Hi everyone

With the most recent update of Limit Blogs per user,It got broken.I have reverted it back to 1.0 version.

I will be working on it today and update tomorrow with the updates.And yeh,I guess,I need to test better.

This is just to keep you informed about the progress,if you are wondering why in a single day you found so many changes.

Please Do No upgrade to 1.1 and 1.1.x until the new version arrives.

Thanks

Brajesh

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well,It is not that hard.If you are using buddypress and a user is at yoursite.com/wp-login.php ,he may see a link of registration(obviously only if you have enabled it ) which points to yoursite.com/wp-login.php?action=register.

Now if you are using buddypress compatible themes, you must be interested in sending the user to yoursite.com/register in case they click on the registration link.

Well,so here is a small snippet of code to assist you.

/*let us keep an eye on the site_url*/
add_filter("site_url","my_custom_register_url",10,3);
function my_custom_register_url($url, $path, $orig_scheme)
{    /*if the site url is used in login contentxt,let us check for the register link*/
if($orig_scheme=="login")
{
if($path=="wp-login.php?action=register")//so it is a registration link..cool
return get_option('siteurl')."/".BP_REGISTER_SLUG;//let us replace it with  our buddypress registration page url
}

return $url;

}

?>

Drop this into the functions.php of your active theme and go and check ,any reference to yoursite.com/wp-login.php?action=register  will be pointing to yoursite.com/register(or what ever you set as registration page slug)

Hope it helps.Now I would love to hear ,how it went with you or what approach you are using .Go ahead and put your views in comments.

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hi there
October proved a very busy month for me and I was unable to get in touch with you wonderful people visiting here.
First of all ,thanks for visiting the site.

here is a quick update about what is going on:-

I have plans to test and release improved version of all my buddypress/wordpress Mu based plugins in near future.I will be releasing a few buddypress themes too.Well at least 2 free budydypress theme,one is just a child theme and another is highly customized theme.Keep yourself tuned for the updates.

And to keep up with the time,I enabled tweetmeme retweet button today,so now onwards you can even tweet the posts if you would like

My apologies to everyone who left a comment and I could not answer in timely manner,I am going to be regular and answer all of the queries … I just promised my self today So keep yourself tuned for more from this blog.
Happy blogging

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The signup process for buddypress can be a difficult thing for users who don’t want to wait for the activation mail or don’t want to click activation mails.
Well,here is a simple solution which works with buddypress 1.1 and I have tested it with the point release buddypress 1.1.1.

The plugin BP Auto activate User and Blog activates user account as soon as they finish the signup details by entering the details.
Well,if you are a proud owner of buddypress based social network and want to save your users from going through the activation hassle,this plugin is for you .

Please Note,I have tested it with wpmu 2.8.4a and buddypress 1.1.1 (so I assume It will not work with buddypress 1.0.3 as the registration process has quiet changed from 1.0.3 to 1.1).

If you want a version of this plugin for bp 1.0.3 ,please let me know,If there is an enough demand,I will put another plugin which will work with buddypress 1.0.3.

Well,here is the link for downloading the plugin.
BP Auto activate User and Blog at Signup (63)

and here is the screen shot of what happens when your user clicks on “Complete Signup”

Please note again.
It works with the new buddypress theme with improved registration.So It will not work with buddypress 1.0.3.

Now happy social networking and do let me know,how it goes with you.Want more stuff,keep yourself tuned.There are many more plugins yet to come.I will like to see your suggestions for buddypress based plugins[obviously you will get credits for your ides ].

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Do you want to remove the ‘/blog’ slug from post url for the default wpmu blog .
In the sub directory style install of wpmu, ‘/blog’ is added to the permalink structure,category base and tag base for default blog(or main blog).
Removing it is quiet easy.If you don’t wish your posts to have url like http://yoursite.com/blog/somepost-goes-here and want it to look like say http://yoursite.com/somepost-goes-here,I have an easy solution for you.
Downlod my plugin “Remove /blog slug plugin for wpmu” link:Remove '/blog' slug plugin for wordpress Mu (114) ,It is has only 10 lines of code.

How to use it.
1.Download the plugin Remove '/blog' slug plugin for wordpress Mu (114) if you have yet not downloaded it.
2.Install it as any other plugin.You may upload to wp-content/plugins or just use plugin installer to upload and install it.
3.Go to Dashboard->Plugins(Installed plugins)
4.Activate “Remove /blog slug plugin for wpmu”

5.Go to Settings->Permalink
6.Copy your current permalink and then change something in permalink,save it.Now put your old permalink and save again.(See, you have to save it twice,we are just forcing wordpress to update the permalink structure by changing it,if you don’t change,the permalink is not saved,so It will not work.To get over it,we change it to something else ,then save and then revert back to the original structure)

7.Go and check your posts now,they will have no “/blog/” slug anymore.
I have tested it with wordpress Mu 2.8.4a ,but I hope it should work fine with other versions too.I even tested it on a buddypress+wpmu installation and it just works fine.

I will love to hear back your feedback.Please let me know your suggestions/views and anything you want here .
Have a great day!
Brajesh

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Hi All,Thanks for your wonderful comments and suggestions about the tweaks/plugins I posted here.
Due to my health,I was not active and could not reply to a few comments ,so This post is just to say thank you to all of you for your patience and understandings.I am getting better now an d Hope fully I will return back to blog and work by this weekend.I have so many wonderful things to share with you all.There are many more tweaks,tips and plugins to share.
Just subscribe to feeds to be the first one to know the updates.

Thanks again for your comments/suggestions/patience and understanding.

Brajesh

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Yesterday,Andy formally released the buddypress 1.1 beta.I have been checking through the SVN and the new changes in buddypress 1.1 is certainly going to make the site developers life easier.There are many changes,but the major haul is Theme structure and Forum integration.
It looks ,the thriving community of buddypress is going in right direction.
checkout Andy’s post here http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-1-1-beta/

As a plugin and Theme developer(well I already developed some theme with bp1.1 using svn and It is a way lot cool now ,Now it is time to move and adapt to the 1.1.

I will be testing my plugins with this beta and will release updates soon.

If you have already used any of my buddypress plugin with this beta ,please let me know whether it works or not ?

Thanks
Brajesh

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Do you use buddypress? If you use buddypress, you might have seen the buddypress admin bar.

here is a small screenshot for reference.

As expected,most of  the time you will like to brand your site and will be using your custom theme for your buddypres powered site.

and here is what do I mean by buddypress admin bar logo

How do you change the byddypress logo in the buddypress admin bar? do you edit the  bp-core/bp-core-adminbar.php or upload image to bp-core/images direcotry.These are not recommended as It will wipe out your customization with the next upgrade of buddypress.

Well,So here Is an easier way , you can use to add your own logo and custom alt text for the logo in the buddypress admin bar.

Buddypress provides two hooks for the purpose

bp_admin_bar_logo_src and bp_admin_bar_logo_alt_text .You cn use these filters to easily specify your logo/alt text without tempering with the core file.

Now let me show you an example how to do it

First of all ,we need to add the filters

<?php
/*Let us add the filters */
add_filter("bp_admin_bar_logo_src","cc_my_adminbar_logo");//it will help us modify the logo image
add_filter("bp_admin_bar_logo_alt_text","cc_my_adminbar_logo_alt_text");
//allows you to change the alt text specified for your site
 
?>

As you may see,we have just added the two filters, now we need to define the two functions cc_my_adminbar_logocc_my_adminbar_logo_alt_text.
These function names can be anything, just make sure you use the same name in function definition ,which you used in the “apply_filters”

The function “cc_my_adminbar_logo” returns the absolute url of the image you want to use in place of buddypress default logo. and the function “cc_my_adminbar_logo_alt_text” will return the alt text we want to be used with the admin bar logo.By default it is “buddypress”.
So ,let us complete our code.

<?php
/*Let us add the filters */
add_filter("bp_admin_bar_logo_src","cc_my_adminbar_logo");//it will help us modify the logo image
add_filter("bp_admin_bar_logo_alt_text","cc_my_adminbar_logo_alt_text");
//allows you to change the alt text specified for your site
 
 
 
/*
* cc_my_adminbar_logo($default_logo_src) returns the absolute url of your custom image
*/
function  cc_my_adminbar_logo($default_logo_src)
{
/*let us ignore the defult buddypress logo url,which is passed as the first arguement*/
$my_logo_url="http://example.com/custom-adminbar-logo.png";
/*change the value of $my_logo_url with your own custom logo;
*/
return $my_logo_url;
}
 
/**
*cc_my_adminbar_logo_alt_text($defult_alt_text) 
* returns the custom alt text from admin bar logo
*/ 
function cc_my_adminbar_logo_alt_text($defult_alt_text)
{
/*ignore the default text*/
 
$my_logo_alt_text="MyWonderFulSite description";
/*Please change the $my_logo_alt_text value with your own custom value
*/
 
return $my_logo_alt_text;
}
?>

That’s it, we return our own admin bar logo url and the alt text.

To use it on your site, modify the above code with your custom requirement(logo url and text).Put it in some php file and upload it to wp-content/mu-plugins directory,go and visit your site.The logo will be changed.

Though,It’s simple,I hope it helps.Let me know ,how it goes with you.

Note: There was a typing mistake in the original article as pointed by Eduardo,now it is corrected.Thanks Eduardo for pointing.

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Hi there

have you used my plugin Wp Unique Article header image.

I have just finished a the new version of this plugin which allows following

• Add Unique header Image to single post/single page
• Add Unique header Image to home page
• Add Unique header Image to archive/category/author page
• Add Unique header Image to search page
• Add Unique header Image to 404 page

Well,That is just the brief.I have modified the plugin to support both PHP4 and PHP5.It is ready and I have tested it with wp 2.8.2.

I need you people to test it on PHP4 server(as I have PHP5 only servers/local installations)

If you want to experience the new plugin ,please drop me a line/leave a comment  and I will send you a zip,I will be glad to mention your name at this blog as helping hands/beta testers.

I look forward to your help and participation in the beta testing of the plugin.

Thanks

Brajesh

update:20th August 2009
Here is the attached file for download.Please let me know your suggestions and findings.
Wp Unique header 1.1 (42)

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So you want to be able to use the slimbox/lightbox  effect across all blogs on your buddypress/wordpress mu based site
here is a hacked version of slimbox plugin to make it work with wordpress Mu network.
You only need to unzip and upload the files slimbox.php ,and the folder “slimbox” to wp-content/mu-plugins directory and you are done.

It will get automatically activated across all blogs on your wordpress Mu installation.

Check the original plugin for wordpress here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slimbox/

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hope,It was useful.I will love to hear from you .

regards

Brajesh

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