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I made it so that the “home” tab was named the “activity” tab, moved it over, and made the “forum” tab the first tab that users see when viewing a group. That way at least the first thing they see isn’t the activity feed for the group which is very overwhelming.

You can do this for each group individually using the BuddPress Group Extras plugin, but you’d have to do it one group at a time. Instead, I added some code to my functions.php in my child theme to do the same thing, but for all groups.

Below are the two functions I created. The first renames the activity tab and moves it over, the second forces the “forum” tab to be the first tab a user sees when visiting the group (unless the group has no forum in which case it still defaults to the activity tab).

//function to reorder and rename group tabs in buddypress
function whff_setup_nav() 
{

global $bp;

  if (isset($bp->groups->current_group->slug) && $bp->groups->current_group->slug == $bp->current_item) 
  {
     $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug]['home']['position'] = 110;
	 
	 $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug]['home']['name'] = 'Activity';
	 
}

} 
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'whff_setup_nav', 100000 );

//function to redirect group home pages to the forum tab instead of the activity tab
function redirect_group_home() {
  global $bp;
  $path = clean_url( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
  $path = apply_filters( 'bp_uri', $path );
  if (bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug]['home']['slug'] ) === false && bp_is_active('forums') ) {
    if ($bp->groups->current_group->is_user_member || $bp->groups->current_group->status == 'public') {
      bp_core_redirect( $path . 'forum/' );
    }
  }
  
}

add_action('bp_init', 'redirect_group_home');

@jlarosa 1.9.1 was released to include this fix for #5299: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/releases/version-1-9-1/

Is there any update on this? I’m a WordPress expert, but just starting to dabble into Buddypress. I’m experiencing the same problem and tried applying the patches, but it didn’t seem to fix the problem. I’m using the Huddle Theme (Purchased), also having same issue with Frisco Child Theme.

Any timeline on 1.9.1 roll out?

if you are talking about editing the regular wordpress profile fields from the front end the same way you edit the extended buddypress profiles that may be part and parcel with a feature i am currently lobbying for for 2.0 which is the merger of the two, both fronted and back.

if that’s something you’d also like to see or is what you are trying to accomplish then i would urge you to enter this code patch as a ticket in trac:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org

and while you’re at it please take the survey for any other input you have as far what you’d like to see for buddypress 2.0 i believe today’s meeting is where the new features will be scoped so the next few hours could be the last chance to give your input:

2014 BuddyPress Survey

also if you want to attend the devchat itself it’s held on irc at 20:00 UTC every wednesday on the channel #buddypress-dev

if you do not have an irc client you can use the web browser version here:

http://webchat.freenode.net

hope to see you there!

CORRECTION: the feature scoping has been postponed until next week.

I think we’re a bit confused because this is a native feature of one of BuddyPress’ default components. In Admin CP -> Settings -> BuddyPress Components you find one called Account Settings.

Allow your users to modify their account and notification settings directly from within their profiles.

The link should be, though there should be a tab in the profile itself:

http://example.com/members/USERNAME/profile/edit/

Replace example and USERNAME.

the front end buddypress profile is not connected to the backend one (for the most part) you may be missing the fact that the front end profile fields need to be set by you in the profile fields section of your users settings in wp admin. those fields are only editable from the front end by default.

because of its nature (membership site where content differs depending on being logged in vs. logged out content) the best caching solution for buddypress is partial page caching (aka fragment cache), something that sort of exists and sorta doesn’t.

my suggestion is to take the BP survey and to add your voice for it so the developers know there is real demand:

2014 BuddyPress Survey

more info:
http://chrislema.com/high-performance-wordpress-membership-site/

Fragment caching in WordPress to optimize site speed for logged-in users

https://bitbucket.org/Rarst/fragment-cache
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fragmentcache/

that plugin works fine with buddypress but analytics itself doesn’t really treat bp pages any different from any other. You can set up filters, views and other GA settings to get a better picture. You might also want to check this plugin out its not free ($16 dollars i believe) but it is specifically designed to give you buddypress specific behavior analytics:

BuddyReports

@scottwermter thank you. Will report this.

Edit – Done. https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5337

Hey I’m actually having a lot of trouble with this too on a few websites…. WordPress 3.8, BuddyPress 1.9, few plugins, VPS with over a ram of memory each (not enough imo but whatever) and cachhing… the site is plenty fast enough on Pingdom tests and WebPagetest.org… but the add friend functionality is painfully slow….

Cicade, did you ever find any culprits here? Has anyone else noticed with this with BP 1.9? I had not before, with 1.8. Just curious if this was solved, or if anyone else is seeing a problem/has a solution.

I’ve had a lot of luck with the W3TC plugin. I set object caching to Disk, Page caching to APC, and minification with CloudFlare (I’d use APC otherwise). If you have a lot of memory to work with, by all means use APC on the disk too…. the VPS’s I’ve worked on lately had only a gig and object cache with that had a tendency to crash under moderate traffic.

“Is it safe to say that the caching plugins do not provide a good solution for Buddypress? And that a server side caching solution is the best option?”

This question doesn’t quite make a lot of sense. APC, memcache… hell even disk is server side. And the plugins available are doing that. The question is what’s right for your site… and that really depends on what you’re starting with on your server (which I presume is a VPS not a VPN)

Anyway, W3TC works for me…but you’re gonna get a lot of answers cause it really just depends.

Key thing to note: “My site has reached popularity that I need it now.”

If you didn’t already know, play with caching on a test server. It’s useful stuff, but you can crash the site very easily if you make a mistake. This is not a toy to play with on a live website.

Hi. Create buddypress.php in your theme and add the following:

<?php
/**
 * Genesis Framework.
 *
 * WARNING: This file is part of the core Genesis Framework. DO NOT edit this file under any circumstances.
 * Please do all modifications in the form of a child theme.
 *
 * @package Genesis\Templates
 * @author  StudioPress
 * @license GPL-2.0+
 * @link    http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/
 */

//* This file handles BuddyPress pages

//* Remove the entry footer markup (requires HTML5 theme support)
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_entry_footer_markup_open', 5 );
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_entry_footer_markup_close', 15 );

//* Remove the entry meta in the entry footer (requires HTML5 theme support)
remove_action( 'genesis_entry_footer', 'genesis_post_meta' );

genesis();

If you notice the breadcrumbs pointing to home and don’t want them to, add this

add_filter ( 'genesis_home_crumb', 'sp_breadcrumb_home_link' ); // Genesis >= 1.5
function sp_breadcrumb_home_link( $crumb ) {
	return preg_replace('/href="[^"]*"/', 'href="whatever link you want"', $crumb);
}

add_filter( 'genesis_breadcrumb_args', 'sp_breadcrumb_args' );
function sp_breadcrumb_args( $args ) {
	$args['home'] = 'Whatever Text You Want';
	$args['sep'] = ' / ';
	$args['list_sep'] = ', '; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	$args['prefix'] = '<div class="breadcrumb">';
	$args['suffix'] = '</div>';
	$args['heirarchial_attachments'] = true; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	$args['heirarchial_categories'] = true; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	$args['display'] = true;
	$args['labels']['prefix'] = 'You are here: ';
	$args['labels']['author'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['category'] = 'Archives for '; // Genesis 1.6 and later
	$args['labels']['tag'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['date'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['search'] = 'Search for ';
	$args['labels']['tax'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['post_type'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['404'] = 'Not found: '; // Genesis 1.5 and later
return $args;
}

Right, so 36824 is a valid member ID?

Inside the /36824/ folder you should have some files. These will be the avatars that particular user has uploaded. Now I’m not sure about this but in the past I don’t think BP deleted old avatars when a member changed their avatar.

Are you using BP 1.9? This should be resolved going forward:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5044

It might take a manual clean-up to remove the old avatars left over from pre BP 1.9 change-avatar user actions.

Should I put a noindex on the /uploads/avatars directory?

That wouldn’t do any harm.

I think you can use the default Xprofile fields for this.

Just add a new tab ‘video’s’ and another tab called ‘photo’s’ and let them copy-/paste links to YouTube-/Flickr and others inside a multi-line text input field. ( Xprofile )

I believe the WordPress Embed service will auto complete those links into embedded video’s and images.

If not –> Search: BuddyPress auto embed xprofile – something like that.

Actually, this is exactly what BePro Listings does. Its a wordpress classifieds listings plugin which works with buddypress. Members can create and manage listings from their buddypress profile and their creations show up in the activity feed.

You can setup google maps, cost, and several other features 100% for free. beprosoftware.com/products/bepro-listings
[deleted extra link- no ads please. mercime]

You are right about job board or marketplace type plugin’s being out of date and complicated to hack. BePro Listings is constantly being updated and has a plethora of wordpress hooks and filters for expansions. In fact, that’s how the plugins/addons all work together, because BePro Listings is so extendable. Its built to fit into any wordpress theme

Regards
___
BePro Software Team

Hi, I have a similar problem. Is there a way of making a user role that will work in the wordpress site but not show up in buddypress.

@ubernaut – thanks for the kind words and your feedback during the dev

@henrywright
>like a member stats dashboard

Not sure what you mean.

http://www.philopress.com/products/buddyreports/ is meant to be a flexible Administrator tool. Therefore access can be restricted.

There is this plugin for front-end graphs.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-graphs/

@ubernaut The problem is internal broken links – the activity stream might have items in it that aren’t removed that point to a user’s profile. Then there are manual links user’s have posted themselves – @-mentions in activity updates, in activity comments, in blog comments, in blog posts, and inside private messaging threads. The list is quite endless. To my knowledge, there’s no set way of dealing with these remains after an account has been deleted.

I opened a thread a few days ago in an attempt to perform some housekeeping after a user deletes their account. Didn’t get any responses so I put the idea on hold temporarily.

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/housekeeping-after-delete-acount/