Category Archives: Tech

BuddyPress hack: Remove ‘Send Private Message’ for non-friends

A quick hack to only display the ‘Send Private Message’ for friends. First we’ll create a simple check function for your  functions.php or bp-custom.php file: Then edit the default theme file:  /members/single/member-header.php and look for the ‘Send Private Message’ check … Continue reading

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BuddyPress hack: remove new member registration from activity stream

Since it was asked (and on the buddypress.org forums). Mute new member activity stream registration (aka, don’t announce your spammers) add to whatever bp-custom.php or theme functions php and define the filtered bp_has_activities() types Then in your favorite theme (i’m … Continue reading

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BuddyPress hack: disable activity stream comments/favorites for certain types

Want to keep the noise ratio down on activity stream commenting? Besides the built-in Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?: I don’t see a way to implement additional filters on bp_activity_can_comment() nor is there one setup for … Continue reading

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BuddyPress Sitemap Generator plugin

Download from WordPress Plugin Repo: BuddyPress Sitemap Generator Based upon GoogleSitemapGenerator by Arne at www.arnebrachhold.de – BuddyPress Sitemap Generator creates a sitemapindex and child maps for each BuddyPress main component. Sitemap files: overall activity member listing member listing -> groups … Continue reading

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Forcing BuddyPress to utilize user_nicename for member urls and mentions

For an upcoming project that will be utilizing BuddyPress 1.2 – I hit a snag with the user_login and member slugs. Importantly the column user_login may contain an @ symbol or other special characters. Since my user registration is via … Continue reading

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Mentioned on BuddyPress Major Contributors list

Guess I enjoy finding bugs: http://buddypress.org/about/, thanks!

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FireNICO v1.2.2 for Firefox 3.6 is up

Sorry, I forgot about the “other” extension Download Now – FireNICO v1.2.2 for Firefox 3.5 to 3.6 See the changelog

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Adblock Plus and NICOclub Forums

I recommend installing Adblock Plus and add the following subscription list: How to add an Adblock Plus Filter Subscription: Open ADP Options (Tools > Add-Ons > Adblock Plus > Options or right click on ADP status icon > Preferences) Filters … Continue reading

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ZeroForum and Honda Tech Founders Day In Court

http://cms.skunk2.com/id/441/Honda-Tech-Founders-Day-In-Court/ http://static.skunk2.com/files/pdf/FirstAmendedComplaint.pdf The short version of the complaint filed is as follows: Dustin Adler alleges that he was a co-owner of RelyNet, and subsequently Honda-Tech. Dustin Adler is the owner of the copyrights for the ZeroForum software that powered Honda-Tech. … Continue reading

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Generic PHP Google Sitemap Generator

I needed a simple php template to generate a few google sitemaps based upon a database driven site. Since I already use Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress – it was only logical to extract a few generic functions in … Continue reading

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