Cheers @boonebgorges.
So, if I can clarify the whole process. Please tell me if I’m right or if I’m wrong,
and I’ll post it up on my forum, and make a page in the codex if you want.
When a visitor loads the URL of a Buddypress-supported site:
1. the WordPress environment loads and loads the Buddypress plugin
2. buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default is loaded (if you have activated that theme)
3. as the visitor browses through different pages, functions are activated in those pages
4. these functions draw their code from the core files (checking first if bp-custom.php contains same-named functions that will overwrite code in the core files)
5. there are 9 core files
6. these 9 core files require/include other groups of code from folders that are named the same way
e.g. ‘bp-core.php’ requires/includes the files from the ‘bp-core’ folder
7. The files in these folders are groups of code that share a similar category (e.g. classes) (e.g. bp-core/bp-core-classes.php)
because modularizing them this way makes it easier to find the code you need.
8. extra code that is hard to categorize clearly is simply put into the main file (e.g. bp-core.php)
Questions:
a. Is the above list right?
b. Do the core files need to be loaded every time a user visits a page and activates a related function?
e.g. if a user activates a function related to friends, does bp-friends.php need to be loaded?
Hey @boonebgorges – I’d love to suggest a standalone import/export – doing all these database imports and exports is definitely not an easy task for the below-average user like me, who became pampered with WordPress turn-key solutions 
If you can share some light on the 3 questions I made on my reply to @aljuk that would be fantastic! Sorry to bother with these simple questions…
Hey @aljuk – this was superb!
I am a newbie, but a newbie with endurance
I confess I was puzzled by your answer, but then asked the support staff of my hosting company to help me with steps one and two you listed.
But now I am stuck. On step 3, I understand I should use Notepad (Text Editor on MAC OS) to edit the wp-config.php file that I have downloaded doing step 1 (I’m copying the entire public_html folder using FTP).
Questions:
a) what are the specific modifications I should do on the wp-config.php file in my hard disk after the copying of the remote files?
b) how do I create a new local database? With MAMP? Which configurations should be set for this new database (never did that before)
c) how do I import the gzip backup of the remote database I made with phpMyAdmin?
There is a plugin for a photo, gallery, /audio that hookes into their profile.
When users edit their profile, if you add custom profile fields via admin, every word they fill out will become a tag to member searches and inquiries, so lets say a member puts in their location as “Kentucky” If any such user would to search on the site “kentucky” that member would pop up.
For the chat, I would recommend evolve chat.
ModemLooper, thx for your time and reply, yes i remember from the old WpmU days that i used something to manage plugins for all users, although i was not sure that i could use WPMU plugins for buddypress, i feel that i am lacking some basic knowledge concerning buddypress, is there a manual for buddypress, or a basic tutorial covering the very basic part of buddypress?
I’d ask these questions over on the etivite site.
Search, there is a plugin that allows you to set up default settings for newly activated WPMU blogs. I can’t think of the name but it’s out there.
anyone? this is my first time messing w/ buddypress and would really like this
I think it happens only on local setup and specially when buddypress is accessed via http://localhost/… ? Is that correct ?
It does work on live servers and local machines having a vhost setup (http://www.WHATEVERYOUWANT.SOMETHING).
The plugin does not create cookies on local machine (comparing both phpinfo() outputs), is it related to cookies on localhost (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1134290/cookies-on-localhost-with-explicit-domain) ?
Thanks for help.
I got the what’s new feature taken care of, now just want to figure out how to do the group/forum tab thing
There’s a plug-in called LEENK.ME that is now auto-posting to LinkedIn. It’s $0.99 a month, but worth it. I’m using it and it’s great. it posts to Twitter, Facebook Fanpages and profiles, Google Buzz and LinkedIN automatically. And users get to decide whether or not they want to use it. You just have to share your API key with the site and each member can set it up on their own blog. The developers also answer questions in a very timely fashion.
No courseware. The site was launched March 2009 on WordPress MU/BuddyPress. Slight modifications based on snippets/plugins posted by Burt Adsit, Paul G., Boone G., JJJ and Andy.
The content is mostly pre-recorded video and audio – not a formal educational program with assignments etc. So the setup is pretty straightforward and most of the customization is just theming. Main site has different content for logged out and logged in users. “Classrooms” are private sub-domain blogs (soon-to-be sub-domain sites) with a classroom theme. The main site and classroom sites are both using custom child themes powered by the BuddyPress default theme.
I’m in the process of upgrading the site so I’ll be around here more often if you have questions.
I tried BP Registration options based upon this post and the plug-in has some serious bugs. While it does the things it says it does, it also disables admin editing of any of the WPMU blogs posted. I also have a contributor blog going and it disallows contributors from posting media, it cancels out the permissions function I used to allow media publishing. Registration also does not prevent the spammers from posting blogs all over your site. And they do not respond very soon to any type of support questions asking how to fix these problems. I really wish I could use this plug-in.
thank u so much for helping i’m gonna study and if i have questions i’ll post there or better here. Thank u again
please somebody help me on this… i love buddy and wordpress but i don’t have the time now to study again from the beggining the multisite installation. there will be more questions, i made a local installation so i need for sure time on mu site and time now is a big issue. For now please somebody point me on this “simple” thing i ask: maybe it would be more easy to do the opposite? let’s say that i want to user to fill the wp’s fields Yahoo,IM.msn but into bp’s profile. Is this possible? I’m so confused plz help/ .
Thanks mercime. Do you guys know if gigpress will work with wp and bp as well? Can site visitors add content to archived gigs? Sorry for these questions. I’m just not envisioning the whole thing yet. I guess that’s why I would need a buddypress developer to help me!
@modemlooper Sounds great. (:
Two more questions…
When updating the theme, how can we maintain custom css changes without editing custom.css after updating?
Is it possible to show the ad code (sidebar.php) only on certain wordpress pages. Because I would like to hide this ad code on most buddypress related sites.
One more suggestion, how about adding ajax pagination for latest blog posts and or maybe ^^ make ’em sortable by date, most hits and most comments. (:
See screenshot: http://i56.tinypic.com/9bazye.png
Likely if the plugin is called ‘single random post’ then you would place some form of template tag in one of the post loop pages i.e index.php or single.php however you are asking a question about a plugin on another plugins support site, I assume this isn’t a BuddyPress specific plugin but a WP one? If the plugin instructions are not clear then it might be best to see if the authors can answer specific questions.
sorry no the one which is published:
We only use wordpress.org to distribute the current STABLE version of the plugin. We do not support, answer questions, or accept bug reports through wordpress.org.
Such info should be in red
Take a look at BuddyStream and see if that will work for you.
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It is not myself you are ticking off it is a few people this will only be evident by the lack of responses you find to your threads, I am attempting to point this out so you can rectify this, my comments regarding your recent posts is meant just as I wrote above and carries no other connotation than that which you impose on it it. You have the skill level required to sort the issue out that you report in this thread, yes there may be a little bit of a learning curve but you should deal with some of the things I’ve had to get to grips with the last few days, we all have to advance and approach unfamiliar things and learn how to deal with them. This is not meant as unhelpful or as some brush off, but with a fair bit of experience over the years troubleshooting layouts for people on forums I can tell you providing an solution to this can only be achieved with access to the pages and using debugging tools such as firebug, this you are better positioned to do than us here on the forum, but we can guide you if you get stuck in and help you to use some essential techniques.
Latly and to re-iterate I have not hinted at anything, if I need to make a point I will do so in a quite obvious and definite manner, I will not hint at things. I do not require that you leave the forum and this forum is NOT mine it is a community project home and I am but a very minor and irrelevant part of it.
I would strongly urge that you spend 10 minutes and give this technical RFC paper a read it’s the definitive treatise on how to deal with forums and lists and will help:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Please look through the BP documentation (codex) read up on the child theme guide and the template pack guide which helps you convert WP themes to work with BP pages. If you require further help after reading those or have further questions post back in this thread.
