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You’d change $avatar_size = ( ‘full’ == $type ) ? ‘-bpfull’ : ‘-bpthumb; to:

if ($type == 'full' ) {
    $avatar_size = '-bpfull';
} elseif ($type == 'thumb' ) {
    $avatar_size = '-bpthumb';
} else {
    $avatar_size = '-bptinythumb';
}

But that approach wouldn’t be recommended because when you upgrade buddypress your changes will be lost.

The tiny thumb will be the default avatar size. If you wanted to use the thumb or full versions then you’d need to pass thumb or full to bp_core_fetch_avatar

> exclude creation of public groups and comments posted in them from displaying in the activity stream.

Changing to $hide_sitewide will prevent it from appearing anywhere ( including the group activity stream ) except the activity stream for the person who created the item.

You probably want items to appear in the group stream, so try this in bp-custom.php or your theme functions.php

function remove_groups_from_activity( $activity ) { 
  if( $activity->component == 'groups' )
    $activity->hide_sitewide = true; 
}
add_action( 'bp_activity_before_save', 'remove_groups_from_activity', 1, 1); 

Of course, this will only apply to new activity items.

Then you need to ‘reveal’ those hidden items in a group stream…

Create a template overload of this file:
\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\activity\activity-loop.php

Then before the loop, check if you’re viewing a group and if so, then change the
bp_has_activities call to:

if ( bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( 'activity' ) . '&show_hidden=true') ) :

The activity stream is quite flexible:

Activity Loop

hi matthew, maybee you could you explain a little more?

All my pages are messed up, the links are all screwy and bunch of other stuff.

ive looked at your link and everything seems perfectly normal on the twenty fourteen theme, i notice you havent got buddypress installed?
go to plugins and click add plugins and search for buddypress, then go to buddypress settings and tick what you will want to be using within your website, i would also suggest doing a search for rtmedia plugin for your photos. dunno if this helps as i cant see what you mean with all the links being screwy etc when buddypress isnt even installed?

Hi, my buddypress notifications template is missing. Please tell me how to create a simple notifications template. thanks

Hi, please tell me how to create buddypress notifications template as it is also missing in my theme ? thanks

here is doc on filtering bp template parts

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/function-examples/bp_get_template_part

Have you activated groups via the checkbox on this screen?
/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bp-components

Have you assigned a page to Groups via this screen?
/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-page-settings

The same and more info:

Configure BuddyPress

It is simple, if you use the correct parameter, anyway…

Create a template overload of this file:
\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\activity\activity-loop.php

Then change this:
<?php if ( bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( 'activity' ) ) ) : ?>

To this:

<?php
$friends = friends_get_friend_user_ids( bp_loggedin_user_id() );
$friends[] = bp_loggedin_user_id();
$friends_and_me = implode( ',', (array) $friends );
$friends_and_me =  '&user_id=' . $friends_and_me;
?>

<?php if ( bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( 'activity' ) . $friends_and_me) ) :  ?>

Creating a template overload:

Theme Compatibility & Template Files

Not sure why it’s not working.

For alternative spam plugins/solutions, there’s another more active thread going on here:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/stop-buddypress-spam/

Two more methods that help. I recently had a crazy spam attack – probably 300 fake signups per day. I implemented these two methods and it dropped to near 0.

1. Change the /register/ slug to something unique. An example would be /create-your-account/, or something of that nature. It just needs to be unique and also make sense in a URL for your user. Spammers targeting BuddyPress look for /register/ as the signup page. It’s all automated so you want to filter them out at the first step.

2. Add this to your functions.php file in your theme or child theme.

It presents a dummy field that humans don’t see. Spambots will fill it out, and if the field captures a value it will reject the signup.

// BuddyPress Honeypot
function add_honeypot() {
    echo '';
}
add_action('bp_after_signup_profile_fields','add_honeypot');
function check_honeypot() {
    if (!empty($_POST['system55'])) {
        global $bp;
        wp_redirect(home_url());
        exit;
    }
}
add_filter('bp_core_validate_user_signup','check_honeypot');

Credits for #2 go to:
http://mattts.net/development-stuff/web-development-stuff/wordpress/buddypress/anti-spam-techniques/registration-honeypot/

I edited it slightly to remove the required redirect. Add that back from his tutorial if you want to. It requires that you make an extra page to send the spammer to, and I personally think that’s not necessary. I actually want them to have no indication their signup failed.

Hello 🙂
If you uncheck the User Groups in Buddypress settings (first tab) you disable all the Group system that is why all your groups disappeared.

I guess you are talking about the checking box on the FIRST tab of the buddypress settings, did you see the other one on the THIRD tab (called settings, just after the “Pages” tab) ? (at the top of the page)
You have a box to check to allow/disallow users to create groups.
Hope you are talking about that 😉

Read here exclude_admins_mods

Hi 🙂
Did you enable the messaging system in the first place?
If not you can activate it in : Settings/Buddypress/ and on the first page, check the messaging box

If you enabled this option already you should have a tab in your profil to send private message

[Edit] Wait what do you mean by “forums”? there are no forums on buddypress, are you talking about bbpress?

Activity Loop

Hi @transmission,

this is not the solution, but an example for your inspiration.
The below shows how the notification counter can be moved/implemented on the toolbar.

/* moving the notification counter from right to left */
remove_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'bp_members_admin_bar_notifications_menu', 90 );
function bpfr_notification_ontheleft() {
	global $wp_admin_bar;
	
	if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
	return false;
	
	$notifications = bp_core_get_notifications_for_user( bp_loggedin_user_id(), 'object' );
	$count         = !empty( $notifications ) ? count( $notifications ) : 0;
	$alert_class   = (int) $count > 0 ? 'pending-count alert' : 'count no-alert';
	$menu_title    = '<span id="ab-pending-notifications" class="' . $alert_class . '">' . $count . '</span>';
	
	// Add the top-level Notifications button
	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
 /*'parent'    => 'top-secondary',*/  // this is the original position
	'id'        => 'bp-notifications',
	'title'     => $menu_title,
	'href'      => bp_loggedin_user_domain(),
	) );
	
	if ( !empty( $notifications ) ) {
		foreach ( (array) $notifications as $notification ) {
			$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
			'parent' => 'bp-notifications',
			'id'     => 'notification-' . $notification->id,
			'title'  => $notification->content,
			'href'   => $notification->href
			) );
		}
	} else {
		$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
		'parent' => 'bp-notifications',
		'id'     => 'no-notifications',
		'title'  => __( 'No new notifications', 'buddypress' ),
		'href'   => bp_loggedin_user_domain()
		) );
	}
	
	return;
}
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'bpfr_notification_ontheleft',30);
/* other position # are 10, 20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 */

In your case, you also have to check this Codex page. And possibly do some research here.

@blinkybill01 add height to the item-list li around 25px or more, up to you

#buddypress div.item-list-tabs ul li { 
height: 25px; 
}

Hey guys,
I just wanted to post an update to this.

@juanlopez4691 You’re a genius, the code still works! I’m running BuddyPress 1.9.1 now and it’s working smoothly. I think that you had some minor errors in your syntax though. Here’s the updated version:

bp-custom

// Add meta fields upon group creation
function bp_group_meta_save ( $group_id ) {
	$blog = get_blog_details( get_current_blog_id(), true );
	
	$fields = array(
	'blog_id' => $blog->blog_id,
	'blog_path' => $blog->path,
	'blog_name' => $blog->blogname
	);
	
	foreach ( $fields as $field => $value ) {
	groups_update_groupmeta( $group_id, $field, $value );
	}
}
add_action( 'groups_created_group', 'bp_group_meta_save' );

function get_groups_by_meta ( $field, $meta_key, $meta_value ) {
	global $wpdb;
	
	if ( is_string( $meta_value) ) $meta_value = "'" . $meta_value . "'";
	
	$sql = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT $field from {$wpdb->base_prefix}bp_groups_groupmeta WHERE meta_key='$meta_key' AND meta_value=$meta_value", OBJECT );
	$res = $wpdb->get_results( $sql );
	
	return $res;
}

// Build a list of groups with the matching blog_id value
function get_groups_by_blogid ( $blog_id = 1 ) {
	$list = get_groups_by_meta( 'group_id', 'blog_id', $blog_id );
	
	if ( count( $list ) ) {
	$res = "";
	foreach ( $list as $item ) {
	$res .= $item->group_id . ',';
	}
	return substr( $res, 0, -1);
	} else {
	return FALSE;
	}
}

groups-loop

<?php 
$current_blogid = get_current_blog_id();

if ( $current_blogid > 1) {
$groups_set = get_groups_by_blogid( $current_blogid );
( $groups_set !== FALSE ) ? $extra_args = '&include=' . $groups_set : $extra_args = '&include=-1';
}

if ( bp_has_groups( bp_ajax_querystring( 'groups' ) . $extra_args ) ) : ?>