WordPress Version 2.9.2
BuddyPress Version 1.2.3
BBpress Version 1.0.2
My Set up:
I have BBpress forums & BuddyPress
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This might also be a great solution here: http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/09/17/members-wordpress-plugin
I think it’s easily extensible, for example gravity forms uses it’s power:
Role Management Integration
Gravity Forms is compatible with Justin Tadlock’s Members plugin for role management. Have granular control over what users can and can’t do within Gravity Forms.
I agree there is a need for a user role just under Site Admin.
I don’t think the BP team needs to address it though. I also think it should be plugin based.
User roles internal to WordPress are due for an overhaul, but it’s been pushed back a bit.
You could sort of tackle this via the Menus plugin for MU. That’d be a bit kludgey though.
testbp now runs regular WordPress, not MU, which is why that has “disappeared.”
images and avatar has vanished from my site under IE and chrome.
this has happen on the last upgrade, so ive try to downgrade buddypress but dindnt sovled the issue of avatar and images
example page
http://webfeminin.com/a-propo/
WordPress MU 2.9.2
Buddypress Version 1.2.1
Plugin activate:
Google XML Sitemaps
Hyper Cache
Smart Youtube
Post Avatar
Unfiltered MU (on some blogs only)
WordPress.com Stats
the avatar has vanished from my site too with the new version.
i dont have Settings -> Miscellaneous Settings in my wordpress MU version:(
Is there a way to access bp_blogs_get_latest_posts() and possibly other buddypress functions from outside buddypress’s core? I’d like to access that function for both widgets and wordpress templates but I get function undefined when I place it in the code and when It ry to include the php file it’s defined in everything in the theme that’s below the include breaks.
edit: I just realized the function does not exist in the bp-blogs.php file even tough this link says it’s there: http://bp-dev.org/phpxref/nav.html?_functions/index.html
Thanks Ray:) You’re right I rarely do come in here as all I ever hear is problems, lol:)
@heathj85 – Make sure you installed it correctly. Meaning that there was a bp-chat/config/bp-chat-config.php file created and it’s contents are right. If not you would get this error as well. But few people do. Although reasons you might get it are:
1. You don’t allow table creation for the wordpress user/password in wp-config
2. You didn’t chmod 777 the config directory on install
3. Your information in bp-chat-config.php is wrong or not present.
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Dave
The only one I found is: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-like/
It only does “thumbs up” (like) but no “thumbs down” but does work with the activity stream.
Gene
I use BlueHost. Your friend was talking about the WPMU + BP installation via SimpleScripts (kind of like Fantastico de Luxe, but much more responsive to upgrades).
SimpleScripts calls it “BuddyPress”, but it is really BP + WPMU.
I used SimpleScripts to do my initial BP + WPMU installation. I had a complete site failure yesterday when I upgraded to the most recent BP version. I also had some bugs creating user blogs with the original installation.
I think SimpleScripts automatically configures WPMU to create user blogs as subdomains. For this to work, your hosting provider MUST support “wildcarding”. When opened a support ticket with BlueHost to do this, they quickly replied: “No our system does not support wildcarding.”
If you were creating your own blogs as subdomains, this would not be a problem because you could use the DNS tool (e.g. cPanel > Simple DNS Zone Editor) to support define each one when you create it. But, it seems likely you’re using WPMU to support multiple users. In that case, it would be nearly impossible to define a new subdomain each time your users created a new blog. The wildcard gets you out of that predicament by immediately supporting any subdomain when they create the blog.
If you install WPMU + BP manually, you don’t need a hosting provider that supports wildcarding. During the configuration, just select the option to create user blogs as *subdirectories* instead of subdomains.
I did the manual installation for the first time today. I don’t think I’ll need the SimpleScripts approach again.
Hope this helps.
@MrMaz I’ve got some good news for you. While I still can’t get the avatars to work via the thumbnail chooser, I have gotten avatars to work on a single wordpress install when choosing to “Customize” the link’s avatar. In my case it can crop the image and upload the thumbnail and fullsize pic to /wp-content/uploads/link-avatars/
In case this helps anyone else… I had to use the “Full URL path” in wordpress’ Settings > Miscellaneous to get BuddyPress user avatars to upload (in case someone wants to use a different avatar than their Gravatar)
Full URL path example: http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/uploads
To recap:
PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENT:
BlueHost hosting, WordPress MU + BuddyPress 1.2.2.1 installed via SimpleScripts and automatic upgrades. Also had WordPress in a root directory.
PROBLEM:
After upgrading to BuddyPress 1.2.3, clicking the tabs for Activity, Members, Groups, Blogs, About generated an Internal Server Error.
SOLUTION:
Removed the WordPress installation from the root web directory.
Deleted the directory containing the WordPress MU + BuddyPress.
Deleted the previous databases.
Create a database and database user.
Manually install WordPress MU (WPMU)
Manually install BuddyPress.
TIPS:
If you have questions along the way, start with the links provided by the WPMU installation page (on your website) and search the WordPress MU and BuddyPress support forums. I also recommend the free ebook, Installing WordPress MU For Beginners, by Andrea Rennick, available at http://wpmututorials.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=1
Use cPanel > MySQL Databases to create the database, create the user with ALL privileges, and assign the user to the database. Avoid using the “MySQL Database Wizard” tool. I got connection errors when I used the wizard.
I have an open request to my web hosting provider, BlueHost, to enable wildcard subdomains for my domain. (I elected to have new blogs appear as subdomains.) You can avoid this hassle if you opt to create user blogs as subdirectories.
uploaded to the development version:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/download/
requires a theme edit (details on the forum extras admin page after activating the subplugin)
After trying several variations, I completed an WordPress MU installation.
Here’s a tip for anyone else using cPanel, use “MySQL Databases” instead of “MySQL Database Wizard” to:
1. Create a new database.
2. Create a new user with ALL privileges.
3. Add the user to the database.
Without an application platform like Facebook / MySpace, (i.e. full opensocial container support), BuddyPress sites will always have a severe handicap. iPhone isn’t popular just because it’s a good phone – iPhone is popular because of the app support. WordPress gives us a platform with some terrific plugins, but WordPress plugins aren’t social by nature. OpenSocial apps are. And that makes all the difference.
I have a brand new installation of WordPress 2.9.2 running at http://www.FarmvilleMad.com, with a new installation of BuddyPress 1.2.3.
I want:
* The activity feed to be displayed when first accessing the site, rather than the 404 I have now or the latest blog entries.
* A seporate tab along the top for blog entries, like the NEWS tab on the BuddyPress demo site at http://testbp.org.
* Member profiles to work, as for some reason they aren’t. Example: http://www.farmvillemad.com/members/Farmville%20Mad/ takes you to the site index, rather than the user profile.
Can anyone advise on how I go about achieving this? 
I’ve had a look around the threads here already but can’t seem to find any answers.
I had this same problem with BlueHost… the plugin here….
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/
…completely fixed the issue of no emails being sent once BP was installed.
Thanks ruthlessbookie!
Hello
I have a friend who also started to use buddypress. He has bp and wp on his site.
He wants to activate the registration what should be the new user deualt role in the settings Subscriber or Member???
I dont know it because I use wordpress mu
ok, got this fixed….had to remove wordpress and install wordpress mu, registration issue resolved. hope this helps others
I am building a highscores for a plugin I am developing. Right now I am using the get_col() wordpress function to get the data, but I also need to get other columns at the same time. I am not sure how to do this. I was thinking I could create a multi-dimensional array and use multiple get_col() function calls and just combine the data and stick it into the multi-dimensional array…I honestly have no idea on the syntax for this… can I use the built in php function push? If so how do I only add onto one portion of the array… is it like $array[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] how do i only add onto only one bracket thing(sorry don’t know the word lol)
After looking into this in more detail I discovered the problem is caused by a potential hosting compatibility issue with BuddyPress.
As soon as I turned off the BuddyPress plugin WordPress was able to send out emails again.
I installed BuddyPress on a WordPress install on a different server with a different hosting company and it worked fine. BuddyPress didn’t stop emails being sent out from that hosting account.
The compatibility issue is with BlueHost.com where BuddyPress prevents emails being sent out. They use cPanel whereas the other hosting company where BuddyPress works doesn’t.
And use the new blog defaults plugin to set this themes as the default.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/
