buddypress

Would you recommend using buddypress to build a scalable community?

There are tons of platforms for building communities, i have been searching all around and i think the best would be to go with an open source platform, i am evaluating buddypress new community module by automatic the guys behind wordpress,it seems pretty solid, i tried also Drupal but i see it is very complicated. What would you recom...

Creating a Social Networking Website in PHP

What's the best PHP Social Networking Framework (opensource) ASAP (Working prototype in 4 hours!)? I'm looking at something that can handle profiles, where each profile can make multiple posts, and each post can be rated by the community? I'm looking at BuddyPress with WP MU? Is it possible? Should I go with CakePHP or CodeIgniter? Any...

AJAX 404 with results using BuddyPress

On my development machine everything works fine. On the live server (Godaddy), the AJAX requests from BuddyPress are returning results and a 404 error in FireBug. But the script is seeing the results as a fail and the indicators continue to spin. Example: http://jobaru.com/ on the homepage there is Newest | Active | Popular under me...

Possible to use Buddypress within an iPhone app?

Hi I want to create a community for my venture and also an iphone application for the same. I am thinking of using Buddypress for the community. But is it possible to use buddypress with an iPhone app? I'd like that when user posts a message via the iPhone app, it is also posted on buddypress? Or do I have to write custom scripts for e...

Buddypress plugin for post sharing?

Buddypress plugin for post sharing? So I have some users. thay have posts I need some BP plug in to let them copy posts thay want to from one to another. ...

All users blogs browsing from default BuddyPress theme (WordPress MU)

WordPress MU.. I want to use BuddyPress as a social network only (keeping blog creation and editing functionality) but preserving users from browsing their blogs from anywhere but default BuddyPress blog\theme so that if this is default link to some user's blogs ( wp/members/dreadnought/blogs/ ) this will be link for his posts ( wp/membe...

How can I rename (or even remove?) buddypress' wire-section?

I am currently setting up an online community for the first time. I am a frequent worpress user, yet this one problem occurs: I don't like the section name "wire". I'd much rather use something like "guestbook" or "short note" for it, but I cannot find the place to change it in the backend. It is not in the theme's CSS editor. Same goe...

BuddyPress: Stop overriding default parameters passed to the template loop?

How do I stop BP from overriding default parameters passed to the template loop? For example, on the Activity page, let's say you want BP to "forget" the user's last viewed parameter (like "My Forums" or "@user Mentions") and go right back to All Members or My Friends every time you reload the page. I tried deleting the contents of aja...

Buddypress on local server install has issues

I have buddypress working nicely on a server, however I can't display the 'members' page or any individual profile page on a local webserver install I have made. If I try and visit /members/ I just get redirected back to the main buddypress page. I also just noticed online members never shows whose online and the link to the default bl...

All comments get marked as spam regardless (Wordpress MU)

Everyone (besides me) who comments on another persons blog gets marked as spam when they comment on other peoples blogs. When they comment on their own its fine. Might be related, I've installed reCaptcha and have disabled it for logged in users yet everyone who is logged in still sees it, I don't, and incidentally my comments don't get...

How to get Wordpress MU / BuddyPress wp_signup meta data

I am trying to get a value from the meta data that is stored in the wp_signups table for a Wordpress MU / BuddyPress installation. I see it's stored in the meta field as s:3:"age";s:2:"25"; ...which is age = 25 I put the information there using $usermeta['age'] = $_POST['signup_age']; in a plugin subscribing the the bp_signup_usermeta...

Geolocation with wordpressmu/buddypress

I am just looking for the best solution for the following problem. I have installed wordpress mu, and I wanted to create child blogs, for different areas in the world. But I want it so 1 domain can switch them instantly using the users ip address. IS there a extention of wordpressmu or buddypress or do I need something on the server say...

Buddypress sticky topic not working

Does anybody have any idea why sticky topics in Buddypress wouldn't be working? I click the link to make a topic sticky, and I just get returned to the Forums homepage; The 'topic_sticky' value in the database should change to a 1 or a 2, but it stays at 0. Any possible ideas? Thanks ...

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare happening on same line

I have been fighting with this error for a while. The error is somewhere in the function I now have php telling me it can't redeclare a variable on the same line... strange. Any help would be great. Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bp_block_admin_init() (previously declared in /home/bp-member-login-redirect/bp-member-login-redire...

Profile url error in Buddypress

Hi, I have installed buddypress on localhost. It is working fine. The problem is when currently logged in user view other user's profile page then it displays wrong url. It is currently displaying currently logged in user url but it should display displayed user url. Can anyone explain this and give the solution ? Thank you. ...

Use the value instead of displaying it

I'm trying to use bp_group_name() in if (bp_group_name()!='General') { //code } Instead of using the value of bp_group_name() in the IF, it displays the value on the page. Sorry if the way I described this was a bit off... ...

Activity page error in buddypress.

Hi, I have installes wordpress - buddypress on LAMP. It is working correctly. When user is logged in as admin, on the personal activity page by clicking on view link, it displays the activity. But when general user is logged in, it displays an error "The page you were looking for was not found.". I am using WordPress 2.9.2 and Buddypre...

wordpress and buddypress help

Hello there, I am currently building a site in Wordpress 3.0 and I am using the buddypress plugin. On registration I am asking using to insert the HTML code that JustGiving supplies show they can show the progress of their fundraising. However when trying to show it in the profile of the all the data shows apart from the flash that, th...

Is there an easy way to import Drupal Advance Forum to BuddyPress forum?

I want to migrate my Drupal community to Wordpress + Buddypress. After struggling for a while I was able import Drupal blog to Wordpress but I also want to import Drupal forum to BuddyPress forum. Is there any easy way for that? Thanks. ...

Wordpress and buddypress advice

Hi There, I have a website that I want to setup so that users can register for the site but the administrator of the site will have the final say on whether or not they can be a member of the site or not. I am running Wordpress 3.0.1 and Buddypress 1.2.5, buddypress is used to register the user, so I assume it will need to be a buddypr...