@danbp thanks! For the first time, I could read the Codex, understand it and do something meaningful!
In my functions.php, I added the following code:
function myown_bp_activity( $retval ) {
$retval['scope'] = 'friends';
return $retval;
}
add_filter('bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', 'myown_bp_activity' );
This makes no difference at all. I guess, default for scope is friends. If I change ‘friends’ to ‘groups’, ALL activities show only group updates.
The area where I am groping in the dark still is:
- How do I modify ONLY the SWA? What should be the conditional? if (bp_is_SWA)?
- Secondly, I can get ONLY groups. But I can not still get ONLY status updates. How do I get that? What should be the scope?
How do I modify ONLY the SWA ?
the function applies to the whole site.
See if this works for you: $retval['action'] = 'activity_update';
@danbp No. That did not work. Everything is ‘default’.
I think we will need to pass action = activity_update AND scope = groups in the function.
How do I do that?
And lastly, how do I define scope to include ONLY status updates (as post in ‘My Profile’)?
i tested the function and it works on my install. Do you use a cache plugin ? If yes, clear it and try again.
You could also try to do that directly in the activity template, via your child theme.
See bp_has_activities in bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/activity/activity-loop.php
But this will also affect the whole site activities.
Activity Loop
Profile specific what’s new update activity doesn’t exist outside of a user activity page.
In other words, when you call the action filter activity_update, you’ll receive updates from “members”, “groups” and “swa activity” which is default.
To understand, open your DB and go to bp-activity table.
You’ll see component, type and action rows, which are used to built the SWA.
And the comp xprofile doesn’t include activity_update action
More doc about this in /buddypress/bp-activity-template.php:166
@danbp Thanks! And apologies, my questions may appear to be too basic. This is partly because I am a newbie and, I guess, partly because our documentation needs further improvement.
I am slowly getting a hang of what happens when something goes in functions.php/bp-custom.php.
But still I am not able to achieve something that appears to be simple. May be, I will need to ask a better question. Which I will do, in a separate thread.
