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I use that function bpfr_custom_group_default_tab and it works.
Have you replaced the group slug to yours in ‘case’ ? This must fit the exact slug, the one you see by mouse over the group name in the bottom left corner of your brower (and normally in the browser’s address bar).

Please ask one question at a time. Make an effort to be clear. It’s difficult to follow your post !

– I want to do this on profile: details, item names…

– I want to do this on groups: details, item names…

NB 1: if you want to change the landing tab for ALL groups, you can use:

define( 'BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION', 'members' );

With this, all groups will use the group members directory as landing tab instead the group activity.
If you want a different landing tab for each group, use the snippet and don’t use define.

Changing Internal Configuration Settings

NB 2: the tab name has no influence on the landing tab. The name and the slug are handled separately, precisely because of that

NB 3: where you put functions in bp-custom has no importance.

Read again ! It’s explained here:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-for-writing-messages/
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/add-tinymce-to-activity-post-form/

The Home tab is the default one. If you remove that tab, BP has no way to know where to output the other group tabs content. If you remove Home(aka activity) you should define another landing tab.

But when you want to modify groups, you shouldn’t define ‘profile’, but ‘groups’. (read what you wrote!)
For the profile landing tab, see this codex page.

For groups, you can try this snippet. This let you define a different landing tab for each of your groups (not profile, ok ?). 😉

function bpfr_custom_group_default_tab($default_tab){
	/**
	 * class_exists() is recommanded to avoid problems during updates 
	 * or when Groups Component is deactivated
	 */
	if ( class_exists( 'BP_Group_Extension' ) ) : // 
	
	$group=groups_get_current_group();//get the current group
	
	if(empty($group))
	return $default_tab;
	
	switch($group->slug){
		
		case 'kill-bill': // group name (use slug format)
		$default_tab='forum';
		break;
		
		case 'groupe-2014':
		$default_tab='members';
		break;
		
		default:		
		$default_tab='home';// the original default landing tab
		break;
		
	}
	
	return $default_tab;
	
	endif; // end if ( class_exists( 'BP_Group_Extension' ) )
}
add_filter('bp_groups_default_extension','bpfr_custom_group_default_tab');

Global.js is related to BP Default theme which is no more used since 1.9.
The “new” js you can check for comment count is \buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\js\buddypress.js:667

I don’t know how the default 5 count is set before firing Show all X comments link. But i haven’t read very attentively the whole js file.

If your goal is to gain some place on activity feeds, you may use a show/hide comment button ?

function add_comment_hide_show() {
?>
<style>
.single-group .activity-comments ul{display: none;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(function($) {
	setInterval(function() {
		$('.activity-meta').each(function() {
			if( !$(this).find('.show-comments').length ){
				var html = '<a href="#" class="button bp-primary-action show-comments">Show/Hide Comments</a>';
				$(this).find('.button.acomment-reply').after(html);
			}
		});
		
	}, 500);
	
	$('body').on('click', '.show-comments', function(e) {
		e.preventDefault();
		var obj = $(this).closest('.activity-content').next('.activity-comments').find('ul');
		obj.slideToggle();
		return false;
	});
	
});
</script>
<?php
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'add_comment_hide_show' );

Or if you want to limit the number of comment a member can leave on activities, BPDEVEL has a premium plugin called BP Rate Limit User Activity which can do that.

On Trac, some very old tickets about comments: #2768, #1870

Perhaps @dcavins can tell you more about this ?

‘danbp’ your codes work great!
One thing, though, since I removed the ‘home’ item in groups, now if I create a private group or click on a public group icon, the group page will not be available!
I think it is because the ‘home’ item has remained as the default page for the group pages!? I changed my profile default page with ‘define(‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ );’ but it seems for changing group default tab story is different, so I used code suggested here: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/changing-group-tab-display-defaults/

But still no success!?

Hi there-

Yes, 2.6.1 (and 2.6.1.1) have a conflict with BP Group Hierarchy. The problem is caused by the addition of the autoloader check in bp-loader.php because BPGH instantiates its class before BP knows if the groups component is active or not. The short term fix is, unhappily, to change bp-loader.php. Comment out the line that reads return (add a // before return) here:
https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/blob/master/src/bp-loader.php#L621

No, not for the moment. We’re handling here about profile and group nav, not about Group or Member Directory nav.

If you have a snippet who works for the Directory, feel free to add it to the Nav Api examples. Codex Contributors are always welcome.

@socialc, since 2.6 and the new Nav API, there is a much simplier possibility as the translation file to change nav item names.

@marcono, try this; not sure you learned, below snippet is on Nav API examples i indicated previously. 😉

function bpcodex_rename_group_tabs() {

    if ( ! bp_is_group() ) {
        return;
    }
   
    buddypress()->groups->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'Group Discussion', 'buddypress' ) ), 'forum', bp_current_item() );
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_rename_group_tabs' );

function bpcodex_rename_profile_tabs() {
 
      buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'My Buddy Forums', 'textdomain' ) ), 'forums' );
      buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'My Buddy Groups', 'textdomain' ) ), 'groups' );
 
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_rename_profile_tabs' );

@marcono you might want to read this page and consider making a translation file of your own.

Make sure you have pretty permalinks enabled on your WordPress install. (whatever except default) and save.

And check your install again.
Ray’s script is not a bug tracker, it gives only information about global variables which is usefull when you want to debug a custom script. If you seek for bugs – rarely the case on a new install -, activate wp_debug in wp-config.php

https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

Configure BuddyPress

… or just add a login link to your site anywhere in your theme files. e.g <a href="<?php echo wp_login_url(bp_loggedin_user_domain()); ?>"><?php _e('Login', 'buddypress'); ?></a>.

This will redirect a user to their profile page after logging in.