Each BP activated component has is own page. Activity has such a page.
When you go to WordPress settings, you can asign a default homepage. Choose Activity and you’re done.
But now it’s time you make a real test on a local install. It’s the best way to get answers.
Just installed buddypress and testing it out. I wanted to build in registration/login into my theme but I see the buddypress functions are all in a separate toolbar. That may or may not work. Some questions:
1. Can I hide the wordpress icon and the wordpress links (including dashboard access) from the left hand side of the admin bar? This will cause brand confusion and functionality confusion as there is more than 1 place to view/edit profile. I don’t want anyone to see/access any of the native wordpress pages
2. can I create my own register/login buttons and links to place within my theme and send the user to registration/login in that way?
Hi! Is there a way to allow comments on a group home page? I added the comments_template() to it, but that doesn’t seem any use as groups don’t seem to have support for comments.
I don’t want to use the activity stream for this, and comments would be perfect for what I need (people asking questions to a group and the questions remaining public before deciding to join).
Groups have an ID so I hope it is possible. I would really appreciate any help.
That is what my screen looks like… I have passed on the message from @danbp to my theme’s developers to look into.
<b>Have you updated the WordPress themes to the absolute latest?</b> They issued updates earlier this week. The previous versions resulted in the same problem, but the current ones worked fine for me.
My site is a relatively big one… with lots going on. But, my host advised me not to use Jetpack because they have found a number of conflicts/issues with some of the components. Hence, I have to find, test and use other plugins to get the functionality I am after.
I’ve never used their plugin, but do you have ‘moderation’ turned on?
From their readme file:
* Hide “Person became a registered member” from activity stream if moderation is turned on until person is approved.
This will prevent new registrations from showing in site activity, regardless of whether you’re using their plugin… but maybe you need something else? remove_action( 'bp_core_activated_user', 'bp_core_new_user_activity' );
The issue is that when any user registers, the new registration shows up in the site activity. I want to show all site activity except pending user registrations. I have seen several posts on how to filter using bp_has_activities (e.g. bp_has_activities( bp_ajax_querystring( ‘activity’ ) .’&object=groups,friends,status,blogs’), but I only want to filter pending registrations, nothing else.
I would like for my users to have the option of creating topics for the forum through the toolbar option ‘+ New‘ that the admin or moderators have. Many users will not understand the minimalist editor (the same that this forum has) and may discourage user threads and possibly replies. One of the plugins I installed was User Role Editor as you cannot change permissions by default. Is there something that I am missing within that plugin or what are the available options? Even if users could not use the editor I use TinyMCE Advanced I would be happy; though I would prefer if they had access to that editor.
WordPress Version: 4.2.1
BuddyPress version 2.2.3.1
Welcome to the BP community, I hope you decide to take the dive. I was where you are about three months ago. Though I’m not an expert, I can offer a fellow newbie perspective after a couple of months in.
1. Yes, if you mean can you have your activity feed as your homepage. Though if you want it to look like facebook or twitter color and layout wise you’ll have to look into a fb/twitter type of theme. (google wordpress themes or wordpress premium themes if you don’t mind paying)
2. You can send a friend request. If you want to add a follow button, you’ll have to look into plugins. (google wordpress plugins)
3. Nope, but that’s again where a plugin can help you out. I use Hashbuddy. Works perfectly.
4. Again a plugin. Usually a sharing one you’ll have embedded in your pages, post or activity feed. BP doesn’t come equipped with photo/video support, so plugin. I use Activity Stream Plus and Mediapress is pretty comprehensive although it’s still in/just coming out of beta.
5. And yes, you can set this option in your BP settings so every user can create groups.
Hope this helps! I know it can be a daunting and overwhelming start with so many options out there. BP is pretty easy to learn and pretty solid right out of the box. Add some plugins to give it polish and its a real nice product. Make sure you google themes and plugins to get a good idea of what’s out there. Best of luck to you!
The pandemonium is rarely related to WordPress core or BuddyPress core (the core devs usually issue a fix before we even know there’s a problem). So it’s a great idea to keep up to date as you’ve already mentioned.
The tricky part arrives when we look at plugins. Whilst WordPress does everything it can to make plugin developers aware of security issues, fixes are ultimately down to the plugin author. It’s always a good idea to use plugins that are activity maintained and supported. The same could be said for themes actually.
By default, WordPress is automatically updated when a security release is commited.
All my sites are already patched.
Probably yours also. 😉
If you’re a network user, sub sites ARE NOT automatically updated, so you have to check this manually. Normally this is mentionned on your network dashboard.
@danbp hey dan their seems to also be a very big risk with the wordpress commenting system that i have come across from various wordpress expert groups on fb today, and i believe that wordpress are refusing communication on this matter, please take a look at these 2 links, this could affect anyone using the commenting system with buddypress installs too.
when i go to view a profile or anything that has to do with buddy press. this appears:
<b>Warning</b>: strstr(): Empty needle in <b>/home3/filmfilm/public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-filters.php</b> on line <b>641</b>
this appears as the name of my tab. as the <title> when i go to view source. what does this mean and how do i get rid of it?
i am not an expert with HTML so i would need alot of details and explanation of this issue.
WordPress use Gravatar like BuddyPress.
When BP is activated, it let’s you manage your avatar from the profile.
WP is using get_avatar and BP substitute it with his own code for internal purpose.
Bp-avatar-suggestion let the site admin add an avatar bunch of pictures where users can choose from instead of uploading their own image. And yes, all avatars (wp/bp) are concerned, even if in fact it is the same thing.
FYI the ‘white figure on grey background’ is called Mystery Man in WP jargon. 😉
Also, Gravatar is an external service and on some config, this can slow down a site. Nothing new, it’s the case for any external service (js, font, cloud, social share, etc)
By using the define, you deactivate the call to external gravatar service, and BP fires a local copy of the mystery man. Deactivating Gravatar will also deprive the people who use the service to get their usual picture on your site. It’s not an innocent decision.
Be aware also that the empty option (in wp default avatar setting) is a blank image (and not an empty space), which is also fired by Gravatar.
Can I use WP plugin Countries (Import and manage a list of countries into WordPress site as Custom Post Types) for BP drop down box in Profile fields and how?
Thanks @henrywright! I’ll stick with add_filter('bp_core_fetch_avatar_no_grav', '__return_true'); then if it’s all I need to stop the Buddypress calls. What is it that WordPress calls for? Are you referring to the default ‘white figure on grey background’? Or does WordPress also check for a Gravatar in similar way to Buddypress. (I don’t currently use Gravatar).
Hi @djsteveb , I came across some of those posts you listed which is actually what got me thinking about it in the first place :). I’m trying to be as transparent as possible on user privacy/data on the site I’m creating. Searched the forums a little further and some of the threads are v old so thought I’d check if the stuff there was still applicable or had been deprecated.
Hi @danbp, thanks for the plugin suggestions. I’ve come across a few Buddydev plugins and will probably use their ‘bp-activity-comment-notifier’ plugin since they aren’t part of Buddypress default currently. Trying to keep plugins to a minimum early on.
With regards to the ‘bp-avatar-suggestions’ plugin (which you appear to have inspired), does that override any WordPress calls Henry mentioned above since you are using your own locally stored images? (similar I guess to the new user Twitter eggs)?
hi all i dont know how widespread this is and if it effects anything buddypress related, if this has been posted in the last week or so i apologize as i havent been around, this was just brought to my attention via an email from code canyone where i have a few premium plugins
THE BELOW ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ON THE 20TH OF APRIL AT SECURITY ADVISOR
Multiple WordPress Plugins are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to the misuse of the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions. These are popular functions used by developers to modify and add query strings to URLs within WordPress.
The official WordPress Official Documentation (Codex) for these functions was not very clear and misled many plugin developers to use them in an insecure way. The developers assumed that these functions would escape the user input for them, when it does not. This simple detail, caused many of the most popular plugins to be vulnerable to XSS.
To date, this is the list of affected plugins:
Jetpack
WordPress SEO
Google Analytics by Yoast
All In one SEO
Gravity Forms
Multiple Plugins from Easy Digital Downloads
UpdraftPlus
WP-E-Commerce
WPTouch
Download Monitor
Related Posts for WordPress
My Calendar
P3 Profiler
Give
Multiple iThemes products including Builder and Exchange
Broken-Link-Checker
Ninja Forms
I have no trash, the only pages I actually have on the site that are WordPress are related to the blog, there are just 7 pages in total on the whole site 🙂 I believe in minimalism.
I’ve just tried it on twenty thirteen (the latest update yesterday) and the groups work perfectly, even for my test user who is a forum participant and contributor for WordPress AND member of two hidden groups. I had tested it previously, but it did’t work on the previous version of the theme. I didn’t even have to deactivate any plugins.
I then tested it with all the themes from 2011-2015 and they all work too.
So… It looks like I need to take this back to my theme developers… Can you please give me so info that I can relay to them so they can get the hidden groups displaying correctly? Or, is it possible to copy the appropriate BuddyyPress files from one of the WordPress themes and put it somewhere in the child theme of the theme I am using? If so… Which ones and where would I find them?
The theme I am using integrates BuddyPress in it, but not in any great detail.
Thank you very much. And what about the Chinese language
In wordpress has Chinese. And in the Chinese language does not have buddypress.
Where to write translations? I want to translate their own.
I added Chinese language on the site
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Hi! Is there a way to allow comments on a group home page? I added the comments_template() to it, but that doesn’t seem any use as groups don’t seem to have support for comments.
I don’t want to use the activity stream for this, and comments would be perfect for what I need (people asking questions to a group and the questions remaining public before deciding to join).
Groups have an ID so I hope it is possible. I would really appreciate any help.