@Anointed: Ah, ok. I haven’t actually updated the gsoc repository for quite some time now. I also thought about moving to git but decided against it in the end — WordPress’s repositories will be the sole location for up to date versions of EventPress and BuddyPress Custom Posts.
Check out the codex here for a full list of all functions (great stuff!):
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference
Thanks Mercime, can you elaborate on what features are available now and what are not?
Any direction as to how to get inexpensive support/wordpress developers or easy to use guides would also be appreciated.
Thanks
@mgelblum Many things in your post are do-able with BuddyPress out-of-the-box and with additional customizations and plugins which are free and those which are paid for. And then it also depends on your server and your ability to go through with the project or might need to hire someone to do.
As for the Sansation theme, either add BuddyPress Template Pack or port Sansation design to your own BuddyPress Child Theme. Either way, you need to have HTML/CSS skills with knowledge of WP/BP template tags.
Re: stability – what works for me may not work for you. Did you read information about the plugins? Both plugins are being actively developed. There was insufficient doc on EventPress, so here’s a sample – http://gsoc2010.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/status-update-4/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-sitemap-generator/ (ignore some of the warnings in the dashboard – i haven’t updated it awhile but still works and waiting on bp 1.2.6 to do so.)
Bump. And glad I’m not the only one who’s getting this. 
@Paul I’m getting the latter activation URL. And, though BP runs only on one blog, it’s only Network Activate-able as a plugin.
*update*: It’s a WordPress core bug: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14718
@adelack – two thoughts:
1. You can probably do this with the new WordPress custom post types. Build a theme that only gives your users an image upload post type
or:
2. Modify the activity status update to support image uploads, and use that instead of blogs for your users
Chiming in here…
@hnla is correct (as well he should be, with all the help I got from him building the plugin). Add All Nav Links to BP-Adminbar does not modify any links inherent to the adminbar itself (My Account, My Blogs, Notifications…). It simply adds Buddypress and WordPress page links to it and allows you to customize how everything is displayed.
Thanks for your such a quick reply.
Not necessarily, all depends, BP uses a stock install of WP so generally WP plugins will work on that part of the site that is WP, but won’t necessarily be BuddyPress aware. This is one of those suck it and see type questions.
Is it possible to add a filter to allow shortcodes in group descriptions? I would like to use the plugin “donation can” but I can’t get the shortcode the plugin generates to work properly. Ideas?
@irishartisans – did you get the custom permalinks working on your basic WordPress install with BuddyPress de-activated?
You’ll need that before you attempt to use BuddyPress.
Does this article help: http://www.benhuson.co.uk/2010/03/01/wordpress-permalinks-zeus-server/
I think you need to run CHMOD on the parent directory to something like 755
I have only used wordpress standalone + BP though. But worth a try.
A link like that won’t break the site. It must be something else. Is this something new since you’ve installed a plugin (other than BuddyPress) or changed theme? Most likely, I’d guess it’s an PHP memory error.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP
allows editing top level status updates (not replies – think after 1.2.6 hits i can hook into a new filter)
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-edit-activity-stream/
I was under the impression akismet by itself only works on the wordpress blog posts, but not forum posts or updates (buddypress stuff), am I wrong in this? – thats why I was asking about other plugins.
Hey, I’m the author of the minimum password length plugin and I just noticed this thread. I looked at the code from the password strength meter from the OP link and it appears that it’s only checking the password length. Is that what you’re looking for, or did you want to make people use non-alpha characters etc?
The best solution for this would likely be to utilize the existing password strength meter built into WordPress. If I remember correctly, there’s even a JavaScript library that could be queued from core that would do most of the heavy lifting. I’ll take a look tomorrow and see how hard it would be to add that to the BuddyPress profile page (and maybe have an option to force people to use strong passwords too). I’ve had limited experience with BuddyPress though, so we’ll see how far I get
H-mag is highly customized. They probably made their own components.
Did you try this one?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-events/
– Backup database and server files regularly, especially before any BuddyPress or WordPress upgrade
– Set up and maintain test installation/s which mirror/s live site/s. That’s where I check out all plugins and upgrades first before installing in live site. No rush to upgrade BP or WP install unless it’s a security release. Still, better to test first.
– Check out WordPress and BuddyPress forums for red flags re upgrades, plugins, etc.
