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do_action( 'bp_before_activity_loop' ); ?>

<?php if ( bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( 'activity' ) ) ):

  if ( empty( $_POST['page'] ) ) : ?>

    <ul id="activity-stream" class="activity-list item-list">

  <?php endif; ?>

  <?php      
    $count = 0;

    $args = array(
      'posts_per_page'   => 100000,
      'offset'           => 0,
      'category'         => '',
      'category_name'    => 'freedom-friend-news',
      'order'            => 'desc',
      'orderby'          => 'date',
      'include'          => '',
      'exclude'          => '',
      'meta_key'         => '',
      'meta_value'       => '',
      'post_type'        => 'post',
      'post_mime_type'   => '',
      'post_parent'      => '',
      'author'	         => '',
      'author_name'	     => '',
      'post_status'      => 'publish',
      'suppress_filters' => true 
    );
    $news_articles = get_posts( $args ); 
          
	while( bp_activities() ): bp_the_activity();

		bp_get_template_part( 'activity/entry' );
          
        $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
        if( $current_user->user_login == 'tommy' ):
          
          $count++;
          $news_iteration = $count / 7)-1;
          
          // Loop through news articles as long as there are articles.
          if( $count % 7 == 0 && !empty( $news_articles[$news_iteration] )):
          
            echo 'News Article';
            echo 'Iteration: '.$news_iteration;
            echo $news_articles[$news_iteration]->post_title;
            echo $news_articles[$news_iteration]->post_excerpt;
      
          endif;
            
        endif;

	endwhile; ?>

	<?php if ( bp_activity_has_more_items() ) : ?>

		<li class="load-more">
			<a href="<?php bp_activity_load_more_link() ?>"><?php _e( 'Load More', 'buddypress' ); ?></a>
		</li>

	<?php endif; ?>

	<?php if ( empty( $_POST['page'] ) ) : ?>

		</ul>

	<?php endif; ?>

<?php else : ?>

	<div id="message" class="info">
		<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, there was no activity found. Please try a different filter.', 'buddypress' ); ?></p>
	</div>

<?php endif; ?>

I’m now trying to re-word my original response, so hopefully it will get past whatever filter is preventing me from reposting the dropped message.

Thanks @danbp. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the solution I needed. Partly, perhaps, but not entirely.

As you pointed out, I was wrongly copying files from bp-themes rather than bp-templates (a codeblind mistake on my part). But I was doing everything else correctly, in terms of file structure and use of /community/ according to your write up.

I went through my steps again, this time copying

/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/groups/index.php

over to

/community/groups/index.php

with zero impact. (I test this by adding a bit of text in a spot that should display on the live site, and it does not show up. Tried several different places, no effect.)

This would seem to demonstrate that BP is not reading that index.php file at all. It’s only reacting to the template change if it is called “index-directory.php”.

I changed the file name (without moving the file) from index.php to index-directory.php, just as I did before, but again, it did not work as expected. The groups directory page picked up the new template, but it displayed a completely stripped-down version of the page, with no CSS at all (white background, default font, everything left-aligned, etc).

I have been assuming that the index.php file would be a proper starting point (a template) to create custom modifications to the groups directory page (i.e., index-directory.php), but clearly that does not hold true.

This seems very strange, because in looking at the php code in index.php, it’s got all the elements I see in the source for my live groups directory page. So it appears to be getting that exact same information from “somewhere else” within the plugin structure, but I can’t figure out where.

My question is now: What file should I use as a starting point to duplicate my existing groups directory, so I can make custom modifications?

I do hope you (or someone) can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for your replies 🙂

@danbp your solution only changed From email address. But i want to change Reply-to email address to noreply@example.com

@r-a-y I placed your code in functions.php but when i tried to register, i am getting this error.

Fatal error: Call to a member function get_address() on string in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/classes/class-bp-phpmailer.php on line 94

It only appears when i use this code, or else it works fine. That’s weird :/

FYI – I’ve also tried to disable all the plugins except buddypress and to use a standard wordpress template (twentyseventeen), but the problem is still there.

Thank you guys.

This one did the trick.

Your theme is using an older BuddyPress function – bp_is_member().

Switch that out for bp_is_user().

Theme author will update

/Hamid

ok from all the reading I have done , this in buddypress is impossible to do …… any other suggestions , all i need is a field in the profile fields that when is updated will show in the activity stream ?

Forgot to mention I also tried deactivating and reactivating BuddyPress which did not work.

Now, finally something has worked for me. While trying random things, I switched to English (UK) in Dashboard >> Settings >> General >> Site Language and switched back to English (United States) and it has worked.

Anyone, facing this issue try the above.

Thank you!

A new issue was released yesterday!

BuddyPress Newsletter #23 – several new plugins (mainly) and a possible new look of BuddyPress.org

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/bpmail/issues/buddypress-newsletter-23-several-new-plugins-mainly-47220