[roadblock]

I went a different route to do the same thing.

Installed a plugin called ‘Page Links To’

Then I just pointed the page links to section of the page editor to the /member/, /groups/, /forums/ urls. no coding, took a few min.. just be sure to setup the pages with proper parent/child and your good to go…

[rich! @ etiviti]

i’ll tag up a stable version later today – just adding in a few extra functions

[3sixty]

This is great – I was just about to add a “freshness” link to the last column on my install (just like they have on this forum). Thanks!

[rich! @ etiviti]

i have updated the development version again to 1.6b3 which now includes RSS Feed for public group forum topics and topic posts.

also included a few extra functions which require theme edits but give a little more bbpress feel

Link the freshness time_since to the last post

edit theme /bp-default/forums/forums-loop.php

Change:

<td>

<?php bp_the_topic_time_since_last_post() ?>

</td>

To:

<td>

<a href="<?php echo bp_forum_extras_topic_last_post_link( 15 ); ?>"><?php bp_the_topic_time_since_last_post() ?></a>

</td>

Note: 15 per_page is default for bp_has_forum_topic_posts – you may need to change this if you use a different per_page in the loop.

Add pagination next to topic title

theme edit /bp-default/forums/forums-loop.php

After the topic title, Add:

<?php bp_forum_extras_topic_page_links( 15 ) ?>

You may pass additional args – refer to paginate_links codex

if you would like to test it out… grab the download from ‘development version’ at:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/download/

[r-a-y]

@heathj85

Please either PM Dave or post on Dave’s support site for his plugin:

http://getpaidfrom.us/groups/buddypress-ajax-chat-support

Dave doesn’t frequent these forums often.

[r-a-y]

I don’t believe it’s the oEmbed plugin.

You could try disabling it and see what happens.

Do you have any other WP / BP plugins installed?

What is that piece of javascript you posted there?

[rich! @ etiviti]

buttons already in the development version

[bOingball]

@etiviti – cheers for plugging the plugin

Any news on getting the buttons enabled with my plugin.

Also my plugin uses standard bbcode (the _CK_ buttons use [*] for list items, whilst mine use [li] ) – reason being is that [*] is not picked up by the wordpress API

If you need any help I’m sure I could get _CK_s buttons in for you.

Cheers

bOing

[r-a-y]

Check out the /plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bp-forums-filter.php file

All the default filters for forum posts can be found there.

[JoeyDay]

Okay, another question: how can I do the same thing with forum post content now?

I’ve tried:

add_filter('post_text','scripturize');

…and…

add_filter('get_post_text','scripturize');

…and…

add_filter('bp_forums_get_post','scripturize');

…and…

add_filter('bp_forums_get_post_text','scripturize');

…and none of these has worked. Suggestions?

[3sixty]

Actually, I ran out of time. I’m just going to use the $thread_template->message->date_sent variable and convert it to “posted … ago” using the “nicetime” function found on the PHP manual pages… works for now!

[3sixty]

OK, starting to solve the issue. I think the root of the problem is that my BP installation is on shared hosting (I know, I know…) and the server time zone is different than my WP installation time. HowEVER, BP Messages is pulling the SERVER time when it INSERTs the message record (bp-messages-classes.php:

// First insert the message into the messages table

if ( !$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "INSERT INTO {$bp->messages->table_name_messages} ( thread_id, sender_id, subject, message, date_sent ) VALUES ( %d, %d, %s, %s, FROM_UNIXTIME(%d) )", $this->thread_id, $this->sender_id, $this->subject, $this->message, $this->date_sent ) ) )

I added a variable and changed the query like this:

$wp_current_time = current_time('mysql');

// First insert the message into the messages table

if ( !$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "INSERT INTO {$bp->messages->table_name_messages} ( thread_id, sender_id, subject, message, date_sent ) VALUES ( %d, %d, %s, %s, %s )", $this->thread_id, $this->sender_id, $this->subject, $this->message, $wp_current_time ) ) )

Now the message inserts correctly using my WP installation time instead of the server time, and REPLIES show up as having the correct time (such as “posted 4 minutes ago”). However…

While REPLIES report time correctly, for some reason, the INITIAL MESSAGE does not. I think that <?php bp_the_thread_message_time_since() ?> is somehow not reporting correctly. Let me check to see what’s wrong with that.

[r-a-y]

1) Avatars – users can upload their own avatar. Please check out testbp.org for a demo of BP.

2) Use the BP Template Pack plugin – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/

Be sure to go through all the steps in the plugin.

3) Go to testbp.org and try the group forums yourself. If you want a traditional forum script, use bbPress, vBulletin, phpBB, etc. BP is not a forum script – it’s social networking in a box!

[JoeyDay]

Aw, crud. Should’ve searched more before posting this. This thread helped me see that I was using the wrong filter.

add_filter('bp_activity_content_body','scripturize');

…should have been…

add_filter('bp_get_activity_content_body','scripturize');

Resolved.

[gregfielding]

Here is a solution that might make everyone happy: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/requst-featured-forums

-Create a way to “Feature” select forums

-Create an option to make the group hidden, and remove the “by commenting you will automatically be added to the group” sentence.

[bpisimone]

Totally with Andy on this one here. When can we ecpect to see your implementation live?

[snark]

@DJPaul — great plugin. I just posted this little enhancement idea to the WordPress forums:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/379728?replies=1

[Andy Peatling]

Also consider all of the amazing extra functionality you get by using a group as a container.

For example on the new BuddyPress.org forums there is a group called “How-To and Troubleshooting” that replaces the existing plain forum of the same name. By switching this to a group forum I also get:

• A dedicated activity stream so users can easily track new topics and replies in chronological order.
• A dedicated list of people who have posted to the forum so you can gauge popularity or send out notices to only those who are interested.
• Ability to extend and add features like a group blog, where members could post helpful information or even videos on how to fix common problems. Or even a group wiki so specific help documentation could be kept up to date by group members. The list is endless, and the number of group extensions is starting to make groups super powerful.

[Andy Peatling]

<snip>so I can silence this discussion

that’s a bit dictatorial isn’t it, but it is your project

Not really, I just meant that when I show you the new buddypress.org forums people might actually finally get it.

I’ve said this so many times but here we go again:

How do I post to the “main” forum here? The answer is I can’t. I must first go to a sub-forum and then post to that forum. All the latest topics of each sub-forum are then shown on the front page.

Replace the word “sub-forum” with “group” in the above sentence and you are describing exactly how group forums work in BuddyPress. There is no need to join a group before posting to a group forum, the process is automatic.

The blocker in people’s mind is simply just the way the information is displayed. Once I get the new buddypress.org forums running then this will hopefully help people understand there is literally no difference outside of the interface.

[ennaj]

@boonebgorges: write the plugin and I will do any one of your 7,000 other things in return

[3sixty]

hmm, it turns out my server is on CDST. However, changing the time zone on the WPMU backend had no effect on the Messaging “Time Ago” inconsistency. I’ll file a bug report now.

[3sixty]

WP is set to UTC, and so is my server.

I can duplicate this on a fresh BP install, but I can’t duplicate this on testbp.org

In debugging, I sent a test Message that had a Sent Time of 2010-03-24 08:22:03 when the server time is UTC time 2010-03-24 13:22:52. So there is the 5 hour difference.

Must be some issue with my server. Anyone else having this? Either way, will file this on trac as a bug.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Ensure your WP install is set to use the same timezone as your server. Test with a new message, not an old one, because in some areas the timestamps are cached and so won’t reflect any changes to the timezone (i.e. the Activity Stream is an easy example). If you still find an inconsistency, please report this as a bug on https://trac.buddypress.org/

[brianglanz]

“and share the users” … nig3d and Jeff, are you thinking along the lines of “BP – BP Connect” or “BP Federation” as in https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/bp-bp-connect ?

@Avatar Jeff, I’ve seen OpenSSO integrated with WP but which dual sign on plugin did you mean?

[hkcharlie]

I’ll give this http://forum.3oneseven.com/ a go, thanks.