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@liharris – welcome to the suck (that is theme issues with bp (and other things bp related like rtmedia) (welcome to the suck a movie quote, kind of joking)-

you will likely not get any help in the bp forums when it comes to premium themes, you should contact the theme author.

I did a quick look, and I must say I have zero knowledge of that theme and all the css things that could affect everything – I am also not a css expert.

My first thought is that you can create something very similar with a free theme from the wp-repo and a one of the “cards” plugins from the from wp-repo..

my second thought is wondering why the theme author did not include a couple of css rules like:

.header {
margin-left: -200px !important;
}

body {
margin-left: 200px;
}

but again I have no idea what he/she is trying to do with whatever elements, and how one may affect another in different situations..

you could try to make a child theme (good luck with that friggin process!)

and adapt those rules..

but I suggest that you don’t get married to that theme and buddypress – even if you find a theme that actually says “works with buddypress” – I think you will find little issues to contend with – and from what I have seen (lately even) is that these premium theme authors (And free theme authors) have trouble keeping up with bp and other things that are (IMHO) needed addons with bp (rtmedia, or/and media press, or that other one – umm. photo something)

anyhow – I gave up on all premium and free themes and have been stuck with working with 2014 theme as it’s the only thing that gets any kind of “working well with bp / rtmedia and other things” – I’m sure other smarter coders mileage is different.

There’s something causing the registration form not to submit and that’s likely to be either a rogue plugin, theme or custom code you’ve introduced. The usual troubleshooting steps are to deactivate everything and work forward step-by-step, testing as you go. That’s the only way to determine where the problem has been introduced.

Try this in your theme/functions.php or bp-custom.php

function is_user_online() {

   $last_activity = bp_get_user_last_activity( bp_displayed_user_id() );

   $curr_time = time(); 

   $diff = $curr_time - strtotime( $last_activity );

   $time = 5 * 60;  // must be in seconds

   if( $diff < $time )
      echo '<br/>online';
   else 
      echo '<br/>not online';
}
add_action('bp_before_member_header_meta', 'is_user_online');

well, yeah @danbp is right. Only if you are using bp-default theme, follow my instruction.
But it works too.

@jake-reimer,

if you don’t use bp-default theme, this advice from @prabin04 is wrong:
Copy BuddyPress *members* folder from bp-default folder inside your child theme, and search for member-header.php file located inside members->single folder.

You need to take the copy from bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/

Theme Compatibility – Customizing

hi @jake-reimer, you can do this. you need to customize member-header.php file inside your child theme.

Copy BuddyPress *members* folder from bp-default folder inside your child theme, and search for member-header.php file located inside members->single folder.

and inside member-header.php file, find this code,

<?php if ( bp_is_active( 'activity' ) && bp_activity_do_mentions() ) : ?>
<span class="user-nicename">@<?php bp_displayed_user_mentionname(); ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>

replace bp_displayed_user_mentionname(); this with your desired function name. either first name, or full name or DisplayName.

Cheers.

Hi. I just installed latest version of WP ini my server using Softaculous installer.
Then I install the latest BP from its plugin installer. All working fine.

But, when I opened via Mobile, the input area of Activity (Site-Wide Activity) cannot
be seen. There are only some previous status records with no Comment, Favorite, and Delete buttons.

I have tried many themes but stil the same problem.

Please advise, and many thanks

By default it’s closed. Which theme/plugins do you use ? Do a test with one of twenty theme.
Are what’s new form or activity comment working correctly or do you have also toggle issue with them ?

@gebar,
the allow blog checkbox is a conditionnal who open a sub form via ajax. If you remove it from the template, it will compromise the register process. But as the only thing we need is the value (0 or 1), we have to change it from 0 (empty) to 1 (ckecked) in the core. The function who made this is bp_get_signup_with_blog_value which contains a filter for $value.

Give this a try. Add it to bp-custom.php

function create_blog_activated( $value ) {
if ( function_exists( 'bp_get_signup_with_blog_value' ) )
// default value is ''
	$value = 1;
return $value;
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_signup_with_blog_value', 'create_blog_activated', 10, 1 );

Now the register page shows blog activation part open and checkbox is ticked.

BuddyPress is a plugin dedicated to members, not blogs. On a multisite install, each member can get his separate blog, without limitation. These member blogs are then refrenced on a blog directory. An each membrer profile will show a blog directory with that member’s blog(s).

Groups is a component to group members, not blogs. If you need a group blog, instead or in addition of individual member blogs, you can use BuddyPress Groupblog. Such blog will be for all group members and each group can have only one blog. But each group member can have his own blog. In this case, the network will have a main blog, group blogs and individual blogs.

Whatever solution you use, a blog is always part of WordPress and will work exactly like the main site blog where you installed BuddyPress.
This means that it’s the responsability of each member with a blog to admin his blog, even if the main site admin has priority and can allow/disallow plugins and themes. Usually disallowed, so members can only use what main site admin decided they can use.

Enhancement can be asked on Trac. Read here about user participation and contribution to BuddyPress.

Participate and Contribute

@gitavns, it’s not a BP bug. But you have to verify your install. Since when did you get this issue ? What have you done (update, adding custom function) ?

– Activate debug mode in wp-config.
– Deactivate Divi and activate Twenty fifteen theme.

If you use plugins and/or custom code (bp-custom or child-theme functions.php), deactivate them and give a try. If it’s OK with only WP/BP, reactivate and test each plugin one by one.
Once plugins being tested, and if OK, reactivate your theme.

If it appears that the issue comes from Divi, you should ask on their support forum, as we can’t help much here with premium theme.

@hamiltontroy007 – Is the issue the same when you use chomre vs firefox vs IE ?

if you switch to the 2014 theme does the same issue occur?

If not, then it would appear to be something with the Kleo theme, and I don’t think your chances of getting help in the bp forums to debug a premium theme are very high.

“asked Kleo support and they had a look and said it is related to buddypress. ” – I think that’s like saying your issue has something to do with “http” since it’s internet related. I would of expected a much better answer from a premium theme developer that seems to have made more then $200,000 selling a theme that claims to be “the greatest community theme on the market”

just one more reason I sigh when it comes to bp and themes.
and my 2 cents on the issue without knowing much about any of this.

@collinkemp – in this kind of situation I either ftp in or get to cpanel file manager.. either download a copy of your wp-content folder with http://ftp.. or make a zip / compressed folder of your wp-content folder to have a backup.

Then go into your wp-content/plugins/
– delete rtmedia err “buddypress-media” folder. Check if site comes back.
– if not start deleting other plugins and checking.. and or
– delete the non-default themes your have in you wp-content/themes folder

This should get you back to basic wordpress and buddypress and default theme – then you should be able to get into your wp-admin section and go to appearance – themes and select one of the defaults..

you may figure out what the hiccup was during the delete and check process.

sometimes when my rtmedia updates I have to go into permalinks – change them, save, then change them back and save again.. don’t know why, but 50% of the time rtmedia updates causes a bunch of my static “pages” to be “404 not found” and the permalinks change then change back and save fixes it.. it’s a weird bloated plugin.. but glad it’s here.

Can you try on a test install? It may be the ACF plugin and we need to rule that out.

On your test install, be sure there’s no plugins running aside from BuddyPress and have the TwentyFifteen theme activated. Also, remove any custom code you may have elsewhere such as bp-custom.php

Codex is your friend:

bp-custom.php

Difficult to say without knowing the theme name and WP config (single or network install).
In BP settings you can allow the toolbar to logged in user only.

hi,

first snipppet removes the mention tab.
Second remove the mention item from the top right usermenu below howdy.

Condition is set to site admin. If you use custom capabilities, change that to your need.
Code goes to bp-custom.php

function bpfr_hide_mention_nav() {
	//if ( bp_current_user_can( 'bp_moderate' ) )
	if ( is_super_admin() ) {
		return;
	} 
	bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'activity', 'mentions' ); 
}
add_action( 'bp_ready', 'bpfr_hide_mention_nav' );

function bpfr_admin_bar_remove_activity_mentions(){
global $wp_admin_bar;
	if ( is_super_admin() ) {
		return;
	}
	$wp_admin_bar->remove_node('my-account-activity-mentions');
}
add_action('wp_before_admin_bar_render','bpfr_admin_bar_remove_activity_mentions');

An alternate (IMO better) solution, is this premium plugin: http://www.philopress.com/products/buddynotes/

How else would I override the buddypress file unless it was in my child theme with the same name?

You should NOT override core files. The only files you alter from child theme are template files.

To alter core functions, you use custom functions and add them via filter hooks, preferably added to bp-custom.php – so you won’t loose your work at next update.

member-profile.php doesn’t exist in BuddyPress.

Codex is your friend !

Theme Compatibility & Template Files

Displaying Extended Profile Fields on Member Profiles

… and forum search too. 😉

Is your child theme working correctly with Kleo ?
Is the altered member-header.php file in your child-theme ?
Do you really use a file called member-profile.php, as stated in your first topic ? Bad !

Remove all your custom snippets and revert back to original BP template fisrt, then try this in bp-custom.php:

function custom_display_xprofile_fields() {

echo 'Custom display fields';
echo '<ul>';
if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=Artist Name' ) ) : 
	echo '<li>'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Artist Name', bp_displayed_user_id() ) .'</li>';
endif;

if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=Musical Genre' ) ) : 
	echo '<li>'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Musical Genre', bp_displayed_user_id() ) .'</li>';
endif;

if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=Location' ) ) : 
	echo '<li>'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Location', bp_displayed_user_id() ) .'</li>';
endif;

echo '</ul>';
}
add_action( 'bp_profile_header_meta' , 'custom_display_xprofile_fields' );
add_filter( 'bp_before_member_header_meta', 'custom_display_xprofile_fields' );