Howdy, I added support for BuddyPress into my anti-spam plugin this morning on request of some of the plugins’ users. I don’t actually use BuddyPress though, so can’t confirm that it is indeed working on a live site, so if any of you kind BuddyPress folks can help a poor plugin dev. out by testing it for me, that would be really handy 
It works ninja well on blog comments, so assuming I’ve implemented it correctly, it should (in theory) work just as well for bbPress too.
Here’s the announcement post for BuddyPress support: http://pixopoint.com/2012/08/05/bbpress-buddypress-and-multisite-spam/
And here’s the download page at WordPress.org: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spam-destroyer/
Responsive web design (as it’s known) is a major subject area — basic fluid designs are one approach (percentage widths and so on, and will help with your white space concern), but it’s a much richer field than just that.
Check out a book such as: http://www.abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design/
You can also look at some of the responsive ‘frameworks’ as a base for your site – twitter’s bootstrap, zurb’s foundation, or Andy Clarke’s 320 and up.
You’ll also find plenty of responsive themes for WordPress (2011 included), that can be enhanced to support BuddyPress.
Thought I’d bump this, since I really want to know… there ought to be a way to convert WordPress posts and their associated comments to forum threads. The script at:
http://code.google.com/p/wordpress-to-bbpress-converter/
requires the standalone version of bbPress. The bbPress legacy download page:
https://bbpress.org/download/legacy/
returns “Error 404 – Destination not found” messages for all links to the old standalone bbPress. And anyway, surely there’s a more recent way of accomplishing this? Any help would be appreciated.
I have searched for quite some time, looking for a plugin which will allow me to provide a fully functional games league system. I have found a couple but these same to have died quietly a long time ago 
I need to brush up on my PHP skills and actually learn the WordPress/Buddypress APIs if I were to think about writing my own… However, I thought I would ask here first.
The requirements I need are:
Elo support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system,
User “self management” (I.E. Challenge and report),
Groups (guilds), 1v1, 2v2, etc matches (one league for each),
Separate leagues for each game server/country,
Complaint/dispute/proof management (Link to YouTube).
There’s a few other minor requirements but there’s not real need to list them all 
.
I was wondering if there are any projects like this in development now?
The site I am going to run this on (WoWGz.com) is a World of Warcraft social network but I would like to offer the Elo league system and incorporate it into BuddyPress (although I might have to look for a stand-alone package).
If you can point me in the right direction or give any kind of suggestion, please let me know.
Thanks.
-PiOfCube
I don’t want to come over as all doom and gloom especially as this is my first post but I would think long and hard before adding such a feature. At first glance, many website owners (including some well known ones) think this is a great idea… but, think long and hard about this.
Many users will enter their “real name” when they register. If you add a postcode field (which would be required to add map pins), most users will have given sufficient information to pinpoint them to their front door.
There are many public records that can be data-mined by bots. One of the trends these days is for a bot to trawl the data provided by websites such as those hosted by WordPress (because it is open source, they know exactly what to look for) and then cross-reference that with public information (phone books, Facebook, electoral register, etc… Given a surname and a postcode, this would be enough to allow these bots to start collecting data for possible identity theft.
I have seen many sites (including a well known newspaper) do this without thinking of the consequences but after I pointed this out to them, the feature was removed within a few hours (which is extremely unusual at the best of times). I guess after they contacted their legal advisors, they were told that they faced extreme liability if it were found that this kind of data-mining of their site lead to mass identity theft (particularly after the “phonejacking” fiasco).
Just a thought and all the best for your sites.
-PiOfCube
The following steps helped me stop most spam.
install s2member and follow the security steps (verify that all keys are created)
Delete the Register folders in BP (make sure to save the files)
use WordPress register form, ( you can intergrate s2members to BP 
)
Have the passwords e-mailed to the user that is signing up.
in custom.php change the slug of the register and members.
These steps helped me lock down my BP site. It stopped activity spam and fake members.
Good luck.
@r-a-y, thank you for your help! By removing that define line from functions, account settings profile pages are now linked to: “domain.com/members/username”.
Thank you, really appreciate your help.
Another inquiry while we’re on the subject — I currently have Extended Profiles disabled, but I have Account Settings enabled. I’ve been testing different WordPress roles on my site and discovered that if a subscriber types in their browser: “domain.com/members/anothersubscriber” (where “anothersubscriber” = another member on the site that is also a subscriber), they receive an error (404) page. Obviously this happens because non-admins are not allowed to have this type of access. However, instead of throwing a 404 page, how can I have their (note: “their” meaning non-admins. in my case, subscribers) request redirect to the homepage or to their own profile page?
Thank you!
@mercime
As I indicated above, I have MySQL 5.1.6, so that shouldn’t be an issue, right? Which files should I re-upload exactly? I’m a bit confused as to why that would help exactly… WordPress itself seems to be working fine, but are you thinking my files are corrupted?
Try this plugin instead:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-registration-groups-1/
It’s not as outdated as the one linked by karmatosed and should work. If it doesn’t, please inform the plugin developer.
BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin, so try looking for any WordPress Google Analytics plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/google-analytics
If you’re looking for customized, advanced, Google Analytics data for BuddyPress that use custom variables and event tracking, I don’t believe one exists at the moment and will have to be custom-developed.
Try:
Change the register slug to something else. Make sure BuddyPress or WordPress is not shown on any page of your site. Check footer and header via the browsers view source. Use a captcha. Only allow sign ups via Facebook connect. Don’t use multi site.
In my profile privacy plugin there is a button on user pages that lets admins mark user as spammer. This is for quickly blocking a user. It doesn’t delete account just puts account into a state that will not allow user to sign in.
I’m working my way through my plugins and adding updates. One update I may add to the profile privacy plugin is too block an account if they post without doing a certain thing first. Maybe they need to add a friend or join a group.
Search around, but no one should open a BP site without locking it down.
Hi EndlessRange, the short answer is there is but it would require custom coding. If you are happy with custom coding you can look at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/auto-join-groups/ as a start. It’s out of date so won’t work as a solution now but it may shed some light on how to start with this. Beyond that it’s not something I think is out there as a plugin currently.
@maryefern strange situation, only encountered this way back BP 1.0. :
1. Check MySQL version. WP requires MySQL version 5.0 or greater. If you cannot find the version, ask your webhost.
2. If you have version 5.0 or greater, download zip files of WordPress and BuddyPress, then manually re-upload (via FTP/File Manager) WP and BP files to server in respective directories
I am trying to create custom tabs with their own content in different groups.
Looking around the forum it seems this can be done using the Group Extension API.
According to this thread it should be possible to do it by adding the API code (copied below) into bp-custom.php.
However when I do this I get the following error:
Fatal error: Class ‘BP_Group_Extension’ not found in (directory)bp-custom.php
This appears to be because it is loading after Buddypress. The codex supplies information on how to fix this for building a plugin but I’m not sure how to adapt this for my code in bp-custom.php.
Can anyone help me do this?
Here’s the code I’m using in bp-custom.php which is as found on the Group Extension API page:
class My_Group_Extension extends BP_Group_Extension {
function my_group_extension() {
$this->name = 'My Group Extension';
$this->slug = 'my-group-extension';
$this->create_step_position = 21;
$this->nav_item_position = 31;
}
function create_screen() {
if ( !bp_is_group_creation_step( $this->slug ) )
return false;
?>
The HTML for my creation step goes here.
<?php
wp_nonce_field( 'groups_create_save_' . $this->slug );
}
function create_screen_save() {
global $bp;
check_admin_referer( 'groups_create_save_' . $this->slug );
/* Save any details submitted here */
groups_update_groupmeta( $bp->groups->new_group_id, 'my_meta_name', 'value' );
}
function edit_screen() {
if ( !bp_is_group_admin_screen( $this->slug ) )
return false; ?>
<h2>name ) ?></h2>
Edit steps here
<?php
wp_nonce_field( 'groups_edit_save_' . $this->slug );
}
function edit_screen_save() {
global $bp;
if ( !isset( $_POST ) )
return false;
check_admin_referer( 'groups_edit_save_' . $this->slug );
/* Insert your edit screen save code here */
/* To post an error/success message to the screen, use the following */
if ( !$success )
bp_core_add_message( __( 'There was an error saving, please try again', 'buddypress' ), 'error' );
else
bp_core_add_message( __( 'Settings saved successfully', 'buddypress' ) );
bp_core_redirect( bp_get_group_permalink( $bp->groups->current_group ) . '/admin/' . $this->slug );
}
function display() {
/* Use this function to display the actual content of your group extension when the nav item is selected */
}
function widget_display() { ?>
<div class="info-group">
<h4>name ) ?></h4>
You could display a small snippet of information from your group extension here. It will show on the group
home screen.
</div>
<?php
}
}
bp_register_group_extension( 'My_Group_Extension' );
Incidentally, I note there is a plugin designed to achieve what I’m trying to do but as it’s only in beta I can’t use it on a live site yet.
I have not yet launched my BP site, but I too am concerned about this happening. If I use things like CAPTCHA on the registration page or https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wangguard/, will it be sufficient enough to prevent spammers?
I’ve just tried adding BuddyPress (v1.5.7) to an existing install of WordPress (v3.4.1) but ran into a problem. Basically because I’m running my install on a Windows box using IIS (v5) I can’t use .htaccess for pretty permalinks but I can’t work out how to stop BuddyPress from trying using them.
Is it possible to use BuddyPress without having pretty permalinks and if it is how can I do it ?
p.s. Unfortunately I’m stuck with using IIS5 on Windows (moving it on to a UNIX box isn’t an option).
Thanks,
There’s an old script available on code.google.com called “wordpress-to-bbpress-converter”. It generally does what I want it to do, only it works with the old standalone bbPress, which doesn’t even seem to be available on bbpress.org any more. I was wondering if there’s some more recent method of converting WP posts and comments into forum threads, ideally within BuddyPress?
Your plugin was actually the first thing I tried when I noticed the problem. It’s still running on my site with the core links in the order I chose, however, it’s not seeming to put them in any order.
I was going to try and sleep on it then try to figure it out, but I can’t get to sleep knowing I have this problem. It’s my bit of OCD I suppose.
I think the main problem is that the Gantry for BuddyPress and RocketTheme template framework removes a lot of the WordPress code and replaces it with standard html in their own files. Not sure if that makes any sense… lack of sleep and all.
I didn’t know if there was any way to use a bp-custom.php to manually make the changes to the core or the additional plugin links?
Thanks for the reply. Hopefully I can think better one I get some shut-eye.
It’s a standard WordPress question, rather than BuddyPress specific.
Have a look at some of the actions on new user registration in WordPress – you would simply need to hook a function onto the appropriate action, and write to your alternative database in that function.
If you are not familiar with ‘action’ programming in WordPress, take a look at Codex documentation, there is plenty of info in there.
Basically the purpose would be exactly what Roger is describing. The main site contains information about a non-profit organization. They would like to have an area for the members of the organization to discuss events and make connections. They want two very different experiences.
That is why I was inquiring about the WordPress Network/Multisite for this project.
Did this work well for you Roger? If so, I believe that this will be the approach I take for the project.
Thanks!
.. and here’s a write up on how to use hooks (or in this case filters), to add your dynamic menu item:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10644384/dynamic-url-in-wordpress-navigation
Obviously, you’ll have to adapt the code to add your BuddyPress profile links.
You can also ignore the comment about playing with the priority number for ordering (that’s nonsense). You’d have to take the item list (incoming parameter), and manipulate that – inserting your menu at the right point.
It’s not ‘cut and paste’ though, and you’ll need some reasonable PHP development skills to get it set up correctly.
The ‘dynamic’ links, e.g. to a members profile, require PHP (to work out the path to the current member). You can’t add links that include PHP using the built-in WordPress nav menu system.
You’ll either have to add those menu options in your template files, or perhaps find a way to hook in to the WordPress nav menu system (read up on WordPress action hooks) to extend its capabilities to support dynamic PHP based URLs.
@mercime On WP support I found a post by Otto, and he says the issue can be easily resolved.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-an-extra-parameter-in-an-url?replies=11
To my regret, this solution was not working for my WP+BP stand, thus people say it works for them on WP 341. I found another solution in Codex, here’s the link https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Rewrite
And, with that, I’m closing this topic.
It’s a bbPress topic, you should be discussing this on your thread at bbpress.org, not here.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/ could be useful…
I haven’t tried it myself. It does claim buddypress compatibility…
