Writing a new plugin – get 404 not found when accessing screen
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Hi there,
We’re running BuddyPress 1.2.5.2. I’ve just written a new BP component that displays BP groups in a tree format. It’s very simple – all it does is provide one screen, accessible at the slug “groupsdir”, that displays our group directory structure in a custom way. However, no matter how carefully I’ve checked and double-checked my code, trying to access /groupsdir from the WP root gives me a 404 Page Not Found error.
I’m sure my …_setup_globals() and …_setup_nav() functions are getting called at the right times (I inserted some echo statements to make sure). After those functions are called, shouldn’t BuddyPress call my specified screen function when the corresponding specified slug is called? Or is there more to it than that? I feel like I must be missing something.
Here are those functions:
`function bp_gdatree_setup_globals() {
global $bp;
$bp->groupsdir->id = ‘groupsdir’;
$bp->groupsdir->slug = BP_GDATREE_SLUG; // that slug is “groupsdir”
$bp->active_components[$bp->groupsdir->slug] = $bp->groupsdir->id;
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘bp_gdatree_setup_globals’, 0 );
add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘bp_gdatree_setup_globals’, 0 );function bp_gdatree_setup_nav() {
global $bp;/* Add ‘Conferences Directory’ to the main user profile navigation */
bp_core_new_nav_item( array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Conferences Directory’, ‘bp-gdatree’ ),
‘slug’ => $bp->groupsdir->slug,
‘screen_function’ => ‘bp_gdatree_screen_directory’,
‘show_for_displayed_user’ => false
) );
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘bp_gdatree_setup_nav’, 2 );
add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘bp_gdatree_setup_nav’, 2 );`When you navigate to /groupsdir, instead of executing the function `bp_gdatree_screen_directory()`, a 404 Page Not Found screen is displayed.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Thanks.
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Thanks, you two. This sort of info would be fantastic to include in the Codex and as revisions to the Skeleton Component so more of us don’t spend days scratching our heads.
Once you have set your plugin up as a root component, you can write your own screen function, like so:
`function mapo_directory_setup()
{
global $bp;if( $bp->current_component == $bp->mapology->slug )
{
$bp->is_directory = true;do_action( ‘mapo_directory_setup’ );
bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( ‘mapo_template_directory’, ‘maps/index’ ) );
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘mapo_directory_setup’, 2 );`I use something like the above in one of my plugins. You’ll have to adjust the if statement to your needs.
So basically you have different screen functions for your members pages and your directory page (as you should
@vtowel. did you finally get this to work for you? I’m still getting the 404 error.
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