BuddyPress.org

You want to create an event via the update form on the activity page?
afaik – that is not possible.

You can create events that will also generate an entry in the activity stream.
This plugin will do that: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-simple-events/

Gardenia is not BP ready.

Create first a child theme. Add a new folder to wp-content/thems/
wp-content/themes/gardenia-child/
Now add a new file and call it style.css
Copy this header comment into it (/* & */ included):

/*
Theme Name: Gardenia-child
Description: child theme
Version: 1.0
Author: XXX
Template: gardenia
*/

Save.

In that folder, add another one called buddypress and another one in this folder called css

Go to wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/css/ and copy buddypress.css file into the css folder you created in the child theme.

In legacy/buddypress/ directory, is a js folder. Copy the whole folder into child’s buddypress directory.

End result should be:

/gardenia-child/
/gardenia-child/style.css

/gardenia-child/buddypress/css/buddypress.css

/gardenia-child/buddypress/js/buddypress.js
/gardenia-child/buddypress/js/password-verify.js

Go to dashboard > Appearrance > Theme and activate Gardenia-child.

Done ! The theme shows BuddyPress properly.

@sharmavishal,
read from here:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/resolved-restricting-users-to-one-group/

See if you can do something with 2nd plugin mentionned in topic. If not able, you have to ask for on Group Hierarchy support.

We only support BuddyPress here.

@ericks89,

There is a way, if you use BBPress Signature. 😉 Modifying bbp_get_reply_content filter.

Here an example fetching 3 xprofile fields called Signature, Industry and Type. Change it to your need. Code goes into bp-custom.php or child theme functions.php

function my_bbp_reply_content_append_user_signature( $content = '', $reply_id = 0, $args = array() ) {
	// Default arguments
	$defaults = array(
		'separator' => '<hr />',
		'before'    => '<div class="bbp-reply-signature">',
		'after'     => '</div>'
	);
	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
	extract( $r );

	// Verify topic id, get author id and potential signature
	$reply_id  = bbp_get_reply_id       ( $reply_id );
	$user_id   = bbp_get_reply_author_id( $reply_id );
	
	// Get fields data. Caution: name is case sensitive.
	if(function_exists('bbpress') ) {
		$signature = xprofile_get_field_data( 'Signature', $user_id );	
		$wowi = '<br>'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Service', $user_id );
		$wowt = '<br>'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Type', $user_id );
	}
	else {
		$signature = bbp_get_user_signature ( $user_id  );
	}

	// If signature exists, adjust the content accordingly
	if ( !empty( $signature ) )
		$content = $content . $separator . $before . $signature . $wowi . $wowt . $after;

	return apply_filters( 'my_bbp_reply_content_append_signature', $content, $reply_id, $separator );
}

if ( !is_admin() ) {
   // remove the original BBPress filter
   remove_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_content', 'bbp_reply_content_append_user_signature', 1, 2 );
   // add our custom filter
   add_filter( 'bbp_get_reply_content', 'my_bbp_reply_content_append_user_signature', 1, 2 );	
}

May this help. 😉

xProfile data is a BuddyPress thing and user meta is a WordPress thing. Which one you use will depend on whether you plan to always use BuddyPress. If not then taking the user meta approach will ensure your plugin will work on all WordPress installs (even when BuddyPress is deactivated).

@iseestarz

Activity wall – Yes – in core.
all members chat – private user to user email like messages in core. Chat rooms with plugins like “quick chat” – so yes
sleek custom profiles for members, -hard to tell what is “sleek” – custom? for each member? There are a couple of plugins that played with this – not sure how they work, if they’ve been updated lately.. modding how all profiles look to make them “sleeker” than default 2015 – theme – possible..

a paid membership option – that would be a plugin.. there are several that get into that.. s2member, paid memberships pro, ultimate member maybe? Some options from wpmudev as well I think.

A way to let paid members make their own post/articles on the homepage – hmmm.. maybe prevent non paid members from even creating a blog.. or you mean any activity posts on home page – I think these things are possible.. BP recently added “user levels” but I have not see much actually use that.. but extending this should be easy to some degree..

However if your focus is on paid members things, and you will need support to put all this together and keep it running (you are not a php coder with lots of time to read codex and test things) – then developing around BP is likely to get expensive, and you might be better off forgetting bp exists and looking at some of the more premium systems others have put together around wordpress (a few wpmudev plugins combined achieve what you describe without needing BP) – and there are others..

Of course you don’t have to look for such a system revolving around wordpress either – there are more mature social network options that may save you time and sanity – things like phpfox, boonex dolphin, oxwall..

random thoughts from a bp user.. I’m not a dev and have not tested all the things out there that get into paid members things and restrictions.. if you search the forums here there have been a few comments from others pointing to some other similar plugin options – and some people have pointed out troubles with some of those on the market.

The best advice I can give is to look at how some of the already-available plugins do it. XML Sitemaps is a good one to learn from. It might not cover BuddyPress pages but I’ve used it in the past and it worked great for me.

This is the BP support site.
The bbPress support site is here.

Have you tried https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/ ?

You can use it for free, but have to customize it with your own logotype.
See plugin repo how other plugins use it:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?page=1&q=buddypress

Official logos and colors for BP are here:

Official Logos and Typeface

BP is under same GPL license as WordPress.
https://wordpress.org/about/license/

I have created a plugin specifically for this.

BP Private Avatars

Let me know what you think.

The easiest way would be to create your own widget, as this widget is in a core file (bp-members/bp-members-widgets.php). Then you can ignore the built in widget and use yours.

Line 307 > 309 is a div containing what you have to modify.

<div class="item-avatar">
   <a href="<?php bp_member_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php bp_member_name(); ?>"><?php bp_member_avatar(); ?></a>
</div>

Change bp_member_name() to bp_member_user_nicename()

Code related to who’s online goes from line 247 to 390.

– Copy/paste it to bp-custom.php
– change class name to something unique. ie. class My_Whos_Online_Widget extends WP_Widget
– in __construct function, in $name replace (BuddyPress by Custom)
– modify the div content by replacing bp_member_name() by bp_member_user_nicename()

Done !
You have to register the new widget. In bp-custom

function register_my_custom_widget() {
    register_widget( 'My_Whos_Online_Widget' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'register_my_custom_widget' );

Go to Appearance > Widget and select (Custom) Who’s Online Widget.

Finito ! 🙂

WP codex reference

@bfchris2, sorry, the file is here /bp-legacy/buddypress-functions.php

@mangelesgcl,

consider this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/
and read this plugin support topic:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddypress-integration-11?replies=4

Other technique

Create a new page and add your terms of service. Save.
Add a new field to profile Base tab (the one which shows on register page).
Field title: Terms of Service
Field description: by checking this box you agree with our TOS. And a link to the page:
<a href='http://my-site.com/page_name/'>Read our Terms of Services</a> Caution: use single quotes to enclose the url
Field type: checkboxes.
Field option: custom and only one option: TOS ! Leave it unchecked.

On the right of the screen:

Field requirement: required.
Field visibility: only me and check Enforce field visibility

Guess we’re done !

While registering, if the checkbox is not checked, the process will stop and user will be adviced that he omited a field. Once he checked it, he can finish his subscription. This doesn’t mean he read your TOS, but you’re covered if you warned him to read TOS first. And ensure that the link is working and the page exist with content !

Depending your country law, TOS can be more or less regulated. It’s your responsability to get informed about that before using it.

You could also use this plugin. Exclude the URLs you want to be accessible to all. Everything else will be hidden, including from SERPS.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/jonradio-private-site/

Which theme do you use ? Seems you renamed yours to Test, and i was unable to find it somewhere.
Also, do you use a cache plugin ? If it’s the case, disable it or clear it while testing CSS.

I cannot put it in maintenance mode

This is not necessary if you had a local copy. I strongly recommend you do that if you want to manage correctly a high traffic site.

You can use a child-theme for your theme, not for BP which has no theme since 1.9. The one called bp-default is no more maintained and is only in for temporary backward compatibility for (very) old BP site.

BP use templates, which are stored in bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/. Those templates are tailored to fit with almost any recent (and decently coded) themes.

Creating a child theme is explained on hundreds of sites and on WP’s codex. Additionnal infos for BP are given here.

I’m not sure what the “provider user identifier” is? If it’s something in WordPress Social Login, try asking the question over at their support forum. They should be up to speed on it.