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Let me apologize up front if some of these questions are basic, I’m getting ready to tackle my first BuddyPress project but have been developing for WordPress for the last few years so I’m hopeful it will be quick to pick up for me.
I know that there is some work required to make any theme BuddyPress ready and I do a lot with custom WordPress themes so using an out of the box BuddyPress theme is out for me.
Any way the question I have is this, I’ve created a framework that I use for my theme development then just create WP child themes off of that, if I wanted to make one of those child theme BuddyPress ready could I just copy the files from the BP Theme Pack and adjust the HTML to fit my existing structure? Or is there more I have to do other then that?
Also Is there an unstyled BuddyPress theme that I could then style, like say the Sandbox WordPress theme?
Hi,
I am planning to update WP from 2.9 to version 3.1
and I have found out that Buddypress theme is not designed to take advantage of new WP3 features.
(for example new menu feature etc.)maybe I am wrong, but this is the impression I got after searching forums
so, my questions is, where can I find fully compatible BuddyPress theme(s) for Wp3
or is version 1.3 of BuddyPress going to be updated theme wise? and when is possible release?
thanks
KrisHello! I work in user experience design, and I’m considering buddypress for some projects, but I don’t have experience with the versatility of its plugins. So, I pose you some questions about which plugins do you recommend for a specific scenario:
Say we have a new project, to create a buddypress site for a social city guide:
– Users should upload multimedia content to admin-created group albums, and rate each other’s photos,videos, etc.
– There should be an admin review section with subsections for topics such as restaurants, stores, etc.
– Members should be able to post member reviews (maybe a personal blog) for places in the city.
– BlogPosts should be made in the user front, not in wordpress backend. However, (unlick Quickpress)blogposts in the front end should include pictures, not just text. Same with comments and replies to posts.
– An interactive map would be great!. But for this project, located in countries where most addresses are not included in current google maps, so, which maps could have content updated by users?
– I plan on using the Achievements plugin to create social rewards for actions in the guide and in the city, any advice?Alright. If you have any comments regarding this scenario, and comments about plugins, extensions, and your experience with city guides, everything will be very appreciated! Thanks!
Hi (and thank you in advance for your replies),
I initially posted this to the WordPress forum, but after further investigation, it appears that the important code might be in BuddyPress… I have the Members Widget in my left sidebar, and I have 3 quick questions:
1. Can I show the members names without showing their images next to them? (I thought to configure the widget. but I don’t see an option for this).
2. Sometimes the members in the list are indented, and other times they are vertically aligned as they should be. Is there something I can do to ensure they are always aligned correctly? It appears to be a bug.
3. How I can change the size of the thumbnails shown in the Members widget.
Platform: I am using WordPress 3.0.1 with the current version of BuddyPress, the PageLines Platform Theme and several WordPress plug-ins, including BuddyPress Theme Compatibility.
Thank you!
Topic: RiotCart.com: A Reworking
So, some of you may remember me (or not, that’s fine too) from my BP project ClothUnderground.com, a venue for WAHM vendors to set up shop and sell their handmade goods…well, it flopped.
However, being the trooper that I am, I have recently decided to have another go at this. I enlisted the brutally honest criticism of both demographics I was after in the first place, WAHM crafters and those who buy their wares, and the results have not been very surprising.
The first thing that was mentioned (and not so gently, may I add) was that the site’s name was too exclusive. I tend to run in the online cloth diapering Mom/natural parenting circle, and chose “Cloth Underground” as a way to give those of us in that circle with pierced faces and tattoos a place to feel at home. My first stroke of genius was “ClothMafia.com” (which I do own, lol), but was warned that some might not like the connotation of the word “mafia”. Shortly after, I found out about CraftMafia.com, though and was glad I hadn’t gone in a similar direction. The “underground” part also seemed to be an issue, simply because it wasn’t descriptive enough of shopping OR crafting community. Anyway, The first order of business with the rebirth of this project was a new name. I wracked my brain for several days for something that held onto the “underground” spirit, but was more indicative of what the site was all about, and “RiotCart.com” hit me like a ton of bricks in the shower the other day. “Riot” gives it that spirit of rebellion and non-conformism, and “cart” is a common word in the community that I’m targeting (competitor’s sites: HyenaCart.com, CongoCart.com), so it ended up being perfect, IMO
The number one complaint about the site setup was that everyone was confused by the main site newsfeed and groups feature. Most have told me that they found themselves overwhelmed just looking at the home page (I had my main site newsfeed set up there) and left. One even told me that she felt as if she were intruding on others’ conversations, and it turned her off. As for the groups, I think that the vocabulary bears a bit of the blame, but mainly, there are already several other large, busy, dedicated forums for those that my site was targeting, so I simply disabled the feature altogether (except for one private group forum for my vendors to share tricks and ask questions away from prying eyes, but that’s beside the point).
The second biggest complaint was that there was too much focus being put on the community aspect of the site, and not nearly enough on the reason we were all there..shopping! In response, there is no longer a main site newsfeed linked to anywhere on the site. The only newsfeed that members have easy access to are those available in the “activity” sub items on their profile (personal, friends, groups (how do I get rid of that?), favorites, and @mentions). I’ve also linked the logged in member’s name in the sidebar directly to their “friends” feed, which seemed like a more natural landing spot than a list of what the member has posted herself.
As for the shopping side of things, I already had a good working sitewide post aggregation system going on using Donncha’s Sitewide Tags plugin, so I actually just incorporated that into the main site and onto the front page, rather than having it relegated to it’s own child blog. The main site index page now consists of a “features” module, where I’ll be posting about cool things our vendors are doing, giveaways, etc., a site news module, and below all of that, the very latest items that vendors have posted to their shops (currently set to 5, but will increase at some point). Since I incorporated the Sitewide Tags blog into the main site, I ended up deciding to create a new custom post type for site news, with categories “news” and “features”, so as not to muddy the waters too terribly. I’ve also installed the WPMU Blog Topics plugin, which will give shoppers yet another way to find what they’re looking for, as shop (child blog) owners will now have a way to categorize their entire shop into topics that I’ve pre-set, which will be great once we get the vendors signing up again.
Incredible feats (at least to me) that have not changed from the old site:
1. Member profile feedback system
2. Original shop (child blog) usage tutorials
…Anyway, I’d love for anyone who’s willing to check it out! It’s still very much a WIP and not ready for relaunch yet, but I really feel like I’m headed in the right direction this time. I do have a wealth of suggestions already from the vendors and shoppers that I’m catering to, but I’d definitely welcome the same from those of you here, who are probably a lot more technical minded (I especially need help with the sidebar…I’m drawing a total blank on what to do with that ugly thing!) Balance is nice
Topic: Buddypress 1.2.6
hi,
just updated my BP 1.2.5.2 to 1.2.6 (child theme too).
Have few small questions.1. In BP 1.2.6 activity page there are some avatars (?) near activities “new blog post”. It definitely is not avatar of the author.
Could anyone help re where it came from and what is the idea of it?2. In “members blogs” menu I see line “latest post” below every name of the blog, but issue is that this line is not aligned (starts appr. 2cm from blog name’s left side) and goes above cell with activity time.
Is it fault of my child theme, or small issue of BP 1.2.6?thanks a lot!
I was wondering how I can get the main/home page of my blog to just include posts from a handful select people rather then everyone who posts. Also, I was curious on how to display only say, 250 characters max per post. Currently it displays the whole post which is no fun.
Thank you!
Thanks very much for your reply!
1) I am actually using the same child theme for all of the blogs. I’ve noticed that every blog expect from the primary domain blog has the following reference:
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This is inserted in the head section with the code below which I assume means it’s from the database
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^ I only need to edit one line from that file but it doesn’t exist so I don’t know what to do
It doesn’t work if I use a CSS over right either 
2 & 3 Thank you soooo much! You’ve moved 2 current and many future problems for me! May I ask which plugin you personally recommend?
Hello everyone,
So for the last year I’ve been meaning to create a new skateboarding website but this time more of a community with WordPress MU/Buddypress rather than information based< I'm blown away with both WordPress MU and Buddypress!
I’m running into a couple of issues which I help someone can help me with. Granted, they are quite minor but I’m a bit mad
My new site is: http://www.skateify.com/
Now thanks to WordPress MU visitors can create their own blogs, e.g acoolsite.skateify.comAnyway here are my questions:
1) On my main site you’ll see that the top admin bar stretches across the whole site. Now when someone creates a blog such as http://concept.skateify.com the bar doesn’t stretch across the whole site. This would normally involve some CSS tweaks but the strange thing is that the CSS files are identical with the main domain as each blog uses the same custom theme. So I’m trying to figure out why this is. For those who are familiar with Buddypress, do sub-blogs automatically have different stylesheets?
2) I have created a custom permalink structure for the main blog. Now when someone registers for a free blog by default I would like this permalink structure to be selected. Is this possible or am I taking this too far?
3) Is it possible to hide the default theme from users admin panel and turn my theme on by default? At the moment when a new blog is created it shows a white page. I imagine this is because it’s looking for the default WordPress theme (TwentyTen). It works perfectly once the user selects my custom theme in the admin panel.
Thanks very much for any assistance with this!
JackHi Everybody,
I just started using BuddyPress, so excuse my noob questions.I was just wondering whether there would be a way to add a field to the Status Update form.
I made a quick mock up in MS Paint (lol) of what it would look like:
http://beta.cjs.au.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/request_forum_help.jpgIt looks like a stupid idea in the image above, but for my site it would be really useful.
So could anybody with some skills please help me make it a reality.
Hello,
I’am creating a social network based on BuddyPress. In this site, people will be able to create their own blogs, groups, etc. My questions is, how can I remove the “plugins.php” area on the Dashboard of everyone?
I mean, how I make to only admin manage the plugins in main dashboard?
I tried to use the adminimize plugin, but it doesn’t working.
I need to remove the
Archive for the ‘NAME OF CATEGORY’ Category
from my posts. How do I do this?
This is what I have on my template:
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="; charset=” />
<?php if (is_home () ) { bloginfo('name'); } elseif ( is_category() ) { single_cat_title(); if(get_bloginfo('name') != "") echo ' – ' ; bloginfo('name'); }<br /> elseif (is_single() ) { single_post_title(); }<br /> elseif (is_page() ) { bloginfo(‘name’); if(get_bloginfo(‘name’) != “”) echo ‘: ‘; single_post_title(); }<br /> else { wp_title(”,true); } ?>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/script.js”>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="” type=”text/css” media=”screen” />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="” href=”” />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="” href=”” />
<link rel="pingback" href="” />`
`Then the RSS at the bottom of my page:
I need it to be http://mysite.com/dev/page/feed
So I did that, but it does not work.
My code currently
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