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How to add a profile link to navigation bar


  • charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    I want to have the profile tab in my navigation bar and Ive tried the profile menu plugin but it didnt work for 3.4.1. Can someone help me with a code or steps in adding it to my site?

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  • danpkraus
    Participant

    @danpkraus

    Depending on how you have your navigation set up you could add the ‘Profile’ page to your nav menu using the WordPress menus interface. I have mine added to the ‘primary’ menu and it shows up :) Hope this helps.


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    The plugin works great. Please read the install instructions. You need to edit code in header.php.

    @danpkraus You cannot add the member links via the wp admin menus because each user that logs in requires a different link.


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    Hey there,

    Thanks for the instructions because i never look at that when I installed the plugin. I did put the code in the navigation part and nothing happen. what do you suggest?


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    @modemlooper have you tried the profile menu plugin with 1.6 yet? I dont know what Im doing wrong but its not working on 1.6.


    danpkraus
    Participant

    @danpkraus

    @modemlooper sorry should have been more descriptive. I use one menu if a user is not logged in and another if they are, Like so:

    `
    if( !is_user_logged_in() ):
    wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘primary’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ‘bp_dtheme_main_nav’ ) );
    else:
    wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘logged_in’ ) );
    endif;
    `

    This works fine for me unless I just haven’t run into any issues yet. Just started using BP.


    danpkraus
    Participant

    @danpkraus

    @modemlooper – I stand corrected, just noticed that the profile link is the only one I am not able to add. Just ignore my ignorance on this one. Sorry for any confusion. I literally just started with BP 2 days ago.


    Roger Coathup
    Participant

    @rogercoathup

    @modemlooper, @danpkraus, @charlietech

    You can enhance the WordPress menu system to support dynamic links (including BuddyPress profile links) – there is a specific filter that you need to use.

    Please take a look at this other recent forum thread, and the link on there which has all the details: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/how-to-create-new-dynamic-menu-including-bp-links/

    You’ll need to be a competent PHP developer, but if so, it’s relatively straightforward


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Cool, I’ll update plugin to use filter. When I created plugin I did not know about this filter


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    @modemlooper so I would use the code that @danpkraus recommended? are you going to update the plugin soon?


    danpkraus
    Participant

    @danpkraus

    @Roger Coathup thanks for pointing out that filter. I’ll check it out and see how it all fits together.


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Updating plugin tonight


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    Cool! What if I wanted to use the members tab and change the name to profile…. how would i change the permalink to link to http://www.mysite.com/members/username?


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Go into the plugin file and edit term “profile”. Then remove the members tab linking to the member directory in the wordpress admin

    Fixed plugin is live.


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    Could you add the option to select what you want to show in the drop down menu? In the screenshot it show a drop down menu with activity, forum, groups,etc but what if I dont offer forum and groups on my site at? Just a request, Im happy that the plugin is getting updated.

    Thanks in advance!


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    If a component is deactivated then that drop down link is not shown.


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    Ok just making sure, I have updating the plugin but still no profile tab showing


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Works fine for me on 3 different sites. Are you using a custom theme? I only test my plugins on BP-default


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    Im using suffusion and buddypress


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Can you activate BP-default to test? It may be a issue that the filter is not working on a child theme


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    Yea I tried the default and it still didnt show. Please help cause I need this done asap.


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    I really can’t say what it is if it doesn’t work in BP-default. I have it working as do others. There must have been an added a plugin or made a template file change that is blocking the plugin.


    neuecreative
    Participant

    @neuecreative

    Hello. I need a buddypress expert to finish a web project for us. if interested, please contact me at hectorg(at)neuecreative.com. Thank you!


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Actually I thought of something else. Are you using the wp admin menus to show a custom menu?


    charlietech
    Participant

    @charlietech

    i deactivated all the plugins except buddypress and profile menu and still nothing.


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    Are you using a custom menu. Go to admin > appearance > menus and see if a custom menu is being used. Delete it if you are and test

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