If you want to use BuddyPress Maps with your plugin, here is a quick guide.

Before initializing the Map, check that the plugin is active (and then that the Bp_Map class exists)

function bp_my_map_plugin_init() {
if (!class_exists('Bp_Map')) return false; //checks that BuddyPress Maps is installed
if (!bp_is_my_map_plugin_page()) return false; //You can create a function that checks when the maps stuff must be loaded
bp_maps_head_init(); //init javascript for maps

add_action( 'bp_template_content', 'bp_my_map_plugin_display_map' ); //hook the display function
add_filter('bp_maps_marker_infobulle_content','bp_my_map_plugin_marker_infowindow_content',10,2); //if you want to change the infowindow content, hook a function on bp_maps_marker_infobulle_content
}

function  bp_my_map_plugin_display_map { //what will be displayed inside the plugins template file

global $wpdb,$bp;

$editable =true; //or have a function that defines where the map must be editable or not

$args=array( //map args

'secondary_id'=>$item_id, //if you need to save a secondary ID with the marker

'editable'=>$editable, //if you want the map to be editable

'enable_desc'=>false, //enable-disable title & description for markers

'type'=>'my_items', //"reference" slug for the marker (ex. 'member_location')

'markers_max'=>1 //max markers allowed on the map

//you can find the arguments list in at the top of the class Bp_Map

);

//fetch the markers ids
$query = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT id FROM `{$bp->maps->table_name_markers}` mk WHERE secondary_id={$args['secondary_id']} AND type='{$args['type']}'");

$markers_ids = $wpdb->get_col($query );

if (empty($markers_ids)) return false;

$map = new Bp_Map($args,$markers_ids); //get the map

echo bp_maps_map_html($map); //show the map

}

If you need to add a subnav item to your component, do something like this :

function bp_my_map_plugin_setup_nav() {

global $bp;

$args=array( //define your subnav args here

screen_function' => bp_my_map_plugin_screen_map,

...

);

bp_core_new_subnav_item( $args );

}

add_action( 'bp_setup_nav','bp_my_map_plugin_setup_nav');

function bp_my_map_plugin_screen_map() { //screen function-load the template page

global $bp;

if ( $bp->is_single_item )

bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( 'bp_my_map_plugin_screen_map', 'my_component/single/plugins' ) );

}

function bp_my_map_plugin_marker_infowindow_content($content,$marker) { //changing the infowindow content, if needed (eg. if you disabled 'enable_desc')

//do your stuff

return $content;
}

Another usefull function for you could be function bp_maps_geoip();

which returns user’s location informations from his IP.  (You need to have set up the absolute path to the *.dat file from MaxMind in the ”Default Location” field from the plugin’s options).

print_r(bp_maps_geoip());

//returns eg:
//[country_code3] => BEL     [country_name] => Belgium     [region] => 11     [city] => Brussels     [postal_code] =>      [latitude] => 50.8333     [longitude] => 4.3333     [area_code] =>      [dma_code] =>      [metro_code] =>      [continent_code] => EU )

BuddyPress Maps is a component that displays maps (from Google Maps) into your BuddyPress website.
This component can be used by others plugins to edit/save map markers and to display maps easily.

It also includes the BuddyPress Maps for Profile plugin, which allows users to edit/display their location on a map which will be shown on their profile. It also adds a tab in the groups homes with a map displaying the location of every group member.

Try the demo

You can registrer on the demo website to check how it works.

• Demo for profile
• Demo for group map

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Requirement

• BuddyPress 1.2

Installation

Options

Usage

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Support

You can get support in the forum.

Donate

If you enjoy this plugin, please consider a donation !

This component adds classifieds to your BuddyPress installation.

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Requirement

• BuddyPress 1.2-rc
• WPMU (will be available for WP single installations when WP 3.0 will be released; with the new custom post types functions.  Currently, classifieds are stored as blog posts.)

Installation

Options

Usage

Capabilities

If you want precise control for each of your blog’s role, activate (sitewide) the plugin BuddyPress Classifieds Roles & Capabilities, which is included with the main plugin.

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Support

You can get support in the forum.

Donate

If you enjoy this plugin, please consider a donation !

This plugin allows the users to write simple posts outside the dashboard (just like QuickPress from the Dashboard).

It adds a “Quickpress” submenu under /blog form which you can easily add a post to any of your blogs.

!This is an alpha release, please check Known Bugs at the end of this post.

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Installation

Usage

Just use the submenu Blogs>Quickpress under the user options of the blogs component.

From there, you can select a blog where you want to post; add a title, a text, tags and categories; then post it -without having to use the blog Dashboard.

Capabilities

This plugin checks the user’s capabilities.
That means that the user will not see the Quickpress submenu if he isn’t allowed to write on at least one blog (capability edit_posts); and that the post will not be published if he can’t do it (capability publish_posts).

If he can write a post but not publish it, the post will be saved as pending.

For more informations on Roles & Capabilities, check the Wordpress Codex.

Known Bugs

You can give support in the forum.

Autosuggest

The tags input uses jQuery and ajax (from the WP core) to make autosuggestions, but seems it does not work (but the query seems to be done). Maybe we have to wait WPMU 2.9 for this.

Redirection

When posting elsewhere that on the default (main) blog; the redirection after the post as been published, is broken. (~ line 290 of bp-quickpress.php)

Blogs list

Blogs list do not show if i’m not logged as admin (maybe this is a role problem ?)

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Support

You can get support in the forum.

Donate !

If you enjoy this plugin, please consider a donation !

This plugin adds a checkbox in the post/page admin (for the admins and editors) to tell members (notification & email) that an important post has been published.

/!\ Not yet tested with BP 1.2

Download v 0.1

Installation

• Install the plugin
• Activate it site-wide

Usage

Just check the checbox at the bottom of a page/post when editing it.
You won’t be able to post a notification if the post/page is not published; password protected or if a notification has been sent before.
If a notification has been sent before; the checkbox will be disabled. You can eventually re-enable it by deleting the meta key bp_admin_notifications_sent.

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Support

You can get support in the forum.

Donate !

If you enjoy this plugin, please consider a donation !

Buddypress uses the Full Name core field to sort alphabetically or by letter the members.
But maybe you are using this field as a “nickname” field…
Use this plugin to replace the members names by their real names !

Sorting members will also work following their real name.
/!\ Not yet tested with BP 1.2

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Installation

• Install the plugin into the plugin directory, and activate it site-wide
• Create three news fields that will be used by the plugins (ex. “Member name”, “Member firstname”, “Member bothnames”).  I suggest “Member name” to be a required field.
• Fill the values of those fields for your profile (the datas for at least one member are needed to setup the plugin options)
• Setup the Real Names plugin options in the admin menu, under the BuddyPress panel.

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BuddyPress Real Names Setup Options

Support

You can get support in the forum.

Donate !

If you enjoy this plugin, please make a donation !

This is a BuddyPress plugin that allows you to select and display sitewide featured posts in a widget.
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Installation

Usage

How to feature/unfeature a post or page ?

when you want to feature a post or a page; just edit it and check « Add this post/page to Featured Posts ».

how to display the featured posts ?

Just use the Sitewide Featured Posts widget in the widgets screen under Appearance.
You can set the following options :

• Widget title
• Number of featured posts to display
• Excerpt size (or leave empty if you want to show the full post
• Show author avatar or not
• Customize post display

If you need further customisation while displaying the posts, there is a filter sitewide_featured_item that you can use to edit the $post variable.

Uninstallation

Remove the plugin and delete the table .._sitewide_featured_posts

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Support

You can get support in the forum.

Donate !

If you enjoy this plugin, please consider a donation !