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I am also a newbie and would like to know how to set up a registration page. I see the registration by BuddyPress installed in my .php core files but I don’t see a page template.

@carmeetsroad

there should be more efforts like “CBOX”

You really need to explain a remark like that. What are you wanting provided for you? CBOX is a theme development project based on the Infinity framework. It has entailed a huge number of hours, is backed by a number of developers, and also as far as I’m aware funded, so the fact it’s then returned as openly available for anyone to use is a bonus, but  do not expect that to be the norm it’s an exception.

Your bullet points are understandable but not necessarily possible to do. Define work well? who writes those review and tests the plugins?

Better forum responses? how do we achieve this then? Bear in mind a forum such as this  and many others are a volunteer effort, those of us that do answer questions do so at the expense of our free time even though for most developers there is  in reality no such animal as free time, again helping out on the forum is one way to help improve it as is contributing to the Codex as I mentioned before.

– So yes no one would question things can always be improved and it’s fine to suggest so  but the real answer is get involved  help make that improvement – it’s a community driven effort.

And on that note the thread does start to repeat itself so lets draw a line under things!

First.. let me say.. I highly appreciate everyones efforts..

— A paid plugin doesnt guarantee non-breakage…

putting aside the conversation of “hey its free stop complaining” — there should be more efforts like “CBOX” and/or a better ranking system that addresses:

1) Does this plugin work well
2) What are the best plugins that work to do xyz..
3) A better response to forum questions/inquiry..

again.. I highly respect everyone here.. @modemlooper is a kick ass developer and wish i can afford his services…

— But I do think theres gotta be a recognition that… BP & the BP Plugin forums support can use improvement..

its obvious that theres a lack of clarity if the questions been asked over and over again, because one can only assume that a satisfactory answer has not been achieved

Why is it obvious there’s a lack of clarity? The question of media keeps getting dragged up because people want that elusive magical full on solution available right now for free – or so it seems?

There are  three available media offerings, and media capability to any great degree is in the hands of plugins it’s not a core issue. There are far more fundamental things the small core dev team need to focus on and it’s not things like this.

Take questions about media directly to the plugin authors, hassle bp-media ask why it’s still not near beta.

And as for wiki , FAQ etc contribute, give back write the darned best practise ?blog 🙂 you say you’ve been using BP for years? well BP is community driven – get driving please.

P.S.

So what if this question has been done to death.. its obvious that theres a lack of clarity if the questions been asked over and over again, because one can only assume that a satisfactory answer has not been achieved. I suppose this question and a ton of similar questions can be solved or addressed by having a “wiki” or easily searchable FAQ or Best Practice Blog or.. whatever.. — Ive been using BP for several years (on many of my sites) now as non-technical administrator and Im constantly frustrated.. but anyhoo.. just my 2cents..

@bphelp Google shows some snippets here, here and here.

hi @adchix,

Do know for answers, but… i have questions 😉

There is a error on the activity page
Warning: Illegal string offset ‘infobartext’ in x/x/x/x/ProudConservative/wp-content/themes/Tersus/lib/adm/inc/meta_config.php on line 29

Check this function and ask about it on the themeforest forum perhaps.

have you set your permalinks, as recommanded, to something other as default path ?
Have you old pages in the trash with identical names as the online pages ? If yes delete them definely ?
Are all pages appering on the BP settings page tab ?
Each BP option you use should have is own page. (xprofile, forums, etc) Is this the case ?

This is a WP factor not a Buddypress one. Look into the use of the ‘more tag’ used to split posts where you wish within the post body. The WP codex is your friend for questions like this.

it was only meant to answer the first of the 3 questions. Sorry I wasn’t more specific.

Try this:
http://www.mediafire.com/?u6oos92g344485f
makes activity dependent on friendship but admin can see all activity.

i would echo everything hugo says and maybe add a bit more of my own perspective. First off whenever someone offers me equity as partial or full compensation you have to answer two fundamental questions #1 what is the value of the equity they are offering and #2 does the commitment they are asking from me allow for the proposed cash/equity split. Now those two questions may seem simple but the devil is always as they say in the details.

Unless you have a huge bankroll and can support your own expenses until the point the site returns the value you are hoping for if someone is asking for a full time commitment the answer to #2 will always be no.

If the offer is not for equity but just payment down the road then it really isn’t an offer at all he is asking you to extend him a line of credit. What happens if the site never makes any money? No matter how good the idea may seem, good ideas, businesses and sites die everyday for a lot of reasons as a designer and consultant i feel like it’s my responsibility (both for myself and my clients) to always assume the worst case scenario, remember there are now over a billion websites out there just having a great idea and strong execution is by no means a guarantee of success.

Your wall street client should understand these thing intimately and as hugo suggests the implied tone suggests he’s looking to lower his own risk at your expense and my antenna would be fully perked at this point if were you. Assuming you trust in the idea and the client and you getting some kind of equity cash split make sure the cash portion is something you can live with especially if you are giving up your existing full time job to start the project and think of the equity as being a bonus based on the success of the project.

I do not personally deal with contracts myself (unless a client or vendor requests one) i require deposits and stage payments for large projects but if theres equity involved you absolutely must have a contract as well as lawyer who has no relation to your client to look it over for you. you will also need to value the company in order to calculate what your equity would be worth. if there are no expenses other then your time then theoretically you should have 100% equity.

I’ll sign of with a quote hope it helps mindset wise.

“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” – Albert Einstein

I am absolutely certain I’ve answered this same question somewhere else, a few days ago. Please don’t ask for support for the same issue multiple times. I’d prefer Welcome Pack questions on the WordPress.org plugin support forums, too, please 🙂

Depending on your computer, you need to hold CTRL and click on each item. If you’re on a Mac, hold the CMD key.

@djpaul I have updated the forums info last Jan 3, 2013 using bbPress plugin only -> see forums component listed at https://codex.buddypress.org/component/forums/ onto the page https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/ Just need to complete Group Forums only section – have some questions there.

Does one enable define ( ‘bp_enable_multiblog’ true ) prior to BP installation or directly afterward, or does it not matter.

Doesn’t matter. BP is a plugin who went on a single or on a network enabled WP install. bbPress also.

Should one network enable BP & bbPress upon installation or not?

see previous answer. If your network is activated, you see under each installed plugin in your network admin the activation link who says “network activate”. Remeber also that with network activated, you have two dashboard as super-admin. One is your main blog and a single WP admin, the other one is the network admin where your BP and bbPress plugins are/should be installed.

I have followed The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration

This (good) tutorial was updated for bbPress 2.2+ and BuddyPress 1.6.1+ But time and things changes rapidly on the WP Planet….

Actually we have 1.6.4 and we are close to 1.7 ! It’s better you read here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/
Be aware with the group forum page slug and the bbP plugin forum page slug – this is really important.

Before you came accross with new questions, can you please indicate your BP/WP version and your main blog theme name & version ? Or much better, your site url ?

Hi @saurabhshukla
How would I go about grabbing the geotag in the exif data? Does BuddyPress Media do that already? The reason I could not get buddypress media to work for me is because it doesn’t give me upload photo button on the posts? Or maybe it does and I don’t know how to use it. Maybe you can help with my questions. My Ultimate goal is so I can upload a picture and the put it on a map(like google map.
Best Regards,
Dave

I have two questions.

I’m using a child theme of Evolution and put all the 6 folders and sidebar-buddypress.php header-buddypress.php in the Child theme folder – it seems to work but is this the best practice?

Also, what’s the purpose of the “jQuery(document).” stuff at the bottom of sidebar-buddypress.php? If I copy your code as is, I see the text starting with jQuery(document). actually on the pages. Shouldn’t there be some pointy bracket stuff before jQuery(document).

Sorry for the lay terms, I’m not a programmer.

I’m looking into this too. I think the problem is that bbpress is adding that forum tab and not buddypress. Did you figure it out?

Otherwise this is a good reference.
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/16223/add-buddypress-profile-menu-item