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It will be as stable releases always are but obviously it’s presently only at beta 2 stage so users can test out and provide feedback!

@ akgt,

Please check this one-
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ad-manager-wpbb/

Sudeep

hi @panoravu,

for css styling, be inspired by this: http://www.php-ease.com/code/wordpress-style-admin-bar.html

If you want to code something into the Toolbar, you have to play with the wp_admin_bar filter.

The function goes then to your theme functions.php

Based ons omething like this

function my_function( $wp_admin_bar )
{
/*   what you need here */

}
add_filter( ‘admin_bar_menu’, ‘my_function’ );

Google around to find many answers about the WP Toolbar, like this one:
http://technerdia.com/1140_wordpress-admin-bar.html

posted a ticket https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4877

if you’re working on 1.7 consider here: http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/tag/bp_user_query/

https://codex.buddypress.org/bp_component/

hi @p2ab,

on BP 1.6.x,  a child theme contains at first only one file: style.css

The only thing to add in are comment tags.

/**
* Theme Name:  what you want
* Description: what you want
* Version: what you want
* Author: what you want
* Template: bp-default (this is very important: it’s the name of the parenttheme)
* Tags: blue, buddypress, two-columns, white….  (what you want)
**/

default.css is the buddypress main css file and you don’t have to copy it to your child theme.

Also, you have nothing to import ! This is optionnal and not necessary.

Just use the same ID and class names of the parts you want to customize and do your css modifications.

Remeber also that in a few weeks, BP 1.7 will be avaible and will let you use any existing WP theme with the opportunity to spare some long tweaking to recreate the wheel. Perhaps.

https://codex.buddypress.org/legacy/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/building-a-buddypress-child-theme-for-bp-1-2/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

you could also use this plugin before exporting your DB:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-cleanfix/

I believe your report is covered by:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4573

It’s a gremlin that doesn’t appear for most installs.
It’s been reported in various guises for quite awhile.
I was hoping that forcing a value into gmt_offset would solve it for you. :{

ability to selectively take posts from sub-sites and repost to the main blog

@ubernaut Didn’t need that feature. It was automatic posting to main site/site of choice from all subsites. I install it, configure it a little, that’s that. For what you want, check out https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/threewp-broadcast/screenshots/

any word on when this will be available to update via WordPress? dashboard isn’t prompting me … (yet)

@mercime i was looking at that plugin recently because this other one:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/network-shared-posts/

doesn’t work anymore looking to have the ability to selectively take posts from sub-sites and repost to the main blog would the plugin you mentioned allow me to achieve that you think or am I’m DYI territory here you think? thanks!

from the previous version of wordpress to WordPress 3.5.1. – i didn’t upgrade buddypress as i had made some modifications to the layout. Everything else works bar the avatar upload/change. When this is changed there is a blank page and hang type behaviour. I’ve tried various permetations of permissions but with no success.

Hi!

If somebody still need to disable activation email, the following function works fine for me:

`
// Change the text on the signup page
add_filter( ‘bp_registration_needs_activation’, ‘__return_false’ );

function my_disable_activation( $user, $user_email, $key, $meta = ” ) {
// Activate the user
bp_core_activate_signup( $key );

// Return false so no email sent
return false;
}
add_filter( ‘wpmu_signup_user_notification’, ‘my_disable_activation’, 10, 4 );
remove_filter( ‘wpmu_signup_blog_notification’, ‘bp_core_activation_signup_blog_notification’, 1, 7 );
add_filter( ‘wpmu_signup_blog_notification’, ‘__return_false’ );
`

Thanks to @cnorris23 for it! https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3443

Hope it helps to someone 🙂

a member login menu that would take the registered users to a login form similar to the form on the sidebar. Hope that makes sense.

@bookee you can create a page template with only the login form code you copied then go to Pages > Add New, add Page Title e.g. Join Us, then use the page template with the login form you created. Or, you might want to try out pcwriter’s tutorial http://wpmu.org/how-to-build-a-facebook-style-members-only-wordpress-buddypress-site/

how do I make it so that when they click the title to read more that they go to the blog on my site NOT the members site?

That’s the default behavior. You need to install a plugin to do what you posted. I used the WordPress MU Sitewide Tags Pages. Do read the Other Notes of the plugin. It’s not been updated for 3.5.1 but it’s still working in my installation. If you find issues with the plugin, do post at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags

@garethmartin when you upgraded WordPress (from what version to latest?), did you upgrade BuddyPress as well? Did you check if your theme is compatible with WP/BP versions?

@panoravu check out the https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mp6/ for upcoming WP 3.6 though 🙂

hi @boiy

you have to code this yourself or hire a dev to do it for you.

maybe this plugin can inspire you https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/word-linker/

or this older one https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-topic-tags/

well it’s an interesting post but it is contrary to my own personal experience with WP Engine i signed up right about the time he gave up. I would note the fact that he states that the CEO issued personal apology and reimbursement for the migration issue, thats seems like at least they took the issue seriously at some point. Also way he closes the post “Where I am today Back at Linode, back to running it myself.” This is exactly the reason it makes sense for people along a spectrum of technical expertise not just novices. Granted the WP managed hosts are not without their drawbacks and even WPE has some quirks that take a little getting used to.

WP Engine is the only company that provides both phone support and specialized wp hosting as far i know. The entire system is built from the ground up only to host WP sites. I cannot tell you how valuable it is when you call into support and you don’t have to explain how wordpress works or what buddypress is every time you are trying to get to the bottom of something. It is also the only hosting company i know that Automattic is financially involved in, to me that means something, i suspect it also means something to WPE.

In my experience the notion of a perfect host is a canard, what may be a great host today could be horrendous two years from now, but WPE aside from any deal killing kind of quirks is the best platform you could be hosted on aside from wordpress vip unless you truly can afford to do everything yourself.