BuddyPress.org

There is a add sidebars plugin at http://bp-dev.org/plugins

Install that and use text widgets on those sidebars to show ads.

Family website, default theme, installed a few hours ago. Not much to it yet but the potential has me starry eyed: http://jemisonfamily.net

Hi Andy, I would like to write a post about how I’m using BuddyPress.

http://twitterfic.com

The site is for Twitter role players. There are currently thousands of roleplayers on Twitter who pretend to be a fictional character. I am using BuddyPress to aggregate all these people.

Nice job oldskoo1. Slick and it’s a great idea. I know that kinda thing would have been very appreciated when I was younger with kids. Being a parent is just plain terrifying the first time. “What are we doing wrong?”, “Why is he still crying!”, worried to let him out in the front yard. Ya know, normal stuff that isn’t normal because you’ve never done it before.

Normal changes.

With the 2nd kid it wasn’t terrifying to let him play in the front yard near the street as much. We just learned to listen for the sound of screeching tires. Anything else wasn’t worth bothering with.

Don’t forget to post your site here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=185

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1314 start there. Look at the code for bp-core-adminbar.php

Create a function that is your new top level item and submenus. Use add_action() to hook up the new function/menu item.

And here is a thread suggesting there should be a way to report inappropriate content, which could be good functionality to combine in one plugin along with Favorites functionality, as they are both forms of the same thing, tagging items: “Report This” feature

Here, just for reference, is a more active discussion on the same idea: “My Favorites” Plugin, but I think egerrits’ description, in the first post of this thread, nails it more clearly.

You could try upgrading your site to MU but, personally, I would simply wait for the WP version of BuddyPress to arrive.

My guesstimate is that Andy will aim to coincide with the release of WP 2.8, currently scheduled for the beginning of April put will probably get pushed back to the middle of the month. He has said that the non-MU version of BP is almost ready to roll but I guess he wants to see how the release of the MU version goes first and, obviously, he isn’t going to release for 2.7 with 2.8 so close.

http://synchronicitysandbox.com/

Its an online art installation.

1) Think of a question, and type it in.

2) Pick up to three wooden boxes from the gallery floor.

3) The photo of the ordinary object inside represents the answer to your question.

4) Save your sandbox results and share them.

And soon the Results will go to my Buddypress profiles, not the old Vanilla ones.

(Buddypress is what inspired me to return to WordPress, after deserting to Vanilla.)

I’m even learning to code a little!

Thanks BP,

Amber

I would need a “report this USER” plugin that allows other members to report an individual user to the admin…

No, it makes no sense to report the user, the specific item (whether it be a photo, wire comment, blog post, whatever) should be tagged so that moderators know exactly what the problem is and can decide whether action against the user is necessary.

Perhaps this could be combined with the Facebook/FriendFeed-style “Like” tag that egerrits has suggested in his Favourites Plugin? thread, and that betoverli has suggested in his “My Favorites” Plugin thread.

We could have small tiny links under each item, like Facebook, but saying:

like – comment – report

@nicolagreco

Your Subscribe plugin sounds very useful if you want to track a particular blog’s activity, but it does not match betoverli’s request for a way to mark something as “liked” or to have that item then appear in the Favorites section of that user’s profile.

Betoverli does not want to receive alerts about new material, he wants a way to alert other people to items (posts, comments, photos etc) within the site that he has already seen and marked as a favorite.

Egerrit’s thread explains the idea more clearly and, again, your Subscribe plugin does not match the stated need. It would, though, be great to see a plugin that did.

If i understand it can’t be done.. => https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/438

If you’re using RC1 that’s wrong

From: 'wp-content/mu-plugins/buddypress-theme/member-themes/buddypress-member/'

To: 'wp-content/member-themes/buddypress-member/

you’ve to copy bp-themes in /wp-content/bp-themes

@lucifix stay tuned on the bp blog or http://twitter.com/buddypressdev

Yeah, I know what you mean… and it seems just so pushy to *bump* your own post!

Anyhoo, the other thread was here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1499

vgfan, I did the theme myself, not much to it to be honest

Built it off the default themes in buddy press

So, you mean something similar to the new Facebook “like” and “comment” features, borrowed from FriendFeed?

I agree that this would encourage more activity within the site.

As a first step towards this sort of interaction, however, I would like to see a way to become a “fan” (not friend) of a particular blogger within the site i.e. indicate your liking for a person’s entire output, rather than just individual items.

The Fans concept is discussed here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1573

Try this! http://wpmudev.org/buddypress/

When you say it works,does it create a new member and use all buddypress features like blogs etc?

Pretty much waiting on WPMU 2.7.1. Once that is out, I’ll be changing BuddyPress to work in /wp-content/plugins and not mu-plugins. It’s a simple switch and is already tested.

You will however need to use 2.7.1 of WPMU if you want to use 1.0 of BuddyPress.

Yes, I’m running BuddyPress at the University of Lincoln and have blogged about it here: http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/02/17/buddypress-a-universitys-social-network/