Just in case of, FYI
ImageMagic issue was fixed for WP 4.6 and merged to 4.5
Other related ticket on WP track.
Bumping this, for those looking to test drive BuddyPress with a custom theme and maybe take it a bit further and customize for core WordPress and BuddyPress features.
There is no support for BBPress in this theme at the moment, but if there are enough people wanting this I will bring it in the future.
Hello,
I have a strange problem dealing with the buddypress registration process. After entering new user information, and then clicking the “Sign up” button, the page refreshes, instead of saving the new user information.
I disabled Buddypress and tried to create a new user account with just WordPress, and that still works, but when I re-enabled Buddypress it’s gone back to the refreshing/not saving problem.
If anyone has time to help me out with this issue, thank you in advance.
I suspect that this is the result of me editing the resgiter.php file, but I’m not sure.
I’d like to also mention that I was using a child theme, but the problem persists even when I revert back to my parent theme.
WordPress v4.6.1
BuddyPress v2.6.2
Sites are restricted to client employees, cannot provide link.
We are running two separate BuddyPress sites, each on their own install of WordPress. Users are able to register for the site using BuddyPress register and activate pages.
BuddyPress seems to be creating numerous duplicate pages each time a user registers. This is not expected and does not appear to be normal.
In BuddyPress Settings > Pages, the registration pages are assigned as:
Register: page name “Register” slug domain/register/
Activate: page name “Activate” slug domain/activate/
There are 150 pages named “Account Activated” with slug domain/account-activated-X, where X is the appended number of the duplicate.
There are 270 pages named “Activate Your Account” with slug domain/activate-X, where X is the appended number of the duplicate.
There are 422 pages named “Create An Account” with slug domain/register-X, where X is the appended number of the duplicate.
There are 218 pages named “Check Your Email To Activate Your Account” with slug domain/register-X, where X is the appended number of the duplicate.
In addition there are also several pages named with a user’s Profile Name and slug domain/profile-name, with numerous duplicate pages /profile-name-X; not all users have had pages created in this manner.
Appreciate any considered thoughts on what is causing this or where we should look to resolve.
Hi,
On my site, the BuddyPress drop down menu that is located in the WordPress adminbar extends to below the bottom of some screens, especially mobiles, so it needs to be scrollable. I have tried adding overflow: visible to the .ab-sub-wrapper class but that hasn’t worked. Does anyone know how I can get this to work?
Thanks!
Simon
Thank you @danbp for replying. For the past month, I have been trying to get BuddyPress to work for me on Yahoo’s hosting server. Yahoo has been offering me no help to resolve the issue. They keep telling to contact buddypress. org or wordpress.org. Basically, they got the money for one year, and they don’t care if the problem is resolved or not. They don’t even seem to understand the problem.
Everything is configured according to the required settings for BuddyPress to supposedly work. I have custom permalinks, each component has its own page etc.. I am not sure what you meant by WordPress doesn’t use www by default, but the way Yahoo host is set up for WordPress, we have to install WordPress in a default folder called “blog” (http://www.site.com/blog) or any name we choose. And I think this is what is causing the problem. BuddyPress components don’t know where WordPress is installed. Under the Dashboard-General Settings, both the WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) show the correct path (http://www.site.com/blog). I think it is a matter of telling BuddyPress components where to look for the WordPress installation.And this is where I lack experience and knowledge. I tried every possible solution I found online, especially on the WordPress site regarding installs in own directory: https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
Nothing worked for me. Yahoo told me they do not support the .htaccess file, they don’t seem to have a web.config file. I am sure there is a solution where a certain file(S) can be edited and all would be resolved, but I need someone to point them out to me since I can’t browse the hundreds of installed BuddyPress files looking for the ones that point to the WordPress installation location. I would really appreciate anyone’s help to resolve this issue.
Currently, I installed WordPress locally on my laptop, I set up BuddyPress plugin and it works like a charm. Yahoo suggested I uploaded it to the root of my host account, but I am have issues with the data base set up.
If I can get a solution for the default install that I get with Yahoo host set up, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
Mikke1978
For the second part of your ask there are a couple of mass messaging plugins that allow only certain roles to send messages to everyone.
one does it from the front end, the other from the backend.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-messaging-in-buddypress/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-messaging-for-buddypress-by-alkaweb/
We want our groups to have their own personal page that can give information to visitors about Group activities, group description, what are they doing, etc.
Have a look at this Group Home Page
Not at all saying that its an off the shelf solution – just that it can be done.
This isn’t possible by default. You will need to find a plugin or add some custom code to get this done. Try looking here first to see if something is already available:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buddypress
This can’t be done with BuddyPress by default. You’ll need to find a plugin. Try looking through the Plugin Directory to see if anything is available:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buddypress
Hello, I’m new to Buddypress but everything is looking great so far. I have one suggestion: the ‘friendship connections’ is turned off in my install because everybody in my site is already assumed friends, there is no need for that feature, we want everybody to see everyone’s activity.
That is just fine but one problem now is that the sending of invitations for groups only works among friends. As it stands right now, is not possible to send invitations for a group in my site. It would be nice to have that even though it can be easily solved by announcing publicly the existence of your group and asking people to join in, but it becomes more difficult when the group is hidden and people cannot request to join and invitations cannot be sent. In that case they need to be added manually through the WordPress panel. So my request is that the invitation feature also work when the ‘friendship’ model is turned off.
On the same vein: because there is no friendship relationship, when sending a private message, the auto-complete for the name is not working because it also requires the friendship to show. A message can only be sent if you write the exactly correct “username” that nobody really remembers. So that also could be changed for a global search when the friendship module is absent.
Other than that, everything is fine. Thanks for the great job.
hi,
it’s because you didn’t right.
The translation, or word change, use a msg ID which contains the original string and a msg string, for the new wording.
In your case, you should use
msgid "Site Wide Activity RSS Feed" // the original string
msgstr "Rich Site Summary" // the custom string
Note also to get this to work, you need to compile the po file to mo file.
And if you don’t want to redo that after each BP update, i recommand you use this plugin, so your custom language file remain untouched, while the default language will be updated.
I’m currently having trouble in posting anything after having installed Buddypress in a sub-domain. One cant see the text area nor the post message tab. But it works perfectly when installed in the main directory.Problem is that the client desires that there is a separation between the “website par”t, and the “buddypress part”. Is there any setting that I’m missing or do we have to get a separate domain for buddypress? I’m using WordPress v.4.6.1
Thanks in advance.
Samuel.
This is my first submission to the Forum, and I hope I’m doing this correctly.
I am using BuddyPress to register members of my website. I am not a developer, and I don’t know coding, but I’ve worked with WordPress a lot. This is the first time I have used BuddyPress.
When I set it up several months ago, registered members could upload and change member photos/avatars in the member profile section, as well as upload or change a cover image. Within the last several days, the member photos that had been uploaded no longer show up and the photo/avatar upload fields are gone, although the “Change Cover image” prompt is still visible. Also, the member photos I uploaded to my WordPress media library are also gone. I am using WordPress 4.6.1 and Buddypress 2.6.2. Any help would be appreciated to get that functionality back. Thank you.
An interesting plugin I just found is https://wordpress.org/plugins/galau-ui-visual-editor/ this allows posts to be edited from the front end, but it does not allow posts to be created, categories to be set or images added from the media library, so has limited use I think, still it’s a nice plugin if all you need people to do is edit the text of their posts without going to the admin screen.
It is wrong as it search for an activity and not site access…
Try this
Clients requiring many things ! Some can be done, some not. It’s to you to explain them that it’s not possible. Or only with a very huge additionnal budget. This argument is mostly the best to opposite to an obtuse “i want this feature”. Diplomacy, diplomacy… 👿
1) You count the number of avatars on the widget ! Or something like this. 😉
2) who’s online refreshes after 5 mn. See https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3590
3) try with bp_get_user_last_activity()
Also wp-content\plugins\buddypress\bp-members\classes\class-bp-core-whos-online-widget.php
Hi,
I would like to know what happens if I delete a user from the user wordpress dashboard.
What happens with his activity, post into the bbpress forum, …?
Thanks
pending to your reply
Ludovic
If I leave the registration and activation pages blank I get a warning all the time in the backend.
The warning won’t cause harm but I agree you should be able to dismiss it. You could open a ticket on Trac for the core developers to take a look at?
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/
I have no real idea for this. You have to code that as nothing ready to use exist. Similar question here.
Note also that BP pages are dynamic, so what ever you can built won’t, imo never, be exact.
Ie. user A is on a profile activity and another is on members directory. What would you get ? At best, only the /members/ page… that is a bit vague, no ? And who cares, outside evtl. you ?
Note also that the nav history is browser territory, and that each client has different settings, even deactivated history, so you can’t really trust user’s history…
My recommandation would be: don’t loose your time trying to do this. BP let members know about there activities, focus on this and encourage it, instead of tracking there navigation. 😉
Hi @dphelun,
– 1) no idea ! It depends of what you know about WP and BP, coding and templating
– 2) see 1…
– 3) in theorie yes. In real life… check the forum… and point 1.
Don’t buy a theme before you tested your project with all plugins and fonctionalities correctly working on a WP+BP default install. Use one of WP’s default theme, ie. Twenty Sixteen or Fifteen. Or even all coming with WP
This tests should be done on a test site (locally or online, but not on a production site)
Default install, because it’s the only waranty for you and the project to work properly in a respecfull environment of WP standarts. Once ok you can jump to a premium theme if you estimate it is worth. That said many free themes are just ideal too.
I would just warn you to avoid frameworks and page builders- specially because BP doesn’t use WP pages like WP does. Focus on the theme itself, and not on plethoric theme functionnalities. Theme is for layout. Plugin is for functionnality.
About Themes
you will find a lot of themes on the net. Most with nice pictures and impressive list of functionnalities and prices. Problem is that this marketing arguments rarely fit with a project. And if you’re unable to customize it, you go towards weird issues and will be lost in no time.
About plugins
Like for themes and of course your technical level.
From what you tell, i would consider WP Job Manager and his (premium) add-on for BuddyPress.
Messaging is included in BuddyPress, even if it is not exactly meant as instant messaging.
But test the message component first as is before going further. And keep in mind that less is more.
Hi danbp,
I actually googled it but didn’t find except wp-useronline it does the same functionalities but sometimes it shows wrong url and also it tracks users by their ip not the username.
Please suggest something like this as buddypress has already who’s online widget which is good but if it can also show the browsing page it would be good.
Thanks,
Thanks for you reply.
Sorry, it is my typo………… my problem is with buddypress translation instead of bbpress.
I have contacted with the loco team, but they asked me to contact buddypress, as the the problem is only with the buddypress po.mo that I download from https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/buddypress
could you please help me？
