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i was able to get your first example to work

function add_banner() {
echo ‘this will be a banner’;
}
add_action( ‘bp_before_activity_loop’, ‘add_banner’ );

when i replaced activity_loop for directory_activity it didnt seem to do anything.

sorry for the newbie questions & thank you for your help so far

OK, no replies as of yet but some progress to report:

I abandoned the idea of making minor style customizations in my WS child theme’s style.css because of the inconsistent results I was getting (see my previous post). Instead, after more hours scouring of the internet, I found a different approach which is to setup folders under my child theme folders like so:

…/wp-content/themes/mytheme/buddypress/css

I then created a new file named buddypress.css in the new /css folder, put in a couple of css entries and voila! – it didn’t work. Determined to get this working, I then spent a few more hours of scoouring and through trial and error and finally came up with the following which does work for me:

1) setup the above mentioned folder structure under the child WP theme
2) copy buddypress.css from the core buddy press css folder under the chosen template (e.g. nouveau) to the new css folder
3) rename the new buddypress.css to “buddypress.min.css” (even though it is not “minified”)
4) changes made to the new buddypress.min.css now take effect (hoorah!)

Although this approach seems to work, it does raise several questions:

A) since the custom version of the css file is not “minified”, does this not defeat the purpose of minifying css files in the first place (i.e. presumably performance improvements)?

B) I would have hoped that the custom css file would only need to contain deviations from the theme’s css – however this does not seem to be the case. It appears that the entire file needs to be copied. The concern here is that when buddypress is upgraded, there may be css changes in the upgrade that are now “masked” by the custom css file which contains the older version of the styling (in cases where no modifications were made) – this seems a bit “messy” to me

C) I guess my main question really is whether the above approach which I finally settled on is valid and is the best available approach.

Sorry for the lengthy post, but I am seeking clarity on this so that I end up with a good long term solution.

Dennis

It was because I was updating my display name via wp_update_user that the profile page wasn’t showing.

So i guess the real questions is, why is it that when I update the display_name via wp_update_user, the profile url isnt updated?

That answers my questions well! I was expecting as much but wanted to make sure I wasn’t reinventing the wheel. I’ve worked with WP for a long time now and this is a passion project so hopefully I can devote some time to educating myself and getting it done. Thank you!

It seems that you have to have a paid account to ask them questions.

According to this link, it seems like this is part of WordPress core. Surely there must be some way to enable user management by admin without making them a super admin.

Hi Prashant, I should have maybe started with listing following information:

1. Which version of WordPress are you running?
WordPress 4.9.8

2. Did you install WordPress as a directory or subdomain install?
Subdomain

4. Did you upgrade from a previous version of WordPress? If so, from which version?
I installed the latest.

5. Was WordPress functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting.
Yes

6. Which version of BP are you running?
Latest Version 3.2.0

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version?
No

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? If so, which ones?
BuddyDrive, Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress, Gravity Forms, K Elements, Really Simple SSL, rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress, Slider Revolution, What The File,
WPBakery Page Builder

9. Are you using the standard WordPress theme or customized theme?
Customized.

10. Which theme do you use ?
Kleo Theme from seventhqueen

11. Have you modified the core files in any way?
Yes I have, but always in the child-theme.

12. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?
Yes
<?php
// hacks and mods will go here
define( 'BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT', 'profile' );

?>

15. Which company provides your hosting?
Compbell

So to answer your other questions, I added a new Profile Field with checkboxes. Indeed you have to select it and that’s why I can’t just wrap it in an anchor tag because I need the fields to be clickable separately.

In Profile fields the Expertises are individually links. In my Members page all the Expertises ar put in a Paragraph. But I’d like them to be individual links such as in Profile page.

See Screencast here: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cF6QiCYqw6

Thx!