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Thanks for your quick response, @danbp. I did not include the support information, because I just needed an answer to my simple question; didn’t think anyone would be able to help me with my actual issue, since I am using Simple Press and not bbPress.

Simple Press has a BuddyPress plugin, that integrates some of the functionality of their forums into the BuddyPress activity, and allows the forum owner to elect to use the BuddyPress profile, for example, over the SP one. But I am not seeing any forum posts in activity. I contacted them, but I also was not seeing the forum tab like I see here. I was here for a separate issue, and noticed that forum tab, so I opened this topic to ask about the tab.

Maybe that tab disappears if bbPress is not active, I’m not sure, but I really thought I remembered with the bbPress forums that my member’s posts were mixed in with all the other sitewide activity, and I don’t remember ever seeing a forum tab. I’m on my second BuddyPress supported theme; the first was Custom Community, and now I’m using Matheson.

I’m familiar with how to set up BuddyPress, but thanks for the links. Here is the rest of the info, in case it helps:

1. Which version of WordPress are you running? 4.0

2. Did you install WordPress as a directory or subdomain install? If this is either or, than it’s a directory install

3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory? Again, not sure of the question. My url points to the root wordpress folder, but that folder is not in the root of my server, but a few folders in.

4. Did you upgrade from a previous version of WordPress? If so, from which version? Have had WordPress and upgraded every release for a couple of years

5. Was WordPress functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting. Yes.

6. Which version of BP are you running? 2.1.1

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version? 2.1.0? I don’t know, the same: Have had BuddyPress for at least a year, upgrade it as releases come out.

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? If so, which ones?

(Ones followed by asterisk are not active, since I’m not committed yet to Simple Press. Others I’m getting around to testing, or only use occasionally. Yes, I know it’s a lot.)

Add New Default Avatar
BadgeOS *
bbp buddypress profile information *
bbPress *
bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab *
bbPress Go To First Unread Post *
bbPress Stay Checked *
bbP Signature *
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
BuddyPress
BuddyPress Groups Extras *
Content Aware Sidebars *
Email posts to subscribers *
Google Analytics by Yoast
iFlyChat
LenSlider *
Link Library
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster
Posts for Page Plugin
Quick Chat
Simple: Press
Simple: Press v5 Importer
Simple social share
SlideDeck 2 Lite *
Social Login
Stop Registration Spam
Subscribe/Connect/Follow
T(-) Countdown
ToTop Link
Ultimate Posts Widget *
Video Thumbnails
WangGuard
WordPress SEO
wp-Monalisa
WP Ads Within Contents *
WP Custom Login
WP Overview (lite)
WP Symposium Toolbar

9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes? I am using Matheson, a theme listed as working with BuddyPress, and it is further customized via css by myself.

10. Have you modified the core files in any way? No.

11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php? I don’t think I have that file.

12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in? bbPress is deactivated, using Simple Press.

13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files. I’ve searched to try and find these, and I have no idea how to find them.

14. Which company provides your hosting? 1and1

15. Is your server running Windows, or if Linux; Apache, nginx or something else? If this might be relevant, I will try to find out. Think it’s Linux.

Hi,

Sorry i need a bit more help as I failed to get it to work. So I created a bp-custom.php under wp-content/plugins

and added the following below, however my activity-stream page was still accessible without login

<?php
// hacks and mods will go here
function wirelab_check_activity_login() { 
  if( ! is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_activity() ) {
    wp_redirect( '/wp-login.php' ); 
    exit;
  }
}
add_action('bp', 'wirelab_check_activity_login');
?>

1st:

‘Such custom function are added to child-theme functions.php’

I did this, and I deactivated my reddle-child/buddypress/activtity-folder by renaming it. – I get the text displayed, but not at the place, where I want:

http://1a-spielwiese.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Activity_Intro.jpg

2nd:

I tried it as well by using the bp-custom.php:

a) When I inserted your code at the end of that file, I got displayed nothing.

b) And when I inserted it before the line <?php get_footer(); ?>:

<?php
/**
 * BuddyPress: Full-width template
 *
 * A custom page template without sidebar.
 *
 * @ since Reddlle 1.3.1 and BuddyPress 2.1
 */

get_header(); ?>
 
	<div id="primary">
		<div id="content" role="main">
			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
				<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
			<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #primary --> 

<?php get_footer(); ?>

then I got my introductory text displayed behind the activity stream.

Thanks @peter-hamilton. No, I haven’t tried customize page yet, could that enable posting to the activity feed directly from the homepage?

It would be great to know how to make the the links you have on the top left, I will look forward to the tutorial. 🙂

Thanks @danbp showing site activity by using the topic filter sounds good. I went to this link – https://buddypress.org/support/topic/changing-the-default-activity-filter/ – but the posts there were a bit over my head as a beginner to be honest. However, the link in that thread to this article was useful: http://wpmu.org/how-to-customize-the-buddypress-activity-loop/

Problem is I can’t find the the /activity/ folder in my theme. Where do I need to look for that?

Also, is there a way I can allow members to post directly to the activity stream from the homepage, Facebook style, and for members comment on each others’ posts from there too?

I appreciate the help.

Hi @danbp. Okay so essentially what you are saying is I need to write a complex custom query?

I’ve been examining the Buddypress class and function files in detail over the last few weeks due to the lack of documentation for BuddyPress – not a criticism btw. Yep I’m familiar with meta_query and using that already to get groups by meta_value. I wrote a function for returning activity IDs based on group meta:

function wfw_get_group_activities_by_sport($sports = array())
{
	global $bp,$wpdb;

	if(!$sports)
		return false;

	// GET GROUP IDS WHICH HAVE CHOSEN SPORT SELECTED
	foreach($sports as $sport)
	{
		$meta_query[] = array(
			"key" => "group_sport",
			"value" => $sport,
			"compare" => 'LIKE'
		);
	}

	if(count($meta_query) > 1)
		$meta_query = array_merge(array('relation' => 'OR'), $meta_query);

	$group_arr = BP_Groups_Group::get(array(
		'per_page'=>-1,
		'meta_query' => $meta_query
	));	

	if(!$group_arr['total'] || !$group_arr['groups'])
		return false;

	foreach($group_arr['groups'] as $group)
	{
		$group_id_array[] = $group->;id;
	}

	$item_id = implode(",", $group_id_array);

	$sql = "SELECT id FROM {$bp->activity->table_name} WHERE component = 'groups' AND item_id IN ({$item_id})";
	$activity_id_array = $wpdb->get_col( $sql);	
	
	if(!$activity_id_array)
		return false;

	$activity_id = implode(',', $activity_id_array);

	return $activity_id;
}

which I can then use to filter results:

$activity_id = wfw_get_group_activities_by_sport(array($_GET['sport']));

$filter = '&in='.$activity_id.'&object=groups';
				
if ($activity_id && bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( 'activity' ).$filter ) ) :  ?>

Now I just need to somehow combine what I’m using but it sounds like a complex query is the way to go. I was looking for a more elegant solution using BP functions to achieve this but I guess it’s not yet possible.

Anybody else have experience in this?

Thanks.

A few images of my latest updates to BBFacelook, did not have much time last few weeks so progress is slow.
In the meantime slowly getting more members to test the forums functionality.

This is the new profile page now the default page when clicking a member’s link or avatar.

forum list is a little updated most important function is the topic title in the freshness column.

I have quite a few plugins installed, and some even hardcoded into my theme to lighten the code as much as possible.

Current plugins are:
. Invite anyone
. BBPress like button
. Buddypress activity plus
. easy sign-up
. GD BBpress attachements
. wp post filter
. bbpress
. buddypress

Plugins that I have hardcoded are:
. Background For User Profile
. BuddyPress Group Customizer Lite
. TinyMCE

As soon as I have more work done I will make another update here.

P.H.

I think I’ve nearly done it! It’s taken hours of searching and a lot of lateral thinking but I’ve sorted on of my asks, and that is for a home page that summarises the various activity streams. I’ve got a test system up at http://www.sacredvale.org and I’ve been able to set it up with a posts feed, and activity feed, and forum feed and also a popular groups list.

I’m not happy with the forum feed though it will do, and the groups feed is just weird and won’t.

I’ve also found an app that allows me to say exactly where a widget will display, so I can customise the sidebars for every page view I care to.

There’s a lot of bugs here and there, mainly to do with the look and feel of the overall system and I’m still working on the members profile pages but an awful lot of what I’ve been looking for I’ve been able to deliver, for very little money.

Now, if only we can get wordpress turbocharged lol

Plugin count so far? a cool 100….but my feature list beats any off the shelf social network site I know.

I ended opting for Graphene, there are some compatibility issues, but it is so flexible, I must have tried about 30 different themes before settling on it.

I reckon all in all I’ve assessed about 500 plugins to arrive at what I have got. Comparing to other social networking sites I think I’m pretty comparable to pay for options such as Ning, some aspects are seriously lacking though. User profile customisation and on site social networking options being the biggies.

I wired my landing page to be the activity feed, with a blog summary slider, and then used a right sidebar to do a lot of the customisation with widgets. For the members profile pages I added a second left sidebar with more personal widgets like friend and group recommendations.

Image and video sharing was another issue, I think I’ve just solved that though. I figured it was ket not to have basic users having to access the admin bar to add images to galleries etc but they also needed to be able to create galleries that the whole site could see.

Currently I’m at the stage where I keep finding features I never knew I had lol.

What I would really like, is a USP, a feature that other social sites do not have. Not sure what that is exactly and it may be that the total collection equates to that but I still feel it needs something. Maybe insertion of slide shows into blogs without the short codes etc, so normal users can do it.

So for I’ve found a short code for the activity feed and this is giving me some ideas. I’ve found lots of widgets that let me customise the members profile page so overall I think I’m getting there.

One of the issues with running Buddypress as a social network is the volume of plugins you need to use in order to get the right level of features and customisations, I’m running more than 80 in total. Inevitably this leads compatibility issues.

Key features that are lacking – user profile page self-customisation options, Friends and memberships activity feeds, custom page views, image sharing options and site “fanfare options such as featured users, groups, posts and images on one page.

But a big thanks to all those developers out there that are providing generally high quality plugins that fill a lot of these gaps.