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Hi guys, ive managed to almost get where I need to go with this thanks to the great explanations and code examples on these forums but Im stuck at the final hurdle! Basically what Im trying to create is an “in/out” board on our intranet which is a single page on the site which loops through all users and displays their last status update. All our staff will then use the status update function to update their whereabouts, eg “at lunch back at 2” or “meeting offsite until 3”
Ive managed to create a custom page template with a hacked up version of the members loop which so far gives me the avatar, username and last status update, but the final thing I need is the time/date of the last status update instead of the time the user was last active.
I could do this in the activity loop and Ive created a function in my functions.php to format the date the way I want it, but it seems this does not apply to the members loop.

here is the code I am using in my page template:

<?php
/*
Template Name: In Out Page
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="sleeve_main">
	<div id="main">
		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php if ( bp_has_members( bp_ajax_querystring( 'members' ) ) ) : ?>
    <?php do_action( 'bp_before_directory_members_list' ); ?>
  <ul id="members-list" class="item-list" role="main">
  <?php while ( bp_members() ) : bp_the_member(); ?>
     <li>
      <div class="item-avatar">
         <?php bp_member_avatar(); ?>
         <?php bp_member_name(); ?>
      </div>
       <div class="item">
        <div class="item-title">
            <?php if ( bp_get_member_latest_update() ) : ?>
               <span class="update"><?php bp_member_latest_update(array( 'view_link' => false )); ?></span>
            <?php endif; ?>
        </div>
        <div class="item-meta"><span class="activity"><?php bp_member_last_active(); ?></span></div>
        <?php do_action( 'bp_directory_members_item' ); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="action">
            <?php do_action( 'bp_directory_members_actions' ); ?>
       </div>
       <div class="clear"></div>
   </li>
 <?php endwhile; ?>
 </ul>
 <?php do_action( 'bp_after_directory_members_list' ); ?>
 <?php bp_member_hidden_fields(); ?>
<?php else: ?>
   <div id="message" class="info">
      <p><?php _e( "Sorry, no members were found.", 'buddypress' ); ?></p>
   </div>
<?php endif; ?>
		</div> <!-- main -->
</div> <!-- sleeve -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

and this is the code to format the date in my functions.php :

function format_activity_date() {
  $activityDate=bp_get_activity_date_recorded();
  // Get GMT offset from root blog
  $root_blog_offset = get_blog_option( BP_ROOT_BLOG, 'gmt_offset' );
  // Calculate offset time
  $time_offset = $time + ( $root_blog_offset * 3600 );
  // Format the time using the offset and return it; date-i18n retrieves the date in localized format
  return '' . date_i18n("l, d/m/y, g:ia", strtotime($activityDate) + $time_offset) . '';
}
add_filter('bp_activity_time_since', 'format_activity_date');

from what I can tell, I dont want to be using the bp_member_last_active() function as this will return the last time the user did anything. Rather, I need to use some other function which will return the timestamp of the users last status update, but I cant get this part to work!
Any help much appreciated
cheers

I’m new to Buddypress development and I’m creating a child theme of TwentyTwelve (for learning purpose) that integrates BuddyPress by custom templates.

By default, bp_activity_action() outputs something like this on the activity stream page:

wynonna posted an update in the group Blade Runner 2 days, 23 hours ago

All I want to do is to modify this output. How can I do it? Are there any parameters to this function or bp_get_activity_action()?

Thanks in advance.

Hi
I want to create a page that is displayed for for each group activity:
Sports group
When I clicked on the page, sports groups and activities in this group are members who show
I want to create this page?
What should I do?

I know this topic has been covered in the past but the only solutions I’ve found have covered when BBpress and Buddypress we’re two different plugins. We all value our privacy and I’m seeing some red-flags go up from installing Buddypress already. My site is an ecommerce site and we’ve had some Facebook groups going for years now and I’d like to get them moved over to WordPress to have everything in the same place. Since it’s an ecommerce site, I have a lot of customers who already have profiles, and some made their username their email address. For obvious reasons, I don’t want to have those visible to any sort of web-crawlers since it will show activity once they log into their account to make a purchase on our site. I’d like to implement some sort of code to keep the members page search only, rather than having all the customers usernames or emails out in the open, and hide the rest of BuddyPress from non-logged in users. I just want to make sure everyones info is being protected and I’ve search for solutions everywhere and had no luck so far.

Hi I am using Thesis Theme with WP 3.8 and BP 1.9

In thesis I can use template tags to customize my theme and what I am trying to do is have the current logged in user’s avatar appear in a floating nav menu that is on all the pages.

I found some snippets that worked but only on a strictly buddypress page on other pages that area was blank.

The other thing I would like to do is have the just post box for the activity stream, and the activity stream to show up on a specific page with out all the extras, sort of as a distraction free activity stream and post area with a link to the full stream.

If anyone can give me some suggestions I’d appreciate it.

For the most part, Buddypress is great! However, as a theme/php developer, its great strengths (ease if use and installation) also become its weakness. Customizing the Activity feed beyond CSS (ie: building your own template), the labyrinth of procedural code, the dated codex, and the hooks and actions becomes quite the challenge.

Now, if you just want to customize the title, change colors, or modify the layout a lot of that can be achieved by CSS.

But if you want to access activity data beyond it’s intended scope (say, for mobile app development, API layers, or just becasue you want to get your hands on it!) then this guide is for you!!

Prerequisites:
Basic PHP Knowledge
WP Theme development experience (even child-theme)
Experience using the fabled ‘functions.php’ and template tags.

Ok, so if you meet the prerequisites allow me to share with you the best bp function ever (well, maybe not ever, but the best one for me, right now, haha)

take a look at /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php – line:900ish and say hello to pandoras box!

/**
 * Retrieve an activity or activities.
 *
 * bp_activity_get() shares all arguments with BP_Activity_Activity::get(). The
 * following is a list of bp_activity_get() parameters that have different
 * default values from BP_Activity_Activity::get() (value in parentheses is
 * the default for the bp_activity_get()).
 *   - 'per_page' (false)
 *
 * @since BuddyPress (1.2)
 *
 * @see BP_Activity_Activity::get() For more information on accepted arguments
 *      and the format of the returned value.
 * @uses wp_parse_args()
 * @uses wp_cache_get()
 * @uses wp_cache_set()
 * @uses BP_Activity_Activity::get() {@link BP_Activity_Activity}
 * @uses apply_filters_ref_array() To call the 'bp_activity_get' hook.
 *
 * @param array $args See BP_Activity_Activity::get() for description.
 * @return array $activity See BP_Activity_Activity::get() for description.
 */
function bp_activity_get( $args = '' ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'max'              => false,        // Maximum number of results to return
		'page'             => 1,            // page 1 without a per_page will result in no pagination.
		'per_page'         => false,        // results per page
		'sort'             => 'DESC',       // sort ASC or DESC
		'display_comments' => false,        // false for no comments. 'stream' for within stream display, 'threaded' for below each activity item

		'search_terms'     => false,        // Pass search terms as a string
		'meta_query'       => false,        // Filter by activity meta. See WP_Meta_Query for format
		'show_hidden'      => false,        // Show activity items that are hidden site-wide?
		'exclude'          => false,        // Comma-separated list of activity IDs to exclude
		'in'               => false,        // Comma-separated list or array of activity IDs to which you want to limit the query
		'spam'             => 'ham_only',   // 'ham_only' (default), 'spam_only' or 'all'.

		/**
		 * Pass filters as an array -- all filter items can be multiple values comma separated:
		 * array(
		 * 	'user_id'      => false, // user_id to filter on
		 *	'object'       => false, // object to filter on e.g. groups, profile, status, friends
		 *	'action'       => false, // action to filter on e.g. activity_update, profile_updated
		 *	'primary_id'   => false, // object ID to filter on e.g. a group_id or forum_id or blog_id etc.
		 *	'secondary_id' => false, // secondary object ID to filter on e.g. a post_id
		 * );
		 */
		'filter' => array()
	);
	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );

	// Attempt to return a cached copy of the first page of sitewide activity.
	if ( 1 == (int) $page && empty( $max ) && empty( $search_terms ) && empty( $meta_query ) && empty( $filter ) && empty( $exclude ) && empty( $in ) && 'DESC' == $sort && empty( $exclude ) && 'ham_only' == $spam ) {
		if ( !$activity = wp_cache_get( 'bp_activity_sitewide_front', 'bp' ) ) {
			$args = array(
				'page'             => $page,
				'per_page'         => $per_page,
				'max'              => $max,
				'sort'             => $sort,
				'search_terms'     => $search_terms,
				'meta_query'       => $meta_query,
				'filter'           => $filter,
				'display_comments' => $display_comments,
				'show_hidden'      => $show_hidden,
				'spam'             => $spam
			);
			$activity = BP_Activity_Activity::get( $args );
			wp_cache_set( 'bp_activity_sitewide_front', $activity, 'bp' );
		}

	} else {
		$args = array(
			'page'             => $page,
			'per_page'         => $per_page,
			'max'              => $max,
			'sort'             => $sort,
			'search_terms'     => $search_terms,
			'meta_query'       => $meta_query,
			'filter'           => $filter,
			'display_comments' => $display_comments,
			'show_hidden'      => $show_hidden,
			'exclude'          => $exclude,
			'in'               => $in,
			'spam'             => $spam
		);
		$activity = BP_Activity_Activity::get( $args );
	}

	return apply_filters_ref_array( 'bp_activity_get', array( &$activity, &$r ) );
}

This magical function, dubbed bp_activity_get() will allow you to get just about every piece and part of an activity feed even OUTSIDE of a bp loop. Not only that, but it allows for you to run filters through it, meaning you can grab activities by group, by member, sitewide, or just ONE activity if you want.

Here’s a sample function I made that grabs the 8 most recent activities and puts the keys I found important into an array. If you’re familiar with the wp $post object, this is quite similar:

/**
* Dumps a list of the latest activities. May be used with pagination by setting $current_page
*
* @posts_per_page	INT, Default is 8.
* @current_page		INT, which page you are on, Default is 1.
*
* @var_dump 	ARRAY, activity items.
*/

function get_latest_activities($posts_per_page=8,$current_page=1) {
	$args = array (
		'page'	=>	$current_page,
		'per_page' => $posts_per_page
	);
	$pre_rec = bp_activity_get($args);
	$activities = $pre_rec['activities'];
	$results = array();
	foreach ($activities as $activity) {
		$record = array(
			'ID'		=> strip_tags($activity->id),
			'TYPE'		=> strip_tags($activity->type),
			'TIME' 		=> strip_tags($activity->date_recorded),
			'AUTHOR' 	=> strip_tags($activity->display_name),                
			'TITLE' 	=> strip_tags($activity->action),
			'CONTENT' 	=> strip_tags($activity->content),
			'ITEM_ID'	=> strip_tags($activity->item_id),		
			'REL_ID'	=> strip_tags($activity->secondary_item_id),		
		);
		array_push($results, $record );
        unset($record);

    }
	foreach ($results as $record) {
		var_dump ($record);
		print "<br>###################<br>";	
	}	
}

So now, I could place any piece of the data, anywhere I want. You could also (if you wanted to) create template tags that are much more custom. You can also get the data outside of the loop, throw it in the <head> section for SEO purposes, and on and on and on. Maybe you want to throw a widget on your site with the latest activities? This method will do it.

Let me know if you have any questions, I hope this helps, because it took me way too long to figure this out and the current documentation did not help.

Based on this discussion.
http://buddypress.org/support/topic/dynamic-menu-links/

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some sort of overwrite to all BuddyPress menu’s.

I mean those menu’s at the top of the Activity, Groups, Members and Profile pages, wouldn’t it be cool if they showed up on the WordPress Dashboard underneath Appearance > Menu.
Maybe that you can’t change the default links in the first place but you could easily reorder them by Drag&Drop, maybe even add custom link-items + CSS classes to those menu’s.

I think it would make BuddyPress very easy to use. I still think the Menu function in WordPress that was created in version 3.0 is one of the best and powerful features the CMS has.

Hi guys

I have the site front page set to a static page (the Buddypress Activity page).

Now search isn’t working – if I submit from the search form, I get the front page (with search query appended i.e. http://www.site.com/?s=query&search=Search), not the search results page.

If I set the front page to show my latests posts (WP default), it works fine – just not when I change it to a static page.

Any ideas? Do I have to create a separate search results page? My theme (Razor) includes a custom search results layout that I’d want to hook up to this page. My coding skills are minimal so a dummy-proof solution would be great – otherwise I guess I’ll just dive in.