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I think there’s a few ways of achieving this, for one thing there’s a bunch of plugins that change the default activity feed in the members howmepage. Take a look at https://buddydev.com/plugins/facebook-like-user-activity-stream-for-buddypress/ That would make a good start.

Another way is to Overload the activity-loop page in BuuddyPress, this basciall does what the plugins do, but without a plugin. You can take the default page from the plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/activity/activity-loop.php and change the way the activity filters work for your site. It’s a bit more advanced but there’s plenty of forum posts about doing it.

Hi @bntbrl,

Did you get get this resolved? I’m stuck in a similar situation. Users get the activation email, but it directs them to “invalid activation key”… they cannot log in.

The key is not in my database either.

So stuck, and no way to contact @buddypress

🙁

Hi @rsnipun, did this ever get resolved for you? I’m in the same boat where users get the invalid activation key, and it’s empty in my database too. I wish someone from @buddypress could help! I can’t find a solution anywhere.

🙁

Did you try the forum notifier plugin? You can also have a look at other plugins here Best BuddyPress Plugins

Hey guys, @grounder is talking about xprofile fields plugin, not Buddypress. Read the thread title.

I assume it’s this plugin as it has been abandoned by wordpress recently as it has not been updated in 3 years or so.

Buddypress Xprofile Custom Fields Type

I am also using this plugin and looking for an alternative. My hosting (wp-engine) just notified me that this plugin has a security vulnerability and they have contacted the developer to fix it but I doubt it will happen.

I think this plugin might be an alternative but have to look into it, if anyone is also in this situation. This one is also not updated:

Advanced XProfile Fields for BuddyPress

Check Dashboard>>Settings>>BuddyPress>>Pages and make sure the BP Members component is assigned to your members page.

If that’s the case then it’s likely something is messing with BP.

Yep I can confirm that method does not work, to change the page, create a new page and link it in the Settings>>BuddyPress>>Pages options.

The email address in the settings>>General page is not the one WP uses to send notifications.

Here’s the code for the friends activity with BuddyPress Activity Shortcode:

[activity-stream for=logged scope=friends]

Hi Steve,

I took a look at your other requirements, for a “my friends” and “my groups” activity shortcodes. BuddyPress Activity Shortcode does not currently support these features but I’ve submitted new code to the developer so they can support your needs, I’ve made it a doddle to use if it is accepted.

Seems like it’s not working. What happens if you deactivate BuddyPress and just use the wordpress registration?

Try deactivating all but BuddyPress, see if that fixes it

BuddyPress basically uses the wordpress email system, it uses a sender address of wordpress@yoursite.com. Some email providers block this generic address. Mine doesn’t, if you like I could register on your site and see if it works for me?

Whoops, I forgot instructions on how to change the account details fields. Here, I updated it:

To change the text on the regular (Account Details) fields, make a copy of wpcontent/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/register.php and place it in themes/your-child-theme/buddypress/members (a folder which you will have to create).

Then, open that file and replace every instance of <?php _e( '(required)', 'buddypress' ); ?> with your asterisk (*).

Then, to change the text on profile fields (Profile Details), just add the following code to bp-custom.php (which, if it doesn’t exist, you’ll need to create in wpcontent/plugins).

function bp_change_required_label($translated_string, $field_id) {
		return '*';		
}
add_filter('bp_get_the_profile_field_required_label', 'bp_change_required_label', 10, 2);

This function hooks into the function bp_get_the_profile_field_required_label() in buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template using the supplied filter. It takes the translated “(required)” string and replaces it with “*”. which will also remove any translation – but that should be acceptable for a symbol in most cases.

I know this is an old thread, but for those who are (like me) interested and googling this, here’s a quick solution that requires no language file editing.

Just add the following code to bp-custom.php (which, if it doesn’t exist, you’ll need to create in wpcontent/plugins).

function bp_change_required_label($translated_string, $field_id) {
		return '*';		
}
add_filter('bp_get_the_profile_field_required_label', 'bp_change_required_label', 10, 2);

This function hooks into the function bp_get_the_profile_field_required_label() in buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template using the supplied filter. It takes the translated “(required)” string and replaces it with “*”. which will also remove any translation – but that should be acceptable for a symbol in most cases.

I’ve been playing with this and I too am struggling. What I have discovered is as follows:

Remove the & from the beginning of the string and alphabetical will work.
Start the string with another option beginning with an & and alphabetical will work.

Exclude does not seem to work in any variation.

I’ve raised this in a track ticket:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7742