@juanmgonzalez,
thank you for your reply !
The php GD2 library is necessary on your server to handle images.
To all readers:
In case of issues with common image handling and/or image cropping, ensure that your php has GD library enabled.
On hosted servers, it is generally the case, but not on local with WAMP for example.
Making a phpinfo will help you.
Read also here about other server requirements (required or optionnal)
It seems to focus on Members random page.
Ya, but only seems. The codex is not a ready-to-use answer to any kind of problematic or the solution for anything, but a guide who explains how things can/should be done with BuddyPress.
That’s why you’ll find essentially examples who can be used to extend or achieve your projects.
Codex pages are written by volonteers (like you tomorrow ?), and none of them is able to know or to write about any given issue, situation, need.
It certainly would be an awesome codex, if every BP user would share some snipppet or simply some experience, by adding his personnal how-to…
Hold on ! You have to try, experiment and realize yourself. The other face of freedom and open source, i guess
If you have questions, do not hesitate. Like the codex, this forum is yours. 😉
Hi,
I have 2 questions about how buddypress works:
1. If I want to PM somebody, it looks like I need to be their friend in order for buddypress to predict their name, is that correct? Is there a way to set it up such that it always predicts names whether friends or not?
2. If I want to mention someone in a reply, is there a way to have buddypress predict their name? I have tested @mentioning friends and non-friends in a reply and prediction doesn’t seem to work.
Thanks for all the help on this board so far,
@evilben,
go to dashboard > users > profile fields.
Required field on registration form should be added to the NAME field group.
There is a date field type for birthdates. Set it to required, viewable by everyone
For the TOS read here
Another solution here (not tested)
Hi,
Apologies for all the questions. I have got the PM function working in buddypress. When I send someone a PM, he will receive an email letting him know.
However, the email sender is coming from my host user name, so if you’re in gmail, it’ll say pj00219 (as an example) in the “from” field. I would like to change this to my site name (Search Highway).
I have searched around a bit but haven’t found anything.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks!
Do try to always check tech documentation before asking questions, while the codex is not 100% perfect we have put a fair bit of effort into writing articles to help & guide people, such a how to work with template files in BP.
Hi, I asked this previously here and it was closed to replies, without actually answering my question, so I need to ask again –
It *is* a BuddyPress question – the WPEngine information that I included was background. Will there be a problem with the database that I transfer *from* an automatic install of WordPress on GoDaddy to another host if I want to use BuddyPress, or will I have to rebuild the site from scratch?
I asked the new host (WPengine) and they said I needed to ask the support forums here, which is why I posted that question, and I am reposting it. I hope this rephrasing makes it clearer that I am concerned with the database that I am transferring, and whether that will cause an issue with BuddyPress.
Please advise, thank you, and I apologize for not phrasing it more clearly the first time around.
You’re welcome ! Don”t hesitate if you have other questions.
I use a heavily modified version of twenty fourteen.
I was just reading on creating a child forum. I guess I’ll have to do some studying to figure out how to create one for my current theme. I may be back with additional questions after I do a little research on this.
I appreciate the response.
This isn’t a BuddyPress question, but…
WPEngine is a very accomplished hosting company.
I can’t imagine that they haven’t had customers that migrated from a godaddy WP installation.
Have you posed this question to WPEngine?
Hope your migration goes fairly smoothly.
When you get BuddyPress installed, we await any questions you may have.
Hello all,
I have a site that is currently installed on GoDaddy, and was installed via their “special” install method. I am planning on the following:
1. Migrate the site to WPEngine
2. Transfer the DNS to CloudFlare
3. Transfer the Registration to BlueHost
4. Go live with the current version of the site
5. Install BuddyPress
I inherited this project, so before I do this, the one “unknown” attribute for me is the GoDaddy install. I usually use BlueHost on all my hostings, until I started with WPEngine, so I know how to do the backup and migration that way. However, since the GoDaddy “special” install is notorious, and a new one for me, I wanted to check that if a standard migration is going to work, or would I have to rebuild the site from scratch on WPEngine in order to allow BuddyPress to work? My worry is that because the database is where the problems are on GoDaddy, that those problems would migrate with me to WPEngine.
Link to Site: http://dcupsonline.com/
Wordpress Version: 3.9.2
Not yet running BuddyPress
Hello @multimartin,
2 nd question:
in the private blog settings, general > reading > search engine visibility, check disallow box. This will hide any of the private blog activities to appear on site activity and user feeds, except for those who are members of this blog.
If it is not enough, considerer this plugin
1 st question:
read here
OK !
maybe this can help you go further….
have you salt keys in your wp-content.php ?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18771957/wordpress-does-not-properly-display-css-file
and use the given script to check the db.
aside, @r-a-y responded on the ticket. Unsurprisingly, like me, he couldn’t replicate the issue
Hi @hcthomas,
if you already can’t edit your htaccess, how would handle an htpasswd file ?
Please indicate hostname and hostplan.
Can use FTP on your site or are you obligated to manage exclusively your site throught your host’s cPanel ?
Also ask on the bbPress forum, which is better indicated to answer forum related questions.
Hi @laxmanvel,
see here if this can help you a little.
I would like to give users the ability to follow a post, and then receive some form of notification or update when there is activity on it.
I found a link that describes how to hack an existing follow plugin (FollowMe). But I couldn’t get it to work.
How do I allow users to follow a post and then allow admins to email all users who have followed that post?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I’m trying to create a theme that will use a basic set of BP functions (primarily messaging) and I’m having some issues.
I’ve created WP Pages for the main functions with a custom menu bar which also shows the user name and number of messages in their inbox using:
<?php if ( is_user_logged_in()) :
// get the currently logged-in user
$user = wp_get_current_user(); ?>
<li><a href="../cot_inbox.php">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span>
<span class="badge"><?php bp_total_unread_messages_count() ?></span>
</button>
<?php // echo the user's display_name
echo $user->display_name; ?>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
The page cot_inbox.php is where I want to display the user messages. However, even though I haven’t yet added a message loop to the page (which I created manually) I still get “Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.”
So my questions are:
1) Is this a caching/stroke db issue? I did originally have a message loop on the page but removed it
2) What would be the recommended way to create an inbox/messaging page in Buddypress, if not by creating a new PHP page and adding in the content?
Many thanks,
Mark
My Questions:
1. Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
> probably, with 2,208,785 downloads !
2. Does it appear to be a bug or am I mis-interpreting a functionality?
> probably 2 nd option
3. Any workarounds?
> next tree 3 steps back, enter the forest and run 500 yards and check under the oak.
When a group is setup, you choose to make it public, private or hidden. Depending on this status, the activity will be shown or not. Details of this are explained on the group creation page.
- For a public group, all activities are public. Group is listed on group directory.
- For a private group, all activities are private and only be visible to members of the group. Group is listed on group directory.
- For a hidden group, any thing is masked except for the group members. Group is not listed on group directory.
If you create a private group the 3 of may 2014, his activities are registered to the bp-activities tab from this date with a status of “private”.
The 17 august 2014 you decide to modify the group status from private to public.
From now on, the group is considered as public and any activity generated in the group after this date will be considered as public.
In a few words, private activities are/and stay always private and public activities are always public, independantly of the group status.
And the activity feeds don’t look back in the past.
Hope to be clear. 😉
Not sure if this a Buddypress or a bbpress topic, so I’ll just start here…
I have Buddypress groups set up with group forums. I changed some groups (originally created as Private) to Public and new forum activity stopped showing up in the group updates (and also sitewide activity, since the groups were now public). They would only show up if I changed the groups back to Private.
However, a similar problem is not noticed if I change a group (originally created as a Public group) to Private. Any new topics/replies I create will continue showing in the group activity stream. I changed the setting between public/private several times and the updates show up either way.
My Questions:
1. Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
2. Does it appear to be a bug or am I mis-interpreting a functionality?
3. Any workarounds?
Details of my installation (in order):
1. Installed WordPress 3.9.2
2. Installed bbpress 2.5.4
3. Installed BuddyPress 2.0.2
4. Other Plugins: none
Thanks in advance!
Yes Paul. I do have payed for plugins from various places and have payed people before to fine tune them. But before I even consider paying for something I want to test it and make sure my money isn’t being wasted. So as always the first thing to do is ask questions, does the ability to do what I require exist, if so what plugins, Hence why I am asking the questions. Perhaps someone who designs plugins and sells then may come in and say, yes I have something that may help. Then I will check out what they have, if it takes me so far the discuss with them what help I could get in making it work for me If bought it from them. The article you posted a link to misses out so much..And you I feel just jumped to a conclusion.
On This matter I have been testing out all the to do list and task manager plugins out there. I hit a brick wall so thought I would ask those who know what they would suggest.
Perhaps hold back next time Paul before posting such a link, you may just not have all the facts 🙂
And always remember, wordpress and buddypress are free. Some time in the past someone, somewhere probably said on a forum “I would like a website script that is great for blogging but doesn’t mean I have to pay a developer thousands for” some one took notice, didn’t ask for thousands but got together with other interested people and built wordpress and buddypress. If you have pointed then to your link when they asked the question, perhaps we wouldn’t have wordpress or buddypress now ?
Hi @thetinus,
first of, two advice:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/why-you-should-never-upload-a-video-to-wordpress/
http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/technical/wordpress/why-videos-should-never-be-uploaded-to-wordpress
To your question a) & b)
yes you can code a custom (user) profile page. And yes you can use a player on it.
But all depends of the number of videos attributed to each user, how many user will use this, the config of your server and of course your personnal knowledge about templating BP and php coding.
Also, embeding hosted videos on profiles from official WP providers is very very easy – and powerfull. Doing the same from your own server is a bit more delicate to handle.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds
Codex is your friend.
BuddyPress Theme Development
BuddyPress Plugin Development
If you have questions, please ask only one by topic and try to be very specific and detailed.
what you want to do
what you already did – give example or pastebin your code
and what you think should work and doesn’t.
thank you !
Hello everyone! I know this has been a topic in the past, but I was hoping for a more complete answer to this issue. I know there are many people who would benefit from a viable solution to this.
First off, I am using WordPress 3.9.2, and Buddypress 2.0.2.
The main purpose of this post is to try and figure out how to create multiple profiles (2 or more) with completely different profile fields, and to associate each profile to a different user type/user role.
Example: I created to custom user roles … Writer and Publisher. We have Anthony, the writer … and we have Jason, the publisher. When you click on Anthony’s profile, you will see an author bio, other writers that influenced Anthony’s work, favorite genres, etc … When you click on Jason’s profile, you’ll see the publishing company that Jaosn works for, maybe a company about section, if it is a large publishing house … how many employees, how many writers are published, etc…
What I am looking for is one of a variety of things… I will, of course, be thrilled if one of you has a full code snippet/snippets that does what I am looking for. I will also be appreciative for an explanation of what Buddypress files need to be edited to achieve this. Really, anything that gets me closer to a solution, as I am currently doing this for a client’s website, and after I finish this piece of functionality, we will almost be finished!
Thank you so much for reading this, and thank you in advance to all of those willing to help me achieve this goal.
Ask me any questions you may have that will help clarify things.
Cheers!!
If you already have a child theme in use then that’s great you do not need to repeat that step, you will use your child theme to hold copies of various buddypress files so that you may modify them safely.
Please always check the documentation that is available as we have some guides on tackling this aspect of overloading BP files to child themes, these guides will explain how to proceed.
Theme Compatibility
If/when you have further questions do post back to this thread.
I own a ning.com social network and it is very popular. Turns out that I want to leave the ning platform. And, I would like to start a social network on buddypress. Hence, I would have to start a social network on buddypress that runs similar to one that runs on ning. (I do not want to run ning.com, I like their social networks and want to create one that has ALL of the similar features: ie, photos, videos, forums, blogs, etc.)
I have several questions. I plan on hiring one or several programmers and would want to get some suggestions and pricing!
(1) What language would it be written in? (2) How many programmers would be needed to create one? (3) How much would it cost per hour for each programmer? (4) How much would the entire project cost? (5) How would this be completed? Ie, start a buddypress and create plug ins? Or, use buddypress and add code to it?
Thanks in advance!
