When I edit the xProfile name, back to “Name” it works. Why can’t it have a other name than “Name”?
== Do you know of any examples that have 1000s of sites, not wp.com? ==
@nahummadrid Well, hundreds to thousands – The Le Monde Newspaper and Harvard Law Blogs come to mind since they’re veterans of WPMU as well. You can also check out
https://wordpress.org/showcase/flavor/wordpress-ms/
https://buddypress.org/showcase/
Re sitewide recent posts –
Here’s a plugin for multisite recent posts with avatar – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/diamond-multisite-widgets/ – have used this myself for home page
Found a plugin for multisite recent posts with thumbnails Compatible up to: 3.2.1 – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recent-network-posts/ haven’t used this so can’t comment on it 
Ok I will try that to see if it fixes the commenting issue. Will let you know.
New index.php – http://pastebin.com/UFHaJ9Lk
New footer.php – http://pastebin.com/Dgdk3Fvx
Buddypress has already made itself wider when it comes to its modules, while the rest of the site is working using the theme.
This is the theme I purchased http://themeforest.net/item/fullscreen-business-portfolio-wordpress-theme/236194
Getting the following message when I go to your main site:
Forbidden – Users from your country are not permitted to browse this site.
What theme are you using? Check if it’s listed in this page with the solution to BP template compatibility – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes
Setting up CDN on the same server as your site is, will defeat the purpose of a CDN to speed up your website. Different strokes for different folks. Check out these articles:
1. http://bp-tricks.com/featured/the-perfect-cdn-setup-for-buddypress-using-maxcdn-and-w3-total-cache/
2. http://wpmu.org/scaling-wordpress-wpmu-buddypress-like-edublogs/ with some tidbits about media files management
After doing a little more reading, what we are trying to create is a multisite install that allows for multi-network BuddyPress networks (x2) that segregates BuddyPress social networks in the multi network WordPress install so that each WP network has a different social network. The user base is still shared across the WP install and the root is NOT a buddypress site, rather a straight up wp site. (Not sure if used all the correct language there …
Question 1: First of all, is this possible?
So it seems like we might want to use BP Multi Network plugin by @wpmuguru & @johnjamesjacoby.
see: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-multi-network/
However, a little more reading and it seems that the WP Multi Network plugin by @johnjamesjacoby is a good candidate too.
see: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/
Question 2: Might it be that using both of these plugins is in order? Multi Network to Create Domain/Subdomain/Subsubdomain then BP Multi Network to segregate the buddypress newtorks Subdomain from Subsubdomain? Or would BP Mulit Network suffice?
Thoughts?
As we sort this out, we are also wanting each network to have its own extended/custom profile and its own groups and forums.
As I read on I am seeing that we need to have a good understanding about how sharing a database for these discrete networks, that will also have groups & forums, could be a bit tricky.
Are there any buddypress elves out there who could provide some guidance on this issue?
@nahummadrid Yeah, I was kinda surprised you asked about a blog’s post thumbnail since I’ve seen you doing more advanced stuff. Thanks for adding “in blogs-loop” to the topic title now lol.
Re: Thumbnails for latest posts per blog in Blogs Directory
– last time I did this was early 2011, I installed https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags/ and it supported post thumbnails. Best place to ask advice and support re this plugin is at the WP Multisite forums https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite and just add tag wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags on the sidebar
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes ( all done by @mercime , i think. )
It would have helped to know which ( parent ) theme you are using and ideally a link to it….
@nahummadrid In general, template files used:
1. index.php file – move link to author into post meta then replace the author-box div with your new post thumbnail div
2. functions.php – add support for post thumbnail
3. theme’s stylesheet – add styles (e.g. float: left;) to your post thumbnail div and margin for your post title, post meta and post content
4. (optional) archive.php, tags.php, category.php, search.php etc.
WP Codex – https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails
Old Tuts, good reference – http://www.kremalicious.com/2009/12/wordpress-post-thumbnails/
Another tuts – http://nenuno.co.uk/creative/wordpress/adding-post-thumbnails-to-wordpress-3-0/
@jkrysto –
Theirs code snippets around that will help you choose your own default avatar – http://wpmu.org/how-to-add-a-custom-default-avatar-for-buddypress-members-and-groups/
Their’s currently no built in screen to do it because BuddyPress inherits some of the WordPress’ philosophy’s Including Decisions not Options “It’s our duty as developers to make smart design decisions and avoid putting the weight of technical choices on our end users.”
Though, it might be a good enhancement ticket in trac.
No, I just have buddypress. And my template is smileth by myreviewplugin, so I have no idea. Is there a file using ftp that drives wordpress signup? I could just re-route it to go to my /register page…
if u want i reinstall wordpress, reinstall buddypress, but my team have resolved a bug with avatars that are not shared betwen subsites, i wan’t loose this correction, but is shure we have same problem i have done many test abouth this and is all the same results, pls help.
The newest. I figured out that for some reason, when I click “sign up”, my site redirects me to the wordpress login. How do I get it to take me to the buddy press login?! That’s all I need to fix.
@ktrojan Sorry, missed your reply.
With BBpress site-wide forums (bbpress 2.0 – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/) within the forums menu (settings/forums) you can choose to allow “anonymous posting” which will allow non-members to post in it.
But, that wont allow anonymous postings within a group, to do that is slightly harder (you’ll need to hire a developer) as it has an extra requirement of being a group member.
@gajananh999 Media uploads via Activity Updates:
1. BuddyPress Activity Plus – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-activity-plus/screenshots/ free
2. There’s also the premium BP Gallery plugin http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-gallery/ which also includes uploading images, audio and/or video in status updates forms in Activity Directory, Member’s activity page, and Group’s activity page.
@gajananh999 It is possible. It’s rare to find something that’s not possible The real question is “how difficult?”
The BuddyBoss commercial theme has implemented a feature that attaches an upload button to the activity updates post form – SEE: http://buddyboss.com/
Theirs also afew plugins that adds photo uploading, such as BP Albums – SEE: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-album/ but they are independent of the activity updates post form.
@flair1 – Nice site. Just a quick mention though, the Buddybar seems to be covering the site description on some monitors. You might want to either switch to the WordPress toolbar with
`define ( ‘BP_USE_WP_ADMIN_BAR’, true );` in your bp-custom.php
or add some CSS to bump your site down by afew pixels so that it’s underneath the buddybar.
`body {
margin-top: 40px;
}`
@mercime, it loads the responsive CSS on IE7 which breaks the main navigation. testbp.org / trunk has a fix for LTR, but not for RTL yet
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3595
We’ve fixed this in the most recent commit on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3294
You could either download the 1.5 branch version of BuddyPress from SVN (https://buddypress.svn.wordpress.org/branches/1.5/ which *should* be stable enough to use in production, or try to make the relevant code change in your version of BuddyPress.
I am still having trouble with this:(
I have vhost working. Just playing around with the apache settings, I am able to make several working generic sites, ie. site1.dev under /rootfolder/site1/, site2.dev under /rootfolder/site2.. and so forth. Unfortunately I don’t have access to another computer to try this on, but I’m pretty sure there is just something wrong with my home setup. Like, if I actually purchased web space and put wp and bp up it would probably work fine, but I really want to be able to test everything out on my own pc first.
What other information about my installation setup do you think would be helpful? I tried using both xampp and wampserver2.2D, I prefer the latter. I used them one at a time, never installing both at once. I pretty much just downloaded the installers and left everything default, I didn’t have any prior sites I was working on before on this computer. For wampserver I had to delete the # symbol to uncomment the line ‘#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf’ but that is all I had to change. xampp does not comment that line out on a clean install. There were no problems with wordpress on either setups.
My mind is boggled!
@mrjarbenne Thanks for the links, But those are paid plugins and I am all about the open source! especially if it is for wordpress
@djpaul Hey was wondering if you might help me out with some idea concepts. I got the whole settings to work and added my own page to the nav bar, that part was easy. However I hit a topping point.
I thought it would be easier to check if an update was part of a group AND if the user is part of that group. However I am finding it difficult to check this.
I noticed that in the activity there is a item_id which if it is a group update it is the group Id … but is there any other way to check to see if the activity_update is a group other than this? What about changing the content type to activity_group_update or something… Right now I have this and it seems totally hackish and not good at all. Seems to work to check though but also is invalid for any other update other than a group one….
` global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$hide_public_groups = get_user_meta( $current_user->ID, ‘hide_public_groups’ );
$hide_update = false;
if ( $hide_public_groups[0] == “yes” ) {
global $activities_template;
$group_id = $activities_template->activity->item_id;
$is_member_of_group = check_is_member_of_group( $current_user->ID, $group_id );
//echo $is_member_of_group;
if ( $is_member_of_group ) {
//this is working but is filtering out any other post
//need to check for if this is not a group post to just let it slide.
//maybe it is better to grab the groups_loop real quick and then just query for this specific group and then make sure it is public and is member….
//echo “no hide”;
//var_dump($group);
} else {
//echo “hide it”;
//$hide_update = true;
}
} `
Also just a note the check_is_member_of_group i stole from the class Bp_Groups_Member…
Any ideas anyone? I know this should be easier and I am way over thinking it.. It was late last night…
I got this error when I tried to install New BuddyPress
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_multisite() in d:hshomeomegatkdomegatao.comwordpresswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-loader.php on line 35
Will it run on 2.9.2?
@o4tuna Re: Themes and BP – Ways to have a BuddyPress-compatible theme
1. Create a child theme of bp-default theme – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
2. Make your regular WP theme compatible with BP via BP Template Pack Plugin – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/ – includes list of “Template-Packed” WP themes in latter part of the page
3. Install a WP theme with explicit BuddyPress-support e.g. Elbee Elgee – https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/elbee-elgee – this theme already includes BP template files
4. Plugin purchase – Premium themes more often require purchase of a plugin so you could use their themes with BuddyPress – e.g. Genesis, Pagelines, etc.
RE: Do the regular WP plugins still work with BP?
In general, yes. BuddyPress is also a WP plugin. There are rare conflicts with AJAX, JS, etc.
