BuddyPress.org

I am aiming to make this a modern fully functional forum website that does offer the same if not more functions then most commercially available alternatives and prove that BBpress is capable of providing everything we need to create a full-fledged forum.

As I am not a programmer I have been cutting and pasting for so long that I now start to get a basic understanding of php, but still only cutting pasting and making minor adjustments.

I am almost ready incorporating all features I need, as soon as that is done I will once again rewrite all code to tidy it up and try to make it into a theme for others to use.

I hope my effort shows those looking for software to make a forum that BBPress is capable and with wordpress in the background potentially better then anything you can buy.

Peter Hamilton
i-am-peter.com

few shots of current state of this theme.

Hi @johnagreene, I am aiming to make it so that it can be used by others, still working on the theme at the moment.

BTW: I am using Newspaper – Theme version: 8.1
WP version 4.8.3
Buddypress Version 2.9.2

@boonebgorges

I’m still looking for answer unfortunately.

I’ve been chatting with Avada support and they seem to have come to the conclusion that what I’m asking for is not possible, not just in Avada theme but in any theme.

I’m sure this is not correct, especially since I had it working on my site until recently. All I need is simple widget displaying each memeber’s profile image. Or it doesn’t even have to be in a widget if that’s what’s causing the issue.

Anyway, Avada support said they attempted to do this by reverting my site to default theme and trying it out.

They sent me this video clip which they say shows it’s not possible:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p91l3nfofvb04a7/2017-11-30_16-36-36.mp4?dl=0

…So I can only think I must need to use different code.

Any ideas please? 🙂

Hi @boonebgoges and thanks for replying.
I get what you are saying, its just that I am maintaining this site for a bunch of friends for their forum. basically no other feature of buddypress is used. I try and keep my efforts at a minimmum as its an unpaid favor I am doing them. So for the last few years all I did was keep WP and themes + plugins up to date.

What I am looking for is the solution with the least effort 🙁

Still, do you have some pointers where to start? Some links I could read up or tips what to do and check?

What to do about this budypress message about the outdated template pack? I googled those terms and found some old posts from a few years back, mentioning some BP template pack plugin but that seems outdated information.

Say I can solve this outdated template pack, can I then keep using the buddypress default theme? I did improve it by adding some css but that is the only change I made to it.

BTW: I am running:

WP version 4.8.3
Newspaper theme 8.1
BuddyPress Version 2.9.2

I just checked the tempalte’s css file and it says:

/**
* Theme Name: BuddyPress Default
* Theme URI: https://buddypress.org/extend/themes/
* Description: [NOTE: except for security issues, BuddyPress Default is no longer being actively maintained by the BuddyPress team.]

so is there another default theme available?

@mbfit If by “unsearchable” you mean that they don’t show up in the directory anymore, then the problem is probably that the plugin deleted the ‘last_activity’ activity items for each user. As such, BP doesn’t show them as active users.

Yes you nailed it.

Tech support copied the file members-loop.php from the main theme to the child theme, so it looks like this childtheme/buddypress/members/members-loop.php

and code:
<?php if ( bp_has_members( bp_ajax_querystring( ‘members’ ) . ‘&per_page=’.sq_option( ‘buddypress_perpage’ ) ) ) : ?>

to:

<?php if ( bp_has_members( bp_ajax_querystring( ‘members’ ) . ‘&type=alphabetical’ . ‘&per_page=’.sq_option( ‘buddypress_perpage’ ) ) ) : ?>

In case anyone else every happens to run into this..!

It is that: site.com/forums (under construction at the moment)

There is an option on the Dashboard to allow Forums for User created Groups, which then directs to the main Forum page (created and directed to Forum/”Groups”, by me as the Admin) and within are the subtopics created by the Users.

If the case isn’t a BP issue I will also ask the Theme support. Any insight would be appreciated here too! Thanks.

Thank boonebgorges.
First of all buddypress.min.js is correctly loaded in the page and it is not part of the theme but the plugin is installed indipendently.

I’m using version 2.8.2. I load not minified js to debug it. Look at this part of code:

if ( target.attr('type') === 'submit' ) {
	css_id = jq('.item-list-tabs li.selected').attr('id').split( '-' );
	object = css_id[0];
	template = null;
	search_terms = target.parent().find( '#' + object + '_search' ).val();

	// The Group Members page specifies its own template
	if ( event.currentTarget.className === 'groups-members-search' ) {
		object = 'group_members';
		template = 'groups/single/members';
	}

	bp_filter_request( object, jq.cookie('bp-' + object + '-filter'), jq.cookie('bp-' + object + '-scope') , 'div.' + object, search_terms, 1, jq.cookie('bp-' + object + '-extras'), null, template );

	return false;
}

when it create “item-list-tabs li.selected” class to populate css_id array it takes the first one div in DOM with that class, and the corresponding array is [home, groups, li]. So it searches for #home_search to set value of search_terms…but home_search element doesn’t exists on the page!

To correctly search terms it should search for #members_search. What can I do? I don’t want to hardcode some javascript 🙂

Hi Boone,

I uploaded an image to the link you provided, the file is called “Comment_Overlap”. I took a peek at the Twenty Sixteen theme this is exactly how I want my Activity Stream to flow and function.

Please advise on what you think I am doing wrong.

Thanks,
Naomi

Hi Boone,

For some reason it’s not allowing me to edit my post, the changes are not appearing, so I am having to create separate posts!

I always do my code editing in the Newspaper child theme (
Newspaper 7 Child theme: Theme Functions (functions.php)

The only other option I have is the edit Twenty Seventeen theme? But I have never used this theme for updating code, I always had success using the Newspaper child theme.

Thanks,

Naomi

Hi Boone,

BTW: I am using Newspaper – Theme version: 8.1
WP version 4.8.3
Buddypress Version 2.9.2

I always do my code editing in the Newspaper child theme (
Newspaper 7 Child theme: Theme Functions (functions.php)

Thanks,

Naomi