Great news Jeff!
One thing I noticed on line 233 in bp-example.php is that there appears to be a syntax error:
bp_core_add_nav_item( __( ‘Example’, ‘bp-example’ ), /* The display name */ $bp->example->slug // The slug );
With the “// The slug );” comment, the closing parenthesis and semicolon will also get commented out.
To fix it, it should read something like:
bp_core_add_nav_item( __( ‘Example’, ‘bp-example’ ), /* The display name */ $bp->example->slug /* The slug */ );
Once again, great job and thanks for all your hard work! 
@Mickster777-
Nice catch! Fixed and reuploaded.
@DJPaul-
You’re welcome.
Andy reviewed and made some additional updates to v1.2 of the Skeleton Component. It is now official and is located here:
http://testbp.org/resources/bp-skeleton-component-1.2.zip
Jeff, I’m routing all of the discussion from your first topic here going forward. Happy supporting! 
Hi John James Jacoby,
Just to say I think the link at the end of this topic https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2043&page=2should be https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2329.
I hope I\’m not wrong!!
Have a nice w-end and thanks to all for your great job and support!
Gaetan
Jeff, did the code for the icon, heart_bullet.png, get stripped out? I can’t seem to find it.
BeLogical-
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I’m on the road and in meetings most this week.
As far as I remember, I do not think there ever was specific code for showing that image.
yeah, it was in v1.1 for sure. i used it for my first component. i found a reference in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-example/bp-example-cssjs.php in v1.1. I tried adding this back myself and it didn’t work.
/**
* bp_example_add_activity_bullets_css()
*
* This function will allow your component to dynamically add CSS to themes so that you can
* set the activity feed icon to use for your component.
*/
function bp_example_add_activity_bullets_css() {
?>
li a#my-example, li a#user-example {
background: url(<?php echo site_url( MUPLUGINDIR . \'/bp-example/images/heart_bullet.png\' ) ?>) 88% 50% no-repeat;
}
li.example {
background: url(<?php echo site_url( MUPLUGINDIR . \'/bp-example/images/heart_bullet.png\' ) ?>) 0 8% no-repeat;
}
table#bp-example-notification-settings th.icon {
background: url(<?php echo site_url( MUPLUGINDIR . \'/bp-example/images/heart_bullet.png\' ) ?>) 50% 50% no-repeat;
}
<?php
}
add_action( \'bp_custom_member_styles\', \'bp_example_add_activity_bullets_css\' );
add_action( \'bp_custom_home_styles\', \'bp_example_add_activity_bullets_css\' );
?>
Ah yes, it was in there before. I didn’t have my copy of v1.1 to reference. Try WP_PLUGIN_DIR instead of MUPLUGINDIR.
that didn’t seem to work.
Oaky, I think I made a little error. Assuming that you set “WP_PLUGIN_URL” in bp-example.php (your base file which obviously has a different name), then try this:
site_url( WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/heart_bullet.png' )
This assumes that you set WP_PLUGIN_URL = ‘/bp-example/images’
this didn’t work either. I have this in the bp-example.php:
$bp->example->image_base = WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/bp-example/images';
is that what you are talking about?
belogical
$bp->example->image_base = BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-example/images’;
Nada. Has anyone gotten this to successfully work with the skeleton component on their server?
Well, the skeleton uses WP_PLUGIN_URL because custom components should not run in the /buddypress/ directory. Since BP_PLUGIN_URL is defined in bp-core.php (line 9):
define( 'BP_PLUGIN_URL', WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/buddypress' );
if you use BP_PLUGIN_URL, it will be pathed incorrectly.
So, the question is this: Where do you have your custom component installed? It should be in /plugins/ and not /plugins/buddypress/
Jeff, could you get this working in v1.2 and then I can modify my component accordingly?
BeLogical-
Why don’t you paste your base code (bp-xxx.php) and the bp-xxx-cssjs.php code into a pastebin so that several of us can take a look–that is if you don’t mind showing parts of your code. I have not had issues using:
$bp->example->image_base = WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/bp-xxx/images';
to load images.
I don’t know what broke it from v1.1 to v1.2, I’m just making my best guess. That is why I was asking if you had a working v1.2 w/ images, then I could just download a copy and modify for my component. Like a version 1.2b since 1.2 has a bug in it.
here is the full code from v1.1 that I am guessing is the issue:
http://pastebin.com/mee09d07 (bp-example-cssjs.php)
thanks for all your assistance and I hope this helps!
BeLogical-
Okay, several issues. You are still using the old v1.1 for the code that you sent me. Are you also using v1.1 for your bp-example.php file? This code, as you know, is outdated.
Just within this file, you need to replace every instance of MUPLUGINDIR with WP_PLUGIN_URL.
Then, make sure that in bp-example.php, you have this line and not the v1.1 version.
$bp->example->image_base = WP_PLUGIN_URL . \'/bp-example/images\';
Your best bet is to compare each file of v1.1 with the new v1.2 files. Also, make sure that your custom component is in /plugins/ and not /plugins/buddypress/.
Finally, make sure that you read the history.txt file to see some of the more substantive changes from v1.1.
In fact, I just figured out the problem.
I just went back and read the history.txt file myself. Well, guess what, this is a change Andy made just before he made v1.2 an official release. Ready?
Removed call to bp_example_add_activity_bullets_css() as will no longer work and is theme specific.
yeah, I am on v1.2 of the component, i was just showing you what I thought was left out when we went to v1.2 from v1.1.
andy, you dirty dog. so it looks like the icon for a new component is no longer supported by the skeleton component v1.2?
hmmm, so how in the devil do I get this to work properly? it looks really odd on my site when all of the main components have an icon on the member theme, and mine doesn\’t.
I made all the changes you suggested, here is the copy of my code. Let me know if I made any mistakes.
http://pastebin.com/m57a2fc51 (v1.2 of my component file, bp-mystuff-cssjs.php)
http://pastebin.com/m69816adc (in my v1.2 file, bp-mystuff.php)
my plugin is now loaded into wp-content/plugins/bp-mystuff
i’m still not able to get an icon to show up.
You’ll have to edit the css-file in your member-theme.
In the css/base.css file you’ll find something like this:
li a#user-settings, li a#my-settings {
background: url(../images/settings_bullet.gif) 88% 52% no-repeat;
}
Just copy that and change the “a#user-settings” to whatever fits your component, like “a#the-navigation-slug”. Don’t forget to put your image in the according folder and changing the name in the code to that name.
Jotem = Genius!
That worked, thanks! I hate core hacks, but looks like it wasn’t going to work any other way.
