WP 3.5.1 BP 1.6.4 http://www.gumpolen.com
It would be great if BuddyPress would provide the option for the admin to enable “Open in new window” when a member clicks on another member’s sub site link — or when the Admin clicks on a sub site link. I don’t like using my browser back button, and sometimes I just want to look at something and not have to navigate back to my own site. This feature would allow members to easily have two sites/blogs open at the same time.
I don’t think you ever want someone to leave your site, and if it means another window opening to keep them at your site, so be it.
This could be a setting apart from WordPress itself. BuddyPress already personalizes WordPress, so how about an Admin feature to choose how windows open when any possible link would mean a person leaving the home site?
This is just an idea.
Thanks,
Kevin
No need anymore.
Found https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/
Apparently works with 3.5.1 WordPress & 1.7 Beta BuddyPress
Hi,
I want to use wordpress username in every field of my site instead of buddypress’ “Name”. Is it possible to disable the whole name system and use Username instead or to hide Name from every possible field and display Username instead.
I’m totally newbie to this whole coding stuff, found a code and managed to hide “Name” field in profile edit but this is only preventing from changing it. I need to disable it or change it’s usage to Username. (in Activity feed, mentions & comments at least)
—
In case anybody wonders what did I use for hiding Name from profile edit section;
`add_filter(“xprofile_group_fields”,”bpdev_filter_profile_fields_by_usertype”,10,2);
function bpdev_filter_profile_fields_by_usertype($fields,$group_id){
//only disable these fields on edit page
if(!bp_is_profile_edit())
return $fields;
//please change it with the name of fields you don’t want to allow editing
$field_to_remove=array(“Name”,””);
$count=count($fields);
$flds=array();
for($i=0;$iname,$field_to_remove))
unset($fields[$i]);
else
$flds[]=$fields[$i];//doh, I did not remember a way to reset the index, so creating a new array
}
return $flds;`
Added this code to bp-members-functions.php
Hi, I’m have WordPress 3.5.1 and using Buddypress Default Theme 1.6.4. Some of my blog content can run lengthy. I’m trying to find a way to limit the amount of characters for my blogs and allow a visitor to click a “read more” link but can’t seem to find how to do it with my theme. I noticed some themes have them. How can I do this without switching themes?
http://www.hawaiitrekkers.com
I have this site http://www.inandaboutdubai.com. Yesterday i installed buddypress on it.. Solved all the related issues but there seem to be some issues related to the page section. I have set this page for registration : http://www.inandaboutdubai.com/register But for some reason it bounces back to the home page. I dont know where exactly the problem lies. WordPress/ my theme newsetter or buddypress
What theme are you using?
What version of BuddyPress?
See if this is your case: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4834
It is a known issue and some of the temporary possible solutions are mentioned on the ticket here.
Please have a look
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4252
Hello Everyone..
I have created a multisite, multiblog platform using BuddyPress that allows my users to create their own blogs on my network..
However I can’t seem to get the Avatars to carry over from the main blog (Where they register)
They also does not seem to be any place to update your avatar on the new blogs ???
Can anyone help please….. really stumped on this!!
Kind Regards
James
WordPress Version 3.5.1
BuddyPress Version 1.6.4
http://fitnessblogger.net
Hi,
the domain on which rests the site is level 3 (www.miproduco.altervista.org)
I bought a 2nd level domain (www.riminikmzero.org)
to point to the new domain I did it this way:
modified file. hatccess with the following lines
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^ index \. Php $ – [L]
RewriteCond% {REQUEST_FILENAME}!-F
RewriteCond% {REQUEST_FILENAME}!-D
RewriteRule. / index.php [L]
# END WordPress
modified file header.php
between the two head
I added: base target=”_top” / (with to start and end)
both in header.php – that in headerbuddypress.php
Everything works except for groups and members (goes in loop)
Hello, I’m hoping someone can help me or point me in the right direction. I am new to Buddypress (1.6.4) and WordPress (3.5.1). I was wondering if there is anyway in Buddypress to limit who a user can become friends with. For instance, a professor can be friends with anyone, students can be friends with each other and professors, and parents can only be friends with their child and professors. I have been doing quite a bit of research but haven’t found anything yet. Thanks in advance!
Anonymous User 7600456Inactive
Ok this isn’t perfect but it should work.
Go to ‘Appearance’ > ‘Editor’
On the right hand side select ‘style.css’
Scroll down to the bottom and right after the last }
paste this:
`
div#register-page.page {
height: 600px;
}
`
A better way would be to create a child theme (https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) and then paste this into the style.css of the child theme. This is because whenever you change your theme you will need to add this again for it to work.
Anonymous User 7600456Inactive
My point was that as long as you have all the correct files backed up there is really very little risk.
I don’t see any particular reason that you would have any problems.
Regarding the update notice. That is strange. Do you get update notices on other plugins and WordPress?
Btw, is there any reason that you are not just upgrading to WordPress 3.5.1 and Buddypress 1.6.4? These are the versions that are the best tested and that you are most likely to be able to get specific advice for.
Regarding a manual update. Yes, just deactivate and delete (after backing it up of course!) the Buddypress plugin and then upload the new one and activate it.
I can’t imagine it will be all that bad 🙂
Thanks for your reply: you’re right of course – there’s not loads of stuff in the widget areas that will be lost, so I can always manually restore them – not ideal though… I guess it’s not really obvious to me regarding the correct way to do stuff for ANY buddypress upgrade when you have a child theme etc. Of course I can revert to previous db and files – but then I wouldn’t have made any headway…
I think it would be good to have some sort of framework for users like myself who are not actively Buddypress developers, but who do use WordPress as developers. There possibly is something, somewhere but for the life of me it ain’t obvious.
Also – something confusing me is that the Buddypress documentation suggests that there will be an upgrade notice for Buddypress in the network admin plugins area – but I don’t have this. I guess what I do is to manually remove the old Buddypress, then upload the new Buddypress and then activate the plugin? Then, hopefully, the BP wizard will retune the database afterwhich I get on with all the tweaking – moving files to my child theme, altering the language files etc.
Again … any pointers appreciated!
Ok so here is my code for adding an activity feed on the submission of a form i have. NOthing happens what so ever on the form submission. Can anyone help?
Im using wordpress 3.5 and buddpress version 1.6.2
$project_link = 'http://www.example.com/member/'.$user_name.'/portfolio/view/?project='.$project_id.'';
$params = array(
'action' => 'new-project',
'content' => 'here is a new activity',
'primary_link' => $project_link,
'component' => 'my_component',
'type' => 'my_type',
'user_id' => $bp->loggedin_user->id,
'item_id' => $bp->displayed_user->id
);
do_action( 'bp_activity_add', $params );
Actually what I meant to say is that a child theme is not required but if your modifying your theme files whether it be the “Responsive WordPress Theme” or some other wordpress theme to work with buddypress then my instructions are correct. @modemlooper your great but it is still best for people to make child themes even with BP 1.7 beta 1. Reason being for example is when they update their particular theme from wordpress or they made a lot of changes in the child themes style.css, header.php, or footer.php etc. In any other instance then I am correct. my case it was a plain Jaine wordpress responsive child theme and it work perfectly! We can’t discount the value of a child theme for update reasons so we need to get clear on this! Maybe I suppose with the compatibility layer it is now a wordpress.org issue but people do need to be aware of it when installing buddypress because its a little different now but its not rocket science either!
Hi @hsutliff
To take care of the second, there’s a plugin we’ve built aplugin, BuddyPress Media. Do check it out. It’ll sort out the uploading and sharing of media.
Regards.
Hi@evo252,
in the BP 1.0 branch there was a CSV based country field in xprofile.
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches?order=name#1.0/bp-xprofile/prebuilt-fields
Take a look in the code and see if you can build something for 1.6.4 or 1.7.
Since 2008, Google Map became a must have. And IMO it’s a better geoloc tool as a simple city/country dropdown witch only prevent end users from having to write themselves the name of their city and their country….
Doing this is much more complicated as you think. Over 160 countries on earth and millions of cities. What kind of server do you need to just store these informations and to make them work together ?
Typing country and city is the same effort as typing name and first name for the end user. Let them write and use something powerfull, existent and easy to use and show AND effort less for you too.
Spare your time and made it simple so far ! 😉
Give this plugin a try: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-user-profile-map/
Or search another map plugin : https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=map
@modemlooper its not required for the buddypress side of things but it is for the wordpress theme updates side of things unless you wanna loose the changes you may have made to the header.php, footer.php, functions.php, style.css etc.
@modemlooper But what if you have a wordpress theme like The Responsive Theme for instance and you want to make drastic changes to it. Wouldn’t it still be a better idea to make child theme? When I say child theme I mean just basically making a child theme for a wordpress theme not a buddypress theme.
As long as you make a child theme of the theme you are using with BP 1.7 beta 1 then the style.css and functions.php should still be fine when 1.7 is out. Since 1.7 has the compatibility layer building a child theme for a regular wordpress theme is all you need to do but if your going to modify any of the buddypress templates you will need to copy over
yoursite/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress into the root of your child themes folder.
Anonymous User 7600456Inactive
I don’t see why you would have any problems.
The themes are made to work first with WordPress, then with Buddypress.
If you are worried just set up a test site and check them out on a site with WordPress and no Buddypress installed.
I hope this helps.
Hello All,
Im wondering if a BUDDYPRESS CHILD THEME, for example “FRISCO” usable as a BLOG Theme? Are Child Themes, even BP-Default compatible as a generic WordPress Blog theme?
My scenario,
1) Latest Version of WP, BP installed
2) Multisite Mode.
3) Using BP-Default theme on TLD (www.mydomain.com/ )
4) I would like to use FRISCO on my other blog (www.mydomain.com/DRIFT )
QUESTION:
1) is using a default BP childtheme as a blog cause problems?
2) is using bp-default as a blog theme on my other blog cause problems?
@djpaul Thanks! That worked like a charm.. I promise.. i didnt cross post it on this forum. 🙂 — Ok.. so from now.. i promise to ask Welcome Pack questions on WordPress.org — and not here 🙂 Thanks Again!
Hi, that is just what I (and think a lot of us) need. Nothing yet about the widget code?
P.S: In this moment I’m using BuddyBar widget (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddybar-widget/) plugin is not as good as @naijaping code but do its job. A god thing about this plugin is than give You a Log in form and after log in, it changes to something like @naijaping widget.
