BuddyPress.org

thank you so much for taking time to respond to my question,

i am using – buddy multi-purpose -theme from themeforest,(indeed wordpress with bp compatibility but they are not good at support though)

so i will wait for bp 1.8 if i understand you correctly,

big relief
tnx again

Hi Henry,

I’m using WordPress TwentyTwelve theme with the BuddyPress Template pack add on. Reason being that the design provided by our graphic designer was closer to Twenty Twelve than it was for BP default theme. I appreciate that your going to say should have gone with / switch to the BP default theme, but we are 90% through this project now with this one issue outstanding so that will not be possible.

Thanks for your help…

@modemlooper
Actually I didn’t get rejected. They are just swamped at the moment with plugin reviews. I am not rejecting your examples either to the contrary I am actually going to take your advice. My point is that there really needs to be documentation to reflect that there is higher expectations
in place now in the codex and here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/
because I have the requirements that it states. Please do no think I am being negative or unappreciative of you or the other volunteers on the review panel. I just think that everyone developing plugins need to be aware that the bar is being raised a bit so they can follow the advice as you have given before they submit the plugin for review. Thanks!

I found this video the best I’ve seen this far, because it keeps it very easy to understand.

It starts with a very basic understanding of what Actions and what Filters do because they maybe sound very overwhelming? when you bump onto them for the first time.
You don’t wanna know how many bbPress or BuddyPress projects I have deleted because I couldn’t understand what actions are, I knew they where spot that you can Hook into but making it happen and writing some code that finally gets Hooked into an action is a different story.

Actions DO stuff.
Filters CHANGE stuff.

I’ve tried to make my own custom add_action for the first time just to see if I was able to Hook into that ‘ bp_group_header_actions ‘ and it worked.
Something as simple as this added an empty span tag above the ‘ bp_group_header_actions ‘ code but the only question that still remains how to I get inside the HTML of this action.

add_action ( 'bp_group_header_actions', 'my_stuff', 1 );

function my_stuff() {
	echo '<span></span>';
}

This empty span tag has to go inside that div before the a href tag.

Thanks! And yes the Github is the latest version. It’ll be where all development takes place even when the plugin is on the WordPress repo

@bphelp I’ve tried contacting the developer but there was no way of contacting him that worked. I’ve sent off an email to plugins@wordpress.org to discuss getting commit access to the plugin as I feel this would be best for current users of the plugin, as well as give the plugin a better launch pad if I’m honest.

Thanks for the kind words!

I just found on the Show Options drop down menu, on the Appearance>editor page, a link…
https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Just one quick look at that and I see a picture with a folder tree, and I now assume that I am suppossed to be creating this child theme folder inside my wordpress installation folder. Unfortunately I never saw anything simply writting that anywhere.

That was the key thing I was missing here I guess, the whole time I was looking around inside wordpress application for something, when its in the ‘Installation’ files id say.

I think they could have just written that somewhere. Obviously Its not really obvious.

Thanks for replying, I still have a problem, because I have found that link already, and read through it but I still cant find how to create a child theme.
On that site, in that document it says…

[[
Let’s Start Building!

The bp-default theme is located in the BuddyPress plugin folder at /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/ so it can be updated along with the plugin. WordPress knows where it is, even though your own child theme folder is in /wp-content/themes/.

A. Create a new theme folder

The first step is to create a new theme folder and give it a unique name. For this example, the theme is called “BuddyPress Dusk” and so we’ll name our folder bp-dusk. We’ll be uploading the bp-dusk child theme folder to wp-content/themes/.
]]

(that is the first instructional step) This doesnt make sense to me, cause I dont know where I should be and how to do this…this is what I am asking for help with. I cant find anything that actually tells me how you start to create a child theme.

@modemlooper
Yes I am familiar with wrapping everything in a class. I have used this method in a small plugin I have on github. I appreciate the advice again!
P.S. I have your site listed on my blog as a place to get awesome premium BP plugins so I hope you don’t mind. http://bphelpblog.wordpress.com/

@mewrd thanks for your prompt reply. What other free theme do you suggest that looks similar, that is WordPress and BuddyPress compatible and also responsive. Ideally am looking for a theme that looks like this current one.
Thanks in advance.
Benjamin

Am using WordPress 3.5.2, BuddyPress Version 1.7.2 and BBPress Version 2.3.2. The theme is a custom theme. This is the the link http://mythemeshop.com/themes/ribbon/
Here is how its behaving http://www.disqusnow.co.uk/groups/test-group/forum/. Still working on the look.

@mercime Am using WordPress 3.5.2, BuddyPress Version 1.7.2 and BBPress Version 2.3.2. The theme is a custom theme. This is the the link http://mythemeshop.com/themes/ribbon/
Here is how its behaving http://www.disqusnow.co.uk/groups/test-group/forum/. Still working on the look.

@hnla @mercime @modemlooper
I agree there needs sorting out and consistency in how to check for BP etc.
I just got an email from Mika E one of the plugin reviewers and she says

But … why?

BuddyPress has loader actions you can hook into: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress/trunk/bp-core/bp-core-actions.php#L34

(I’m sitting next to JJJ right now and he pointed this out). So you don’t have to call loader.php, which is slower in the long run, and instead you hook into BP at the appropriate point.

The whole thing it looks like you’re doing is adding this action:

add_action( ‘admin_notices’, ‘private_community_for_bp_lite_install_buddypress_notice’ );

And you want to only add that notice IF BuddyPress is loaded, right? So why not the smaller check? If you do that, you won’t have to call bp-loader, because you’re hooking in after it’s loaded.

Why would I want my install buddypress notice to display if they have buddypress installed and the requirement for BP is met? That makes no sense. Right now it is setup to display only if someone using wordpress does not have BP installed and activated which is what it does and should do correct?
I don’t get it! Any of you guys have advice?
Thanks again!