BuddyPress

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* As of BP 1.2.4 and version 0.53 of the plugin, core hacks from the previous versions are no longer needed!

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v0.54 released – fixes multiple replacement in activity updates (thanks to intimez for reporting)

@r-a-y,

Any way to exclude the changes to the actual member’s profile page header? I liked how it showed the Real Name, followed by the @mentions username. Most of my members would want to show there real name in this one spot.

For now, you can comment out line 17 in bp-usernames-only.php.
If you uncomment this, I’m not sure where else display names will be re-enabled.

Let me know!

That worked perfectly! I may be in the minority here, but I think this makes a lot of sense. It gives a logical place to actually show your real name and avoids the duplication of having username @username at the top of the profile page.

I think this makes sense as well; I’m thinking of getting rid of this in the next point release.

I just need to figure out if this filter I’m hooking into is used anywhere else in the default BP theme. Again let me know if you spot a display name!

Off-topic: I feel sorry for the user who signed up as “username”!

@r-a-y

You may want to edit the installation instruction on the plugin page
from -> Change line 578 in /buddypress/bp-activity-templatetags.php
to -> Change line 578 in /buddypress/bp-activity/bp-activity-templatetags.php

same in the readme.txt of the plugin zip file which also includes ‘ (ticks that may confused those that copy/paste)

@intimez – Great catch. D’oh another stupid mistake on my part! Will do! Thanks.

The ticks are needed to render the code tag properly for the readme.txt… I’ll see if there’s a better way.

Maybe I should include these files to save everyone some headaches?

Hey R-A-Y, great idea to include the files! For idiots like me it would be really handy!

@gregfielding

I would like to duplicate what you did to include the real name on their profile page but can’t find the bp-usernames-only.php – can you let me know where that is located?

edit: doh! nevermind. bp-usernames-only.php is located in the plugin folder and not buddypress itself.

Looks like we have three votes (including me) to show the display name on the member’s profile page? Any objections?

If not, I’ll add this to the next point release, as well as bundling the files so you can overwrite the core files.

Also, intimez and gregfielding, when commenting out that line if you notice any display names on any other BP pages, please let me know.

Sorry to ask the question but if you are a heavy plugin users, you will still see username across the site – YES ?

Thanks

gibbyesl – I don’t understand your question. Can you rephrase it?

sorry – now the site will only display the username the user wrote when signing up, with this plugin – yes
so
If you have lots of plugins on your site, there wont be occasions when they still display the profile name ?
Thanks

The answer to your first question is “yes”. The answer to your second question is “maybe”. I think I’ve covered the majority of the display names, but if you encounter any from other BP plugins, let me know.

Thanks