[@mercime]

@martijn1972 “Uploading videos” via third-party plugin? Have you tried posting at the plugin’s forums?

[David Cavins]

Hi there. If I’m understanding correctly, you’re wanting to modify URLs added to profile fields by your users. The profile fields are analyzed for search links and other links here:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.9.3/src/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-filters.php#L326

BP uses the WP function make_clickable() to make links clickable. It doesn’t look like that function is filterable at the moment (there’s a ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32787). I guess you could do something using the filter offered on the forum link you reference, but I’m not sure how you’d know which kind of links to modify (it’s not clear from your question what the goal is).

[ngoegan]

This includes: Forum, Groups, Members, etc.
The only thing excluded from redirecting is the Events tab, which is a separate plugin unrelated to BuddyPress.

[Shashi Kumar]

Hi eliasgetguineapig
I think you are using theme from Buddyboss. It is a premium product and customization will be supported in their forum. Coming to your question, you can add and remove menu items from Appearance > Menus in the WordPress dashboard.

[proszwi]

Thanks mastershas
The post you kindly linked refers to postman SMTP plugin, which I don’t have. To the best of my knowledge all email templates from WPLMS have been migrated to BuddyPress, so WPLMS doesn’t handle the communication anymore (please see https://wplms.io/support/forums/topic/buddypress-html-emails/)

The conclusion of post that you kindly linked seems to be that if you use postman, then you lose BuddyPress email templates, which I would prefer to avoid..
Is there any way of making BuddyPress send HTML emails (with or without plugin)?
Best regards,

Witold.

[Shashi Kumar]

@proszwi It seems it is an issue related with WPLMS theme. I can see a similar thread going over there. Kindly check the thread

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Right, it should work. Unless the poster is using Legacy bbPress forums; I bet those don’t.

[Henry Wright]

Try asking at bbPress. They handle all forum related questions.

[minijuji1]

*** SOLUTION ***
Hey guys I had the similar problem. I had 3 different user types. The first two could select between 2 user roles (let’s say “part time student” or “regular student”), as the third one had to have a set role of a let’s say “Teacher”. So I needed two different registration forms that would automatically register with user roles.

So what I did was to create a user profile field called “Account Type” (dropdown select) with the options of “Part Time Student”, “Regular Student” and ” “Teacher”. I then used @webizone’s solution for a second registration form. I created the template and added to it a few lines of javascript, basically to remove the “Teacher” option from the select menu.

<script type="text/javascript">

jQuery("#field_17 option[value='Teacher']").remove();
</script>

Now that template is for the registration of “Part Time Student” and “Regular Student”. For the teacher’s is just the regular registration form with the “Teacher” option selected by default.
Now to register the user roles I’ve used @spiritix’s solution from here: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-assign-a-wp-user-role-based-on-a-registration/

And to restrict wich forums users can access I’ve used https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/

Hope this helps. Good Luck and let me know if anyone has a better solution than this. Thanks

[neo323neo323]

Hi guys! I have this problem and i spent all the morning read online but nothing seems work so i wish someone around here with a nice heart would help me to find a solution for this. I am building a forum using Buddypress and BBpress everything seems work smooth but when it comes to register a new user of the forum the activation mail it’s not sent. I tried to send again from Users->All Users and then send again the activation link but it dosen’t work. I also tried to send a test mail with WP Mail SMTP choosing PHP Default caption and the mail it’s sent and in general all the other mail about wordpress like update and comments to my posts(before i don’t have a forum) are always sent. I also tried Tools->Buddypress->Reinstall email(delete and restore defaults) but nothing changed. Seems it’s a problem only with Buddypress… anyone had this problem and found a solution?
Wordpress verions 4.9.2
Buddypress version 2.9.2
Theme Sydney

[Henry Wright]

If your question relates to your bbPress forum then try asking at bbPress. Alternatively see here for information on the bp_activity_add() function:

bp_activity_add()

[leog371]

Just to be sure of what your asking, Are you trying to hide these from everyone including the person who owns the profile?

Just in case you dont want to hide them from the profile owner, you should know that any links that are edit, upload rtmedia links only display for the profile owner and no one else and most other things like this are hidden by default from users and friends anyways. Only a profile owner can upload and make changes to his profile or post activity on their profiles.

Also, each member has privacy options in their profile settings. You can set defaults in the dashboard for this as well.

If this is not the case, could you clarify what you hope to achieve?

If you simply wish to remove links for everyone in your site including the profile owner, just use something like this in bp-custom.php file

/* Example to Remove subnav tabs from Group Settings  https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/navigation-api/#examples*/ 	
	function remove_group_manager_subnav_tabs() {   
    // site admin will see all tabs
    if ( ! bp_is_group() || ! ( bp_is_current_action( 'admin' ) && bp_action_variable( 0 ) ) || is_super_admin() ) {
        return;
    }
       // all subnav items are listed here.
       // comment those you want to show
        $hide_tabs = array(             
        //  'group-settings'    => 1,
        //    'delete-group'      => 1,
         //   'group-avatar'      => 1,
        //  'group-invites'     => 1,
         //   'manage-members'    => 1,
        //  'forum'             => 1,
        //  'group-cover-image' => 1
        );
                   
        $parent_nav_slug = bp_get_current_group_slug() . '_manage';
  
    //Remove the nav items
    foreach ( array_keys( $hide_tabs ) as $tab ) {
        bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $parent_nav_slug, $tab, 'groups' );
    }   
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'remove_group_manager_subnav_tabs' );

[Henry Wright]

I tried BP Reactions after activating it, it does not show up

You could try opening an issue on the plugin’s forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bp-reactions

[Varun Dubey]

@crandalln
BP have PHP7 support, Forum moderators have also confirmed it.
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-php7-compatible/

[leog371]

I completely Disagree! BuddyPress has served me well in over 250 projects. I only use 3 plugins on average and never use any pre-made themes. I have developed over 250 perfectly working and extremely customized communities and learning websites as well as intranet sites using BuddyPress and have never had any issues with it. I have never had any issues making it do just exactly what I want to to do “Well, there maybe one or 2 items I would change”.

Anyways, my point is, if you know how to work with WP’s flavor of messed up PHP, if you know how to use the codex, the extensive list of attributes and hooks, actions and filters that are listed all over the web, BuddyPress is a pretty puppy that can pretty much act, do or become anything you want without all the plugins.

As far as the help goes around here, Well, yes, It has a lot to be desired. When you post a question, you must realize that not everyone here can help. A lot of the members here are looking for help themselves. The guys who can help are often times bogged down trying to help others and along with having work of their own to complete for their jobs at the same time. So yes, the help here is sparse but no one ever said that this was the help desk or the help line. Its just a forum for people to ask questions and get replies from other members and sometime staff that will help out someone when we can.

And Finally……
Wordpress and BuddyPress are basically developers platforms. It just so happens that its simple enough that basically anyone who has a desire to learn or are at least brave enough to look into some files can make changes and even figure out how to make a theme if they want. No one ever said it was easy for everyone which is why a lot of people pay other people to do the work for them. If you fall into this category, please just pay someone to do the work and stop whining about not getting help because you dont know what your doing.

[leog371]

Hi TFord06, It looks like this is a duplicate post of your other post “Buddypress Avatar Cropping Mobile – Portrait”. I have replied on your other posting.
Please try to limit your queries to just one post please. It helps keep the clutter down in the forums. Thanks

[leog371]

/* Example to Change item names of user’s and group’s nav menus ...
Profile Menu https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/navigation-api/#examples
*/ 
function bpcodex_rename_profile_tabs() {
  
      buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'My Forums', 'textdomain' ) ), 'forums' );
      buddypress()->members->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'MY Groups', 'textdomain' ) ), 'groups' );
  
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_rename_profile_tabs' );

/* Example to Rename Group Menus https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/navigation-api/#examples*/ 	
function bpcodex_rename_group_tabs() {
 
    if ( ! bp_is_group() ) {
        return;
    }
    
    buddypress()->groups->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'Group Discussion', 'buddypress' ) ), 'forum', bp_current_item() );
	buddypress()->groups->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'Group Members', 'buddypress' ) ), 'members', bp_current_item() );
	buddypress()->groups->nav->edit_nav( array( 'name' => __( 'Group Activity', 'buddypress' ) ), 'home', bp_current_item() );
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_rename_group_tabs' );	
	

/* Example to Remove subnav tabs from Group Settings  https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/navigation-api/#examples*/ 	
	function bpcodex_remove_group_manager_subnav_tabs() {   
    // site admin will see all tabs
    if ( ! bp_is_group() || ! ( bp_is_current_action( 'admin' ) && bp_action_variable( 0 ) ) || is_super_admin() ) {
        return;
    }
       // all subnav items are listed here.
       // comment those you want to show
        $hide_tabs = array(             
        //  'group-settings'    => 1,
        //    'delete-group'      => 1,
         //   'group-avatar'      => 1,
        //  'group-invites'     => 1,
         //   'manage-members'    => 1,
        //  'forum'             => 1,
        //  'group-cover-image' => 1
        );
                   
        $parent_nav_slug = bp_get_current_group_slug() . '_manage';
  
    //Remove the nav items
    foreach ( array_keys( $hide_tabs ) as $tab ) {
        bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $parent_nav_slug, $tab, 'groups' );
    }   
}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpcodex_remove_group_manager_subnav_tabs' );

[rblackfox]

100% Agree. The only 2 WP plugins (BBforums and BP) that could harness Web2.0 user communities and compete with large social platforms continues to collect dust. I pitch this plugin as a solution for online communities to companies, and 9 our of 10 times I uninstall it the same day regretting I ever brought it up.

Premium themes like BuddyBoss don’t help, it’s still a patchwork of 3rd party plugins to even get close to a working community forum, yet falls soo short, even coding it out yourself is a nightmare, just like the functionality of this text entry box, always loose ends. This technology could be instrumental in pulling down the large social conglomerates that control the web. Yet Automattic could care less. I feel for the contributors to BP, waste of time for everyone without leadership buy-in.

Last time I try to install this plugin. Easier to lead users to a Slack Channel. Peace.

[cassihl]

After testing more, the forums are working, but the Group activity is not. For example, I have a Group, and when someone posts a status update within the group, I don’t get a notification. Should I? If not, is there a way to turn that on?

[leog371]

Hey Frank, I guess the best question to ask you after all this is how comfortable are you with digging into or working with html, css and basic php?

If a pre made theme is what your looking for, how comfortable are you with taking hours and days looking thru theme demos to find your golden pony or at least making child themes or customizing code?

And then to answer you more specifically to your “How long would it take to develop a theme like the one I described?” , I guess that just depends really. Over the years I have accumulated many libraries of code and theme snippets and I know where everything is in WP/BP core and template files. So for me, A fully custom and dressed out theme might take anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks if I know exactly what I am working towards at the beginning and have a clear, though out, planned out idea. If I hen peck it or free hand it” like I do from time to time” It may take a day or it might take 8 months, lol.

As a bit of comfort to your quandary, everything you asked for in your opening inquiry is all ready done for you in BuddyPress “for the most part”. A theme like the one you describe sounds like a 3 day to 1 week job to me. Keep in mind however that with me saying that, things always have a way changing and evolving into monsters, lol.

So lets break down your theme and see how it look on paper…. He He, my favorite part…

1. I want users to come to my site, register, and log in…… (Its all ready there) just have to set it up to your liking. It can all be customized quite a bit as well.

2. I would love to be able to customize the way these pages look!(background image, logo, and content inside them)……… (The logo, background and most of the design items are easy breezy as long as your ok with basic html and css and not looking for flying dragons and wizards shooting lightning bolts across the screen. Alas, even those can be done with css, flash and JS, lol. )

3. I’m not looking for a full-blown social media site (yet)…….No need to have what you dont want to use. BP has a full host of controls to limit what can be done onsite by users or what is implemented frontend in its settings. WP Dash/settings/buddypress. Select what you want to use. You also have the ability to write functions, and use hooks and actions and filters to limit or build on anything you like.

4. I want to build a site that where users can log in, create a “blog” excerpt with media …… There are several ways to do this in buddypress, just have to plan it out and test the methods and see what works for you. Mu, Activity and Groups/Forums.

5. They should also be able to put a location tag on it. ….. it sounds like this is what x-profile fields are good for. Just create your custom location field and add it with a template tag in the loop you want to use it in. They fill out the filed on their profile page and it will display in that loop.

6. When they post it, the only people I want to see that are the people they added as friends or if they have their profile set to public……BuddyPress frontend “user profile area” has a settings tab, under it are quite a few privacy features, not fully comprehensive in my opinion but there are a few plugins that add on to this and you can code it in as well. either way. Easy task.

7. And when it shows up on their friend’s news feed it should just show a featured image, title, and the beginning of their text with a like counter….. Easy enough, just write the loop that way, lol. Easy to do.

8. When their friends click on that post it brings them to the full blog post, not just the featured image. Their friends can favorite the content or comment on it. …..The natural behavior of WP and BP posts so we are good there.

9. On a users profile, I would like to show their recent posts, and posts they’ve favorited…. Thats what the friends tab shows but you can add custom queries, and stuff and otherwise tear it apart and pick it of the pieces you want and use them in other places to make custom loops and queries and all kinds of goodness, lol. As long as you make sure things are firing in the right places and make sure certain things are in the loops where they belong, No worries.

10. Site homepage is basically just a file called front-page.php. Copy the page.php from the theme root and then customize the heck out it. Work it up however you like.

As far as the themes go, I never use premade themes. I do however make full use of the libraries of code I have accumulated, (_s) and bootstrap for a lot of my work. Cheesy I know but hey, it saves me time and money and gives me freedom. I rarely find the need to actually make a complete custom theme or write much in the way of custom code from scratch anymore. And I certainly never purchase any themes. So I am not the best person to ask about themes really. I know that there are tons of themes that do all kinds of stuff available around the web. Just have to give them the litmus test and see if they fit your project.

Let me know if you have any other questions or what have you. I will be around.

[jonkotwicki]

I have the exact same issue, using learndash and buddypress on buddyboss social learner theme. Site: http://www.fly8ma.com

Changing the theme on the local version of the site seams to fix the problem with the warning:illeagle offset

Did anyone ever find a solution to this problem?

One other thing I notice is the forum associated with the Group is not displayed with all the other forums from buddypress…..

[Boone Gorges]

Here’s some info on migrating vBulletin data to bbPress, which will get your content and users in. https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/importing-data/import-forums/vbulletin/

[Boone Gorges]

Hi @billybelly – It’s difficult for us on the buddypress.org forums to provide concrete advice on a non-free product, because we don’t have access to test it. If you paid for the UX Builder project, then they ought to be the ones providing you with support.

That being said, it’s possible that BP templates are inherently incompatible with this plugin. BP technically uses WP pages like Activity, Register, etc, but it sorta hijacks the page loading process in a way that can make it incompatible with certain kinds of “builder” plugins. If you’re looking to customize the interior portions of a BP page, it’s best to do it either using CSS (which you can access via the Customizer and a plugin like https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/) or by overriding the templates in a child theme. See https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/a-quick-look-at-1-7-theme-compatibility/#overloading-template-compatibility-theme-files

[Boone Gorges]

Hi @demonos – Please understand that everyone who responds to things on these forums does so as a volunteer. You can help to decrease overall response time by helping a user or two yourself 🙂

The following bits should be enough to reenable wp-signup.php:

remove_action( 'bp_init', 'bp_core_wpsignup_redirect' );
add_filter( 'bp_has_custom_signup_page', '__return_false' );

[ademelo]

HI Mercime.

Thanks for getting back. Unfortunately i found that there was no ability to select “Keymaster” role from the top left flydown as you mentioned.

I did find a very easy fix though on another forum and when i tried it, it was simple and quick.

Go to Plugins > bbpress > settings > change default for forums to Keymaster (save) > go back to users and assign anyone you want to be Keymaster. (save) [anyone who had a previous assigned role to forums retains that role. It didn’t change any prevously assigned roles for members]. > once assigned, go back to Plugins > bbpress > setting > reset your default for forums for members back to whatever it was.