Suggestion – Give us an option to disable the whole public message/@/all members

[Abracadabra]

This whole @ username – public message and visibility of all members activity in site-wide activity feed is simply stupid. It assumes everyone knows everyone and it may be suitable for some small family site, but not something majority of kleo users build.

If you guys had an option in KLEO to simpy disable that system with one click that would be great.

I would suggest giving us the following options:

1) underneath the profile picture, no @s, no time and no text of any kind just a cover page and a picture. Only things that would show up once someone clicks on profile would be add friend or cancel friendship and private message buttons.

2) Eliminating (All members) and (Mentions) activity tabs in Site wide activity, this one I truly dont understand, why would anyone want to know everything that is going on the site unrelated to their friends. My friends and My groups only in site wide-activity.

[Laura]

Hello, those things can be easy fixed with css and plugins.
The thing is that we didnt create Buddypress and it is made for a social website where everyone can see everyone, KLEO only integrates with Buddypress.

To make that changes to Buddypress, you can use the following css to disable @ and activity text on profile (add to quick css or style.css in child theme)

COPY CODE

.buddypress div#item-header div#item-header-content h4 {
    display: none;
}
.buddypress div#item-header div#item-header-content span.activity {
    margin-left: 10px;
    display: none;
}

To prevent strangers from viewing others activity, you can use the attached plugin so activity is only for friends.
I would just ask to not insult the work Buddypress team made creating this awesome plugin, free for everyone and well done.

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[Abracadabra]

Thanks Laura

It wasnt meant to be an insult in any way, just constructive criticism, buddypress does enormous amount of excellent work and in a way they downgrade their product themselves by not going the little extra and making it more flexible. They could have a one click solution, closed “family website” vs open website.

[Abracadabra]

I just tried the code in style.css edit, the @ and text still show on profile picture and member directories, it did not work.

[Laura]

Hello, please share website links so i an check it out 🙂

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura,
You already have admin credentials to my site arystokrata dot com.
laura@seventhqueen.com account

[Laura]

Hello, have you cleared your cache? I dont see @ anymore, profile and members directory
To clear cache use CLTR+F5

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura,
I cleared the cache, in admin and browser, I can still see the @ and text under it on admin profile and in members directory, for regular profiles @ is gone, but the text is still visible on profile picture and directory. Please see attached screenshots.

[Laura]

Hello, that is an activity that you sent. Just delete it

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[Abracadabra]

Ok I did that and it disappeared, but when I posted a new update it shows the new update text in that spot now. How can I permanently hide this?

Also this whole activity-site wide activity should have an option to disable viewing of everyones activity, if you guys had this option that would be pretty awesome. Something like hide the (All members) and (Mentions) columns. Is there a way to do that in CSS?

[Laura]

Hello, to delete completely @ please go to FTP files, find wp-content/themes/kleo/buddypress/members/single/member-header.php

Copy that file and paste it inside of
wp-content/themes/kleo-child/buddypress/members/single

Then open it and edit it, find @ by search, delete it ( its between “>@<” )
Save 🙂

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[Laura]

Also, this plugin could help you, its for showing only friends activity

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[Abracadabra]

ok great thanks, so to completely delete the trace of this now I need to delete two columns off site wide activity page, (all members) and (mentions)
Is it possible to hide this with css code?

[Laura]

Hello, to remove mentions use http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/daily-tip-how-to-remove-mentions-from-buddypress/
To remove all members , try the plugin i attached in the other post

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[Abracadabra]

it crashed my site… this is what I am getting now

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in /home/content/p3pnexwpnas06_data03/99/2401299/html/wp-content/themes/kleo-child/functions.php on line 114

I did not do step 3 as I dont know how to do that (Step 3: Remove the hardcoded menu item:)

I will reload from a back up, but that code he has on the blog does not seem to do the job.

I uploaded that plug in before, the all members column in site-wide activity was still there.

[Laura]

Hello, could you share ftp and wp-admin credentials here? Set it as private reply please 🙂

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura,

you have admin access under laura@seventhqueen.com account.
I will email you the ftp details to that address once I find out what they are.

I think the activity feed only shows the friends stuff now, but I want to delete those two columns (all members) and (mentions) in site wide activity and that text that still appears under photo.

I think it would be great if you guys offered that as an option for Kleo, converting the template to friends only with one click, by eliminating those things, perhaps a KLEO plug in? I am sure Im not the only one looking to make the site this way.

[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura i just sent you the information to your email.
Hostname: arystokrata.com

[Laura]

Hello, your issue should be resolved now, let me know if i miss something 🙂

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura, I see some changes but I can still see text under my profile picture, groups and forums tabs got moved over to under big + dropdown menu. In Sitewide activity, all members column is still visible, and in my favorites everything is shown instead of just my favorites.
Also, another thing I asked somewhere else, on pages which I myself created in the footer, terms&conditions, privacy policy, contact, how do I get the footer to default to bottom of page, right now its in the middle of page.

[Abracadabra]

It seems that cancel friendship request box overlaps the avatar. Im attaching a screenshot

[Laura]

Hello, please allow me some time to manage this so everything can be done, so, based in what you said, you need:
– Hide All Members in activity stream
– Text under profile ( the text you mean your name or last activity?
– Fix CSS issues with profile buttons
– Could you explain what you want to show in my favorites?
– Check out the footer problem

Let me know if i miss something and please give me some info from above so i can do everything you need 🙂

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[Abracadabra]

Hi, Laura, I need to check everything out again, after I upgraded to buddypress 2.2 some things changed.
I will come up with a comprehensive list here in a day or two.

[Laura]

Hello, sure, will be waiting 🙂

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[Abracadabra]

If you can help me with these things that would be great.

I set up a page called (search) to be able to place my widget (BP profile search plugin) on kleo menu. On the new Search page I put in the shortcode for it [bps_display form=2850] but it does not show the search page but instead it redirects to my homepage url.

When I look at other profiles, two boxes under picture, cancel friendship or cancel friendship request and private message overlap the picture. The same thing happens in groups, underneath the group picture, Group admin text and small avatar overlapp the picture.

In any Groups’ homepage, getting rid of Home Icon completely.

In Profile-Members/username getting rid of Activity Icon completely.

In profile – base section, deactivating links from Answers in blue.

Ever since upgrading to new version of buddypress my log in / log out stopped working properly.
I was using this plugin Custom Login URL to change the 4 authentication permalinks to hide wp from it.
/login,/register/lostpassword/logout instead of original URLs with WP in them.
Somewhow this does not work anymore, my /register page does not work, my sign in button on the front page points to /wp-login.php instead of/login. Lost password link on kleo fb log in points to /#kleo-lostpass-modal instead of /lostpassword. I Installed Peter’s login redirect but dont know how to change those 4 urls there. Another issue which I always had is that once a users login times out they do not get taken to homepage but to original wp login screen, which I changed, but it looks terrible on mobile, I dont want that screen to be visible ever, I would always like them to be directed to homepage to login.

Also, I think you guys are working on this, with Kleo facebook login in there is a problem once they do the first time they get redirected to homepage instead of profile page.

Finally, 2 images in my revolution slider, #3 and #4 are not visible on mobile phones, they are fine on a pc, laptop and ipad, but not on mobile, they are simply not visible there i can only see those two black buttons, thats both for android and iphone.

Thanks Laura

[Laura]

Hello
1- Search is a name you should never use for a page as its used for default wordpress search, so it creates a conflict. I created a new page with the name Search for… with your shortcode, it works http://yourwebsite/search-for

2- Fixed with the following CSS in Quick CSS

COPY CODE

#buddypress div#item-header .group-admins {
  margin-top: 3%;
}
.buddypress div#item-header div#item-header-content {
  margin-top: 3%;
}

3- Buddypress groups page are dynamic so this cant be done so easily, you should try to contact a developer

4- Do you want to disable Activity section or change activity icon?

5- Do you mean disable link for fields?

6- The Slider has set the url to wp-login.php so you have to change it manually, i changed the first slide. For redirection you can use https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-redirect-manager/ and set that wp-login.php redirects to /login Also about Register page, i think you have a plugin that is creating a conflict with links.

7- Thi can be done with the point 6 plugin

8- It may be in a next update if a moderator told you about it 🙂

9- I have tested it with iphone and android, it works for me

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[Abracadabra]

3. There is no way to hide the tab at least? I find that function completely useless its the same as all members acttivity feed showing everything thats going on the site and in this case in a group.

4. I want to disable this activity function all together and hide the icon. I dont want them to post anything outside of forums.

5. Yes, that code you provided me with did not work, all those fields in blue are clickable, when I click the blue items it does a search for those items. There is no reason for this.

Question if I can, once somebody logs in, I would think that they should remain logged in until they themselves log out or I clear the cache, but sometimes they just get logged out. Is there a function in buddypress somewhere that allows me to specify for how long they should remain logged in?

[Laura]

Hello, i will check out those points, just a question, would you prefer to just remove the activity function of buddypress ( i mean the activity page too)?
Point 5 i will check after doing the nº3
Abotu your question, an user should never log out if he doesnt click on log out, so it may be a plugin that limit the logged in time

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura, yes removing activity function would solve my issues, although if I do that I am left with favorite option on some of the pages which then wont do anything but thats ok.

I think if you guys offered a KLEO plug in for this, that would give you nice exposure since one does not exist yet, and this problem has been on boards many times with no true solution. These options that everybody sees everything in activity feed and on home tab of groups are truly useless, the twitter like @ system is the same thing, its only appealing to very narrow audience. so having a plug in would be very nice.

[Abracadabra]

I did not realize that I can just deactivate activity function in bbpress menu, I did this and all of those things disappeared, however my menu icon now still shows some weird checkmark inside a gray circle after forums. I took out the $bp->bp_nav[‘activity’][‘position’] = 30; line. media should be in spot #2 and its still in extra dropdown menu under big + . Is there a way to change the icon for media? Right now it shows a “play” icon which is more for movies, since I will only have photos I would like for it to say photos, and have an icon of photos.

The search engine stopped working now that its set up to show results in that page and not members. When I click search nothing happens, just another page of search criteria opens up.

Also, I updated to new KLEO, did you guys fix the Facebook login and add additional photo and basic info import?

[Venter11]

Hey Laura, I was directed to this conversation. I also want the @username hidden because users can see your username even if you choose to only show your nickname, and also hide the amount of time active text. I used your code from above at the top to hide the @name on profile and time active, but in doing so, the profile image partially hides the “private message” and 2 other buttons beneath. How do I fix this? Total non-coder here.

[Venter11]

I’d also like to add their display name where the @username used to be.

[Venter11]

Cancel everything I said, because I didn’t realize you couldn’t mention other members without using the @username. I guess my big question then is, how do users edit their @username?

[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura, few things I would like help with, some of which I think you should implement in your template in order to make it more appealing to community builders.

1) on KLEO log in, when you click lost password, window pops up to enter username/email, on the bottom there is a link “I remember my details” That sounds odd, if you had “Back to Login” that would look much better. Also, I think it would look better centered vs right aligned now

2) on Register screen, underneath the log in with facebook icon, there is this text “Registering for this site is easy. Just fill in the fields below, and we’ll get a new account set up for you in no time.” This also sounds odd, I dont think you need anything in that place its self explanatory.

3) When a certain action takes place for example you cancel a friendship, a message pops up friendship cancelled and it is stuck on the screen you have to click on something else to get rid of this, there are other messages that dont disappear I forget which ones, they should show up for lets say 5 seconds and disappear by themselves.

4) All members page/directory, Avatars should be bigger, right now they are miniatures, I would say 100% bigger. Also, there are (Add friend) and (Private message) buttons on that box, and time stamp of last active, they should all not be there. All that box should have in directory is a larger picture and name. If they want to connect or send a message they should have to click on profile first, as is now, someone can add everybody on the website in a matter of minutes. Last active is an invasion of privacy. Getting rid of add friend and private message should be easy as ones own box doesnt have them, but it still has time stamp of last active and small avatar. I think in terms of avatars you mentioned that can be enlarged in CSS. (Screenshot1)

5) On members profile page under base.. on your demo profile, Nickname – Laura Kleo, the Laura Kleo is in blue and is a link, when I click it, it does a search for Laura Kleo, and it goes on that way fo every other entered field, the answer is blue and a link, I dont understand this at all, how can I deactivate these searchable links and just have an answer there in blue with no link attached. (Screenshot2)

6) Your messaging on Groups, Forums and Media buttons when there are no items is inconsistent.
If somebody did not subscribe to any groups, “There were no groups found.” on a colored line.
If somebody did not subscribe to any forums, Forum Topics Started,This user has not created any topics.
If somebody does not have any media, Media Gallery, Oops !! There’s no media found for the request !!

I personally think your format and font variation for Forums is the best, you should make it the same for the other two to make it consistent, right now they are all different:

Groups joined, This user has not joined any groups.
Media, This user has not uploaded any media.

Some things specific to my site I believe…

7) Upon new registration, when you go to friends-requests, there are automatic pending friend requests from everybody on the site, have you guys heard about that before, is this specific to KLEO? (Screenshot3)

8) Forums in Kleo Menu has an issue, it works fine on admin profile, although in tab its missing arystokrata, it only shows Forums|… all the other pages are Something|Arystokrata. On non-admin profile when I click on Forums in Kleo menu i get a Error 404 page not found. On admin profile it works I see all forums which I as admin started. By the way you should get rid of “This is somewhat embarrassing, isn’t it?” its a subconscious message which leaves negative impression without even realizing that.

9) Icons for below avatar picture end with V in a circle which is non-functional, media should be in its place in spot #2 after Profile. How can I get rid of that V in a circle? (Screenshot2) Also Media has a “Play” button as an icon, is it possible to change it to a Photo icon and change the name of that tab to Photos?

10) Will google search pull up first and last names off my website in its search results?

11) I have rechecked the last two slides on different mobile phones, still not visible, Im guessing its an issue with carriers here in the US.

Thanks Laura!

[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura, one more thing I noticed which I think you might want to change.
When you enter wrong username/password you get this Bold faced exclamation point and ERROR: There is no need for that, I feel being scolded or something, the text you have there.. “The password you entered… ” is enough.

[Abracadabra]

Hi Laura, another thing. On forums when there is nothing there I see this text “Oh bother! No topics were found here!” I think it was meant to be “brother” Again as with the message for wrong input of password there is no need for !s to emphasize that something is missing or wrong, subconsciously it leaves the wrong impression. Why not just have. “No topics found”

[Andrei]

Hi @arystokrata, thank you for your suggestions, they represent a constructive feedback and we’ll see how we can adapt in the future to ensure more flexibility at the customizations level.

If for now you have something especially that you would like to see changed in the theme, then I would suggest you to post some of your ideas in the new voting section for feature requests and if the community will vote it then we’ll try to implement it as soon as possible.

Please let me know if I can help you with anything else.
Cheers

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Andrei, yes I would like help with few things.

1) on Register screen, underneath the log in with facebook icon, there is this text “Registering for this site is easy. Just fill in the fields below, and we’ll get a new account set up for you in no time.” I want to delete this.

2) When you enter wrong username/password you get this Bold faced exclamation point and ERROR: before the “The password you entered… ” I want to delete that triangle with exclamation point and ERROR text.

3) If someone does not have anything in media gallery, you get this text “Oops !! There’s no media found for the request !!” Why the Oops and 4 exclamation points? I want to change it to, No media found.

4) One of my tabs for Forums page is missing arystokrata, it only shows Forums| ,all the other pages are Something|Arystokrata. I would like to change it to Forums|Arystokrata

5) Functional icons for non admin profiles end with V in a circle, and that serves no purpose, instead it takes up one space which prevents media to be shown on that line. Media should be in spot #2 after Profile. How can I get rid of that V in a circle? (Screenshot2) I have this code which places media in spot #2 but it does not seem to work

$bp->bp_nav[‘profile’][‘position’] = 10;
$bp->bp_nav[‘media’][‘position’] = 20;
$bp->bp_nav[‘notifications’][‘position’] = 30;
$bp->bp_nav[‘messages’][‘position’] = 40;
$bp->bp_nav[‘friends’][‘position’] = 50;
$bp->bp_nav[‘groups’][‘position’] = 60;
$bp->bp_nav[‘forums’][‘position’] = 70;
$bp->bp_nav[‘orders’][‘position’] = 80;

Also Media has a “Play” button as an icon, is it possible to change it to a Photo icon?

6) I would like to increase the size of avatars on all members page, right now they are too small. I would also like to be able to add more information to those boxes, something I really think you guys should consider, at least location, but preferably any field of our choice. Is there a way to do this easily? I was using a plug in for that but it creates issues elsewhere in the site.

Alternatively, you guys have awesome shortcodes which show pictures only, looks very good! as those pictures are larger than standard, however there is zero information on them, not even a name, thats not good, we cant just have a wall of pictures without even names on them.

I have posted some of those ideas on your pages.

Thank you.

[Andrei]

Hi,

1. You can change that text from buddypress translations, using the following plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/ , you just have to search the desired strings.

2. Those messages are wordpress default ones, so you should find them in translations as well, and about the icon, you can hide it using this piece of code, added to “Theme Options > General > Quick CSS”

COPY CODE

#kleo-login-result i.icon{ display:none; }

3. This also comes from a translation, but this time it comes from the rtMedia plugin

4. Please understand that this is the way that third party plugins are generating their title tag and that this isn’t something from our side.

5. Can you please give me a link of your site to see by what plugin is that icon generated, because it doesn’t seems to be one designed by us. And about the position of icons, there are plenty of topics responded on the forum and also a lot of them over the internet, but please understand that you will need at least a little bit of attention if not some programming knowledge in order to edit and apply this custom code snippets that you find.

6. I understand your suggestion about this one and we’ll try to add more options in the future.

Please let me know if I can help you with anything else.
Cheers

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[Abracadabra]

Hi Andrei, the site is
http://arystokrata.com/

admin log in for the site.

Username: Laura
Password: kleo1234

For #5 I looked all over the board, and this code should solve my issue but it does not because this weird icon shows up and media is not in spot #2 as well.

For #6 can you tell me what CSS I can type in to increase the avatars size?

/* my tab order settings */
function bbg_change_profile_tab_order() {
global $bp;

$bp->bp_nav[‘profile’][‘position’] = 10;
$bp->bp_nav[‘media’][‘position’] = 20;
$bp->bp_nav[‘notifications’][‘position’] = 30;
$bp->bp_nav[‘messages’][‘position’] = 40;
$bp->bp_nav[‘friends’][‘position’] = 50;
$bp->bp_nav[‘groups’][‘position’] = 60;
$bp->bp_nav[‘forums’][‘position’] = 70;
$bp->bp_nav[‘orders’][‘position’] = 80;
}
add_action(‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘bbg_change_profile_tab_order’, 999 );

/* my members landing tab */
define(‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ );

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