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2) … Also there, there is no way to change things here ? Add the thumbnail on the posts list for example, or separate the “comments” and “posts” tabs,…

“Things” can be changed programmatically. Additionally, BuddyPress does not come standard with “Posts” or “Comment” tabs. The only separation for these items is via the dropdown filter selection for “Posts” or “Comments” located in the Sitewide or User Activity streams which is standard for BuddyPress.

3) OK, really confusing.
And if the displyed name and real name arent the same, how can a user know the real @ he has to use to tag someone ?
BTW, i’ve made some tests and even if i use @displayname or @username, it doesnt send a notification to the user,…

Users typically figure out who is who and for @mentions, only the username is used for notifications. For example, a scenario where there are 2 users with the same displayname which happens to be Apple, however, each has a different username because usernames must be unique. Maybe a visual will help you digest this information:

If you are having issues with notifications, that is a different issue and might be related to some external factor such as a plugin or theme that is interfering with the notification process.

As for Main settings, yes, those available via a UI are limited, however, programmatically, there are plenty via constants, filter hooks and action hooks.

Hi,

Some of the answers may have to come from the Theme developer, i.e. Re-Hub theme, for example:

1) How can I configure the user profile page? There are elements I find unnecessary for my website, and I’d like to remove them: the sharing buttons, the “write a note” option, etc.

The “sharing buttons” and “write a note” options are not standard for BuddyPress and are either introduced by your theme in use or possibly from a plugin you have actuated.

Additionally, without getting into a lot of detail, depending on the template pack in use, e.g., Legacy or Nouveau, there are an assortment of template pages that can be overloaded/overridden (requres advanced knownledge).

2) Users registered on my site can publish articles using a frontend plugin, comment, etc.
However, nothing appears in the “Activity” section: even if someone has published an article, nothing shows up. Similarly, nothing appears if they leave comments, someone replies to their comment, or tags them.
Also, what does the “Favorites” button correspond to? With the theme I’m using, users can save articles as favorites, which are then displayed on a dedicated page. Is that what it’s supposed to refer to?

As to “articles“, I’ll assume these are synonymous with “blog posts“, typically these are synced to “Activities” via BuddyPress settings (wp-admin > Settings > BuddyPress) by enabling the “Site Tracking” component within the “Components” tab and enabling the “Post Comments” option under “Activity Streams” within the “Options” tab. See Post comments

As to “Favorites”, think of these as “bookmarks”, IOW, Activity items may be marked as “favorites” or unmarked as “Favorites” which will be listed within the “Favorites” tab, if marked accordingly and, yes, Favorites behave as you have indicated.

3) On the profile page, users can change their username and select a username that’s already in use (which isn’t allowed during registration). How can I fix this?

Usernames are unique and cannot be changed. In a “users” profile, the username is preceded/prefixed with the @ symbol. What may be confusing is the “Name” field which is more akin to the display name, to be more precise, it appears to be the “Display name publicly as”, which can be the same as the username or can be different from the username. What’s confusing is that there specific BuddyPress profile fields that correspond WordPress profile fields that may or may not have the same nomenclature. See Your Profile Screen – names section.

It seems like you are trying to fix something like, there can only be one user with a display name of "Alice". Rightly or wrongly, I suppose confusion abounds when a “display name” is conflated as being a “username”.

Perhaps, someone else will have a better or more precise explanation than I have provided.

Hello Tacien,

Implementing a form-based posting system for your educational social network can be achieved by following these steps:

1. Design the Form
Create a form that users will fill out when making a post. The form should include fields for the specific information you want to collect. For example:

Title: A short, descriptive title for the post.
Category: A dropdown menu to select the category of the post.
Content: A text area for the main content of the post.
File Attachment: An option to attach files such as PDFs, images, or documents.
Tags: A field to add relevant tags to help with searchability.
2. Store the Data
When users submit the form, the data should be stored in a structured format. You can use a database to store the information. Each post can be represented as a record with fields corresponding to the form inputs.

3. Display the Data
Create a dedicated page to display the posts. This page should retrieve the posts from the database and present them in a structured table. The table could include columns such as:

Title
Category
Tags
Date of Post
File Attachments (with links to download or view the files)
4. Search and Filter
To make the posts searchable and filterable:

Implement a search bar that allows users to search through the posts by title, content, or tags.
Add filter options to sort posts by category or date.
5. User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX)
Ensure that the form is user-friendly and intuitive. Provide clear instructions for each field and ensure that the file attachment process is straightforward. Additionally, design the post display page to be clean and easy to navigate.

6. Backend Management
Form Validation: Implement form validation to ensure that users fill out all required fields and that any attached files are of an acceptable type and size.
Data Security: Ensure that any file uploads are securely handled to prevent malicious files from being uploaded.
User Permissions: Depending on your network, you may want to set permissions so that only certain users can create or view posts.
7. Testing and Feedback
Before launching the form-based posting system, test it thoroughly to identify and fix any issues. Collect feedback from users to make necessary improvements.

Example Workflow
User Access: User navigates to the posting page.
Form Submission: User fills out the form and attaches files.
Data Storage: Form data and files are stored in the database.
Post Display: Posts are retrieved and displayed on a dedicated page in a structured, searchable table.
Interaction: Users can search, filter, and view posts and attachments.
By following these steps, you can create a structured, form-based posting system that organizes user posts into a searchable and manageable format. Besides, if anyone needs a tutor, tuition center in nowshera cantonment is recommended in Pakistan.

I had the option Allow activity stream commenting on posts and comments disabled I also have some code in custom.php file. I am not sure if it could have any effect

/* Disable comment for all activity but still enable @mention autosuggestion. */
function disable_activity_comments($can_comment, $activity) {
    // Disable comments
    $can_comment = false;
    return $can_comment;
}
add_filter('bp_activity_can_comment', 'disable_activity_comments', 10, 2);

/* Hide comment from activity page */ 
add_action( 'bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', function ( $r ) {
    if ( bp_is_activity_directory() || bp_is_single_activity() ) {
        $r['display_comments'] = false;
    }
    return $r;
} );

// Exclude activity updates from subscribers who are not logged in on the activity directory page.
function hide_new_member_activities_from_unlogged_users( $args ) {
    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $args['action'] = array(
            'activity_comment',
            'activity_update',
            'last_activity',
            'new_avatar',
            'new_blog_comment',
            'new_blog_post',
			'new_classified',
            'updated_profile'
        );
    }
    return $args;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', 'hide_new_member_activities_from_unlogged_users' );

Just my opinion and just an AI translation:

Where are the sticking points?

BP core:
After 9 months with BP and several free BP plugins, there are still a lot of questions. Group handling and invitation are too complex and partly illogical. (Example: Group Owner is allowed to remove himself and then the administrator has to ‘intervene’). Furthermore, internal e-mail, where you have to select users based on their usernames (@…). Also not visually appealing and sometimes rather confusing in use. Other BP features (sorting/displaying members within groups!) that don’t work even on a WP default theme (Twenty Twenty-Two). Just annoying!

In principle, the core plugin provides too little (in terms of functionality). Best example: Blogging and media. Something that defines WP at its core. In addition to two larger commercial “BP providers” and some ancient plugins in the WP repo, the selection and comparability is difficult if you want to use them for specific rights and groups. I understand that you want to offer an open and expandable system, but something “more” would be desirable or necessary.

BP mailing list:
Hardly any actions, but many (trivial) questions and no answers. On the other hand, technically interesting answers are often 10 years or more in the past (and unfortunately still up-to-date in principle), but where there is no attempt to test them in a current BP version.

ToDo (Plugins into Core):
Directory: Very important! Of course you can use “BP Custom Fields” but there’s no option to do a filter search, based on different fields to exclude displaying other profiles – or I just can’t find the options. Tried “BP Profile Search”

Why not just embed a few components “more tightly” into the core, why not simply take over the source code of others who simply “copy” BP themselves without returning anything to the community? There was an interesting discussion about this recently on another platform site.

Wishes:
– Rights management for pages/posts or for individual BP components (either private/public or at user level) – e.g. “User Access Manager”
– E-mail communication between each other without having to use the real e-mail address and being able to leave the borders of BP – e.g. “BP Reply By Email”

It’s a pity, but currently STILL not enough for uncomplicated use and sometimes stopped in development. In addition, commercial providers who copy BP as well as other WP Social Media Group solutions that are more complete and appear more self-contained.

To name a few plugins that could be partially included:

Theme: BuddyX (free)
BP 11 (dev) &
BP Attachments (dev) (what does it do? Substitution of BuddyDrive?)
– bbPress (smarter integration)
– BP Profile Search (no filter options found)
– BP Reply By Email (should be core as option)
– BuddyDrive (should be Core)
– Buddpress Docs
– BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types (should be core)
– BuddyPress Xprofile Conditional Fields (should be core)
– Rendez Vous (should be core as option)
– “BuddyPress XY Blog” (should be core)
– “BuddyPress XY Search”

Hello! I also have problems creating a new post. In general, I was already tortured with a buddy press, and specifically the constant load on the server! And this is when visiting me only one! I installed the cache plugins, it’s all confusing! Now it seems that I’ve set up a super cache plugin, the load is gone, though when I disable the function “not cache for known users” in super cache, but when this function is disabled, when creating a new post it shows that there is no post, and it appears only after updating the cache. I already know that the post will later appear, but users, they can create the same post a hundred times. Posts will appear after updating the cache. If you enable the function “do not cache for known users”, then the load is constantly off the scale. This is observed even when I just move from one page to another in my network. Maybe there is some solution to reduce the load and so that the content published is displayed in a timely manner? Thanks!

I think based on your requirement that for your ultimate requirement you will need some custom coding. This is due to you wanting to add weighting to the likes.

One option would be to enable new blog posts to appear in the BuddyPress activity stream. That would automatically allow BuddyPress users to favorite the activity and for it to appear in their list of favorites in their profile. However you won’t easily be able to add your weighting since the BP favorites system dones not have this functionality. But that’s the same for any existing plugin. The potential downside is that the BP Activity stream is not just posts (which would have to be enabled with a bit of code).

There are also a number of WordPress post specific likes plugins, however these don’t give you a profile page with a list of your likes and the same issue remains that they would not support you weighting.

If it was me, I’d probably look to use a plugin such as BuddyPress Like as a basis for my solution. I’ve not looked in detail at this plugin but I’m assuming it adds the ability to like posts and display a list of likes in the users profile. That would serve as a good basis for what I was looking to do. It would then need some modification in order to support your specific weighting mechanism. The complexity of that task would depend on exactly how you want your weighting mechanism to work and the technique you use to account for it when displaying the likes list.