Hi just to let you know that I have managed to get flash games working on the site with this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/swfobj/
cheers
This thread has an example of how to build a filter: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2146 for the user full name.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API for docs on wp actions and filters.
You should really talk to DJPaul here on the forums. He has a plugin called Welcome Pack that assigns new users a default friend and default group. He also says that the next version of that plugin will have the ability to create a custom welcome message to the new user. Not sure if that’s a PM or an email. Suggest what you want to him. He’s working that kinda track.
https://buddypress.org/developers/DJPaul/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/
OK I am working on a WordPress Mu site and I like some of the features of BuddyPress… like creating profiles, adding friends, etc… However I would like to implement those features without the plug-in basically transforming the whole site, since I still want the blogs to be the center point. Is there a way to keep the BuddyPress profiles but have them as a box on the blog? Or at least just have the blogs be the home page and the profiles linked to from there? If anyone has done this or knows how to do it I would appreciate any advice. Thanks!
It’s neither actually anymore.
It involves “deep integration” on the bbPress side, including WordPress/BuddyPress inside bbPress, and then making a new theme for bbPress that matches. 
Trent and I are working on a comprehensive walk-through on how to do this soon.
First, please read this entire thread (all the posts) at least two times through before starting: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1994
Then read through these links:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WPMU
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1285#post-9999
http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/installing-through-svn/
Once you’ve done that, have a SVN client installed, and feel confident, go back to the first link in this post and follow the instructions.
From where do I get the most recent versions?
Those links are provided in the detailed instructions contained in the first link above.
I am on RC1.. I had Send Invites plugin installed, it messed up the whole thing (i.e. it automatically disabled the JS for some reason), so I deleted the plugin file and folder.
I had installed WP Super Cache too, it did not work well, so I had to take it off too..
Other than that, no MU plugins…
Here is the list of plugins I have installed for a single blog:
Akismet
All in One SEO Pack
Global Translator
Google XML Sitemaps
SexyBookmarks
Smart Youtube
Smilies Themer
Twitter for WordPress
Twitter for WordPress
WordPress 2.6+ and bbPress 0.9 cookie integration
WP Custom Login Logo
I disabled all the plugins but still the issue remains.
In my previous reply, I had disabled registration just to cross verify.. but still the new tables are getting created..
I traced the user from the User ID mentioned in the table name.. the user looks like a spammer to me.. but now sure what the user is trying to do as those created tables have 0 records…
Hi Wythagy
The newest version requires WPMU 2.7 branch which is still in development (http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-mu/branches/2.7/) as well as the latest BuddyPress (by which I mean the BuddyPress SVN trunk https://svn.buddypress.org/trunk).
If you are using BP RC1, then Welcome Pack doesn’t work full stop. Could you clarify what versions you are using so I can check stuff out? Thanks.
You have a blog that you allow people to have the role of Author. You want to restrict your authors to posting in certain categories only? Buddypress doesn’t have this capability but I’m sure you will be able to find such a plugin in the wp plugin directory: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
sorry i still dont understand exactly what it is this will enable, i kinda understand how xmlrpc works for wordpress to enable trackbacks but what will this do for us and buddypress??
Sorry for being impatient. Anyone knows how to do this? Looks pretty simple to me but still can’t figure out myself. It’s the core wordpress functionality.
People seem to use the role manager plugin for this kind of use Anointed. There are lots of this type of plugin available for wp.
http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/
Ok!! Then it is excellent. Because for this feature above, there is a plugin (WP):
http://www.kriesi.at/archives/wordpress-plugin-my-favorite-posts
search in https://codex.wordpress.org/ , for filters, and user metas
anyway if you’ve never developed with wp code it might be difficult
This may be a WordPress MU related feature – but it would be great to allow categorization of blogs on a site. I think a similar feature is categories for groups (see http://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=830#post-8285).
There may be different types of blogs: group blogs, presonal blogs, project blogs, knowledge blogs, event blogs, seminar blogs, learning blogs, etc etc
We currently have a workaround by using the first word of the title of a blog (e.g. “Tutorials: Flash Tutorial”) – but this is not a clean solution.
Thanks Jeff. Those function reference pages look very useful. I’ll dive back into PHP hell next Saturday…
I’ve been struggling with this crap, including html/css, javascript, etc., since about 2002. I usually want what I think are basic requirements, like in this case a pretty straightforward members table. So far I’ve had most luck stitching together simpler PHP scripts that I could sort of follow.
The more mature packages, like WordPress, are great for teens/tweens that want to add widgets and play around with templates, but they drop the ball on some basic grown-up business requirements and are much harder to customize unless you\’re a hardcore programmer.
I can’t afford to spend the time to become a programmer. I’d hire a 3rd party developer if I could get a clearer picture of what I need and what’s possible in WP. I did do Google searches and have posted lots of related questions on the WP and WPMU forums.
BTW, an intern from NYU Polytechnic was supposed to work on my project. He was a real PHP programmer, but had never heard of WordPress and seemed to know even less than I did.
Peter-
I realize that you are not getting the answers you desire. You must have a sufficient understanding of and comfort level with PHP before you can delve too deeply into hacking your own solutions or coding your own theme templates. Otherwise, you need to use the stock WPMU and BuddyPress install and then customize with any plugins and 3rd-party themes that may be useful.
Since we do not have any idea of your particular coding skills, we are trying to point you in the right direction. Please realize that beyond a certain point, we cannot help you write your own custom code.
We all started at the beginning when it came to coding and then had another learning curve when it came to understanding the inner workings of WordPress and BuddyPress. It can be frustrating along the way but it is indeed possible to accomplish!
Here are a few more tips:
- Since you do seem to be wanting to group all user data within stock WP tables, you should search the WP and WPMU forums and ask your questions there
- Visit these WP Codex pages to help shed more light:
- Google for tips on learning data-driven PHP coding
- Hire a 3rd-party developer who can do the work: hacking files directly or create a plugin that will accomplish what you’re after
Please hang in there and don’t give up hope.
That is exactly what usermeta is for.
usermeta contains a lot of very cryptic data about bb_capabilities and blog roles/functionality, most from test members I’ve already deleted from the system. What am I supposed to do with that?!
The WordPress Codex has lots of useful information, but very little about the database structure, how to form queries to pull up that data and where these queries are in the WordPress code.
There is a section on the database structure, but it\’s about version 2.5. I know some fundamental changes were made since that version. It’s not relevant for WPMU and Buddypress anyway.
Basically I’m trying to figure out how to keep a full-fledged members database at the heart of WordPress, with common fields like name, address, company, title, etc., that I can tap into for other scripts. Static data that doesn’t interfere with other functionality in WP.
Has nobody ever done that? Is it impossible?
Should I create a seperate members database outside WordPress that somehow communicates/syncs with WordPress?
Yes i tried burtadsits code in my bp-custom.php but no joy.. just get a few php errors in my header..
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php:9) in /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-plugin/wordpress-mobile.php on line 1658
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php:9) in /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-plugin/wordpress-mobile.php on line 1659
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php:9) in /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-plugin/wordpress-mobile.php on line 1660
Is there anything else that could do this.. im sure i ahve come accros a plugin from nicola??
i also tried Mspecht one in <?php ?> but it didnt work either??
There’s a member access plugin here, but it has no settings for the members and groups sections in Buddypress.
This plugin only works for “pages”.
Is there a way to extend one of these plugins?
I updated my installation to SVN BuddyPress (Rev 1324) and WordPress MU (rev 1728). Since that time blog posts and comments do not show up in the global streams (activity stream and global blog posts stream).
I tried to set the site to WP_LANG to empty string instead of “de_DE” and also switched the language options to “English” – suspecting, that a language issue causes the problem – but it was not.
I do NOT see this problem with the blog of the top-level bp site!
Does anyone see this problem as well?
That is exactly what usermeta is for. You should take a look at the WordPress codex for this sort of thing, it will help you a great deal.
I know that’s not default WordPress MU+Buddypress. That’s why I ask, in the ‘Creating & Extending’ section. I understand it would require hacking.
It’s not impossible to add fields to the wp_users table. My question then is, where can I add corresponding fields to the form and where is the query that puts the data in the fields.
That’s should be hackable somehow. Don’t tell me there are Natural Laws against it.
If there’s really no way to achieve this kind of thing, I can’t use WPMU/Buddypress and should get out now while I still can.
I assume you’re using the Recent Comments widget. That is a WPMU widget and not specifically a BuddyPress Widget.
You have three options:
- Search the WordPress plugin repository to see if someone has created a plugin to do just that
- Search the forums on the WPMU site for an answer. If you don’t find one, then post a question.
- Hack WPMU’s widgets.php file yourself to provide the necessary functionality
At the moment Buddypress/WP MU makes it very hard, perhaps impossible, to flexibly use member’s real names or other data (companyname, city) in the site or have something like ‘Hello John’ in email notifications.
As default the full name is stored in one field, instead of as seperate first name and last name. This also kinda encourages new members to just fill out their first name or some BS pseudonym – I know this from my current home-baked site.
I have no clue how to retrieve the full name from the database. It’s not in the regular wp_users table, but in two other related tables. I guess this requires serious PHP/MySQL coding and I can’t find any clear examples anywhere.
Default Buddypress is fine for teens/tweens who want to use their anonymous username, but it’s not suitable for a more grown-up business network, for example.
I’ve found this excellent plugin that allows members to login with just their email address and password. It doesn’t automatically make the required changes to the notification emails etc. though.
Are there plugins that can fix these issues?
Are there custom sql/php code examples how to retrieve and use basic member info?
Are there tags or pieces of code that I can use site-wide for common things like the logged-in member’s real name?
