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Hi!
I am quite new to Buddypress but I have to admit that I am fascinated by its possibilities. I am creating a website where I am using Buddypress Album+ by Francesco Laffi & Carl Roett and I would like to add function of images rating and displaying top 10 images at the home page. I would like to as well display 10 last photo of users friends under top 10 at the home page. I was trying to disable avarage user to access dashboard but I failed. I would like to as well display latest 20 activities of user`s friends at the home page. Is it possible? And if it is could you give me tips on how to do that. I do have my own theme which is fully working with buddypress. It is builded of three blocks – similiar to facebook.

Thanks guys and sorry for any spelling mistakes – english is not my mother tongue.
And Thanks for everybody who contibutes into developing buddypress!

Lenny