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Good suggestions, and I think for the time being we’re all waiting for the 1.0 release before we start documenting code. Until then, any of it is subject to change at any point.

Once 1.0 is out there is a benchmark to start documenting from, in my opinion.

I can give you a hint though, check out the /css directories in each plugin, check out the member-theme, the buddypress-home theme, and you can also create a file called “site-wide.css” and put it in your /css directory for your home theme, and put all of your site-wide CSS changes in there.

Please disregard my comment posted in error

Here is the description of the album component thats said to be out in 09 sometime.

“Photo Albums

Members of a BuddyPress installation will be able to create their own photo albums. These albums can be shared with friends and groups.

Each member will be given a certain amount of space, which can be set by the site administrator. Albums and photos can be tagged. It will also be possible to browse public photos via photo tag pages that other members can browse (just as you browse blogs via tags on wordpress.com).

Photos can also be tagged to a group as mentioned previously in the group component overview.

Photos can be uploaded from a members computer, and will be re-sized accordingly using the built in WordPress image manipulation functions.”

Thebigk,

This isn’t a BuddyPress issue as the rich editing options and settings are handled through WordPress MU.

From what I could see on a quick search on https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/, the rich editor options will only affect new blogs (not ones already created). For older ones, you might have to manually update the setting in the database with a tool such as phpMyAdmin.

I’d suggest also digging around more in the MU forums for such terms as “rich editor” or “rich editing” to see if there are more threads on this topic.

@Ninh – Sounds like you are on the right track. One word of caution, though: if you are manually copying files from one place to another it’s very easy to lose hidden files, like .htaccess files. These are very important and can cause problems with your install.

It’s highly recommend to start over with a new download or SVN checkout at the new server location so you are sure to get the correct setup.

@Dace – Same thing… if you upgraded and only copied certain files you can get into problems. If you are going to upgrade, it’s recommended that you replace the entire BuddyPress install (not just pieces).

Like I said before–and you can search the forums–this topic is very common and usually comes down to a few things: GD support, htaccess issues, or file permissions on the directory where the avatar images are uploaded to.

Great — glad to hear it. Sorry to have missed your previous questions.

where do i upload the .po file to??

Anywhere on the server, it doesn’t matter.

what does this command do exactely

It takes your PO file and creates the MO for you.

did you mean.. ”and added the buddypress-spots.mo file there…”

Yes.

i have already set up in wp-config.php will this clash with what you have said to doo..

Hmmm… that I don’t know. I don’t use those configuration settings, myself. I would suggest commenting them out and testing your site. If the language file changes are still working, go ahead and delete those lines from your wp-config file.

Overall the language file is a better long-term solution since you can make changes for other labels there as well if they come up in future versions, whereas those custom definitions are only specific to a few labels.

Hello,

I have installed the trunk version of buddypress.org on my site . I used the link for installation — https://svn.buddypress.org/trunk/. After that i proceeded installing BP-FBConnect Plugin, using the link http://testbp.org/plugins/bp-fbconnect.zip. I downloaded the bp-fbconnect.zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. After that i extracted it. I have not performed any further steps in the installation. However when accessing my site and logging in, the fconnect plugin is not listed at all.

Please advice. is there further steps involved in the installation. Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Gokul.

This topic has been posted before. It’s not for distribution.

https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/trunk/bp-forums/installation-readme.txt

@Dace – I saw your comment in this related thread… but did you try the things that were suggested there: fixing permissions, checking for GD support, .htaccess issues, etc?

Avatars not uploading is a very common issue, so much that it has an an entry on the FAQs page:

Why will avatars not upload on my server? This could be a number of things, but make sure you have the GD image library installed. It might also be permissions, so make sure the web server has correct permissions.

Make sure to check these things (if you don’t know how to check for GD library support, ask your web host) and report any errors in your server logs.

This maybe a good starting point for you

/**

* bp_create_excerpt()

*

* Fakes an excerpt on any content. Will not truncate words.

*

* @package BuddyPress Core

* @param $text str The text to create the excerpt from

* @uses $excerpt_length The maximum length in characters of the excerpt.

* @return str The excerpt text

*/

function bp_create_excerpt( $text, $excerpt_length = 55, $filter_shortcodes = true ) { // Fakes an excerpt if needed

$text = str_replace(‘]]>’, ‘]]>’, $text);

$text = strip_tags($text);

if ( $filter_shortcodes )

$text = preg_replace( ‘|\[(.+?)\](.+?\[/\\1\])?|s’, ”, $text );

$words = explode(‘ ‘, $text, $excerpt_length + 1);

if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {

array_pop($words);

array_push($words, ‘[…]’);

$text = implode(‘ ‘, $words);

}

return stripslashes($text);

}

Egerrits: can you submit this to the WP plugin repo so it will show up on the BuddyPress site?