test WPMU and BP and make sure that everything is working before adding more code to your setup. Installing and activating additional plugins is adding more code.

If the issue resolves, then it is more than likely a plugin conflict. You then need to determine which plugin was causing the issue.

I had a similar issue, and this is how i fixed it. Maybe it will help.

BTW, using WPMU 2.8.4a and BP 1.1.1.

bp-core-classes.php: around line 224:

$total_users_sql = apply_filters( ‘bp_core_users_by_letter_count_sql’, $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT DISTINCT count(u.ID) FROM ” . CUSTOM_USER_TABLE . ” u LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_data} pd ON u.ID = pd.user_id LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_fields} pf ON pd.field_id = pf.id WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND pf.name = %s AND pd.value LIKE ‘$letter%%’ ORDER BY pd.value ASC”, BP_XPROFILE_FULLNAME_FIELD_NAME ), $letter );

$paged_users_sql = apply_filters( ‘bp_core_users_by_letter_sql’, $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT DISTINCT u.ID as user_id FROM ” . CUSTOM_USER_TABLE . ” u LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_data} pd ON u.ID = pd.user_id LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_fields} pf ON pd.field_id = pf.id WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND pf.name = %s AND pd.value LIKE ‘$letter%%’ ORDER BY pd.value ASC{$pag_sql}”, BP_XPROFILE_FULLNAME_FIELD_NAME ), $letter, $pag_sql );

For me, it was the pf.name in the WHERE that was coming back with nothing. I understand the MYSQL, but not understanding the logic behind that. I changed it to what I was hoping to nail in the first place:

$total_users_sql = apply_filters( ‘bp_core_users_by_letter_count_sql’, $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT DISTINCT count(u.ID) FROM ” . CUSTOM_USER_TABLE . ” u LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_data} pd ON u.ID = pd.user_id LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_fields} pf ON pd.field_id = pf.id WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND pf.name = ‘Last Name’ AND pd.value LIKE ‘$letter%%’ ORDER BY pd.value ASC”, BP_XPROFILE_FULLNAME_FIELD_NAME ), $letter );

$paged_users_sql = apply_filters( ‘bp_core_users_by_letter_sql’, $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT DISTINCT u.ID as user_id FROM ” . CUSTOM_USER_TABLE . ” u LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_data} pd ON u.ID = pd.user_id LEFT JOIN {$bp->profile->table_name_fields} pf ON pd.field_id = pf.id WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND pf.name = ‘Last Name’ AND pd.value LIKE ‘$letter%%’ ORDER BY pd.value ASC{$pag_sql}”, BP_XPROFILE_FULLNAME_FIELD_NAME ), $letter, $pag_sql );

Works fine for me. I’ve heard the latest edge version of BuddyPress fixes this somehow… but this worked at install for me so something must of changed. I have ALOT of custom profiles and the member import was a-typical so maybe in my case that had something to do with it.

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

Hi capitalistdog,

Short answer as of right now is “No”.

This feature has been listed as a new enhancement here:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/946

What you could do right now is create five separate groups for your different Economic sections… I know that’s not what you wanted to hear!

This looks very interesting because right now there are plugins for facebook, twitter etc, but this one combines social networks and makes it a breeze for people to invite friends from other social networks to your BP site.. I would be willing to pay for something like that in BuddyPress

I installed WPMU and buddypress and all work great but blogs subdomains dont work – blank page

My Apache error:

[Tue Nov 17 21:21:52 2009] [error] [client 83.16.234.122] WordPress database error Table ‘aa11935_pozy.wp_bp_xprofile_data’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT * FROM wp_bp_xprofile_data WHERE field_id = 1 AND user_id = 1 made by require_once, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_setup_globals, bp_core_get_user_displayname, xprofile_get_field_data, BP_XProfile_ProfileData->get_value_byid, referer: http://trzebiatow.eu/wp-admin/plugins.php

[Tue Nov 17 21:21:52 2009] [error] [client 83.16.234.122] WordPress database error Table ‘aa11935_pozy.wp_bp_xprofile_fields’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT id FROM wp_bp_xprofile_fields WHERE id = 1 made by require_once, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_setup_globals, bp_core_get_user_displayname, xprofile_set_field_data, BP_XProfile_ProfileData->save, BP_XProfile_ProfileData->is_valid_field, referer: http://trzebiatow.eu/wp-admin/plugins.php

[Tue Nov 17 21:21:52 2009] [error] [client 83.16.234.122] WordPress database error Table ‘aa11935_pozy.wp_bp_groups’ doesn’t exist for query SELECT id FROM wp_bp_groups WHERE slug = ‘plugins.php’ made by require_once, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, groups_setup_nav, BP_Groups_Group->group_exists, referer: http://trzebiatow.eu/wp-admin/plugins.php

can you help me? whats wrong… install was OK

same problem here,

I installed it clean and like the readme.txt describes.

After installing wordpress mu, it all works fine.

When activating buddypress it goes blank, i tried to load the main site and it was blank.

After deleting the cookies i can view all the pages, but when i try to login it goes blank.

so i think it’s a problem with the cookie handling/creating.

if others could test this too we maybe could isolate the problem

thanks

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/cannot-add-topic-in-bbpress-forum#post-29032

Yup. Child theme changes only. Goes without saying (or should).

@nexia

There have been relatively recent (sometimes heated) debates about the issue of plugin activation and management in the WP community. The issue you describe is just one of several that need to be addressed.

I posted this awhile back on someone’s blog post:

Plugin conflicts caused by activation sequence order are becoming more of an issue–especially with the sophisticated BuddyPress plugin. More experienced plugin devs do add code to check for the installation and activation of certain core plugins before their plugin is activated, but that is not fool proof.

I believe there is a better way to do this. There should be reserved blocks of numbers set aside for key components (plugins). These numbers would be lower in the activation sequence, therefore gaining higher priority. So, BuddyPress for instance, would always be assigned a reserved activation sequence number that is lower than any 3rd-party plugin that is developed to run on top of BuddyPress. The other way to do this is parent-child dependancies. All BuddyPress plugins would be child plugins to the parent component.