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@mercime

Thx a lot for you help here. There is some change but it’s not working yet.
Though, this is encouraging as it have now an effect, but not the good one.

Here’s the screenshots of 2 tests

The code of my style.css of child theme

/* Theme Name: Oxygen Child Theme
Author: Self-Help WordPress User
Template: oxygen */
@import url("../oxygen/style.css");

.bp-full-width {
width: 100% !important;  }

The effect is different: the bar go to left just under the main menu, which is the right place where it should be ! But the bar remains too little. I got the same effect with a 940 px width, which is the normal px of the full-width of oxygene.

Then i tryed to put 1500 px, or 200% to see if the bar go longer :

I searched for like one hour or two by now on google to find the right thing & still trying. I also tryed on main theme, changing the stylesheet. Same effect.

Here’s the codes of all this documents.

buddypress.php : http://pastebin.com/xs8BUN14

Again, thanks for your help

@mgrmn
I have emptied the trash and changed the parmalink from groups-2 to groups but non of my edit of Groups via the page menu isn’t showing on the Group page when view from a browser.

i cant do this as mentioned above…my header is a unique feature of all the pages…..ive integrated the main nav bar for my website into the header so it looks like part of the header….basically my site has 2 seperate content area one for the buddypress side of things and one for the orther pages if i remove the header i destroy the whole look of my theme as this section is crucial for navigation to the other areas…i refuse to believe that someone on these forums that have been using buddypress for years dont know where i would find where the links to the activity/profile/messages/ can be changed…i only need to locate these links in buddypress really to point them to under the header as henry said above (if it works) …surely someone knows how i can do this….im new to the buddypress plugin and nthis is why i need help to do this…basiclly its only location of where the links are in budypress files so i can edit them that i really need help with.

The problem is I need to modify the core files and add a plugin at the same time so a user can change the Throttling settings in his WordPress backend.

I really tried to simple write a plugin and skip the core files modifications, but it’s just not working out. Maybe you can help out here, I will post the 3 core file functions which I modified as well as the plugin code which I wrote. If you can figure out a way for me to not modify the core files and still get Throttling to work, share your code.

Modified files:

1- bp-activity\bp-activity-functions.php

function bp_activity_post_update( $args = '' ) {
	global $bp;

	$defaults = array(
		'content' => false,
		'user_id' => bp_loggedin_user_id()
	);
	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );

	if ( empty( $content ) || !strlen( trim( $content ) ) )
		return false;

	if ( bp_is_user_inactive( $user_id ) )
		return false;

	<strong>$floodTest = bp_core_check_for_flood ($user_id);
	
	if (!$floodTest)
		return "flood";</strong>

	// Record this on the user's profile
	$from_user_link   = bp_core_get_userlink( $user_id );
	$activity_action  = sprintf( __( '%s posted an update', 'buddypress' ), $from_user_link );
	$activity_content = $content;
	$primary_link     = bp_core_get_userlink( $user_id, false, true );

	// Now write the values
	$activity_id = bp_activity_add( array(
		'user_id'      => $user_id,
		'action'       => apply_filters( 'bp_activity_new_update_action', $activity_action ),
		'content'      => apply_filters( 'bp_activity_new_update_content', $activity_content ),
		'primary_link' => apply_filters( 'bp_activity_new_update_primary_link', $primary_link ),
		'component'    => $bp->activity->id,
		'type'         => 'activity_update'
	) );

	$activity_content = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_latest_update_content', $content );

	// Add this update to the "latest update" usermeta so it can be fetched anywhere.
	bp_update_user_meta( bp_loggedin_user_id(), 'bp_latest_update', array( 'id' => $activity_id, 'content' => $content ) );

	do_action( 'bp_activity_posted_update', $content, $user_id, $activity_id );

	return $activity_id;
}

2- bp-core\bp-core-moderation.php

function bp_core_check_for_flood( $user_id = 0 )
{	
	<strong>// Option disabled. No flood checks.
	if ( !$throttle_time = bp_get_option( 'bt_activity_time' ) )
		return false;
	
	// Bail if no user ID passed
	if ( !$user_id )
		return false;

	$last_posted = get_user_meta( $user_id, '_bp_last_posted', true );
	
	if ( !$last_posted )
	{		
		$last_posted = time();
		add_user_meta( $user_id, '_bp_last_posted', $last_posted);
		return true;
	}
	else
	{	
		if ( ( time() < ( $last_posted + $throttle_time ) ) && !current_user_can( 'throttle' ) )
		{
			update_user_meta($user_id,'_bp_last_posted',time());
			return false;
		}
		else
		{
			update_user_meta($user_id,'_bp_last_posted',time());
			return true;
		}
	}</strong>
}

3- bp-themes\bp-default\_inc\ajax.php

function bp_dtheme_post_update() {
	// Bail if not a POST action
	if ( 'POST' !== strtoupper( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ) )
		return;

	// Check the nonce
	check_admin_referer( 'post_update', '_wpnonce_post_update' );

	if ( ! is_user_logged_in() )
		exit( '-1' );

	if ( empty( $_POST['content'] ) )
		exit( '-1<div id="message" class="error"><p>' . __( 'Please enter some content to post.', 'buddypress' ) . '</p></div>' );

	$activity_id = 0;
	if ( empty( $_POST['object'] ) && bp_is_active( 'activity' ) ) {
		$activity_id = bp_activity_post_update( array( 'content' => $_POST['content'] ) );

	} elseif ( $_POST['object'] == 'groups' ) {
		if ( ! empty( $_POST['item_id'] ) && bp_is_active( 'groups' ) )
			$activity_id = groups_post_update( array( 'content' => $_POST['content'], 'group_id' => $_POST['item_id'] ) );

	} else {
		$activity_id = apply_filters( 'bp_activity_custom_update', $_POST['object'], $_POST['item_id'], $_POST['content'] );
	}

	if ($activity_id == "flood")
	{
		$bt_activity_throttle_time = bp_get_option ('bt_activity_time');
		$bt_activity_message = bp_get_option( "bt_activity_message" );
		
		$msg = ( $bt_activity_message ) ? $bt_activity_message : "You have to wait to post again";
		
		exit( '-1<div id="message" class="error"><p>' . __( $msg, 'buddypress' ) . '</p></div>' );
	}

	if ( empty( $activity_id ) )
		exit( '-1<div id="message" class="error"><p>' . __( 'There was a problem posting your update, please try again.', 'buddypress' ) . '</p></div>' );

	if ( bp_has_activities ( 'include=' . $activity_id ) ) {
		while ( bp_activities() ) {
			bp_the_activity();
			locate_template( array( 'activity/entry.php' ), true );
		}
	}

	exit;
}

4- The Buddypress Throttling Plugin Code

<?php
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'plugin_menu' );

function plugin_menu() {
	// add_options_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function);
	add_options_page( 'Buddypress Throttling | Settings', 'Buddypress Throttling', 'manage_options', 'buddypress_throttling', 'buddypress_throttling_options' );
}

function buddypress_throttling_options() {

    //must check that the user has the required capability 
    if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) {
     	WP_die( __('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.') );
    }

    // variables for the field and option names 
    $hidden_field_name = 'submit_hidden';

    // See if the user has posted us some information
    // If they did, this hidden field will be set to 'Y'
    if( isset($_POST[ $hidden_field_name ]) && $_POST[ $hidden_field_name ] == 'Y' ) 
	{
		// Activity
		$bp_activity_time_val =  ( intval($_POST["bt_activity_time"]) <= 0 ) ? 0 : $_POST ["bt_activity_time"];
		update_option( "bt_activity_time", $bp_activity_time_val );
		
		$bp_activity_message_val =  ( isset($_POST["bt_activity_message"]) && $_POST["bt_activity_message"] != "" ) ? $_POST["bt_activity_message"] : "Please wait before posting again";
		update_option( "bt_activity_message", $bp_activity_message_val );
		?>
		
		<div class="updated"><p><strong><?php _e('Settings saved.', 'menu-test' ); ?></strong></p></div>
		<?php
	}
	
	// Activity read values
	$bt_activity_time = get_option( "bt_activity_time" );
	$bt_activity_time = (intval($bt_activity_time) <= 0) ? 0 : $bt_activity_time;
	$bt_activity_message = get_option( "bt_activity_message" );
	$bt_activity_message = ($bt_activity_message) ? $bt_activity_message : "Please wait before posting again";
	
	echo '<div class="wrap">';
		echo "<h2>" . __( 'Buddypress Throttling Settings', 'menu-test' ) . "</h2>";
		?>
	
		<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
			<input type="hidden" name="<?php echo $hidden_field_name; ?>" value="Y">	
			<div class="bt-plugin">
				<style>
					.bt-plugin span { display: inline-block; width: 120px; margin-left: 20px }
					.bt-plugin textarea {width: 400px}
				</style>
				<h3><?php _e("On Activity Page: ", 'menu-test' ); ?></h3>
				<p><span>Throttling Time:</span><input type="text" name="bt_activity_time" value="<?php echo $bt_activity_time; ?>" size="20"> (in seconds)</p>
				<p><span>Message:</span><textarea name="bt_activity_message" rows="3"><?php echo $bt_activity_message; ?></textarea></p>
			</div>
			<p class="submit">
			<input type="submit" name="Submit" class="button-primary" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Save Changes') ?>" />
			</p>
		</form>
	</div>
<?php
}

Test it out locally, just replace the specified functions in these files with the functions I wrote, add the plugin code in a php file and save it under your Plugins directory (and activate it in the backend). The Plugin code will allow you to set the number of seconds for throttling as well as the message the user will see when he’s flooding.

Put this puzzle pieces together and you got Flooding control (for the activity page for now), which can easily be done for friend requests @bphelp).

M using wordpress 3.5.1. and buddypress 1.7.2…. my issue is that after installing buddypress when i click profiles messaging all such menues the page opens with following errors

HTTP Error 404.0 – Not Found
The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Hi Hugo,
I posted this a few days ago but didn’t get a solution so i thought i should fill in the support details fully.

So I have wordpress installed at http://www.mydomain.com/SITENAME/wordpress – using the montezuma theme which is apparently compatible with buddy press.

I download, installed and configured buddy press and can see the “activity” and “members”
menu items, assigned the pages etc.
However when i try to edit my profile or view mentions through the buddypress toolbar menu.. i get broken links… the URL for these links is (by default)

“SITENAME/wordpress/members/admin/profile/public/

(NB. I did note that ‘index.php’ was not in the URL for any of the buddypress links but was
for my blog links.)

(Just to mention i haven’t changed anythign as of yet, just installed WP in the a domain sub folder and then installed buddypress)

I’m presuming i need to change a variable in a config file to point to
wp-content\plugins\buddypress\bp-members ?? or something like that?

And yes i can change permalinks and have done that but no change. Also get the
“permalinks updated successfully” message.

Would appreciate alternative solutions.
I could potentially remove and install in the domain root…. but i didn’t do this because i dont want http://www.mydomain.com pointing towards wordpress install.

Thoughts on how to resolve ?

Might be important to mention i have a seperate wordpress install running in a different subfolder… no issues with either seperate install – just with buddypress links

thanks

First off FINDING instructions is in itself a bit confusing. There are multiple
“official” sources which compounds the confusion. End users keep wondering is there a separation between Buddy Press and bbPress? Have they merged, they’re separate? It seems the intend is to merge bbPress into BuddyPress. Curious that bbPress only appears under plug-ins and once installed appears under Forums on the Dashboard.

One finds the bbPress help under a green banner https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started-with-bbpress/ and what you wrote: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/ has a red heading background.

This begins the confusion. One installing bbpess then running into a problem is likely to use a major search engine then search for bbpress, after all THAT is the plug-in many have problems with as I did.

Note YOUR install instructions are labeled under BuddyPress, not bbPress. Why is that? This in itself will leave many to wonder if they ended up on the right help page. This endless back and forth trying to decide am I dealing with BuddyPress or bbPress is unnecessary and really a clumsy design decision on part of the developers because all it does is create needless confusion. That gets compounded when BuddyPress and bbPress offer overlapping features and it never really becomes clear which one you are dealing with as confirmed by having two how-to sets of instructions.

Can’t you guys work together and CONSOLIDATE the how-to in ONE place?

Can’t you guys make up your mind if you’re BuddyPress or bbPress or are you really still both?

Now specifically to your instructions: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

Please accept as offered, constructive critique from a newbie’s point of view.

First What I tried to do: Create site wide Forum, keeping my already working Buddy Press Groups.
I scrolled down the page until I found

A. Set Up Sitewide Forums only

The first step is obvious. The 2nd which takes one away from YOUR instructions to the bbPress page is needlessly confusing. Again you leave the end user to wonder what the hell am I working with bbPress or BuddyPress? The endless back and forth to a newbie is MADING.

The main content of the bbpress page you reference does nothing but define what various settings do. This will cause the typical newbie to skim the list and wonder WHY was I told to go here, now what? While useful, the page you reference to does NOT offer anything to do with installing, the TASK AT HAND. This will like for me, cause a newbie to leave that page quickly, since it seems to be something one might want to review AFTER bbPress is actually installed and running correctly.

So I like I’m guessing most would return to YOUR instructions page. Continuing on with your instructions you say:

`”•If you kept the default “forums” slug in Settings > Forums, you can create a new Page via Pages > Add New. Add Title “Forums” and insert the forums index shortcode and/or other bbPress shortcode you’ll find in the bbPress Codex then publish the new page. `

Oh no, you redirect to yet another page? This is really getting frustrating. Why? Because you first redirected to a page that had nothing to do with installation. Many will either ignore your suggestion or if they visit the page, again get confused.

Also if I was writing the instructions I would FIRST define all the terms you use. Many writing instructions are guilty of this omission which is the root cause of much confusion to newbies!
Slug? Shortcode? Index? What the heck are those in the context used?

You instruct if a page already exists called “forums” to make a new one where the only change is to capitalize the word forums to Forums, again I bet you confused many why they should bother and I bet they will skip doing it. I know why, others won’t and its a poor choice for a name when you could pick anything else.

If I wrote the instructions:

Under Prelude I would have made a warning that unlike Buddy Press that simply accepts a blank page for Groups and that alone generates a listing of all groups, if a page named Groups exists, setting up Forums in bbPress requires the addition of a shortcode. A blank page named “forums” or something else does nothing. You should not send people wandering off to other pages. YOU should specifically mention this CRITICAL fact in YOUR instructions. Something like:

Warning If you already have an earlier version of bbPress or Buddy Press installed, go to Dashboard
Pages and look for any page named forums. Send this page to the trash. Empty trash.

. Install and activate bbPress.
. If you want to have a page that lists all your forums, make a new page with a more descriptive
name for Forums such as all-forums.
. Add the shortcode `[bbp-forum-index]` to this new page, publish.
. From Dashboard go to Appearances, Menu. Locate the page you just created and add to your
menu.
. Create one or more forums if you haven’t already. Test that they all show up when you click on
the page you just added to menu.

I changed my search terms and founded this:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-delete-item-in-account-menu/

I applied the changes to remove the nodes ‘my-account-forums-favorite-topics’ and ‘my-em-events’. Furthermore, following the complete WP class guide I realized I can change the “href” of the links too…

However, thank you all for the great job you do…

The thread can be considered [solved]…

Saluti