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I’m not sure what the taxonomy tables have to do with anything but you can upgrade to 1.0 now. There are many new theme author friendly templates, templatetags that can do what you want alot easier than sql queries.

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/

You are going to get the same answers for this same question you posted here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2419

Félicitations Andy !

Remove buddypress and try again. If it doesn’t work it is because wpmu is not configured correctly. If you let is know here if it works with buddypress or not, maybe we can then advise more things to look at.

WOOOOOT WOOOOOT!

And for all you theme designers out there, remember that Andy recently updated the BuddyPress Skeleton Theme to version 1.0 standards. It is bundled into the 1.0 download package. But, if you need a new copy, you can get it here:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1575

Atle-

First of all, I would recommend copying the Recent Blog Posts widget and modifying the copy. Otherwise, the next time you upgrade BuddyPress, your changes will be gone. When done, place your new widget in /mu-plugins/. Call it something different so that you can easily recognize it in WPMU’s backend.

Okay, now the code changes:

1. How can I limit the excerpt in the widget

   If you look in that widget, you’ll see that the function bp_create_excerpt() is called to create the excerpt. This function is located in bp-core-templatetags.php. The number of characters is determined in the function’s arguments.

   Copy that function, place it in your new widgets file, and rename it. Change the number of characters to your desired limit. Then make sure you reference the new function instead

2. Is there anything I can do to exclude the main blog from this widget?

   In the widget, the fucntion bp_blogs_get_latest_posts() is called. This function is located in bp-blogs.php. It relies on a method get_latest_posts() located in bp-blogs-classes.php.

   Thinking out loud, I suppose you could set up a variable that excludes the Admin blog and pass it as a parameter into the bp_blogs_get_latest_posts(). The other option is to create a custom class and method and rewrite the query to exclude the main blog.

   Haven’t tried either. So, I’m not sure the best approach.

Hm strange.

Silly question, but you’re not already logged in are you?

woot woot! great work!

cyndy, go to the wpmu back end BuddyPress > General Settings and just Save Settings on that page after selecting the bp 1.0 member theme. bp might not be detecting the new member theme location. Upgrading to 1.0 means that the member theme is now located in /wp-content/bp-themes/bpmember

Give that a save there and see if the problem goes away.

Looks like it’s there to me.

What browser, OS, etc?

Well, put it this way, the default buddypress home theme is really just a widget framework accomodating the BP widgets for activity, members, groups, who’s online, welcome etc.

You need to decide where you want to show what and look for themes that fulfill your requirements. There are dozens of mag style themes out there… As long as you have a good range of widget positions in the theme you should be able to put your home page together the way you want to. Besides, it’s easy to create custom widget positions if you need to.

In any case, some php / theming skills may be needed to get stuff exactly how you want it.

Congrats! I have composed a ditty in honor of the occasion: http://wpmu.org/musings-on-the-birth-of-buddypress/

Yes. I would highly recommend upgrading to version 1.0. It is considered the first, stable, public release. This means that it can now be used on live, production sites.

There were a few bug fixes and some nice improvements since RC2. You can visit BuddyPress trac and see for yourself! All the changesets after r1407 came after RC2.