BuddyPress.org

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_current_user ( should ) work with buddypress…

To personalise the admin bar I use something like this (bp version 1.5.7)

The problem is in a 3rd party plugin that you are using — it hasn’t been updated for nearly 2 years.

You will be best to ask on the support forums for the plugin:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-registration-options/

1. BP Media plugin beta – Free – all media – http://code.google.com/p/buddypress-media/ do read docs before installing
– aka BP Album for images only

2. BP Gallery plugin – Premium – all media – http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-gallery/

3. BuddyPress Portfolio – Free – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-portfolio/ – add screenshot of each project

If there’s a shortcode for WordPress for this, it should work for BuddyPress, as it’s the same name system underneath.

It’s something one would normally do in a template file, rather than a shortcode in page content.

Links like these any good? Not sure if we can manipulate the trac download URLs: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/HEAD/tags/1.5/bp-themes/bp-default?old_path=%2F&format=zip

If anyone wants to talk about issues other than 1.6-RC1 in this thread, please make a new thread. Let’s keep this one on topic from now

It seems that your theme has changed things around from ‘normal’. What theme are you using?

One would expect the file ( and line number in bp-default ) to be like: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.6/bp-themes/bp-default/registration/register.php#L68

If you have a utility that will search with ‘Find in Files’ such as is available in notepad++ then you might be able to find where it’s been moved to….

This should be a new topic but I agree with Roger. I think BP-default should be on WordPress.org. I’ve had on many occasion needed an older version. It also gives users an indication they can use another BuddyPress theme from .org. I would even go as far as not bundling BP-default and only use .org. It’s easier to delete a theme when beginners mess up code and download via .org than to mess inside /buddypress

I will create codex page. We need a discussion about the theme changes in 1.7 so it will be done properly to benefit the community. I know there is talk of using something like bbPress but I have struggled to understand its method and this is not good for designers who are not as good with php

Did you try googling the error message?

https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP

This is why beta/RC testing helps us identify areas that we’ve inadvertently broken, so we can address any regressions.

Other argument: why can’t we make minor changes to the theme? In 1.6, we’ve made some JS and CSS improvements to allow parts of those things to be more easily overridden by child themes. I think that’s the extent of the changes, though I can’t remember until I/we write up the release notes.
Functionality hasn’t changed. The more drastic theme changes in the old 1.5 did cause some upgrade complications, and we’ve learnt from that.

The themes are versioned. I don’t believe CSS/JS tidy up merits a “new” theme. If/until BP-Default is put on WordPress.org’s theme repository, if someone wants to make e.g. a codex page with links to .zip of BP-Default from each BuddyPress, go for it.

At any rate, we all know the pain points in building a BuddyPress theme based off BP-Default at the moment. Future releases of BuddyPress won’t ship with a theme, so this problem will eventually go away.

@websitevala start off with hardening your WP installation before activating BuddyPress https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

Hi Auktweena — that plugin is not related to BuddyPress, so you would be better off asking questions on the forum for the plugin, or on the wordpress.org forums.

As for step 3 – that’s standard ‘stuff’ for integrating a plugin’s templates into the theme you’re using for your website. This article gives you an introduction to theme development in WordPress: https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development

Generally, theme work requires PHP development experience. In your case, to get the basics up and running, it looks like you just need to copy some files… you’ll need an FTP client to navigate and copy / move around the files on your website.

There is not difference between WordPress users and BuddyPress users – they are the same thing on a BuddyPress enabled site.

You would be best using WordPress user capabilities, and then some logic in your template code to authorise / reauthorise access based on those capabilities.

Just about anything is possible if you are a good PHP developer.

“Forum Topics” and “Forum Replies” are added by BuddyPress, and work for bbPress 1.x (aka Group Forums).

“Topics” and “Replies” are added by and are work for bbPress 2.x content (aka Site Wide Forums).

If you’re using bbPress 2.1, you don’t need to use Group Forums. Go to your WordPress admin > Settings > BuddyPress, then Components, and disable Group Forums.
Then go to the bbPress Settings page, and if you scroll to the bottom, there will be a “Enable Group Forum integration” box (or similar).

Here is an example of how to check a user’s role: http://www.peterrknight.com/get-wordpress-user-role-by-id/

You can also look at this WordPress page for more information on user roles: https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities