BuddyPress Social Theme

We’re hoping you like our new BuddyPress Social Theme:

https://wpmudev.com/project/buddypress-social-theme

Feedback, bugs, ideas welcome here!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 3:55:45

vivid2k
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Where can I download it?

I’d like to install it right away, I can test it out for ya :slight_smile:

This is basically everything I wanted!!

Great job!!
James Farmer
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Whoops – download link should be there now.
vivid2k
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Awesome, thank you!

I am installing it right now.

What I would like to see in the buddypress themes are:

1) Use of rotating images on homepage, such as featured content gallery plugin.

2) Advertisement slots in header

3) Options to change the top navbar colors with ease.

Just to name a few :slight_smile:
Mason
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beautiful beautiful theme. Nice work guys!
maisapostas
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The theme have a bug on blog category (with all posts appear: “>:wink:

in category.php: this line is wrong: <div class=”post-avatar”>/members/<?php the_author(); ?>”><?php bp_post_author_avatar(); ?></div>

You should also try to put internalization on your themes (remember not all people speak english and use the slugs to customization.) Instead of members
arnonel
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how would you create a child theme of this theme? that possible?
scotm
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Guys

I have this error when using Social:

Warning: copy(///public_html/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/thumb.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ///public_html/wp-content/themes/bp-social/includes/custom-functions.php on line 19

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at ///public_html/wp-content/themes/bp-social/includes/custom-functions.php:19) in ///public_html/wp-content/plugins/sidebar-login/sidebar-login.php on line 302
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@vivid2k

1)Use of rotating images on homepage, such as featured content gallery plugin.

– nice idea..will add this options in theme option with the ability to turn on and off the featured content..also can set your own custom field (since in most cases you already had a ready custom field save) also the ability to enter post you would like to featured via id ex 1,45,32,43..something like that..

2) Advertisement slots in header

– will see if there’s enough room for 468×60 in header..

3) Options to change the top navbar colors with ease.

– this features already built in..adminbar and nav, header etc are changeable via

theme options.

@maisapostas

– fixed to slug noted, the theme are basically ready to localise with text wrapping __ and _e. since i’m not familiar with translation tool..will leave it to expert:slight_smile:

@arnonel

– it may be possible but with the theme option built in to customized your

theme..do you still need child theme to edit it?

most of our themes are user wise…means users did not need to touch html/css to customize their site…you could try similiar method like bp-sn-parent and their child themes..not sure if it work tho.

@scotm

there’s some error in includes/custom-functions.php…download the attachment and rename it to custom-functions.php and replace the one inisde includes/

update here if the problem fix ok:slight_smile:

cheers
Richie_KS
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attach doesn’t seem to work..

checkback again for a update on the bp-social later today.

cheers

@scotm

try openup includes/custom-functions.php and delete the top

functions except until start of the_excerpt_featured()

see if it fixed the problem:slight_smile:
vivid2k
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Richie_KS, thanks for all the support!

I look forward to the changes and will wait until I make the switch. Are we looking at a couple weeks out for the changes?

Also, I am glad to be apart of this site, well worth the $79/month!
arnonel
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@Richie_KS

yeah, id love to make some changes to the theme (not just colours). If i change the files and you guys release an update, i lose my changes. Thats why child themes rock

Any ideas on how to get this to work?
Richie_KS
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@vivid2k

sure..no prob..the initial first changelog should take 1-2 days

so you can expect the update sooner than you thought:slight_smile:

@arnonel

good thinking:slight_smile:

will see if i can use child theme for the bp-social..will include sample

child theme inside the updated version.

i know some custom function, hooks action will lose when you update the

themes…so child theme definately worth looking in our future release theme.

cheers
vivid2k
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Awesome!!
scotm
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try openup includes/custom-functions.php and delete the top

functions except until start of the_excerpt_featured()

Not sure I follow…
vvaughn
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@Richie_KS, @scotm

I had the same error scotm mentioned:

Warning: copy(///public_html/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/thumb.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ///public_html/wp-content/themes/bp-social/includes/custom-functions.php on line 19

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at ///public_html/wp-content/themes/bp-social/includes/custom-functions.php:19) in ///public_html/wp-content/plugins/sidebar-login/sidebar-login.php on line 302

I applied @Richie_KS’s solution:

try openup includes/custom-functions.php and delete the top

functions except until start of the_excerpt_featured()

And it worked GREAT!

.
maisapostas
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Its possible to have the changes you are making on template? (files you changed).

Because I’m already making some hacks and css changes on template and is easyer to upgrade.

Btw, this is my 1st site based on your template (Still developing/testing): Receitas (is a cooking site on portuguese language)
carinallc
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I think the situation I encountered is similar to the above, but can’t be sure.

Brand new WPMU+BuddyPress install, using 1.1.3

Upon activation, I get this error:

admin3cig/html/oswegobook/wp-content/themes/bp-sn-parent/scripts/) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/a/d/m/admin3cig/html/oswegobook/wp-content/themes/bp-social/includes/custom-functions.php on line 24
Richie_KS
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@vvaughn

glad it work out for you:slight_smile:

@maisapostas

love the color scheme done on your site:slight_smile:

theme option color changed will not affect your current site setting when you update the theme later…widget also will be untouch..

i see the button (login-signup-search..etc) color changed..this

must be the edit you meant right?

i include a custom.css inisde includes folder..you should used the custom.css

for any future edit/extra css so upgrade will not loss your css…instruction

are in the custom.css for any css id hack…in this case the button style..

just copy paste any edited css to custom.css…if you have doubt on update..just be sure make backups before overwrite your current theme..just for precaution..

cheers
Richie_KS
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apply this patch if you encounter [function.copy] error

download the attachment – unzipped txt file and rename to custom-functions.php

upload/replace into bp-social/includes/ folder

it should fix/remove the error

ps

this patch will be apply to 1.1 soon.
carinallc
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Thanks!
carinallc
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Where would I go to customize the text displayed on the default page for non-members (i.e., “Welcome to Social Press, we connect you with your friends, family and co-worker”:wink: and the image that is displayed?

Thanks!
carinallc
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Nevermind. top-header.php

:slight_smile:
Richie_KS
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actually you can edit the text in theme option ‘welcome message’ panel

just follow the default html code in textrarea.

cheers
arnonel
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@Richie_KS

Thanks for your quick support!

Look forward to the child theme code. Thanks dude!
maisapostas
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Hi, I noticed a error when displayed on IE 6 (lot of people still use), the admin bar is rendered incorrectly.

As I dont have IE (I own a mac) I check here: Untitled Link you can check also.

Any quick fix to this?
arnonel
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I think you will make a lot more sense of this than me:

http://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

looks like a quick….ish….. change
maisapostas
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Thanks, but that link doesn’t have nothing to do with admin bar…
arnonel
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that wasnt meant for you :stuck_out_tongue:
maisapostas
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@arnoel

You could put @member when reply to someone who is not the last poster to make easy the thread reading :wink:
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Hi Guys!

Thank you for the beautiful theme.

I’m experiencing problems with the forum page,

for some reason it does not display correctly.

Have a look:

http://mydietbooster.com/groups/this-is-a-test-group/forum/

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Nadav
arnonel
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Guys, activation mails are not getting sent out since i started using this theme. Is that possible?

Any advice on how i get activation mails back?

p.s.

Could be that registration isnt work at all. How can i tell. If someone registers, it says success etc, but i cant see anything in the DB and activation mails are not getting sent out
Richie_KS
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@lichter

seem ok in demo here…did you make any edits to the member-left.php or

other tpl…look like member-left div is wrapping around all the way to footer in group slug but member slug look ok tho…

try adding more activity and dummy members to fill in the blank…see if that’s the problem….or reupload a fresh copy without any edit.see if the break go away:slight_smile:

@arnonel

did this happened when you used the bp-social only or even using bp-sn-parent causing this problem too?

which version of bp you using…if it is 1.1.3…not sure if they changed the

core tpl in registration folder but you can copy the 1.1.3 bp-sn-parent registration folder and replace to bp-social…and remove the ‘<?php get_sidebar(); ?>’ for both activate.php and register.php..see if its fixed the

reg email problem.

do you have the remove email activation plugin inside mu-plugins?

that may also cause the problem…
lichter
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@Richie_KS

Thanks for the quick response, you were right.

The group had no members, so the layout broke.

Adding a member solved the problem…

Thanks again,

Nadav
vivid2k
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please email me when your finished with the version 1.1 :slight_smile:
nexia
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great theme…. now we need bbPress versions… :wink:

a lot of people are requesting a better BP/*bbPress integration, so maybe you’d have some more clients if you provide bbPress versions of your new styles?…

also, BIG thanks to keep your themes 100% BP made… too much customization on languages and functions make it so cumbersome for tracking changes… :slight_smile:
Damon Cook
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system configs: WPMU 2.8.6, BP 1.1.2

I uploaded the theme to my /wp-content/themes/ and nothing appears in my Site Admin->Themes?
Damon Cook
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I just upgraded my BP to 1.1.3, but still no theme showing up in Site Admin->Themes.
teethgrinder
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Hi, great Theme!

I’ll use his for my forthcomin’ http://clanplaystation.net

Cause I was stuck with my planned design and really can’t get it to work!

Now i’m gonna theme over the Buddypres Social theme that fits almost at 80% with what I designed: http://buddyclan.altervista.org

Ciao

Marco

just a little thing? can we have a full width template?
Damon Cook
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nevermind…I deleted the theme directory and re-uploaded after update BP to 1.1.3. Refreshed the page, and voila!
Damon Cook
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What are ‘Add YouTube’ ‘Add Flickr’ links in Full Profile supposed to do? Are these supposed to integrate with some upcoming WPMU Premium plugin or something, because right now they’re going nowhere?
Richie_KS
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@lichter

glad you got it working…will noted down this error for new version…must

be some hidden unclose div when no member found in groups.

@vivid2k

no worry…james will be updating the thread when 1.1 avaialble

some update will done to fit the new bp 1.1.3 released…some changes on

the site wide post/activity core i think…also the new features like gallery

and possible child theme expand.

@nexia

likewise:slight_smile:

i was thinking on sync the buddypress theme with it own

bbpress theme like bp-corporate with it own similiar style bbpress, bp-social with it own similiar style bbpress etc…

but since new bp core had the built in forum…i kind of skip the development

on that part….and now if we have bbpress with theme option alike…now that definately on the a-list for next year development..hehe…stay tune..you might be suprise:slight_smile:

@teethgrinder

sweet..looking alive there:slight_smile:

@colorful_tones

i see you got it working already..

What are ‘Add YouTube’ ‘Add Flickr’ links in Full Profile

the setting page had an extra option for you to add flickr id and youtube video id…the current version did not use setting->slug (will be update on next version) so you may encounter error if you use other language..you can still access it on your setting page the flickr-youtube tab.

curious if anyone manage to test this extra option….did anyone get this to work….if it successfully save..it should have a tick in text field and in profile

there will be flickr image line up and a youtube videos too….anyone?

cheers
maisapostas
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I try, the youtube video apear ok (I already have my site live (70 users so far…:wink: I let you know the bugs if any…

When you expect to release the next version?
vivid2k
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Sweet deal, you said two days ago it might take you 1-2 days. Are we still on track? Not like im rushing you or anything haha, just mad excited about this theme, its the best one yet!! :slight_smile:
carinallc
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I’m still not understanding what the YouTube and Flicker links are supposed to do. I added a YouTube ID to a Group, but have no idea what to look for.

Also, I encountered a vague error when creating a topic as part of a forum. It says this:

There was an error when creating the topic

And that’s it.

Brand new WPMU+BP install.
teethgrinder
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Hello! I’d like to ask if it’s possible to have 3 more templates for main blog pages: a fullwidth, a sidebar left and a sidebar right. I don’t like the 3 columns for info and support pages I’m planning to publish (really not nice a simple:press forum stuck in a ~300px width) . I know I could do ’em by myself but I think those could be useful also for others. :slight_smile:
Richie_KS
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@vivid2k

should be around the corner soon..the gallery are in place but still need

to finalize the child theme usage..:slight_smile:

@carinallc

the flickr and youtube only showed in single item profiles page..along

with the members info etc…it did not showed in groups slug.

@teethgrinder

yeap..this was also added to the new features list..along with gallery and child theme ability.

homepage

– can choose between 2 or 3 column

– turn on and off gallery

– optional choice without using gallery, you can used normal articles block

like the previous bptheme we released.

blog/pages

– choose layout for blog – 2column left or 2 column right and default 3 column.

– page template for pages added – full width/2col/3col

cheers
maisapostas
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@Richie_KS

Any news about when new version will be released?

My community, based on your template, already have 86 members and growing…
DrBestshape
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR, expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in /mnt/w0511/d23/s42/b02fe04e/www/getinthebestshape.com/wp-content/themes/bp-social/includes/custom-functions.php on line 86

Having issues installing bp- social – what am i doing wrong?

it does not let me access my dashboard either – I have to completely delete bp-social for me to do anything.

also how do i set up a multi-db account? do i need to ? if i don’t will it make my site slower? – what does one even need a multi- db for?

sry alot of questions but just want to clarify everything thank you

looking frw for the new release on bp social.

– also when ever bp- social starts working for me is there a way to add footer in it like the bp-corp theme has?

eagerly waiting or a response

Thank you

-DBS
Richie_KS
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@maisapostas

the new version already sent thro and should be available soon..

@DrBestshape

you can check the previous response on fixing this issue but new version 1.1

should also fixed this problem.

– dashboard access error

the theme shouldn’t have any effect on dashboard access…is there some

privacy plugin causing this?

– multi-db question

any takers?..i’m not familiar with this plugin..hehe

-adding footer like bp-corp

i’m affraid you’ll need to edit the footer.php for that…make comparison

on bp-corp footer..it should be easy to add the 3 block footer but without

widget ability tho..you’ll need to dig deep on functions.php for it.

anyway, new version with child theme for bp-social should be available soon and you can try the edit with child theme..if you’re familiar with child theme:slight_smile:

cheers
Richie_KS
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BuddyPress Social v1.1 released. Here are some of the added features

and fixes.

v1.1

=======================================================

– added gallery style and articles style featured block controllable via theme options

– added home and blog layout option – choose between 2 column or 3 column

– added page template – full width and 2 column

– fixed slug for setting and member on custom component and avatar post

– fixed custom-function copy.function error in earlier version

– added bp-social-childtheme

– refine css for new bp 1.1.3 activity blockquote css

– fixed group layout break if no member detected – problem cause by endif was close before ‘</div>’

– add optional advertisment or script block in header image position..user can add ads here instead of custom image header…suitable for skywide 720×90 ads

let us know if you found any bug etc ok.

cheers
maisapostas
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Hi Richie_KS,

Great job again!!!

But I need some help…

I upgrade 2h ago the theme (backup, delete the old bp-social and upload the bp-social and parent to themes folder, everything is ok (just to let you know).

I need to know how to remove community and home from parent, so my registed users when choose this template only have blog and pages.

I also need to know how to define default widgets to the parent and dont let my registed users change them.

One sugestion, you can also add a option to change buttons color. (I edit on custom, but will be nicer if i have that option on theme options).

Once again, great job.

(I already have 122 members on this “beta test”, as soon I can do the blogs thing, I will start advertising the site and also deploy this theme on more 33 domains (one for choosed niche), so I can be a really example how the template is used on live sites, I’m also think on a plugin to do like: “Users who are registed/like this network also like this, that and other network”, I will also deploy/integrate buddypress with this theme on a employment site I have with more than 100.000 registed users and try to make someting similar to linkedin.. I’m only looking the server resources I will need)
James Farmer
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Hi maisapostas,

Thanks for the feedback – but it’s not always possible for us to build in every single option that people might want… I think from the sound of things you might be better off hiring a developer to make some tweaks?
maisapostas
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I’m only ask if exist some plugins to do that… and the option on template is related to theme customization as is included on template advertised text :slight_smile:

Of course I will need to hiring one or more developers to do some tweaks but 1st I need to know what exists before hiring and plan my budget…

One final note, I’m an honest person and I say why i need changes but please dont treated me as I am millionaire because I dont am, I’m just a person who makes sites to living, working like 20h a day (Right now is 6:42 where I live and Im awake since 3 am…:wink:, and on my country this kind of traffic have a 1% value compared whit sites one same dimension on US or UK market, and your response sound like “If you have such sites you need to pay more to us give support on this plugins”, beside this I give information about my sites and my plans to have developers motivated to see how things they build is used and give some feedback about what they can improve on skills/functions..
carinallc
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Love the update, thanks for making a very nice looking theme that really adds alot to the BuddyPress community!

One question: I’m looking at the Home page (the one shown to visitors) and am curious how to decrease the height of the header area.

Or, is there an optimal logo size to use when adding a custom logo to the header?

Thanks
James Farmer
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@maisapostas – I was just trying to indicate the lengths that we can go to in terms of theme customisation, so that you weren’t disappointed if we couldn’t put in all the features you asked for.

@carinallc – I’ll leave that question to Richard :slight_smile:
gotwidget
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Hi! Can someone tell me the steps I need to do to create a custom theme based on bp-social that uses bp-social-blog – this is so I can use this theme for my second blog that doesn’t need all of the social features.

Thanks!

Ron
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I am using the bp-social-child theme for my second blog and would like to activate the page template called bp-social-blog. Any ideas how?

Thanks!
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@maisapostas

you could easly edit the global button style in _inc/css/global.css

search for this 2 line

input[type='submit'], input[type='button']
input[type='submit']:hover, input[type='button']:hover

-removing home and community in blog other than main blog

you can used the global blog_id check to remove any element you do not

want to show in secondary(user) blog…something like this

<?php
global $blog_id; if($blog_id == '1') { <!-- this content only show in blog id 1 - main blog -!> }
?>

– global parent widget across all blog

not sure about this but i think someone mention about this in forum

while back…search for it ok….a plugin solution i remember..

@gotwidget

step1

using child theme…copy the index.php from bp-social and paste into

your child theme..rename it to home.php

that should make your secondary blog a blog style without the frontpage

step2

copy the header.php to your child theme and comment out this line like this

<?php /* if( is_home() && !is_user_logged_in()) { include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/top-header.php’:wink:; } */ ?>

this will remove the non logged in intro header for your secondary blog.

step3

you need to activate the child theme.in your case the bp_social-blog

in admin themes and activate the theme again in theme appearence.

in your secondary blog.

cheers
maisapostas
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Thanks Richie
arnonel
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I like the idea of the rotating feature block, but….

when a user is not logged in and the feature block is showing, the home page doesnt look that good in my opinion.

is it possible to only add the feature block when a user is logged in? (ie, when you remove the top blog intro image?
Richie_KS
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hi arnonel

open up home.php and edit this line to

<?php if( is_user_logged_in()) { ?>

<?php

$featured_status = get_option(‘tn_buddysocial_blog_featured_style_status’:wink:;

if($featured_status == “enable”:wink: {

include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/gallery.php’:wink:;

} ?>

<?php } ?>

add the extra bold line above

in any case you can completely disable it via theme option.
arnonel
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thanks. I want it enabled. I like it. Just think it clashes when both are on at the same time, dont you think?
arnonel
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p.s. would be great if the rotator replaced the intro image(boy with box on head)

would you mind sharing how to do that? that would rock!
JoseffB
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I just wanted to say this theme is awesome! I’d like to know if there is a sub-blog theme that goes with this one? I’d like to set it as the default blog theme when a user creates one.

Also is there a way to combine the Social tabs with another theme like anarchy ( for the 101 themes batch).
Stef1978
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@Richie_KS

Is it possible that with this sollution (removing those lines) that the signup stops working? And even being removed from the admin bar?

http://managementplatform.nl/
Aaron
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Is it possible that with this sollution (removing those lines) that the signup stops working? And even being removed from the admin bar?

No, you probably just have registrations disabled in the Site Admin->Options.
Stef1978
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No, you probably just have registrations disabled in the Site Admin->Options.

Yep.. that did it.

I’m pretty new to wordpress.. I’m sorry. :slight_smile:
JoseffB
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No, you probably just have registrations disabled in the Site Admin->Options.

That’s caught me SO many times. :wink:
gotwidget
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Thanks Richie. I was able to modify my child theme and point home to index.
vivid2k
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Hey, as for the rotating block I requested last week, I got a question.

I should have stated this at first but no worries:

I was hoping to use it for one of the widget areas on the homepage.

How can I do that?
SocialProjects
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Hello guys,

It’s my first time here and I’m not sure where to post.

In any case, I was wondering if any of you would know why my BuddyPress Social theme is missing a plugins tab on its dashboard?

I just have replaced my former AvenueK9 theme for this one, however, and although it looks way better, I couldn’t find a way to import the same plugins I had back on AvenueK9.

Please, advise if you have any idea.

Take care,

Ar
soundpublishing
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I love the theme and my team is working on a new site to take advantage of it. One thing we’re looking for is additional widget sidebars. For example, the right column on groups pages seems to be hard-coded and not configured as a sidebar. Is there an easy way for me to add it (I can’t seem to locate it in the templates), or could it be added to the product in a new build?

Thanks.
Richie_KS
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@arnonel

it is possible but need to remove and add some hardcoded stuff:slight_smile:

i would suggest check out cycle.js (google for it)..this could rotate

your images more smoothly.

@Joseff

which social tab?..you lost me there…hehe

@Stef1978

the copy.function error had been fixed in v1.1…another release

with major ie fix v1.1.2 will be out soon…this should also fixed your

problem and as well fix ie bug for your ie viewers.

@vivid2k

the rotater as plugins…i think there’s already a similiar plugins exist..is it?

you can always disable the gallery entirely and used plugins fror the 3 widget on homepage..not sure if any content gallery plugin can fit in the 3 grid home page tho..the home widget area each are 300px+ only..

@SocialProjects

the themes shouldn’t have effected any admin core..in your case the plugin tabs..do you upgrade the wpmu recently..it maybe cause by some missing upgrade file when you auto-upgrade….recheck if the plugins tabs still missing after manual upgrade ok.

@soundpublishing

sound good….will add group-left widget and group-right widget to the

v1.2 update..

cheers
arnonel
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my adminbar is not showing correctly across all pages (yes i have the plugin installed)

look at http://spoint.me/

vs

http://spoint.me/members/zlatan/

2 different admin bars ( i dont want the buddypress logo)
JoseffB
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@Richie_KS Cocial tabs being the Forums, Groups, Friends etc layouts.
arnonel
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any help would be appreciated :slight_smile:
JoseffB
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How do I add a link to the custom header form? I like to swap out the custom header daily/weekly and have it point to a featured page.
JoseffB
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umm last post is for bp-fun (reporting over there).
anysigma
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Same problem as arnonel; the admin bar displays differently on home page and different on the profile pages. I want to get rid of the logo and just keep text in the admin bar….
af3
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This is a great theme; still learning.

I’m not getting any image shown in the image rotator gallery eventhough the features posts are setup 9and all have images in it).

Am i missing something?
Richie_KS
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problems noted..

-adminbar problem

the problem cause by using the child theme as main theme and the default bp_core_adminbar_css is process so it conflicted witha bp social

adminbar style….fix had been apply and will update the theme version

soon.

@Joseff

not sure if the social tab appliable in all the theme pack:slight_smile:

unless all the theme had the same hook so you can drop a plugin

to mu-plugin..in this case not possible.:slight_smile:

please open a new thread for the bp-fun problem ok…so its easy for me to track..cheers

@af3

did you set your custom-field key..you know the ‘thumbs’..you need

to change to your own existed custom key or set a new one.
af3
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@richie – ah. i thought it was auto grabbing the first image in the featured post :slight_smile: ok, got it. thanks.
SocialProjects
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Hello Richie_KS,

Thanks for your update.

I’m working hard on getting my site ready. The theme is awesome and there’s no much I need to do to get my site customized for a beta. However, I’ve uploaded a “Community” plugin and I intend to have it working to post city-specific information. However, after uploaded it’s not working.

I believe something is missing and I have not idea how to create my first community.

Also, after uploading a WPMU-capable plugin, I’ve been receiving this error message on everyone’s blog.

Please note: “Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/vecindar/public_html/wp-content/plugins/super-capcha/super-captcha.php on line 175”.

Any idea what that is and why is that happening? Should I remove that plugin (at this point I’m not sure which one made that to happen).

Looking forward for your reflexions on this one.

Cheers,

Ar
Richie_KS
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BuddyPress Social v1.1.2 Updates released..here are some the changes

changelog v1.1.2

– added widget for group slug – group left and group right

– fixed ie major bug

– fixed admin bar default core css overwrite the theme option css

– fixed facebook avatar image scale

– added global button css via theme option

cheers
member1
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@arnonel

I’ve just been checking out your spoint site. Looks very neat.

I noticed the link to your twitter account in your recent members feed is broken ‘harepointmag’

Just a heads up.

Paul
maisapostas
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Thanks Richie, I will try later today and if any issue I will post
arnonel
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@member 1

tx
arnonel
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now i dont have an admin bar at all
arnonel
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http://spoint.me/

admin bar is gone.

shows up in admin area.

shows up in http://zlatan.spoint.me/ but looks terrible (and different to admin area)

please help
arnonel
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p.s.

Have latest theme. Deleted all theme files, re-uploaded. also did a admin bar plugin overwrite. still looking weird
Richie_KS
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just reupdate one line css in 1.1.2 sec ago.

redowload the theme and let me know how it go ok

the style.css should be indicate 1.1.2b

also you need to resave option just incase..

note

if any downloaded previous 1.1.2, please redownload

the theme version again…the style.css should mark

1.1.2b changelog for the fix version.
Richie_KS
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@arnonel

also footer.php had some tpl change so you might want

to update it..

i see the new div footer-content did not showed in your current site.

cheers
arnonel
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last update seems to work

tx
SocialProjects
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Hello guys,

I’ve removed SuperCaptcha plugin and the message error disappeared.

Also, I would like to bring to your attention the case I’ve posted above regarding the building of a Community within BuddyPress Social ecosystem.

I’m also curious on how to get the default titles removed from NavBar tabs. I mistakely posted this one on a Plugin-related forum and obtained no responses leading me to get this situation over with.

If you guys have any idea, please share it. Your advise will be very much appreciated.

Cordially,

Ar
emeraldpiggy
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@arnonel

did this happened when you used the bp-social only or even using bp-sn-parent causing this problem too?

which version of bp you using…if it is 1.1.3…not sure if they changed the

core tpl in registration folder but you can copy the 1.1.3 bp-sn-parent registration folder and replace to bp-social…and remove the ‘<?php get_sidebar(); ?>’ for both activate.php and register.php..see if its fixed the

reg email problem.

do you have the remove email activation plugin inside mu-plugins?

that may also cause the problem…

hi i have replaced those 2 files and i still cant get it working

plz advice
Richie_KS
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@arnonel

glad the updates fixed the problem..

@SocialProjects

NavBar tabs?

do you mean the adminbar?

bp-social 1.1.2 fixed this issue with using child theme vs parent theme.

in previous version, if you used child theme..the bp_core_adminbar css overwrite the bp-social adminbar css…try update to v1.1.2 and see if the problem fix:slight_smile:

@emeraldpiggy

try disable all plugin except bp..and also remove any plugins inside

mu-plugin (don’t delete it just move to other folder) and see if the

signup problem fix.
emeraldpiggy
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hi it doesnt work either

strange
emeraldpiggy
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it has the data in wp_signups but it never sent out the email and create tables for newly created blog

plz advice
Richie_KS
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mmm..this is odd..did anybody experience similiar problem?
emeraldpiggy
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hi

i delete the whole buddypress and social theme and reapplied it

it still doesnt work,

btw I am using buddypress 1.1.3

shall i downgrade to 1.1.2?
emeraldpiggy
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ohh i found out its the wp mu problem

i couldnt even sign up with default buddy press 1.1.3 theme

do u have any idea what happened to wordpress mu itself?

thanks
Adeptris
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Hi,

I have downloaded the latest 1.1.2 and installed the theme, really great theme, I created a new page added text with Bullets but they do not show, tested numbers and quotes which do not show, it looks like it is not picking up the style.

Example: http://taggeriffic.com/terms/

David
Adeptris
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I have imported Dummy posts into the Blog so you can see the formatting problem, the themes are in the correct directory, the child theme is active.

Other themes are formating the bullets and quotes ok but not BP-Social, anyone have any ideas as to what is wrong, I really want to use this theme but need the formatting fixed?

You can see the formatting issues here: http://taggeriffic.com/blog

David
HOMEHOST
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Hi I installed the buddypress social theme on my blog which means that I selected the theme only for buddy press not the main website- it works very well – but I need to edit the theme layout — where do I do that? please note that my main theme is another theme not buddy press?
Richie_KS
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@emeraldpiggy

did the problem solved already?

@Adeptris

the ul ol issue had been noted..

@HOMEHOST

hi

are you looking to edit the buddypress (bp-social) theme or

your main site theme..

if its the bp-social…theme option should take care any css customization.

as for layout, you’ll have to check out the child theme templating since

the bp-social v1.1.2 also include child theme for customization..

cheers
Cosmo
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Soryy..please. I have spent all day reading and trying to find my way through pb and mu. in have succeded in installing the latest version…now stucked with.customization.

please pardon me for wrongly posting this in another forum before comming accross this………

I just have uploaded buddypress fun theme. but cant customise it the way i want. I want to change the upper right hand tabs (HOME- BLOG- GROUPS FORUMS- MEMBERS -BLOGS) to something more meaningful to me like (NEWS-EVENTS) and do not know to do it. please any help will be appriciated.

Again i want to have a home page that contains tabs like news, events etc.Its highlights will be available to users and non-users, but the details of this tabs will be availble only for users at login….really…no idea…

please help!
soundpublishing
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@Richie_KS,

Would it be possible to standardize the right sidebar width to accomodate 300px wide ads in the next rev? The current one seems to fluctuate between 300 and 250.

Thank you!
Richie_KS
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@Cosmo

you can define the SLUG for component by adding similiar code to

your wp-config.php

define(‘BP_GROUPS_SLUG’, ‘your-group-slug-name’:wink:;

many bp user overlooked this in codex to modify the SLUG-name,

personally i only discover this couple of week ago.

not sure if it will had error effect the theme itself tho.

@soundpublishing

will see if the layout can be expand extra 50px for right sidebar.

current one only 250px:wink:

note

ul ol issue will be update in next version.
David Richins
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How can I remove the blog intro header (that appears when user is not logged in)?
RoneNeffect
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Hi there,

I am experiencing the following issues after uploading to the 1.2 compatible bp-social theme:

1. Activity stream is not shown on homepage (for logged in members or visitors). I don’t have an Activity widget either. However, I do see the “Activity” page tab and clicking that pulls up the stream.

2. “Members” “Groups” & “Blogs” subpages under the “Community” tab redirect back to icraftsingles.com/social instead of icraftsingles.com/social/members…etc.

3. There is no “Blogs” tab. Not sure if that was taken out on purpose, but it appears on the main BP demo site http://testbp.org/

4. Admin bar background color is not effected when I change its setting in “Theme Options”. This was also the case with the last version of bp-social and I just directly edited the CSS file then. So I can fix this issue myself, but just thought I’d make you aware.

5. I am using the “Login with Ajax” plugin and my member Avatar isn’t showing up in the sidebar, instead the generic avatar shows up. I believe this is a theme issue because when I switch to another theme like bp-scholar or bp-corporate, the member avatar displays fine.

There are couple of other CSS tweaks I will make but most are personal preferences. One you may consider standardizing is making the cursor type change to a link cursor [cursor:pointer] when hovering over buttons (i.e. “Search” or “Login”:wink:

icraftsingles.com/social

WPMU 2.9.1.1, Subdirectory install.

PS – Love the font size option. Great work. :slight_smile:

Thanks!
RoneNeffect
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Ok I resolved issue #2 by deactivating the “BuddyPress Backwards Compatibility” plugin (duh)

I also deactivated some other non-BP 1.2 compatible plugins but the rest of the issues persist.

I also added the out-of-the-box “Recent Site Wide Posts” widget and got a stretched image and some duplicate view links. This issue persists for a logged in users as well (Only there are dual “view | delete” links instead).
Richie_KS
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hi David

assuming you’re using the latest bp-social version

open header.php and find this line 149 and comment it out like this

<?php /* if($bp_existed == ‘true’:wink: { ?>

<?php if ( !bp_is_register_page() && !bp_is_activation_page() ) { ?>

<?php if( !is_user_logged_in() ) { load_template (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/top-header.php’:wink:; } ?>

<?php } ?>

<?php } else { ?>

<?php if( !is_user_logged_in() ) { load_template (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/top-header.php’:wink:; } ?>

<?php } */ ?>

hi RoneNeffect

@issue1

you need to go to setting -> reading and choose activity stream as frontpage to make it

like testbp dot org.

@issue2

yeap..the plugin maybe the problem.

@issue 3

it should be under community tab

@issue 4

did it work on main site?

or you mean site wide…ye know other blogs..do you have the bp-global-adminbar-css.php in mu-plugins/

some updates on bp-social 1.1.7 on php stylesheet sync..you may want to update it…be sure to make backups first:slight_smile:

@issue 5

bp-social did not have avatar on the top nav where welcome,admin…bp-nav stuff at

just open topbar.php. in line 10+, there should be code similiar to this

< li id=”li-user” ><?php _e(‘Welcome back’:wink:; ?>, <?php bp_loggedinuser_link() ?>

edit to this

< li id=”li-user” ><?php bp_loggedin_user_avatar( ‘width=20&height=20’ ) ?> <?php _e(‘Welcome back’:wink:; ?>, <?php bp_loggedinuser_link() ?>

*bold – added/edited text

cheers
Richie_KS
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I also added the out-of-the-box “Recent Site Wide Posts” widget and got a stretched image and some duplicate view links. This issue persists for a logged in users as well (Only there are dual “view | delete” links instead).

its the Recent_Sitewide Widget Core issue…i had this problem too with bp-default 1.2 theme.
RoneNeffect
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Thanks Richie. You pretty much answered everything!

Here’s hoping a SWA widget comes soon. I’d like to have a little more control over the activity stream (number of items displayed etc.) as well as be able to place widgets below it. I think I liked it better when you could put the activity stream wherever because it was a widget. Seems like the activity stream has been made into an ultimatum now. ;o]

Also, I think we are talking about two different things in regards to the avatar issue. I’m not wanting an avatar displayed in the “welcome back, username” section.

I was using a plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/) which places an ajax based login widget in the sidebar. When logged in, the widget shows up, but not the avatar of the logged in user. This issue only occurs with the bp-social theme, but works fine with other themes. see attachment.

Thanks.
RoneNeffect
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its the Recent_Sitewide Widget Core issue…i had this problem too with bp-default 1.2 theme.

Ok thanks. :o)
RoneNeffect
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Hey Richie,

I'm also getting some funky text overlapping on the following pages. I'm sure it has someithng to do with the increased font-size, but I'd rather not decrease the font size in order to solve the problem, if possible.

http://icraftsingles.com/social/blogs

http://icraftsingles.com/social/groups

Thanks
Richie_KS
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bp-social v1.1.4 released earlier should fixed this…you can check the changelog

in downloads….the overlay issue and the bquote padding issue.
RoneNeffect
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Thanks, but the both spacing problems are still there even after getting the latest version. Its not a huge deal, as I can probably figure out how to add the needed space.

Cheers
Richie_KS
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bp-social v1.1.5 released.

here’s some changelog

– added missing modify to theme option php to stylesheet sync

– fix ie issue, especially missing avatar block in ie8..some css ruling needed apply

– compatible up to buddypress 1.2.1

– missing depth=0 for navigation subpage

– added li border line for directory

@RoneNeffect

I was using a plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/) which places an ajax based login widget in the sidebar

i tested the plugins and doesn’t seem to work with bp themes..even bp-default cannot sync

the profile avatar…does the plugin support buddypress…the one that work in your site are normal

wordpress theme right?..so supposely main site with bp activated do not work well with the plugin.
RoneNeffect
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Hi Ritchie,

The plugin is designed for BP. I actually got it from there plugins page. It is rather strange though. When I tested the plugin on my install with the latest version of BP-fun, community, & corporate, it shows fine (see attachments). This isn't a huge issue, but from my end there are other BP premium themes working fine with the plugin, except social.

I will upgrade to bp-social v1.1.5 and BP- 1.1.2 and see if that helps at all.

Thanks!
RoneNeffect
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bp-social v1.1.5 released.

here’s some changelog

– added missing modify to theme option php to stylesheet sync

– fix ie issue, especially missing avatar block in ie8..some css ruling needed apply

– compatible up to buddypress 1.2.1

– missing depth=0 for navigation subpage

– added li border line for directory

Nice! Sub-nav child pages are definitely working now.

1 – Also, the login-with-ajax widget is now displaying fine all pages except my the homepage. Weird. Again, it displays fine on other premium theme homepages, as per my last message.

2 – My activity stream now seems to be missing all items except one. Should that have happened after upgrading the theme? http://icraftsingles.com/social/activity
RoneNeffect
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Please note it was not my intention to post that three times. I pressed upload button and it wasn’t working, but apparently it was. Is there a way for me to delete my posts on my end?

Again, sorry for the inconvenience.
Richie_KS
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i tried the plugin and login as admin in main site and it did get the profile and avatar correctly but

when try login as another user..the profile and avatar remained as admin…

try login with a users that was not a site admin of the visited blog..and see if the profile avatar

get fetch correctly..in my end it doesn’t..not sure if it had something to do with my user meta:slight_smile:

did you activate the plugin sitewide or single?

@activity problems..

you’re right…its only fetch one activity…

the user profile activity also did not work….

but it work in demo and my locatest tho…did you upgrade the bp to 1.2.1?

maybe upgrade file corruptions…will track this problem.
RoneNeffect
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Upgraded to BP 1.2.1 and bp-social 1.1.5

i tried the plugin and login as admin in main site and it did get the profile and avatar correctly but when try login as another user..the profile and avatar remained as admin…

^Yes, this is my experience as well.

try login with a users that was not a site admin of the visited blog..and see if the profile avatar get fetch correctly..in my end it doesn’t..not sure if it had something to do with my user meta:slight_smile:

^Same thing happened to me. I logged in as a non-admin user, but the admin avatar was fetched anyway, instead of the correct one.

did you activate the plugin sitewide or single?

^Tried it both ways, same results. :slight_smile:

@activity problems..

^Resolved after upgrading to 1.2.1 :slight_smile:

Thanks. I will probably just deactivate the login with ajax plugin until the problem is resolved. Its not a neccessity, but a nice convienece to usres, expecially since it worked fine prior to BP 1.2 and latest version of social. No biggy.

Cheers.
RoneNeffect
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Hi Ritchie,

What would be the easiest way to add a horizontal line rule <hr /> between items in the activity stream for bp-social? Right now, I just feel like its too easy for one’s eyes to to miss where one item ends and another begins. Thanks.
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adding this css to _inc/css/member.css should do it:slight_smile:

#activity-stream li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; } #activity-stream li li { border: 0px none !important;
}
RoneNeffect
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pure perfection! thanks.
RoneNeffect
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Hi Ritchie,

Updated to bp-social 1.1.7 and now the blog avatars all pull the admin blog’s avatar:

http://icraftsingles.com/social/blogs

any ideas?

My “members” page pulls avatars just fine.

Lastly, I can’t seem to access the page with the main blog posts? If you look at the main blog it points to http://icraftsingles.com/social instead of http://icraftsingles.com/social/blog. But even when I manually try to go to http://icraftsingles.com/social/blog it redirects to a page: http://icraftsingles.com/social/tools/blog-help

Could this be a permalink issue?

Thanks
Richie_KS
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hi RoneNeffect

i had similiar problem too…it seem buddypress did not work well with pages since it had

built in activity stream attach…my only solution will be clear the ‘point to blog page’ in wordpress

pages setting -> reading and add a page template ‘news & blog’ that i provided inside theme…it did not work if you set the ‘blog’ in setting -> reading – > posts pages.

also you might want to check up the latest updates on bp-social theme…

changelog

v1.1.8

– add border line for activity stream

– update adminbar to new bp 1.2 style

– fixed adminbar dropdown missing in sub blog

cheers
RoneNeffect
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Great, that works.

I think it’s an acceptable, although temporary workaround. The only problems:

1) There is no “older posts” link that the bottom of the inserted “News & Blog” page to view older posts. Right now its only show 5 of my blog posts.

2) It doesn’t update the link correctly on the Blogs Directory. It still points to /social instead of /social/blog

Any insight on the Blogs Directory avatar issue?

– fixed adminbar dropdown missing in sub blog

^Could you tell me what code was modified? I’ve already made major changes to the CSS files and it would insane to overwrite all of them and lose my changes.

Thanks
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@blog and blogs link

work fine in my end.

http://icraftsingles.com/social/blog/

this point to your news and blog

http://icraftsingles.com/social/blogs/

this point to rhe blog directory listing

or am i missing something here?

@adminbar

that will be _inc/css/adminbar.css

i’m affraid you need to update this cause the old style (grey bar) css did not work in sub-blog

with the dropdown..js and bp adminbar core css changed in bp 1.2 so old style bar are not

functional in sub blog.
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Hi Rithcie,

see the attached screenshots for clarification on blogs directory and blog page issues.

that will be _inc/css/adminbar.css

ok, thanks. will do.

Thanks a bunch
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1. avatar issue

that’s odd…try go to wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/group-avatar

see if there’s group avatar images there?

2. social blog link

that is the default link to the main site..your current main site url are

http://icraftsingles.com/social

and not

http://icraftsingles.com/social/blog/ <!–this is a page template pages–>

so user click visit blog the main site link are http://icraftsingles.com/social

3. no pre next nav in blog tempale

open bp-social/template-blog.php and find the this line

<?php endwhile; ?>

add below it this code

<div id="post-navigator">
<div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link( __( '« Previous Entries', 'bp-social' ) ) ?></div> <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Next Entries »', 'bp-social' ) ) ?></div>
</div>
RoneNeffect
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1. avatar issue

that’s odd…try go to wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/group-avatar

see if there’s group avatar images there?

I didn’t find the file, but I think you may have answered my question. All blogs share the same avatar as the main blog? Is there a place to set a unique avatar for each blog?

2. social blog link

Ok, I understand. This is just confusing to users as they are expecting to go to a page with blog entires and are, in essence, sent back to the home page. So I will just hard code the URL to the page that holds the the blog entries. :o)

3. no pre next nav in blog tempale

Code worked like a charm. Many Thanks!
Richie_KS
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1.avatar issue

the path is correct..when user created group-avatar..it should created a folder path like

wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/group-avatar/1

wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/group-avatar/2

wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/group-avatar/3

and so on…..accroding to their group id.

try reedit one of the groups avatar and see if it properly saved.
RoneNeffect
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I’m confused…My issue is with Blog Avatars, not Group Avatars…sorry if I am misunderstanding
Richie_KS
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ooops…then it will under

wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/avatars/1
wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/avatars/2
wp-content/blogs.dir/YOUR_BP_BLOG_ROOT/files/avatars/3
RoneNeffect
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My directory structure is a little different for some reason.

I see the “avatars” folder, and avatars, but only in the main blog directory. There is no avatars folder in the other blog directories.

Main blog [1]: wp-contentblogs.dir1filesavatars1

User blog avatar folder: wp-contentblogs.dir1filesavatars2

User blog avatar folder: wp-contentblogs.dir1filesavatars2

—

User blog [2]: wp-contentblogs.dir2 does not have an avatar folder in it.

Thanks
RoneNeffect
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Hi Richie,

Any luck on figuring out how to get the Site Wide Activity to show up on the homepage without totally replacing all the widgets?

I have seen this request a couple of times, but am not sure how “in-demand” it is. It just really seems a little inconvenient to have an ultimatum in regards to the SWA. As it stands now, you can have it on the homepage, but must sacrifice all other homepage widgets. The only other current alternative is to have it on a separate tab.

Thanks.
Richie_KS
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User blog [2]: wp-contentblogs.dir2 does not have an avatar folder in it.

yes..this is normal..

all avatars and group-avatars are save in blogs.dir/1/files/ – this is your main site folder

check if

wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/avatars/1
wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/avatars/2
wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/avatars/3

have avatar images in them.

Any luck on figuring out how to get the Site Wide Activity to show up on the homepage without totally replacing all the widgets?

using the <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/activity/index.php’:wink:; ?> to any location should

be ok but some limitation tho.

since the 1.2 core activity used level thread reply etc…small place like sidebar may not

be approriate…will check if some function can called to disable reply and used old school SWA

without level thread.

cheers
RoneNeffect
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Thanks. I look forward to any advances you can make on this. I would certainly settle for a streamlined SWA in order to have it on the homepage.

I did plant <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/activity/index.php’:wink:; ?> in home.php, but it distorted the layout of the other widgets.
greekheraldry
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Hello everyone,

First of all, congrats for the excellent work on the themes, however I have some trouble with BP Social.

The url is http://greekheraldry.org/ as you will see the featured gallery doesn’t appear.

I have as custom field the “thumbs” word and I then copy the URL of the image (in the custom field)

The issues are:

1. I picked two categories (15,22)

2. In the featured post it appears a page rather than the post categories

3. If I add only one category, there is only one blue background appearing.

4. What’s the dimensions of the featured picture?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Dimis
greekheraldry
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p.s. Do I have to have a unique category for posts to appear? Or I can have 2-3 categories (of the post) I have in the feature gallery?
greekheraldry
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Hello all,

I realized my mistake, I was looking for category-id, while it was posting-id. The only issue remaining now is that I do not see the picture, despite the fact that I’m using the custom fields, using the default word “thumbs” and the picture url which is in the format : http–://greekheraldry.org/files/2010/03/posting145.png

Any ideas why I still see the blue field rather than the image?

Warm Regards,

Dimis
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I imagine the — isn’t helping?
RoneNeffect
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Hey R,

I am trying to style the “Join Group” and “Leave Group” links via the the child style sheet. For the life of me I can’t get it to work using the #custom or !important overrides.

my code:

.join-group a { color: #d70000 !important; }
Richie_KS
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@greekheraldry

the featured gallery did not work o page id..only post id.

assuming the about us in slide were wordpress page right?

@RoneNeffect

try using first class like this

#custom .generic-button a.join-group { color: #d70000 !important; }

cheers
greekheraldry
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@Richie_KS that is correct, now that this is settled the only problem I’m facing is that the picture is not visible, all I see is this blue window. Any ideas what might that be? the link is greekheraldry.org
greekheraldry
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@Richie_KS that is correct, now that this is settled the only problem I’m facing is that the picture is not visible, all I see is this blue window. Any ideas what might that be? the link is greekheraldry.org
RoneNeffect
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@Richie_KS

That bit of code didn’t work either. I did figure out (via Chrome’s code inspector) that the following code in the PHP is what is governing the styling of that button:

<?php if($tn_buddysocial_blog_header_text_link_hover_color != “”:wink: { ?>

#top-bar a:hover, #user-status p a:hover, #custom .avatar-box a:hover {

color: <?php echo $tn_buddysocial_blog_header_text_link_hover_color; ?>!important;

}

<?php } ?>

With this new found knowledge, how should I proceed?

Thanks.
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Hi there,

I’ve been watching this thread and am having the same problem. I have the image URL in the custom fields (I’m using “thumbs” as well) and the URLs are correct, too. In Safari (Mac) using the Activity Monitor I can see that the page actually calls the images but they don’t appear. I’ve tried up to four images and as few as one… and the only time I’ve ever seen anything is when on image (the first one specified) flashed on-screen (in its proper place) and then disappeared. On this end it’s definitely the CSS that hides it (for some reason), because it follows the text from the post I’ve specified in the top left of the gallery div until the CSS loads and correctly formats image and text. Both disappear, and only the text returns to the screen.

When I view page source and copy the code into Dreamweaver it actually displays the image, so I’m working on a potential CSS fix.

Same display issue present with Firefox, Chrome and Netscape Navigator.

Cheers,

Graham
grahamlindsey
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An addition to my previous post… it may be the JS file moving the image out of the way and not sliding it back up. Not entirely sure.

http://new.productionguide.tv/~product/ottawa/ (just a temporary URL)

I’ve also checked that the error exists in IE7(PC).

Cheers,

Graham
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In case people are waiting on my finding a solution, I couldn’t in the CSS and figure perhaps it’s a JS issue. It looks as if the image is positioned outside the viewing area and then the JS brings it onscreen, but the last part just isn’t happening correctly.

I’ve seen other instances where the theme developer has responded, and I suspect he’s a busy guy but I wonder if he might be able to shed any light on this.

Alternatively, if there are situations where it has worked perhaps we could have a peek and see what the difference may be in the gallery/js coding.

Many thanks (in advance),

-g
Richie_KS
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@greekheraldry

i see the article mode featured are working..if you switch it to gallery mode..is the

images still not pulling for the slider?

@RoneNeffect

oops…the correct code are something like this…

#custom .generic-button a.join-group, #custom .generic-button a.leave-group {
background: #000 !important; color: #fff !important;
}

@grahamlindsey

could you tried change to article mode for the featured..and see

the image are properly pulled.
RoneNeffect
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That snippet of CSS code worked like a charm!

Many thanks!
RoneNeffect
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Hi Rich,

Got a couple more css quirks I am trying to work through. Could you take a look at the attached screenshots?

They center around the messaging page that generates between members as well as the create a blog page. Spacing issues appear to be fine in IE, but are present in FF and Chrome (haven't checked Safari)

I also can't seem to effectively change the background color of the avatar-box class.

Thanks
wickedsoul
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Hey Richie,

I got a problem as well.

I am using the Social Theme.

I made some changes, and used MooTools Library to create a sliding door effect for AdminBar.

Now, the site appears fine and everything works cool, until I active Featured Block (Articles or Gallery),

when the slider just stops responding at all. It appears but seems like the JS is not functioning in this case.

When I disable the Featured Block, the slider starts to work.

Do you have any ideas that can help me figure the trouble?
Richie_KS
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@RoneEffect

– message problem

the message are a bit diffrent from mine..did you made any css edit to it…there shouldn't

be a blue button block like default theme..the new code may overwrite the code…check

the screenshot below.

– css problem with create a blog

add this to custom.css or member.css
```
h3 a.button {<br />

float: none !important;<br />

display: inline-block;<br />

margin-bottom: 20px;<br />

}<br />
```
@wickedsoul

the mootool definately conflicted with js from featured slider…

i think there some solution regarding adding js.no conflict method…not sure

if it will work…try google the js no conflict solution.

cheers
RoneNeffect
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Thanks Rich! That code for the <h3> worked perfectly.

As for the blue block on the messaging page, you are right, it was some additional code I added.

However the “Send a Reply” button is still wanky and there is still a red avatar box on my create a blog page that I can’t seem to style nor get rid of. [see screenshots in my previous post for examples of both]

Thanks.
Richie_KS
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hi RoneNeffect

did the red box an actual red box in red or its just a indicator of space you mark?

hehe..hope it not confusing:slight_smile:

btw..if you can, create a new user for me to check it out…sent me the access detail

to rk_8998@yahoo.com

i will check out the problem as soon as possible…admin level will be plus so i can

check the create a blog page

cheers
SuppaDuppa
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There are a couple of bugs with the latest (1.2.2) Social theme.

1. The blog ‘intro header background color’ setting dontwork

2. Also the ‘intro header shade’ is nonfunctional

3. Also the titles of blog posts are blue even though my links are set to green. Wazzup with that.
Mason
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Hiya SuppaDuppa,

thanks for reporting. in the future, feel free to open up a new thread as these older ones tend to get over-looked. I’ll ask Richie to take a look at these issues.

Thanks again.

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