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The add friend button contains an ajaxified url, a cookie, a nonce and some other stuff. By default, this button is intended to be on members directory and on the profile header.
Open /bp-friends/firends-widget.js to see how BP actually handle this.

If you absolutely need to have this button elsewhere, a custom page for example, you need to extend the original class witch is in bp-xprofile-loader.php:38 (BP 2.0.1)

Otherwise, any action on this added button will always return to the member profile page after a click and not reload like it does when in the member directory.

I’m not a developper so i can’t help you more.
Perhaps read here for better understanding of this button.

File reference

Good idea but not yet implemented. But hopefully in 2.1 … Read this ticket

Maybe read here, the post and all the comments:

Fetching and Showing only Specific fields from BuddyPress XProfile data

You may find some hints here:

Add Meta Box to Admin Extended User Profile

You can always submit a ticket at
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/

Since BP 2.0, you can use bp_parse_args to customise template loops and on a much easier way as never before.

The example function below will hide profile groups with ID 1 and profile fields IDs 6, 18 & 39 on the public profile screen of each member and stay visible on the edit screen. Tested & approved 2.0.1

If you get some php warning while using this function, be aware that there is a bug in 2.0.1 bp-xprofile-classes.php (fixed. See ticket). Simply apply the lattest patch to get rid of this error.

function flegmatiq_profiles( $retval ) {	
   // conditionnals to set accordingly to your purpose
	if( !is_user_logged_in()  && !bp_is_profile_edit() ) { 
		$retval['exclude_groups'] = '2';	
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '6,18,39';	
		
	} 
	return $retval;
	
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'flegmatiq_profiles' );

In your particular case, you have to play with the conditionnals

The example below is to give you an idea how to handle this. Not tested !

function flegmatiq_profiles( $retval ) {
$myfield = xprofile_get_field_data( 'Faculty', $user_id );
if( empty( $myfield ) )
return; // or echo

   if( $myfield == "Faculty" ) 
      if( bp_is_profile_edit() ) { 
		$retval['exclude_groups'] = '1,56';	
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '6,18,39';	.
      }
   if $myfield == "field_name_2";
     // do something other...

return $myfield;

add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'flegmatiq_profiles' );

Yes, I did search before asking, but this 2 string are so hard to match in the search results.

The problem is not the strings, but the translation of them. And this is most probably a theme issue or a wrong path to BP’s translation.
You can check this point by activating one of WP’s default template. If it’s translated, you know the culprit.

It might just be that the theme author needs to update the theme to be compatible with the latest WP and BP versions. As we have no access to the premium theme, best place to ask is the theme’s support forums or contact theme author.

If you’re comfortable with code, here’s a workaround. Be aware that this does not solve the problem, but only ignore it.

BP, bbP or WP user are all registered in the same DB table: wp_users

I’ve never actually found a link that goes to the old bbPress profiles

You expect something other ? And if they don’t exist, they cannot redirect.

If you havee other questions about bbp/bp forum, read here first. 🙂

@dreamwork
WP version ?
BP version ?
Theme name ?
Used Plugins ?

Did you search on this forum before asking ?

Hello @projectfms,

Made is a premium theme fom 2012. And support is included in the licence price. His compatibility is actually given for WP 3.7 and BP 1.8.
Checked your home page source code and found a path to bp-default:
https://www.glosszenenzo.nl/wp-content/plugins/buddypress//bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/global.js?ver=20110818

Give a try to this solution.
– rename the mentionned global.j into xxxglobal.js
– go to wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js/ and copy buddypress.js
– return to /wp-content/plugins/buddypress//bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/ paste buddypress.js and rename it to global.js
– clear browser cache
– check if it changed something.

Otherwide you have to ask the theme author. We cannot help more here for premium theme issues.

Also read general theme documentation.

@godavid33,@henrywright

I brought the loading function back in one of the theme am building by using just css.

1, I added ajax spinner

2, I changed the button background while loading to make it look disabled.

below is an example for the post button:

#buddypress #whats-new-form a.loading,
#buddypress #whats-new-form input.loading {
padding-right: 25px ! important;
background-color:#bbb ! important;
background-image:url(“/wp-content/themes/your-theme/img/ajax-loader.gif” ) ! important;
background-position: 93% 50% ! important;
background-repeat: no-repeat ! important;
}

using #buddypress a.loading{} will affect almost all the button.

Naijaping

See how BuddyPress does this: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.0.1/bp-groups/bp-groups-template.php

I don’t know why BP does it this way (I would have to check the logs – it seems fishy) but in any case, this probably explains why you’re not seeing anything in your template. You should mimic what you see in that function.

Hi @saxisme,

This function will add the company name under each user avatar, on every activity screen (swa, profile, friends…)
To do so, you have to add a do_action to the template. In your case, add it into (child theme)/buddypress/activity/entry.php, before the closing tag of the div containing the avatar (around line 24)

The snippet goes into theme’s functions.php or bp-custom.php

function saxisme() {
	$user_id = bp_get_activity_user_id();
	$company = xprofile_get_field_data('42', $user_id); // field ID or name
		
	echo '<div class="authorinfo">'. $company . '</div>';
	
}

add_action( 'showsaxisme', 'saxisme' );

You add this to entry.php
<?php do_action( 'showsaxisme'); ?>

We used to use an AJAX spinning GIF, but removed it due to various theme issues:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4610

I’ve added a patch for an alternative to the throbbler in 4951:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4951

It uses a progress bar animation for the background of the button.