Hi,
For some reason I’m also experiencing the same problem with setting up my forum.
I created a fresh installation of WordPress MU and Buddypress, then I setup the forum as a fresh installation and it shows on my site but I cannot do anything with it.
There doesn’t seem to be anyway to add items to the forum, discussions, topics etc.
My address is http://club.fenpaddle.co.uk
I’m not very technical but I’ve managed to get this far and I’ve also setup another wordpress website at http://www.fenpaddle.co.uk.
Can someone please suggest what I should be doing next?
Many thanks
Roly
or maybe something with unserialize&stripslashes?
I found this in reference to the code mentioned above:
* xprofile_format_profile_field()<br />
955 *<br />
956 * Formats a profile field according to its type. [ TODO: Should really be moved to filters ]<br />
957 *<br />
958 * @package BuddyPress Core<br />
959 * @param $field_type The type of field: datebox, selectbox, textbox etc<br />
960 * @param $field_value The actual value<br />
961 * @uses bp_format_time() Formats a time value based on the WordPress date format setting<br />
962 * @return $field_value The formatted value<br />
963 */<br />
964 function xprofile_format_profile_field( $field_type, $field_value ) {<br />
965 if ( !isset($field_value) || empty( $field_value ) )<br />
966 return false;<br />
967<br />
968 $field_value = bp_unserialize_profile_field( $field_value );<br />
969<br />
970 if ( 'datebox' == $field_type ) {<br />
971 $field_value = bp_format_time( $field_value, true );<br />
972 } else {<br />
973 $content = $field_value;<br />
974 $content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);<br />
975 $field_value = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);<br />
976 }<br />
977<br />
978 return stripslashes( stripslashes( $field_value ) );<br />
979 }
and this
function bp_unserialize_profile_field( $value ) {
522 if ( is_serialized($value) ) {
523 $field_value = maybe_unserialize($value);
524 $field_value = implode( ', ', $field_value );
525 return $field_value;
526 }
527
528 return $value;
529 }
You should make it a plugin, then add this to the plugin and activate. If you’d like to see a working implementation then check out these plugins:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-twitter
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-groupblog
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-group-blogs
You should be saving extra group information as groupmeta:
bp_groups_update_groupmeta( $group_id, 'name', $value );
There’s a plugin in the WP repository to favorite posts (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-favorite-posts/). The favorites are stored in the database so they can be retrieved with the user id for the profile. I agree this concept should be expanded to other components (groups, blogs) in BP. I plan to create a custom post type and use this plugin (possibly modified) to show favorites of that post-type on the profile (e.g. favorite bars). For example, Tastykitchen.com could use to track favorite recipes as recipes are just posts with custom fields.
This functionality is needed and if it doesn’t exist when I get to that stage of my project, I’ll add it and shsre. The more people think of WP/BP as a CMS, the more the need for these types of functionalities becomes apparent.
Upgrade to the latest version of WPMU and this will be fixed.
If you don’t want to upgrade immediately, you can edit one file to fix it:
https://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ticket/900
This could increase usage from mobile users for updating their status on BP.
If we could use ping.fm api or adapt something like this for activity stream?
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pingfm-custom-url-status-updates
I’m also curious as to how larger sites upgrade. We only have 100 users presently but need to potentially support thousands.
1. Yes I backup db and files. sql file is now about 40MB.
2. No announcement but may need to when site sees more activity.
2. Use Maintenance Mode plugin during upgrade:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/
That’s because there is no buddypress theme for your users blogs, they just take the standard wordpress theme, just like when you would make a WPSA install.
Ah right. I’d copy/pasted that from a standard WordPress theme. Thanks for the correction.
Thanks for the great advice. I will def incorporate an IDE in the future; that sounds like a great idea. I guess you understand where im at with wordpress mu and buddypress. Im just trying to grasp how this thing works
http://codex.wordpress.org is probably the best place to start when trying to figure out what functions perform what tasks for what purposes. Also, think about using an IDE like NetBeans so you can reference functions and trace their usage to get an idea of why you would or wouldn’t want to use a specific function, action, or filter.
WordPress has a steep learning curve, and it uses an action oriented code structure rather than an object oriented one. There are objects out there, but you rarely interact with them directly, and in the WordPress world interacting with those objects is typically left to plugin developers to tinker with, and best left out of the template files.
Since you’re just learning, the best advice I can give you is not to edit any “core” file, or rather any file that comes included in WordPress or any plugin that you might use. If something isn’t doing exactly what you want it to, chances are you can adjust it somehow. If you can’t adjust it, make your own plugin and copy/paste the code that isn’t good enough and make your own functions out of them. If someone would have told me that 3 years ago I would have been a much happier person then. 
To be honest, there really isn’t one, at least not on paper. I can’t say that WordPress has one either.
It isn’t really about how the pieces fit, as much as it’s about how you adapt them to fit your needs. This is similar to WordPress, where it started as blogging software but people bend it around backwards to work in other ways.
Without sounding too much like a broken record, the about page sums up almost all of the functionalities of BP; none of them are more important than the others. It’s up to a good theme designer and code slinger to bring those components out and emphasize their importance to a community website.
Out of the box, BuddyPress is designed for all elements to be created equal. Groups are no more important than friends are no more important than activity are no more important than forums are no more important than directories are no more important than… You get the idea… It’s up to a good theme designer and a great developer to make the functions of BuddyPress pop-out and turn a WordPress site into a meetup.com or linkedin.com.
All of the elements exist in the core and in external plugins to do it, it just has yet to be done.
Every wordpress theme needs at least a style.css file, bloginfo(‘stylesheet_url’); tells the theme to get it’s style.css file. If you want another one, change the style.css or just add another stylesheet underneath your style.css sheet.
If your totally new to WordPress, try downloading a theme from the wordpress theme directory on wordpress.org and see how it’s made. Maybe then you’ll have a better understanding on how to do things in wordpress, like calling multiple stylesheets.
Here’s an example.
<link href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/css/style2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
I am thinking about wordpress.com and how many users they might be running. If it's in the thousands than good.
It is in the multi-millions.
The bp-default theme is a “child theme” of bp-sn-parent theme, and you copy the bp-default theme and rename the theme folder to e.g. mythemename to make a child theme of your own. It’s not easy. If you have strong CSS foundation and Firebug, this process will take a few hours to tweak if you already have a design in mind.
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/ Plus google “create wordpress child themes” or check out ” free BuddyPress child themes”
Btw, you can download latest BP 1.1.3 already
Yes thanks again Brajesh Singh. I’m using mediatemple.com and went to admin and selected to use php5. Not working yet. However I’d suppose it might take some time.
Only “error” I’ve discovered thus far, Im very pleased. Cheers to the wordpress Org. people.
Ok, I would like to say that I appreciate everyone’s post to this topic. The site is open and anyone can join as of now. It’s live and I never really said I was going to sit around for five years. A lot of people are getting that idea. I think one person actually got the idea that I am trying to do.
@Mariusooms
Drupal is a good software but, slow for development just like you had said. That’s a good reason why we didn’t use that software.
@David Lewis
I don’t think we’re going to fork it.
@Andrea_r
Yes, we would have our own custom code and maybe a whole new platform. That wouldn’t be a bad thing. At least I wouldn’t think so. I would love to talk to another developer and see what they thought. I have a few in my contacts maybe I’ll give them e-mail and see what they think.
Everyone here as actually looked at the idea not the possibility. I just wanted to know if wp and bp could handle a service like this? I am thinking about wordpress.com and how many users they might be running. If it’s in the thousands than good. We can at least learn where the faults might be(if any) that might be preventing them from growing. The whole idea in a nutshell is to have a social networking site that anyone can join and use. Of course we wouldn’t want to be bloated and non-usable.
P.S.- No I am not trying to sound harsh, mean, or any other unkind word that someone may think of. Just tired and cranky from a long day:)
The problems are all related to this bug:
https://trac.mu.wordpress.org/ticket/1147
@Mike Pratt
I think a lot of people are misunderstanding what I was asking. I am impressed with the two software but, we’re looking into the coding part not just the functionality of the software. I have used the wordpress software out of the box before. I have never tried to mess with the guts until now. That’s why I posted a few examples of what we were trying to do with the software. I am trying to get an idea of how much the coding could be changed without breaking and then becoming unusable to members. Bp out of the box is really generic and why create just another generic site? Just trying to change the code so it works for us. When I have changed some coding the site breaks and I get some errors. And no I am not asking how to do it.
If you want something less you could give Mingle a try, it works on WPSA (Stand alone).
