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Yes, I know you can edit all the field from the back end. However, I am trying to get it to allow you to show and edit the fields from the front end. Here were the steps I am thinking about using:

1) Use BuddyPress Custom Profile Menu plugin to create new tabs on the profile page like, “about”
2) make a function in function.php of my theme that would display the content for a user and allow them to edit it if it was their profile.
3) create a shortcode function that linked to the function in step 2.
4) Add the shortcode in the new page created with BuddyPress Custom Profile Menu plugin in step 1.

I know how to do step 1, 3, and 4. I have an idea of how to do step 2, but I am a little fuzzy on it. Here is what I was thinking(I don’t really know php):

function ProfileAboutPageContent(){
    if(bp_loggedin_user_id() == $GLOBALS['bp']->displayed_user->userdata->user_login)
    {
    echo "<p>'"bp_profile_field_data( 'field=User Bio' )"'</p>";
    //Allow user to edit the content(not sure how)
    } elseif {
    echo "<p>'"bp_profile_field_data( 'field=User Bio' )"'</p>";
    {
}
add_shortcode('AboutContent', 'ProfileAboutPageContent');

Are there any errors in this code? I am not sure how to allow users to edit the content if they are the right user. Any ideas on how I could change this code? I am planning on putting this code in the function.php of my current theme.

The idea is that after I get this function and short code right I can add the shortcode to the new page I can create with the BuddyPress Custom Profile Menu plugin.

If anyone would be willing to help me figure this out I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

OK RESOLVED.

Thanks NM, Yes it was the BuddyPress Album component that I had disabled while trying to sort out the group avatars and not reactivated while trying to fix this error.

When I reactivated the BP Album plugin the error message disappeared.

So it was specific to the theme I set that menu item on – it did go away when I changed the theme – thanks Hugo.

And thanks again NM

Cheers!

Hi @r-a-y. Here are the plugins I am currently using on the site.

Network Activated:

Advanced Responsive Video Embedder
Anti-Splog
Are You a Human
bbPress
bbPress – Report Content
bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab
bbpress Simple View Counts
BP Profile Search
BuddyPress Activity Plus – (I did deactivate this after the 1.9.1 update but nothing changed)
BuddyPress Avatar Bubble
BuddyPress Follow
BuddyPress Group Calendar
BuddyPress Groups Extras
Buddypress Social
BuddyPress Toolbar
BuddyPress Twitter
Buddypress Xprofile Custom Fields Type
GD bbPress Toolbox
Group Forum Crumbs
rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress
User Activity
WP User Avatar

—-

Single Site Actived

Amazon Product In a Post Plugin
BuddyMenu
BuddyPress Notifications Widget
Really simple Facebook Twitter share buttons

That’s about all the plugins that I have active that play a heavy part in Buddypress or are loosely connected to it.

It’s my theme and I code WordPress themes for like 5 years now but I don’t see myself as a Developer it’s more a hobby 🙂

I’m solid at HTML-CSS and can read PHP when I see it happen but I can’t write PHP it out of the box.

This error shows up when I try to hide a complete xProfile-group-ID or just an unique xProfile-field-ID from the loop.

This is what I did.
Inside: my-theme/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php
I found the start of the loop

<?php if ( bp_has_profile() ) : ?>
....

My first thought was, maybe there are default options here to control the output of which ID’s will be visible so I started the search how the bp_has_profile() was build and looked into plugins/buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template.php and found this at line 150:

....

$defaults = array(
	'user_id'             => bp_displayed_user_id(),
	'profile_group_id'    => false,
	'hide_empty_groups'   => true,
	'hide_empty_fields'   => $hide_empty_fields_default,
	'fetch_fields'        => true,
	'fetch_field_data'    => true,
	'fetch_visibility_level' => $fetch_visibility_level_default,
	'exclude_groups'      => false, // Comma-separated list of profile field group IDs to exclude
	'exclude_fields'      => false  // Comma-separated list of profile field IDs to exclude
);

This looks very familiar to bbPress so my first thoughts was lets try to add one of those Array’s to the loop and overwrite the default value.
Just like this.

<?php if ( bp_has_profile( array ( 'exclude_groups' => 1 ) ) ) : ?>
...

This works perfect, it hides all xProfile-fields from the first Base primary Tab (back-end). Just like I wanted it because I didn’t want all the fields to show up front-end, I’ve got a few xProfile-fields that I use for user-customization of the profile-page. Each user can add color-codes to change the default menu-color and add background-images to their profile-page to make each profile a little more unique.
Those field-ID’s are just urls or color-codes and don’t have to be visable to the public, thats why I try to hide them front-end.

@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