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If there are still people looking for help, I have been trying different things today to:
-add the notifications counter in menu
-style differently if 0 notifications or 1+
-target only the main

It works for me, maybe you can check from here:

// filter to target only main menu
add_filter('wp_nav_menu_items','my_nav_menu_notif_counter', 10, 2);

function my_nav_menu_notif_counter($menu, $args) {

$url = bp_core_get_user_domain(bp_loggedin_user_id()) .'notifications/';

// counter to target unread notifications = 0 or 1+
$bpnotifcount = bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() );

       // condition: user must be loggedin
       if (!is_user_logged_in())
                return $menu;
       else

                // condition: only main nav
		if( $args->theme_location == 'primary' ) {

                        // condition: 0 unread notifications
			if($bpnotifcount == 0) { 
                	$notif = '<li><a href=" ' .$url. ' ">Notifications <span class="notifmenucount">'. bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) .'</span></a></li>';
			} else {
               		$notif = '<li><a href=" ' .$url. ' ">Notifications <span class="notifmenucount countnot0">'. bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) .'</span></a></li>';
			}

        		$menu = $menu . $notif;
        		return $menu;
		}

        	else
			return $menu;

}

And CSS

/*Notifications counter in menu*/
.notifmenucount {
border-radius: 25%;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
color: #888;
display: inline;
margin-left: 1px;
padding: 2px 6px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: center;
font-size: small;
}
.countnot0 {
color: #ffff00;
background: #ff0000;
border: 1px solid transparent;
}

😉

I tried all sorts of things on this topic today, I ended up with something that looks like it’s working. Maybe you can try it:

// filter to target only main menu
add_filter('wp_nav_menu_items','my_nav_menu_notif_counter', 10, 2);

function my_nav_menu_notif_counter($menu, $args) {

$url = bp_core_get_user_domain(bp_loggedin_user_id()) .'notifications/';

// counter to target unread notifications = 0 or 1+
$bpnotifcount = bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() );

       // condition: user must be loggedin
       if (!is_user_logged_in())
                return $menu;
       else

                // condition: only main nav
		if( $args->theme_location == 'primary' ) {

                        // condition: 0 unread notifications
			if($bpnotifcount == 0) { 
                	$notif = '<li><a href=" ' .$url. ' ">Notifications <span class="notifmenucount">'. bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) .'</span></a></li>';
			} else {
               		$notif = '<li><a href=" ' .$url. ' ">Notifications <span class="notifmenucount countnot0">'. bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ) .'</span></a></li>';
			}

        		$menu = $menu . $notif;
        		return $menu;
		}

        	else
			return $menu;

}

And CSS:

/*Notifications counter in menu*/
.notifmenucount {
border-radius: 25%;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
color: #888;
display: inline;
margin-left: 1px;
padding: 2px 6px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: center;
font-size: small;
}
.countnot0 {
color: #ffff00;
background: #ff0000;
border: 1px solid transparent;
}

I hope it helps!

Hi,

BuddyPress doesn’t handle users. It use WP’s user_table and user_meta and his own meta tables (bp_activity_meta or bp_notifications_meta).

In BP settings, you have an option to sync BP to WP profile’s. And that’s all.

If you have another plugin who’s is synced with WordPress profiles, guess it will do the same with BP. But, adding a custom member table only for BP usage within WP registration process isn’t a good idea as you probably will have to rewrite a lot of code.

Members are the heart of BP, but in the sense of “how to show members and let them work together”, not in the way to include/register them to the site.
BP doesn’t never affect the first step when accessing the WP user registering. This step belongs clearly to WP ONLY. Adding member and meta tables doesn’nt modify that.

@pixelpushermama @julia_B did you fix this, or is it still a problem?

I just upgraded from BuddyPress 2.3.4 to 2.7.4 (WP 4.7.1) but now we seem to have a problem with the mentions. Users used to get an notification-email when they were mentioned in the comments on one of our sites. That doesnt happen anymore. But the emails from private messages or replies on activity-updates do work…

Hi @mohamedalikortli,

thank you for the sharing, but I am afraid that your proposal is not acceptable in regard of coding best practice. I let your snippet in place, but i also warn all readers to use it, unless they know what they do.

This forum is public and most users coming here for help are querying at first for BuddyPress related issues solution, not third party plugin tricks like the one you share here. The majority is also not very comfortable with php or even site development.
This aspect is one of the main reason to provide usefull and safe code.
IT IS NOT THE CASE HERE – and i wouldn’t recommand it.

Not because it doesn’t or wouldn’t work ( and i haven’t tested it), but because it is not correctly written. Allowing such a snippet is like encouraging (and by the way perpetuating) bad practices. Hopefully you understand and agree that we don’t want this on the BuddyPress support forum.

@sbrajesh ‘s BuddyPress Clear Notification plugin was last updated in march 2016, which is pretty recent. I doubt that the bug is in his plugin and i expect more a menu related issue… but this is only an expectation of mine.

If you estimate that your workaround is helpfull for that plugin, get in touch with Brajesh or publish it on the plugin support.

By the way, next time you publish code on this form, use the code button available on the editor toolbar to insert it properly.

FYI about what you did wrong or not properly:
– hacking a core file. Notification template should be used, but from inside a child-theme, not directly from bp-legacy).
– comments should be in english (some in your example are in french)
– your recommendation is against all WP usage:

copy this script into ur document root where u have installed ur wordpress

– you can add custom code via bp-custom.php. There is also no need to go to wp root, when you can do the same thing from within your child-theme.
– why do you recall jquery ? It is already loaded when you run BP…
– i’m not a developer, but i’m pretty sure there are other things to mention about coding.

In regard of the script itself, BP provide much simplier way to delete notification or show a delete button: reference.
You’re also using french in that script.

Calling a file “test” is ok, but in that case you should provide some explanation on how to finally use your snippet. As already said, not everybody here is able to understand – and use raw code – when you provide a workaround. Providing code is fine, providing code+tutorial is always better.

Désolé d’être sévère et rien de personnel, mais juste une mise au point nécessaire.

[modlook] @jjj, @DJPaul, @boonebgorges, @mercime, @hnla, @shanebp, @henrywright

Hi i really want to do this too, but i am new to Php.

This is all the code in my header.php

<!doctype html>
<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<head>
	<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
	<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
	<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>">
	<?php wp_site_icon(); ?>
	<?php 
		$id = get_queried_object_id();
		$page_scroll = (get_post_meta($id, 'page_scroll', true) == 'on' ? 'page_scroll' : '');
		$snap_scroll = (get_post_meta($id, 'snap_scroll', true) == 'on' ? 'snap_scroll' : '');
		$rev_slider_alias = get_post_meta($id, 'rev_slider_alias', true);
		$smooth_scroll = (ot_get_option('smooth_scroll') != 'off' ? 'smooth_scroll' : '');
		$header_style = (get_post_meta($id, 'header_style', true) ? get_post_meta($id, 'header_style', true) : ot_get_option('header_style', 'style1'));
	?>
	<?php
		$class = array();
	 	array_push($class, $page_scroll);
	 	if(!empty($snap_scroll)) { 
	 		array_push($class, 'snap');
	 	}
		array_push($class, $smooth_scroll);
	?>
	<?php 
		/* Always have wp_head() just before the closing </head>
		 * tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
		 * generally use this hook to add elements to <head> such
		 * as styles, scripts, and meta tags.
		 */
		wp_head(); 
	?>
</head>
<body <?php body_class($class); ?> data-themeurl="<?php echo THB_THEME_ROOT; ?>">
<div id="wrapper" class="open">
	
	<!-- Start Mobile Menu -->
	<?php do_action( 'thb_mobile_menu' ); ?>
	<!-- End Mobile Menu -->
	
	<!-- Start Quick Cart -->
	<?php do_action( 'thb_side_cart' ); ?>
	<!-- End Quick Cart -->
	
	<!-- Start Content Container -->
	<section id="content-container">
		<!-- Start Content Click Capture -->
		<div class="click-capture"></div>
		<!-- End Content Click Capture -->
		<?php 
			if (thb_accountpage_notloggedin()) {
				get_template_part( 'inc/header/subheader' );
				get_template_part( 'inc/header/'.$header_style );
			}
		?>
		<?php if (is_page() && $rev_slider_alias) {?>
			<?php $rev_slider_white = get_post_meta($id, 'rev_slider_white', true); ?>
			<div id="home-slider" class="<?php echo esc_attr($rev_slider_white); ?>">
				<?php if (function_exists('putRevSlider')) { putRevSlider($rev_slider_alias); } else { _e('Please Install & Activate Revolution Slider', 'bronx'); }?>
			</div>
		<?php  } ?>
		
		<div role="main" class="<?php echo esc_attr($snap_scroll); ?>">
			<?php if(!empty($snap_scroll)) { ?><div class="ai-dotted ai-indicator"><span class="ai-inner1"></span><span class="ai-inner2"></span><span class="ai-inner3"></span></div><?php } ?>

Where do i add the from your example in the code?

<div id="testid"><?php echo bp_notifications_get_unread_notification_count( bp_loggedin_user_id() ); ?></div>

I already added the css to the childs theme style.css and added the three php snippers for correctly placing the bubbles as well, this is the only part i don’t understand so far.

Thanks

@cofindrs,

BuddyPress doesn’t handle likes. That’s 3rd party plugin territory.
If Super Socializer has a notification option for BP users who doesn’t work, the solution is on the plugin author side.

If you think you can get a BP notification because somebody liked a post with help of Super Socializer, and there is no BP specific option in the plugin, i guess it is not possible.

Would be great to see more details about your statement: (Heateor) say that it is an issue in BP. Can you share a link to the discussion ?

Did you asked yourself for this issue on their support ? Your name doesn’t appear.

Hi,

did you activate the user ?
or have you omit to uncheck Send User Notification ?

If you’re doing this just to test BP with some content, use better BP Default Data

Did a ticket get opened for this because I’m seeing a similar, possibly related bug. Basically I’m seeing bp_get_loggedin_user_nav() return the correct menu item, but the messages, notification, and friends counts that are displayed are for the “displayed” user.