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@Gpo1

I’m using http://tantannoodles.com/toolkit/wordpress-s3/

Make sure that bp is installed in a directory called /plugins/buddypress

Make sure that you are using the wpmu svn 2.7 branch http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-mu/branches/2.7 not the wpmu trunk.

For some reason bp is not loading correctly. bp should be installed in the above directory and there should be other subdirs underneath that with all the components. Do you have this file in this path? /plugins/buddypress/bp-groups/bp-groups-templatetags.php

That is one of the files that is not loading.

@John James Jacoby

Thanks John, I’ll wait for the tutorial!

Note – because of a limitation of my hosting provider (for whom I am a reseller) – they don’t allow xml-rpc calls to the same server, I have had to put bbPress on a different server from WordPress & BuddyPress, so if you want a tester to go through the tutorial I am happy to do so.

(I have a few spare domain names kicking around that I can use for this!)

This thread has an example of how to build a filter: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2146 for the user full name.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API for docs on wp actions and filters.

You should really talk to DJPaul here on the forums. He has a plugin called Welcome Pack that assigns new users a default friend and default group. He also says that the next version of that plugin will have the ability to create a custom welcome message to the new user. Not sure if that’s a PM or an email. Suggest what you want to him. He’s working that kinda track.

https://buddypress.org/developers/DJPaul/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/

It’s neither actually anymore.

It involves “deep integration” on the bbPress side, including WordPress/BuddyPress inside bbPress, and then making a new theme for bbPress that matches.

Trent and I are working on a comprehensive walk-through on how to do this soon.

First, please read this entire thread (all the posts) at least two times through before starting: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1994

Then read through these links:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WPMU

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1285#post-9999

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/installing-through-svn/

Once you’ve done that, have a SVN client installed, and feel confident, go back to the first link in this post and follow the instructions.

From where do I get the most recent versions?

Those links are provided in the detailed instructions contained in the first link above.

Hi Wythagy

The newest version requires WPMU 2.7 branch which is still in development (http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-mu/branches/2.7/) as well as the latest BuddyPress (by which I mean the BuddyPress SVN trunk https://svn.buddypress.org/trunk).

If you are using BP RC1, then Welcome Pack doesn’t work full stop. Could you clarify what versions you are using so I can check stuff out? Thanks.

You have a blog that you allow people to have the role of Author. You want to restrict your authors to posting in certain categories only? Buddypress doesn’t have this capability but I’m sure you will be able to find such a plugin in the wp plugin directory: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

sorry i still dont understand exactly what it is this will enable, i kinda understand how xmlrpc works for wordpress to enable trackbacks but what will this do for us and buddypress??

People seem to use the role manager plugin for this kind of use Anointed. There are lots of this type of plugin available for wp.

http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/

search in https://codex.wordpress.org/ , for filters, and user metas

anyway if you’ve never developed with wp code it might be difficult

Peter-

I realize that you are not getting the answers you desire. You must have a sufficient understanding of and comfort level with PHP before you can delve too deeply into hacking your own solutions or coding your own theme templates. Otherwise, you need to use the stock WPMU and BuddyPress install and then customize with any plugins and 3rd-party themes that may be useful.

Since we do not have any idea of your particular coding skills, we are trying to point you in the right direction. Please realize that beyond a certain point, we cannot help you write your own custom code.

We all started at the beginning when it came to coding and then had another learning curve when it came to understanding the inner workings of WordPress and BuddyPress. It can be frustrating along the way but it is indeed possible to accomplish!

Here are a few more tips:

1. Since you do seem to be wanting to group all user data within stock WP tables, you should search the WP and WPMU forums and ask your questions there
2. Visit these WP Codex pages to help shed more light:

• https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpdb_Class
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference

3. Google for tips on learning data-driven PHP coding
4. Hire a 3rd-party developer who can do the work: hacking files directly or create a plugin that will accomplish what you’re after

Please hang in there and don’t give up hope.

Yes i tried burtadsits code in my bp-custom.php but no joy.. just get a few php errors in my header..

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php:9) in /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-plugin/wordpress-mobile.php on line 1658

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php:9) in /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-plugin/wordpress-mobile.php on line 1659

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-custom.php:9) in /home/ourbour/spotskenya/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-plugin/wordpress-mobile.php on line 1660

Is there anything else that could do this.. im sure i ahve come accros a plugin from nicola??

i also tried Mspecht one in <?php ?> but it didnt work either??

There’s a member access plugin here, but it has no settings for the members and groups sections in Buddypress.

This plugin only works for “pages”.

Is there a way to extend one of these plugins?

That is exactly what usermeta is for. You should take a look at the WordPress codex for this sort of thing, it will help you a great deal.

I assume you’re using the Recent Comments widget. That is a WPMU widget and not specifically a BuddyPress Widget.

You have three options:

• Search the WordPress plugin repository to see if someone has created a plugin to do just that
• Search the forums on the WPMU site for an answer. If you don’t find one, then post a question.
• Hack WPMU’s widgets.php file yourself to provide the necessary functionality

SVN aka Subversion is a program that is installed on your host so that you can install programs that have their code repositories online easily. Any program (terminal on mac, putty on windows) can connect to your server through SSH. I don\’t know of anyway of installing SVN versions without SSH.

For example, if you have an install like /var/www/html/ for an install, and wanted WPMU as the root domain in that folder, you would do something like the following:

svn co http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-mu/branches/2.7/ /var/www/html/

then if you wanted to install buddypress from SVN into your WPMU install:

svn co https://svn.buddypress.org/trunk/ /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/

That just installs everything in the /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/ folder like the latest SVN requires. It doesn\’t mean you are finished. You still have to read the README file about the specifics, especially copying the themes to the correct locations. Reason I say this is because at this point, it would be like having all files including the buddypress themes in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/ which obviously isn’t complete. Imagine at this point you downloaded BP and just uploaded the entire thing to that location. It is a matter of copying around the themes to where they are supposed to be.

Trent

This is just not the way that WordPress MU works. Buddypress is a plugin for WordPress MU and therefore uses the standard functions that WPMU provides to store and retrieve custom database information.