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Thanks for the reply John ^-^! I think that 2nd line totally did the job, lol.
I tried putting it in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php and it didn’t work.
I tried putting it in my theme’s function.php and it worked there.

Do you think it would be upgrade proof if I put it in bp-custom.php instead? If so, do you think I put it in the wrong location ._. – I tend to be a total klutz.

Dear BuddyPress Staff, why is bp_redirect_canonical() causing redirect loops?

I found the problem, at least for my site. Weirdly enough, what worked for my spit image development site, did not work for my live site, so i had to do a lot of detective work.

Try this: Install latest version of BuddyPress. Got to the FTP server and folder /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/ and in that folder, download bp-core-actions.php. Open it in notepad, search for “add_action( ‘bp_template_redirect’, ‘bp_redirect_canonical’, 2 );” and delete that line. Save the file and upload it to the same place on the FTP server, overwriting the original. Hokus Pokus, your redirect problem should be gone.

It took me most of my day to narrow it down to this, but finally i got BuddyPress to completely work as far as i can see. All BuddyPress pages are accessible, i can add activities and so on. Hope this works for you.

The reason this problem popped up with the latest versions of BuddyPress is clear if you read this page where the 1.9 version update details claims that “We’ve brought back bp_redirect_canonical() for helping redirect to top level/default members sections.” Why this is needed i haven’t got the foggiest…

I think that this was a conflict with BuddyPress docs. I uninstalled that, and it seems to work fine now.

@Henrywright

I’m using Enfold as the theme, I’m using a variety of plugins such as datafeedr, cubepoints, social media stuff (facebook button, acurax social media, events plugin, countdown plugin, adsense, askimet, buddypress mymood, social login, jetpack, and a couple more. The versions include: Buddypress 1.9.2 and WordPress 3.8.1 running Enfold theme.

What do you think?

This is a supported and well documented wordpress installation configuration (https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory).

There is a very specific caveat in the buddypress installation documentation stating that it Does Not support this sort of wordpress installation.
See the fifth bullet down on https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/before-installing/

I thought that perhaps with the revised URI re-write, this WP installation configuration might finally be supported

I just tried deactivating, deleting, installing and activating BuddyPress, and now it seems to work with the latest version….i’m still a bit skeptical though, but why don’t you try it?

I suppose another way of looking at this would be to find the code in BuddyPress that injects hyperlinks into certain text, such as profile tags. Where would I find this?

Thanks.

i noticed the “buddypress sitewide activity widget” plugin achieves what I want to do but I cant figure out how despite crawling through the code for hours…

Hi again,

I still have this problem. I’m sure it’s BuddyPress that is the cause, as it still occurs with different themes and with all other plugins deactivated. When I deactivate BuddyPress, the problem stops.

Run your mouse over the links on this page, and you’ll see the issue: http://blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/test/

I was wondering whether it is a legacy of running BuddyPress since alpha/beta and whether there is an old setting in the database or something that I might look out for. Where are the BuddyPress settings stored in the database? None of the wp_bp tables look like they hold global settings.

In my wp-config.php file, I have the following:

define( ‘BP_ENABLE_ROOT_PROFILES’, true ); //removes the /members/ slug
define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘custom-profile’ ); //defaults to profile page rather than activity stream of a user
define( ‘BP_ENABLE_USERNAME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE’, true ); //for LDAP compatibility
define ( ‘BP_IGNORE_DEPRECATED’, true );
define(‘BP_USE_WP_ADMIN_BAR’,true);

Thanks for any advice,
Joss

Hello @henrywright!

I´m not sure I understand what you mean, this is from the file buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php (inactive). Iam using the theme twenty twelve, can it have something to do that wordpress is installed local?

Hello @henrywright!

I´m not sure I understand what you mean, this is from the file buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-avatars.php (inactive). Iam using the theme twenty twelve, can it have something to do that wordpress is installed local?

i think i am! ive created a function in functions.php as follows:

/**
  * get user last update timestamp
  */
function get_user_last_update_timestamp() {
	$update = get_usermeta( bp_get_member_user_id(), 'bp_latest_update' );
	$activity = bp_activity_get_specific( array( 'activity_ids' => $update['id'] ) );
	$activity = $activity[0];
	$time = $activity->recorded_time;
	echo $time;
}

and im calling it from my page template (which contains a stripped down version of the code from the members-loop.php file) as follows:

<?php
/*
Template Name: In Out Page
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="sleeve_main">
	<div id="main">
		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php if ( bp_has_members( bp_ajax_querystring( 'members' ) ) ) : ?>
    <?php do_action( 'bp_before_directory_members_list' ); ?>
  <ul id="members-list" class="item-list" role="main">
  <?php while ( bp_members() ) : bp_the_member(); ?>
     <li>
      <div class="item-avatar">
         <?php bp_member_avatar(); ?>
         <?php bp_member_name(); ?>
      </div>
       <div class="item">
        <div class="item-title">
            <?php if ( bp_get_member_latest_update() ) : ?>
               <span class="update"><?php bp_member_latest_update(array( 'view_link' => false )); ?></span>
            <?php endif; ?>
        </div>
        <div class="item-meta"><span class="activity"><?php get_user_last_update_timestamp(); ?></span></div>
        <?php do_action( 'bp_directory_members_item' ); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="action">
            <?php do_action( 'bp_directory_members_actions' ); ?>
       </div>
       <div class="clear"></div>
   </li>
 <?php endwhile; ?>
 </ul>
 <?php do_action( 'bp_after_directory_members_list' ); ?>
 <?php bp_member_hidden_fields(); ?>
<?php else: ?>
   <div id="message" class="info">
      <p><?php _e( "Sorry, no members were found.", 'buddypress' ); ?></p>
   </div>
<?php endif; ?>
		</div> <!-- main -->
</div> <!-- sleeve -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thanks again @henrywright!
unfortunately being only intermediate with php and new to buddypress Im still having trouble getting this to work. Ive tried creating a new function with the code you provided and calling it from my template page, also tried including the code directly into the template but no luck so far. Any other tips you could give me?
Cheers