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Why have you written to replace the member-themes directory??

You can change the name of facebuddy theme directory

is that under gpl? <– if yes i’ll add styles for the bpdev-autosuggest plugin

I want this done,Kaltura to port over to BP : https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-video-pack/

Would be a good answer to server loads because users can upload videos to 3rd party host and not yours that would save you server performance and storage issues!

Yes you will have to edit the theme. Look at index.php in one of the standard wp themes, copy the main loop out and put it into the bp home theme’s. Home.php

I’m not trolling Farms.

I just wanted to know if I’m gonna be able to actually use any of the ideas you get from this thread. If they surface in an Insub product and you use the same restrictive licensing that is attached to the TOS plugin, I won’t be able to.

Licensing is important to me. I got my answer. You can have your thread back.

Farms, I was serious when I invited you guys to do some heavy lifting. From my earlier post in this thread:

Developing new member themes seem to be the challenging area that needs attention. Since the gurus are asking, I suggest you folks do some heavy lifting in that area.

What I meant by ‘heavy lifting’ was to develop themes and plugins that include new and exiting concepts. Things that can be used as models. Products that can be copied and extended to improve the community we all operate in. Themes and plugins that other developers find valuable.

‘Value’ to me is code I can learn from, use, include, modify and reuse without restriction. I know that Incsub’s products, services and success are based on code that was freely shared without restriction.

Have you forgotten where you came from?

By far my number one plugin would be extending the multi-db to work with buddypress adding in replication as stated earlier. I believe Nicola may be working on this already though.

I would love a blog theme that integrates with the buddypress them so that way blogs don’t feel like they are separated entities.

Thanks,

Sebastian

Farms, that’s not what a copyright is. From wikipedia:

Copyright is a form of intellectual property which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation; after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. […]

This means I can’t modify, adapt or distribute something that simply has Copyright stamped on it. That’s what a copyright is for. To restrict the rights of others.

I guess I’m asking why it doesn’t have a GPL, or something similar, license?

I downloaded the TOS plugin and the license just says: “Copyright © 2009 Incsub. All rights reserved.”

Exactly what does that mean?

Can you withdraw my rights to use the plugin if I piss you off? The plugin might be freely available but that doesn’t mean I have any rights at all. Can I modify this for my personal use? Can I distribute a fixed version to my friends?

A license that says “This is mine” isn’t a license.

Origionally, BuddyPress was designed so the user profiles was one of the blogs…. user.domain.tld.

and so that would go to todays equivalent of domain.tld/members/user. since that was the case, the theme for those blogs would be the member theme, and to access that users blog the url would be: user.domain.tld/blog. because of this, the users blog would be incorporated into their profile.

Now, buddypress users profiles are completly unrelated to blogs and reside at a different URL. Therefore, for a user to create a blog, they would make one just like they would on a normal wpmu installation and choose from any installed (and enabled) theme.

if you want the blogs to be incorperated into the theme, maybe you could modify the member theme into a standard blog theme, name the folder default and don’t enable any other blog templates for the site.

this way, when a user creates a new blog, your theme (default) will be set for it. and it will load more seamlessly.

BTW: i don’t think there is a way for u to get the exact theme from the picture and have it work but maybe you can ask someone about that.

Does anyone know what would be the best way to get this level of integration of blogs and buddy press?

https://apeatling.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/blog.jpg

I found that screenshot here: http://apeatling.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/new-buddypress-theme/

Thanks,

Sebastian

Ok I got mine working by moving the member-themes folder from wp-content/themes to wp/content as tekkie said above

I am geting the exact same error. I will be trying all that has been suggested on here

I would do this by going into /member-themes/buddypress-member/blogs/create.php and doing…

<?php if ( bp_blog_signup_enabled() ) : ?>

<?php

global $bp;

$blogs = bp_blogs_get_blogs_for_user($bp->loggedin_user->id);

if ($blogs['count'] != 9)

{

bp_show_blog_signup_form();

}

else

{

?>

<div id="message" class="info">

<?php _e( 'Limit nine blogs per member. If you would like another, please contact an Admin for assistance.', 'buddypress' ); ?>



</div>

<?php

}

?>



<?php else: ?>



<div id="message" class="info">

<?php _e( 'Blog registration is currently disabled', 'buddypress' ); ?>



</div>



<?php endif; ?>

Just remember not to overwrite the member theme if you do a BuddyPress update.

Hey kennibc-

I’m glad jjj got you down the path.

I assume you’re placing this code in the header.php file. The reason that you need to set $bp as global is that without it, a call to the $bp object is out of scope–it has no way to reference the object’s fields.

Here’s another way to accomplish your clickable image links. This way pulls in the user’s name and not the user’s id.

<?php global $bp; ?>

<a href="<?php echo bp_core_get_userurl($bp->loggedin_user->id); ?>blogs/create-a-blog" title="hi" ><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/createblog.png" alt="Create a Blog" /></a>

Two final notes:

First, I removed the hspace=”4″ align=”right” attributes from the image tag. You don’t need them. Instead, position the images using CSS.

Second, I included the title tag within the anchor tag. Replace the text with whatever you want it to say. Although it is a matter of choice among coders, in my opinion it is wise to make a practice of using the title tag. It is an accessibility aid on links and it allows browsers to pop up a nice tooltip when a user positions their browser over an image.

Awesome! Good job! Gonna green light this one.

You’re welcome.

Lets try this? Might be a step backward but I’ll cross my fingers…

<a href="<?php echo $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->blogs->slug . '/create-a-blog">

<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/createblog.png" alt="Create a Blog" hspace="4" align="right" />

</a>