[r-a-y]

This problem has been reported:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/nothing-appearing-under-my-blogs

I’m afraid there isn’t a definitive solution for this yet.

[michaelmarian]

I also used this for identifying top level navigation.

<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_FORUMS_SLUG ) ) : ?>

Problem for me is when you get into the Member sub navigation. I looked at your tab highlighting and agree that would also work. But I don’t see anything in the head that deals with the subsection pages.

So I’m almost there. I’m looking at mercime’s link know to see how they are doing it.

[r-a-y]

Because you have WP setup in site.com/blog/, this isn’t really possible.

It may be possible to use some rewrite rules in .htaccess, but I’m not sure.

Keep in mind that if you install a standalone version of bbPress, you’ll essentially have two forums unless you:

A) Disable the forum component in BP, or

hide the references to the site.com/blog/forum link.

[podictionary]

Peterverkooijen answered me at

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/notifications-not-being-sent

my question remains open there though, because (at this time) I haven’t solved the problem.

(but thanks anyway Peter)

[@mercime]

If you purchased that custom BP theme, then contact theme author. If you created that custom theme, then double-check template tags as many have been deprecated from older BP versions to current 1.2 stable. Also, it would help others help you :https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support

[Kevin Ryman]

susomoy sinha,

The only way you can create Admin, Moderators, Forums, Categories, etc. on bbPress is if you the stand-alone version and not the one that comes bundled with BuddyPress.

As geoffm33 said, an admin can delete forum posts directly from the topic on the included BP bbPress.

[geoffm33]

Are you using BP 1.2 with the integrated BBPress? Or a standalone BBPress?

If you are using the integrated method, then you add moderators from the Group > Admin > Manage Members

And as an admin/moderator you can delete forum posts directly from the topic.

[modemlooper]

@andhix Delete the whitespace on the last line in bp-oembed.php (the whitespace after ?>).

I was testing what you can embed and the polldaddy plugin polls go into the activity stream and forums using the short code very nicely

[modemlooper]

These ideas are meant for suggestions to the core functionality in future versions of BP. Thats why it’s posted in the ideas forum.

nice suggestions for the mean time

[michaelmarian]

Thanks Nexia, The trick I’m looking for is in how to identify in the head which page I’m now on and to use and if statement to load something additional. For the main pages like Activity, Groups, Forums, I can use the page slugs in my if statement successfully. Just not in the sub sections.

[r-a-y]

modemlooper created a child theme with a widgetized front page:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/default-theme-with-widgetized-home-page

Check that out.

[peterverkooijen]

+1

I’m working on integrating P2 into the Group Blog plugin here.

I got it working without Ajax, but as soon as I add the javascript, posts from the P2 post-form end up on the main blog. Can’t figure it out. Any pointers very much appreciated…

BTW, couldn’t get Posthaste to work. P2 looks like the way to go, with Automattic behind it.

[snark]

Ok. I found the General BP setting to “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?”, which I set to “disable”. I think this is a good solution — users can reply to Group or Activity posts, which are synced in both places, but now if they want to reply to a Forum post that they are reading in the Activity stream, they have to click through to the Forum post and reply there. This will keep the site from generating two sets of conversations.

As to my point #3, I’m still hoping for a site-wide “Favorites” option, but especially for Forum topics and replies. This is why I have filed a trac ticket for it, which others seem to agree is an issue to be fixed.

Thanks for the tip!

[r-a-y]

Added back in 2189:

https://trac.buddypress.org/changeset/2189

I had a ticket about it:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1419

But there are probably a few others in Trac.

DJPaul – I think you’re referring to this long discussion thread:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/new-12-swa-and-blogforum-syncing-feedback-needed

Man, Akismet is loving me today!

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

1. You are deleting activity stream comments, not forum posts.

2a. Because it is a activity stream reply, not a forum post.

2b. Because it’s a forum post, not an activity stream comment.

3. See above (you get the idea, I’m sure).

There was a lengthy discussion around this. I think on a Trac ticket. The resolution so far was to create a new option on the BP admin settings, “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?”

Can anyone remember the ticket number?

[snark]

I have confirmed that in the final 1.2 release of BP, edits and deletions of topics and topic replies in the Forum are now propagated to the Activity stream. Thanks for fixing this problem.

[siayuneh]

hey, it works!!! thank you

[r-a-y]

@modemlooper:

Read a few comments above:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/oembed-for-buddypress-plugin-out-now#post-37870

I haven’t committed the changes on SVN yet.

[Leia Scofield]

Andy — Add this to your child functions.php:

function remove_header_support() {

remove_action( ‘init’, ‘bp_dtheme_add_custom_header_support’ );

}

add_action( ‘init’, ‘remove_header_support’, 9 );

(Hat tip: MrMaz)

[Dwenaus]

I have to agree with nexia. the best approach for simplicity would be to take the good core of bbpress, fork it, and integrate it into buddypress completely. From there it will be easier to integrate new features as group forums grow. as of now, it is a good technological feat, but maybe not the right direction.

The fact is, the majority of what you see in the group forums is buddypress, but bbpress. bbpress is just running the backend engine, which is not that much code. There is probably an equal amount of code written to connect them.

[idotter]

I think sitewide tags (also activities) would be great …

e.g. pointing on tag “wordpress” i see every blogpost tagged with “wordpress”, every user, that have the tag “wordpress” on its profile, every activity and every forumpost tagged with “wordpress”.

[intimez]

Give this a try

<h3><?php _e( 'Groups Directory', 'buddypress' ) ?><?php if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) : ?> &nbsp;<a class="button" href="<?php echo bp_get_root_domain() . '/' . BP_GROUPS_SLUG . '/create/' ?>"><?php _e( 'Create a Group', 'buddypress' ) ?></a><?php endif; ?></h3>

[siayuneh]

I tried but it didn’t work, can’t see the button when I logged in as admin.

[r-a-y]

bbPress is turning into a WP plugin sometime in the future, probably using the custom post types feature in WP 3.0.

There is some merit in bbPress within BP. It just needs a little love.

[EDIT]

Didn’t know this was an idea thread. I don’t think this is going to change any time soon.

You could try Simple:Press or one of the other WP forum plugins out there.

Scott Kingsley Clark has a port of bbPress working on his WP Pods CMS framework, which could be a good future alternative:

http://www.scottkclark.com/forums/beta-testers-unite/current-status-of-the-forums-package/

[r-a-y]

BP 1.2 – Disable activity stream comments for blog and forum posts

1) Login to the WP backend, navigate to “Buddypress > General settings”.

2) Under “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?” Select “Yes”.