BuddyPress.org

Hi

Thank you for responding.
I tried a few other themes including twentythirteen & Mesocolumn – no difference.
Then today I disabled all plugins except buddypress & bbforum.

Observation:
#1. The mentioned links worked.
#2. I then first activated a number of security plugins + Hyper cache plugin. Problem back, of page not found, until I deactivated Hyper cache.

This was solved by reading this article => http://www.buddyboss.com/buddypress-speed-and-performance/ & doing this:

By default this plugin will cache all of your site’s pages, including your BuddyPress-specific content like activity posts and forum posts. This is not good, as your BuddyPress content is constantly updated and needs to remain fresh. To fix it add the following lines into “URI to reject” in the “Filters” settings panel of Hyper Cache:

/forums/
/groups/
/members/
/activity/
/blogs/
/messages/
/register/
/activate/

… I think current plugin terminology is “Exact URIs to bypass” & “(Starting with) URIs to bypass”, which I did and clearing the cache.

#3. As I continued activating, I discovered the used https://wordpress.org/plugins/404-to-start/ also causes if I try to go to my profile page or for example /members/user-x/, etc to re-direct to site front page, with no error.

I have to look into this later. The other plugins I had tried before caused some issues, so I was happy with this re-direct plugin.

Will report back, at least if I get a response from author or get a plugin not causing issues, someone could recommend one ;).

Thank you & regards.

Yes it is related to “Messages > Starred”. There is nothing wrong with the new feature. It’s this function that I found online that’s causing a conflict.

/* ——————————Start BP Post in profile code for function——————– */
function importSomething(){
return include_once ‘bp-custom.php’;
}
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘buddyboss_child_bp_nav_adder’ );
add_action( ‘bp_template_content’, ‘profile_buddyboss_child_loop’ );
bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( ‘bp_core_template_plugin’, ‘members/single/plugins’ ) );

function buddyboss_child_bp_nav_adder() {
global $bp;
$post_count = count_user_posts_by_type( $bp->displayed_user->id );
bp_core_new_nav_item(
array(
‘name’ => sprintf( __( ‘Posts <span>%d</span>’, ‘my-poems’ ), $post_count ),
‘slug’ => ‘Articles’,
‘position’ => 250,
‘show_for_displayed_user’ => true,
‘screen_function’ => ‘buddyboss_child_list’,
‘item_css_id’ => ‘articles’,
‘default_subnav_slug’ => ‘public’
));
}
function buddyboss_child_list() {
add_action( ‘bp_template_content’, ‘profile_buddyboss_child_loop’ );
bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( ‘bp_core_template_plugin’, ‘members/single/plugins’ ) );
}
/*——- This is end of the code for above function ———*/
function profile_buddyboss_child_loop() {
$myposts = get_posts( array(
‘posts_per_page’ => -1,
‘author’ => bp_displayed_user_id(),
‘post_type’ => ‘post’
));
if( ! empty($myposts) ) {
foreach($myposts as $post) {
setup_postdata( $post );
if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ):
$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), ‘sidebar-smallthumbnew’ );
else :
$image[0] = “…/wp-content/themes/Starkers-Child-2/images/vidimage.jpg”;
endif;
echo ‘<li class=”sidebar mostpop post-‘ . $post->ID . ‘”><div id=”postimage”>ID) . ‘”></div><div id=”postinfo”>ID) . ‘”>’ . get_the_title($post->ID) . ‘</div>‘;
}
echo ‘‘;
wp_reset_postdata();
} else { ?>
<div class=”info” id=”message”>
<p><?php bp_displayed_user_fullname(); ?> has No posts.</p>
</div>
<?php }
}
/* This is end of the code for above function */
remove_filter(‘bp_setup_nav’,”);
function count_user_posts_by_type( $userid, $post_type = ‘post’ ) {
global $wpdb;
$where = get_posts_by_author_sql( $post_type, true, $userid, true);
$count = $wpdb->get_var( “SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->posts $where” );
return apply_filters( ‘get_usernumposts’, $count, $userid );
}
/* ——————————This is end of the code for post in profile above function——————– */

It adds a new button on the user activity page and when the Message-Starred button is clicked it takes the user the lists of post page that the above function creates. How can I stop that fro happening. I really want to keep the starred message function and I don’t want to lose the lists of WordPress post in the user Activity page.

cool he will probs read this when hes online, this is the thing with buddypress, i just didnt understand when i first came to these forums a few years ago even though i had been comming longer without registering, I myself had shared hosting and thought yippee i have found a plugin that i was looking for and installed it, then after messing around with buddypress it dawned on me that shared hosting just was not gonna cut the ice with buddypress let alone wordpress for a serious install.

I then decided to delve into the world of dedicated/vps servers. I am by no means an expert in this world yet but i believe from my own experience that it is a very daunting task moving to these kind of setups at first, once you get the basics of initial setup and general security right its then time to tweak everything for future proofing and scaling and performance tweaking if your serious about the future of your website, unless your willing to pay ALOT of cash out to people who can do his for you full time.

This is why i sort of pushed my buddypress websites design back in favour of looking into all this. I think this is one of the biggest points concerning every website build and believe that not enough info is out there to make people understand just how important all this is to succeed with their websites, alot of people see these one click easy installs and adverts off companys telling them to come build your website with us its easy then see wordpress installed and think yippe look at my new website and what it can do, until of course they then get popular crash and burn then fail and give up because they just dont understand the reality involved in pushing forward a scalable environment. This is why i believe people doing a massive project such as buddypress should really be able to share this info with each other from nivice users to experts in this field.

Sorry I forgot to tag you in the previous message @henrywright

Activated plugins from my end:

Akismet (Version 3.1.1)
bbPress (Version 2.5.7)
BuddyPress (Version 2.3.0)
Contact Form 7 (Version 4.1.2)
Contact Form Shortcode (Version 0.9)
Jetpack by WordPress.com (Version 3.5.3)
MOJO Marketplace (Version 0.6.0)
SZ-Google (Version 1.8.9)
W3 Total Cache (Version 0.9.4.1)
WordPress Importer (Version 0.6.1)
wp responsive photo gallery (Version 1.0)
iFlyChat (Version 2.9.2)

Akismet (Version 3.1.1)
bbPress (Version 2.5.7)
BuddyPress (Version 2.3.0)
Contact Form 7 (Version 4.1.2)
Contact Form Shortcode (Version 0.9)
Jetpack by WordPress.com (Version 3.5.3)
MOJO Marketplace (Version 0.6.0)
SZ-Google (Version 1.8.9)
W3 Total Cache (Version 0.9.4.1)
WordPress Importer (Version 0.6.1)
wp responsive photo gallery (Version 1.0)
iFlyChat (Version 2.9.2)

Thanks for all your help. I don’t think I would need multisite at the moment, maybe when my site grows to have more dedicated bloggers. Can you give me your opinion on a plugin called Buddyforms http://themekraft.com/store/wordpress-front-end-editor-and-form-builder-buddyforms/

It looks better than BuddyBlog

Thanks once again

Well, group meta allows meta data to be applied to groups. I’m thinking along the lines of data in the usermeta table which is only consumed by specific groups. This might be expressed as a name/value pair in the profile. So with reference to my original example, a GroupName profile value would include:
school:Robert
home:Bobby
coolGame:Zarcon

The BuddyPress Profile Shortcodes plugin allows for custom fields and related shortcodes to be used. This is much closer to my needs but still not quite there. I can’t create a profile field for every possible group. Ideally there would be a pulldown of groups to which the user belongs, where they can enter the name they wish the use for that group, and the group/name pairs would be displayed in a grid.

Now I’m thinking one of the better user meta plugins could handle that. But I would also need to customize it so that there can only be one WP user with a specific value for a specific group. This is a unique key per group, as some reference to @Bobby can’t apply to more than one person, but the @Bobby in one group can be different from @Bobby in another group.

On the client side, I would then need to modify bbPress to get the user name that’s specifically for the current group, rather than using wp_get_current_user()->display_name or whatever it has there. For example:
get_user_meta($user_id,’groupName_’.$group_id,true)
or better
get_user_meta($user_id,’groupNames’,false)[$group_id]

Actually I’d rather abstract all requests for a user name to a function which can then be replaced with custom code just once. I don’t suppose anyone has already done that, or it’s been proposed as a BP/BBP enhancement?

I’m a noob with coding into WP, haven’t touched BP/bbP, and know little about the APIs, so please bear with me on the syntax and other specifics and focus on the concepts. Thanks.

The more I try to flesh it out above the more it seems possible for me to do this myself. But it would be really helpful if someone has already done it. Or if someone with knowledge in this area can see a more direct line from an exiting plugin to the solution I’m describing.

Thanks for your time!!

Update:
I have to add I have a set up of Buddypress/bbpress on another site on same server & sharing same account (Justhost.com) & there is no issue, with those pages. WordPress & ALL used plugins are up-to-date.

Regards