BuddyPress.org

You can also widgetize other areas quite easily and drop BuddyPress widgets in there as you please. You can widgetize a custom page template if you want to. It’s really quite flexible. I wrote a tutorial on how to change different areas of your template files to be able to include widgets: http://wpmu.org/how-to-widgetize-a-page-post-header-or-any-other-template-in-wordpress/ That might help you.

Hmm. So like the helloecoliving.com site, you can set up wpmu and load buddypress on a subblog like community? I thought that bp had to reside on the root install. I apologize if I sound like an idiot for not realizing that, but is that the case? This might be the answer to my problem where I can have a standard wordpress site/theme for the root, but a bp enabled theme for the community blog.

Yes, it runs a database upgrade when you update the plugin, it has always done this since 0.1. If you didn’t back up then you’ll need to fix the problems you are having with trunk.

Try installing this plugin:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-backwards-compatibility

Version 1.1 actually eliminated the BuddyPress and WordPress themes. You needed one of each, now it is all in the WordPress theme. This isn’t new to 1.2; 1.2 just comes with a new theme (and the 1.1 theme has been renamed to bp-classic).

As per your last question, if you are on WPMU, you could create a blog and have BuddyPress run on that blog. Your main “site” would run on the main blog.

Old wpmu versions are all here:

https://trac.mu.wordpress.org/browser/tags

If you first installed 2.9.x the version number is registered in the db

so “it’s normal”… but read this before procrastinating to much:

https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/15410

@pjnu – “to have the social network be secondary to their wordpress blog, what options are available”

You would need to create a child theme for 1.2 bp default theme. Copy the header.php from 1.2 bp-default theme into your child theme. Tweak navigation accordingly or create primary and secondary navigation to taste.

“I feel like this new version is somewhat limiting in terms of customization. “

My opinion is that it can be challenging but the sky’s the limit

I hope someone here already have a solution to this:

I am running wordpress MU with buddypress on top.

I have added the bp-events plugin.

Currently the search bar will only search members and groups and I would like for it to search through events too.

When I choose members in the dropdown list with the string x I see the following URL being called: http://mydomain.com/wpmu/members/?s=x

When I choose groups in the dropdown list with the string y I see the following URL being called: http://mydomain.com/wpmu/groups/?s=y

I have edited the file that builds the dropdown list and now it also contains the Events option but when I choose that option for some reason the URL being caled when I search for event z is: http://mydomain.com/wpmu/members/?s=z

I am not sure what I am doing wrong but it seems after my debugging that a parameter called _wp_http_referer is not getting the right value when the Events option is selected. instead of being wpmu/events/?s=z it is changing to wpmu/members/?s=z and this is what causing the URL to be wrong.

It would be great if someone can point me to a solution or to what I am doing wrong.

Thanks,

Shai

Here you go:

https://trac.mu.wordpress.org/changeset/2063/tags/2.8.6?old_path=%2F&format=zip

I’m in the same boat as @do77 here.

I’m looking to add a login for all content at my buddypress instance.

I, however, am running WordPress 2.9.1 (single) and the Buddypress trunk (I update once a week)

I have the “Force User Login” plugin for WordPress currently running, but you can still navigate around it if you try via direct URL requests and the like.

Any solid solutions?

I was able to get what I wanted by using the following code. It’s a link and not a button, but it also detects whether the user is logged in and displays a different message if they are not, so you can send them to the sign up page.

<?php if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>

<p>Don’t see a group you like? < href=”../register”>Login or Sign Up to create a new group.</p>

<?php else : ?>

<p>Don’t see a group that can help you? < href=”../members/<?php global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); echo $current_user->user_login; ?>/groups/create/step/group-details”>Create a new group.</p>

<?php endif; ?>

Apparently there’s a get_currentuserinfo() function somewhere that lets you grab info, just like in WordPress. Go figure.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_current_user

(Note: I took the “a”s out of the code because this forum is making them into links and the backticks are inexplicably not working)

@Peterverkooijen

hi Peter

We understand you pointing to the issues. There is no problem with that. It is a community project and Automattic and Andy is doing the good things for us. Automattic does not get funds for supporting wp+wpmu+bp(well Now they may get as WordPress foundation has been formed).

Instead of criticizing, if we appreciate what they have done for us and politely ask for the features, I am sure, Andy is listening and will be glad to accomodate.

Buddypress is one of the great project and see how much improvement has been in recent times. Please do not take the things personal, and let us keep the community constructive, It will be better for all of us.

Hope you don’t mind my words. Yes, currently Bp is more developer friendly than the end user, but with time, It has improved so much and you may expect it to be much more end user friendly by bp 1.3(my guess)

Please let us keep it constructive.

@all, Please keep this thread free from personal attacks before DjPaul sees this thread

So what I have to say to people that are complaining about missing features in the core: Start writing code.

This is like a car maker selling a car without brakes and telling the user he should manufacture them himself. I’m just a regular WordPress user giving feedback. I don’t get paid to write code. Andy does.

Could be done with openid plugin. If you use RPX, you can use your wordpress.com account to sign on to your wordpress/wpmu.