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@ch1n3s3b0y Hi there, im gonna chime in on this as im starting to believe that buddypress can most definately scale vary well (even though its not been proven yet to scale to say a million users+ i think its quite possible), as henry may remember from previous threads i have commented in i have decided to look into the ultimate server configurations to try and find the best way to actually move forward into my own buddypress build.

This has meant concentrating and learning about lots of different server configurations for the past couple of years in-between my other projects.

Do you think Buddypress can support hundreds of thousands, if not millions of users?

Lets just switch this notion right on its head, rather than ask yourself if buddypress can scale to a millon users start asking yourself if your server setup and configuration can scale to a million concurrent users instead.

The key to success on a buddypress active and busy site becomes more of a server and administration task rather than how you have buddypress setup on a basic server config (before long you will bottleneck somewhere if you do not setup for expansion).

I know it seems daunting to think about all of this rather than install it build it and launch it and expect it to scale! But to me doing something half hearted isnt the way forward with a serious build on any project. If you prepare and understand the potential problems before you have that killer network built with 100s of thousand of concurrent users its much better to be prepared than to sit back and go NOW WHAT! when you finally grind to a halt and noone can use your site anymore and you dont know how to fix and expand it. Proactive is the way forward.

I am currently testing my buddypress install on one of my servers with nginx and HHVM (hip hop virtual machine) that was created by and is used by facebook instead of standard php, this speeds up the PHP execution speed PHP code is translated into C++ compiled into a binary and run as an executable to really speed up the way php works, therefore making everying load much much much much faster! I have only just started messing around with HHVM and will keep you updated. is anyone else actually running HHVM? if so please do share with me your finding, to me this seems the way forward with any buddypress installed website.

Also as i have stated before once i have decided on my final server configurations and im 100 percent happy with exactly how my setups work with wordpress/buddypress to scale to massive amounts of users i will create a post and guide on how i have it all set up, but still will take me more time yet. and also as stated before if anyone else does want to give there 2 cents on it feel free because on these forums there is not much talk about actual configs that people are using, even though i do realize this is server tech department, i also believe it is a valid issue for buddypress because instead of questions about scalability there could also be a few answers which is my ultimate goal. 😉

I’m pretty sure WordPress sets authentication cookies when you log in. Make sure these aren’t being deleted by your browser.

Hi @qurgh,

use bp_loggedin_user_domain function and wp_nav_menu_items filter to add the item to an existing menu, like this: bp_loggedin_user_domain( 'kag/ship/' )

See here for a working example:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/url-for-menu-to-logged-in-users-profile-page/

WordPress reference:

wp_nav_menu_items

https://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus

BuddyPress reference

bp_loggedin_user_domain

– Is it possible as admin to change their username in the back office?

No, WordPress does not allow it. Usernames must be unique.

– Why the dot/period or special characters are allow in the username during the registration? and how i can block this?

There are various methods to restrict the characters allowed in a username when registering. Here’s one example:
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/124697/limit-username-to-specific-characters-a-z-and-0-9

Try adding a call to wp_mail.
There are several examples of that in codebase.
For example, see function bp_activity_at_message_notification
in buddypress\bp-activity\bp-activity-notifications.php

@djsteveb

i wrote: To make it work with BP, you add a copy of the original page.php of 2014 and rename it buddypress.php. And you add the condition into that copy.

I’m not a 2014 specialist and never liked that theme with BuddyPress. The’re so many other out to discover, easy to use and configure, that i wouldn’t loose my (at least) time with it.
2015 is already avaible and 2016 too, though 2014 is a dynosaur now. Beat’em ! 😉

@venutius – yeah wordpress is weird in that it uses a “theme” to handle how the backend admin dashboard does things, and I have no idea where those things are decided in the backend – but indeed it’s kind of weird how that is basically hidden from the backend – no notice of “your current theme is enhancing how the admin dashboard looks / behaves”

@yespapa – there have been several posts in the forums about restricting views of various pages based upon logged in / logged out. I can’t remember any of the solutions, if there were any at this moment.

I think you need to establish first which pages will be viewable by public / not viewable unless logged in – and make sure your language is correct / thorough.

eg – in wordpress world “pages” are like “static pages” – they end up in nav menus, not in the blog “loop” – etc.. blog posts are posts.. and in bp world stuff like profiles, groups, are kind of “pseudo pages” – which are not easy to hide with standard user role / permission plugins like “press permit core” – and I’m not sure if s2member has started to be able to lockdown bp’s psuedo pages..

there are some details posted by others in the other threads that have alredy discussed this kind of thing.

@douglaslovin83

You’re lucky !
Download the latest version of the plugin, as it seems that this is now in since 101 minutes:
Added support for Buddypress custom profile fields

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/

WordPress is the software behind buddyPress.
If you need custom roles&capabilities on your site, you can add roles programatically as explained on your mentionned tutorial. If it works, site admin can attribute one of the additionnal role to members, within admin.

BuddyPress, at this time, handles only member types. A member type is not a role or a capability à la WordPress, but only a way to sort better your members. In other words, a kind of a member category.

To handle such behave from front-end while registering, you can associate a xprofile field value with an existing WP role. See here for a solution (untested) provided a few month ago.
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-assign-a-wp-user-role-based-on-a-registration/#post-232887

Add snippet to your child theme functions.php or into bp-custom.php and give it a try.

See here how it’s done from plugin example
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_style#Load_stylesheet_only_on_a_plugin.27s_options_page

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

@deklein – One more thing – have you taken the steps to “create a new menu” and save and all that?
the wordpress menus thing is not the most eloquent as far as UX ihmo. Sometimes you gotta select a menu from the dropdown and click select and wait.. not everyone is going to know they need to click select to actually make something happen..

@deklein – it certainly would not hurt, and would be pretty fast and easy to make a backup of your entire wordpress install (all files on server, maybe a zipped folder) – then delete your buddypress plugin and all your default themes.. reinstall a fresh 2014 theme and buddypress – activate and test. Very strange that those do not show up with all other plugins disabled while switched to 2014 theme – and you even checked screen options..

I would say before trying that I would try to mess with that menu using a different browser.. sometimes things work in firefox that do not work in chrome.. sometimes a browser plugin blocks something from loading somewhere that you may not find is an issue when using Internet Explorer..

Well, I know how to create a page with WordPress. I did not know how to do with the content of the page:the code, the form… I can manage myself now.

P/s: I am a newbie to WP and BP. Anyone has to learn and grow. I expect your instructions to help newbies like me.

Thanks,

bbPress has it’s own support forums.

As you probably know, PHP notices are not that critical.
You might try looking at the file in the notice.
I suggest you review the function and perhaps add a conditional to check if topic is empty before adding to $new_title
You may have found a bug. You can create a ticket here.