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.. and sipping a cup of tea, yes 😀

hi @notpoppy,

no it’s not possible. WP post comments are not forum discussions.
And the BP included bbPress forum as no settings for such.

If you use BP 1.6.x with the bbPress 2.2.4 plugin for a standalone forum, you can plug bbPress, but this cannot be done if you have group forums.

If you use BP 1.7 and bbP 2.3, every thing becames possible, but you have to wait a little, both are still in beta…

That said, each WP comes with Askimet, the theoretical nec plus ultra of comments anti-spam, whitch protect the comments, the activity stream, etc
Search on this forum, you’ll find many discussions about spam and what to do/use….
Even if no definetly solution exist.

the thing to understand with PHP is to never use a function name twice on a same action. A function name is and must be unique.

In the WP ecosystem, you can act on templates throught the child theme. Generally you only change HTML and CSS and use the existing php filters from the original template.

If you need to modify an existing function, you copy the original to the child theme functions.php file and do your changes on this copy. Once done, you change the name of the function and the new hook name

unhook first  the action or the filter
remove_action or remove_filter, than the new function
function my name
add_action or add_filter (‘the_action_to_hook’, ‘my_name’)

Because this is registered in the theme functions file, and because WP is calling a evantually exiting child theme first when he loads, the child becames priority of any other existing theme. And that’s why it works !

Don’t be affraid, the only one who can broke things in a child theme is you, never an update.

The only limit is when you use a so called buddypress ready theme, in fact a third party theme. This works generally  out of the box, but if you want to change something in such a theme, you must first create a child for it. Simply because that original “child” is updatetable. And the whole world knows that you want’t loose your changes.

That said it’s not forbidden to work on a local copy, and to save systematically any file you modify on the prod site.
Reading the Codex on rainy days is also a good thing you can do. 🙂

Grr. Me too!

Was working okay.

Have been trying out BuddyStream, BuddyBlog and BP Simple Front End Post.
Now no blog posts are appearing in Activity feeds.
I’ve deactivated all those plugins. Now the only plugins I’m running are BackWPup, BuddyPress itself and Remove Admin Bar – but still, new blog posts are not appearing in the Activity feeds!

How frustrating 🙂 Looks like I’ll need to wipe the slate clean and start again?

Haylp!

BP 1.7b2
WP 3.5.1

Since your site was compromised, and you are the resident expert with your configuration, we rely on you to fill in any gaps that you can.

If you get to the point where you’ve identified a clear and repeatable security issue with WordPress, BuddyPress, bbPress, or any other plugin, let is know by checking out the following page:

https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Security

Thanks, and good luck.

@praisehim Sorry to butt in but the simplest answer is to just not use that theme and use the default buddypress theme. The moderators here are well versed in the default theme and some other ones. Anytime you use themes or plugins that are not included with BP then you have to rely on that theme or plugins author for support. Don’t get me wrong their will be people that will try to help but it seems to go a lot smoother when they know the theme and these moderators know their stuff on here really well. Their good people!

hi @number_6,

Number 2: – Why did you resign ? 😀

sticky is a WP setting. This can be done/undone when you publish a post.

The only sticky or featured related code i found is in the child theme index.php

Give a try by removing this:27
                            <?php if ( is_sticky() ) : ?>
<span class=”activity sticky-post”><?php _ex( ‘Featured’, ‘Sticky post’, ‘buddypress’ ); ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>

or ask the author  @modemlooper directly

<?php if ( bp_has_activities( 'user_id=1895624') ) : ?>

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/developer-docs/loops-reference/the-activity-stream-loop/

buddypress/bp-activity/bp-activity-classes.php

As Boone told you already, there are no known security issues with BuddyPress.

no worries! 😉

@ludachrisgsx Looks like you’d want to import vbulletin forums to bbPress forums https://codex.bbpress.org/import-forums/vbulletin/ For more information/assistance, please post at https://bbpress.org/forums/

BuddyPress and bbPress are both WordPress plugins.

1. scalable – yes. One can only be limited by server and skillset. https://wordpress.org/showcase/flavor/buddypress/ are just some who have thousand of users.

2. not buggy – nothing’s perfect in this world. Having said that, both BuddyPress and bbPress have the same Project Lead and both projects are actively maintained and upgraded. Compatibility of both plugins with current WordPress version is assured.

3. easily modified – easy is relative. The code is open source. Experienced BP/bbP/WP developers can certainly add/remove features as needed.

4. ton of features – register at http://testbp.org/ the official BuddyPress test site running default features on trunk versions of WP/BP/bbP using Twenty Twelve theme.

5. easy to build out different content types etc – see #3 above.

6. not bloated – one can enable or disable features as needed.

7. easily optimized for search engines – WP/BP are naturally optimized for search engines even without “seo” plugins.

8. solid support community – all of us who give support in these forums are volunteers living in different time zones. There is no on-demand support. One could hire full-time/experienced developers by posting at:
– https://buddypress.org/support/forum/plugin-forums/bp-jobs-board/ and
– http://jobs.wordpress.net/

9. secure, obviously – we take security seriously.

>> I know that asking this here will come with a BP slant,

Unlike phpfox and vbulletin, we’re not trying to sell BuddyPress. It’s free. It’s there for anybody to use. And it’s an outstanding plugin if I may say so myself, constantly improving and keeping up to date with latest developments. We have active communities submitting enhancement requests, bug reports and patches for the bugs where found. There are developers who submit add-ons themes/plugins which are either free in WordPress.org or commercial ones specifically for BuddyPress.

Good luck with your selection process.

EDIT – I took my time answering, didn’t see your post @modemlooper

@mercime thanks!

My concerns about BuddyPress – it’s open source, which is risky to build a business around when you’re looking to customize it and add plugins.

BuddyPress IS WordPress AND is also open source and WP powers a large portion the internet. As for support, you can hire a developer to create and fix anything. The core plugin is completely stable and constantly being updated.

Did you hear Google dropped Google Reader? phpfox could have a similar fate and since it’s not open source you could lose out, at least with open source you could take the code and do what ever you want.

http://bpinspire.com

You can turn off the responsive CSS

`function my_bp_no_responsive() {

remove_theme_support( ‘bp-default-responsive’ );

}

add_action( ‘bp_head’, ‘my_bp_no_responsive’);`

Does anyone know how comments would slip by moderation in a buddypress environment, even when “an admin must always approve” is checked?  I tested a few comments in an activity feed and it posted without a hitch.

thx.