Comments on: Help me alpha test BuddyPress Forum Attachments

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:06:04 +0000

Thanks Boone
I just don’t have the know how (yet – something to work on!) but it would be a really useful plugin for me if it worked :) Will keep an eye on your blog.
Emma

By: Boone Gorges

Boone Gorges — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:51:42 +0000

Emma – this plugin has not yet been updated for the newest versions of BP. Others have told me that it’s possible to make this version of the plugin work with BP 1.2.1, but it takes a bit of knowledge of how templates work.

I’ll be having a look at this plugin within the next week or two and will post an update on my blog when I’ve got it working properly.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:25:29 +0000

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:24:59 +0000

Hi
I really don’t get this – cannot find any of the code you refer to for altering as in the instructions at the top of this page!
I am running latest version of single install of wordpress with the new version of buddypress written for this system.
I have forums enabled in buddypress which uses a bbpress install. The forums etc works ok.
I want to be able to add attachment with the forum posts but it isn’t working. It throws up errors on the screen, and although the new reply can be accessed the uploaded files are nowhere to be seen!
I am fairly new to all of this which dosen’t help.
Please can you help me?
Cheers
Emma

By: Boone Gorges

Boone Gorges — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:21:21 +0000

Hi gever. I haven’t even looked at how the code works in BP 1.2+. r-a-y says above that the basic functionality (the uploading parts) still work fine, but the new bp-default theme is sufficiently different that it will probably take a fair amount of work to make all of the UI parts appear correctly.

r-a-y – Sorry for ignoring your comment for so long. I think that really I just want to ignore this plugin, as it has caused me some nightmares. In any case, you might need to make sure that the cache function is being hooked to a function that actually exists, otherwise the refresh won’t happen. I will look at the code sometime next week and let you know what I find. Ideally I’ll release something fully 1.2 compatible (and by “fully” I mean “as bug-free as my code ever gets)

Avatar Ray – I have no idea what the problem is, but as long as it’s working, I’ll put that bug fairly low on my todo list :)

By: gever tulley

gever tulley — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:17:23 +0000

so… doesn’t work in BP 1.2.1, right?

based on:
- there’s no index.php in groups/single/forum/ anymore
- there’s no ‘template_notices’ hook in topics.php

anyone ported this yet or know of something with a similar capability that is BP 1.2.1 compatible?

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:31:38 +0000

Just an FYI, do not confuse me (r-a-y) with “avatar” Ray above me! ;)

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:53:31 +0000

Everything works fine, except activating the plugin?
Seriously, the plugin is listed as inactive, yet I can upload and download the attachments in the forums.

I’m on WPMU 2.9.1.1 and BP 1.1.3 using the buddypress magazine theme from wpmudev.org

I made the changes to the topic, edit and index.php files before I activated the plugin, would that have mattered? I also tried to activate it site-wide before activating it simply on the main blog.

I dunno – but it works!

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:43:50 +0000

I’m looking for some way to disable the cache, or at least, a way to see my changes.

If I try to change the header, for example, from [h3]Attachments[/h3] to [h4]Attachments – Test text[/h4], I don’t see any of the changes.

Like I said, I’m probably overlooking something very simple – I’m just not looking in the right area!

By: Boone Gorges

Boone Gorges — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:19:21 +0000

Hi Ray,

I will take a detailed look sometime soon, but off the top of my head I seem to remember that bb_attachments_cache is a cached object containing all the attachment data, NOT a cache of the markup itself. Or is that what you mean?