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@Ubuntuz – Assuming that the activity page is the only page not working then, BuddyPress (with your permission) does create it during the activation process. To check if it was created properly go to your wp-admin and then click Buddypress’ menu and then click the ‘pages’ tab. Does it have a page selected for activity?

Also are you using a custom theme or bp-default theme? if it’s a custom theme then the page will show a white-screen if you do not have an activity/index.php template in your theme.

Trust me when is say that 90% of topics posted here have been posted before many times over. Try google searches instead of looking here.

If your topic is not on the first few pages when a core dev or volunteer support user is logged in then you can pretty much forget about getting your topic answered. People are just not going through the back log of support requests. Core devs have time filled with making the software work as advertised. Customization is on you.

This is just the nature of using free software.

When posting topics: post your request, search here to see if you can find an answer, google keywords pertaining to your request. If 24 hours has past with no response bump the topic. What another 24 hours. If you get no response seek out a developer for hire.

@BossX – As in, similar to the wordpress profiles (https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt)?
Yes, it’s possible through a custom theme.

The top part with the profile information is simply the members/single/member-header.php file with code to insert their bio and other info – See: http://bp-tricks.com/snippets/displaying-certain-profile-fields-on-your-members-profile-page/

The bottom part is the members/single/profile.php template (their activity is an external custom built activity stream, but the theory is the same… just add the activity loop) – See: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/

And then they changed the default profile view from the activity view to profile with – define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ );

1. Create a bp-custom.php file https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/

2. Change the default tab opened when looking at a user’s profile (default is activity), insert the following :
`define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ ); `
Ref: https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/

We use Aurigma Up on a custom mobile page for iPhone/iPad. Works great. Uploads to your server.
Then use bp_activity_add() – you should be able to adapt this example.
http://bp-tricks.com/snippets/adding-a-new-activity-stream-entry-when-a-user-changes-his-avatar/

For Apple – you need to check orientation using exif_read_data

For Android – you don’t need it for uploads – but the Avatar crop tool doesn’t work, so we did a custom page for that which includes basic auto-crop.

For both Android and Apple, we use this lib for rotation, thumbnails, resizing and cropping.
https://github.com/masterexploder/PHPThumb/wiki/Basic-Usage
Why not use WP methods? This lib gives us more control and better results.

Note: we don’t use BP Mobile, so there is probably a better way if you do use it.

@thesurfinstitute Following is the simplest way to make your theme compatible:

If you’ve changed any of the BP template files in your theme folder, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders in server – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility. (make sure Sliding Door Child theme is activated before you run this)

A. Copy your theme’s header.php and Save As > header-buddypress.php

Open up header-buddypress.php and at the bottom of the file, below all other code, add this:
`

`

Save file.

C. Upload header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php to wp-content/themes/sliding-door-child/

D. Style modifications for BP templates – you might want to use some or all of styles listed in this page https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

Go to the dashboard, under BuddyPress in the left pane select components. Uncheck the checkbox to the left beside Activity Stream. You may also want to create a custom menu while in the dashboard under appearance/menus and name it, make sure under theme locations/primary navigation you select the name you created and save it. Down below check all the post and pages you want to add to the navigation and click the Add to Menu button. To the left you can drag the boxes in the order you want the post/pages to display in the navigation menu. Make sure you save the menu. This way only the items you want you up on the front end navigation and in the buddybar at the top.

@tjbrewers, try the below methood, thats what am using

/*Change the number of activity items to show per page */

function my_custom_query_filter( $query_string ) {
$query_string .= ‘&per_page=11’;
return $query_string;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_dtheme_ajax_querystring’, ‘my_custom_query_filter’ );

Couldn’t you use something like travel-junkie’s walled garden technique:
`
function sh_walled_garden()
{
global $bp;
if( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() || bp_is_page( BP_FORUMS_SLUG ) || bp_is_page( BP_GROUPS_SLUG ) )
return;

if( ! bp_is_blog_page() && ! is_user_logged_in() )
bp_core_redirect( bp_get_signup_page() );
}

add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘sh_walled_garden’ );
`
This goes in bp-custom.php and hides members and activity from those not logged in but enables forums and groups for everyone. It can also be customised…..

Chris Clayton discussed a similar method here

Having different menus for logged in users is discussed here – also see here

bp_member_last_active() is only used in the members directory / member’s friend pages. It’s not in the default theme’s activity stream. I assume therefore you’re running a custom theme, which we’ll need to adjust. Did you create it yourself, or download it from somewhere? If the latter, hopefully the vendor offers support.

Couldn’t you use something like travel-junkie’s walled garden technique:
`
function sh_walled_garden()
{
global $bp;
if( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() || bp_is_page( BP_FORUMS_SLUG ) || bp_is_page( BP_GROUPS_SLUG ) )
return;

if( ! bp_is_blog_page() && ! is_user_logged_in() )
bp_core_redirect( bp_get_signup_page() );
}
add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘sh_walled_garden’ );
`
This goes in bp-custom.php and hides members and activity from those not logged in but enables forums and groups for everyone. It can also be customised…..

Your BP pages like activity, members, groups, etc. look unstyled as well. Unfortunately, artisteer-generated themes are the d-v-l to customize. No shortcodes at this time. Probably in the future.

I am having a similar issue. Upgraded to latest BP and WP, and now although ALL of the other associated pages, Activity, Members, Forum, etc., are working, the page I’ve mapped for the groups to show up on does NOT. Flushing permalinks didn’t help. Trying to associate to a new page didn’t help.

I have redefined the groups slug in bp-custom.php, but removing that line didn’t change anything. Please advise. Urgent!

“Or have a link that explains how?”

Ask, and you shall recieve! https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-activity-stream-loop/

Change to bp-default theme and you’ll see all the Pages generated so far. Use custom menu feature and choose which links you want to be there in main navigation. https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/how-to-set-up-your-main-site-navigation-using-the-built-in-wordpress-menus/

== another theme(travel blogger 1.3.5) i dont see the post button for activities to be updated. also with this theme , bp reports only 4 registered members instead of 10 ==

@onyekat I will assume you’re using this Travel Blogger theme https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/travel-blogger

Just activated the theme in my test install and I see the “Post” button in activity stream (plus all other buttons) and the correct number of members are showing up. But there is a problem I saw so far: although one can post status update in activity stream but comments/replies on an activity stream posts lead to 404 error page.There’s JS conflict between Travel Blogger and BP.