1. Hi All
   I have updated cosmic buddy to work with Buddypress 1.2. Currently I am cleaning some of the codes and will be putting the bp 1.2 hooks at various places to allow other plugins like Buddypress Like etc use this template etc.

   Now My question:
   1. Should we support wire/scrapbook in cosmic buddy

   I am porting the wire from Buddypress 1.1.3 as a plugin, as the back compact plugin is just a mess. The back compact is not recommended at all. But I think, Porting Wire as a plugin can be a good thing.
   What are your opinions.

   Thanks
   Brajesh

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   Brajesh Singh
   Key Master

2. +1 BuddyPress Wire Plugin. Adding back a feature that many are familiar with :-) Thanks.

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   mercime
   Member

3. A plugin is a good thing, thanks for your works !

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   sebgal
   Member

4. That's amazing and something I definitely want. I also think that is yet another thing that will add more subscribers to buddydev. I see you filling holes that many people are asking for.

   Will this delay the release of cosmic buddy today or is this just something that you might put the hooks in so that when you port the wire back, it will be ready? I've sent a few people through forums and irc the link to cosmic buddy because it seems to be the most widget friendly and extensible layouts that is out there for buddypress.

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   Symm2112
   Member

5. hi Chris
   Sorry about the confusions.
   It will be available today with the plugin too(Today is 1st march here).

   I will post an update after completing this. It needs cleaning to be done, so I guess in the evening, I will be making it public.

   Thanks
   Brajesh

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   Brajesh Singh
   Key Master

6. Brajesh hi!

   I have a few questions for you !

   - Cosmic will be compatible with BP-gallery?
   - Cosmic will be compatible with BP-event ?

   Thank you again for your work, we all expect the new version: D

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   sebgal
   Member

7. sebgal,
   There's no real compatibility with Cosmic for bp-gallery but he said he's going to be making spots and widgets to utilitize bp-gallery and sliders. He has also mentioned that he's planning on adding the templates for bp-events but the last I heard, he had not heard from Erwin (the dev making bp-events) recently probably due to Erwin's move. I'm pretty sure he's going to add these, but not sure if they'll be immediate.

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   Symm2112
   Member

8. hi Sebastien
   Chris is right. cosmic buddy will not be out of the box compatible with gallery or any other plugin template, but just changing 1 file in plugins template makes it compatible(We need the right header/footer etc).
   I will provide bp-gallery(and I am planning to include bp-links template today) template, I have already tested it on CB, It need some changes.

   The news is, I have updated the demo site with the current version of Cosmic Buddy. Must check the profile section, the menus are better now in profile sidebar.

   There are some work remaining on directory(the alphabetical order will not work and some on profile section).
   On the demo site I have activated the bp-wire plugin, (The original wire from bp 1.1.3 modified to make it work without back compact).

   So, As you may see, there are many glitches remaining, I am hopeful to complete them today.
   http://bpthemes.buddydev.com/comicbuddy/ [running on bp 1.2.1 and wpmu 2.9.1.1]

   Thanks
   Brajesh
   Edit: Link Corrected :)

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   Brajesh Singh
   Key Master

9. Brajesh,
   Will the new cosmic buddy be able to have child themes created off of it or will I need to edit the theme directly? I had created a child theme based off of the old version but while it would inherit the templates that I used to override, it wouldn't override the css so I had to edit it in the parent theme for it to take effect.

   Posted 6 months ago #

   

   Symm2112
   Member

10. hi Chris
    This time, I have taken care of that. You can override all the css without copying/pasting from the main template. It will be far easy this time.

    I have delayed it, because I am cleaning the css and doing some other customizations which are now, not part of the Bp.
    My goal is to allow people creating social network(like the name says, orkut way), not to show off the awesomeness of activity(and this is the main problem, Too much customization of activity), as the template is specifically for orkut style site where Scrapbook /status updates are inherent parts.

    let me do some more cleanup today, will keep posted here.

    Thanks
    Brajesh

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Brajesh Singh
    Key Master

11. One of the biggest things that I loved about Cosmic Buddy was that you included the widget for posting and limiting the size of the activity stream to display on the front page. You really add a lot of flexibility into the theme by adding that widget so that someone that may or may not want as much of it to display on the front page can be just as happy as someone who displays the whole page.

    If you want some feedback on want me to test it on my site where I had it running before, I'd be glad to. I deleted the backwards compat plugin so I can't even load up the old one but I'd be glad to help look for any issues.

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Symm2112
    Member

12. I don't think the wire is necessary at all.

    All that is needed is a post form on the displayed user's profile page with the @username automatically filled in. The @username in the textarea box shouldn't be able to be modified/deleted.

    Either that, or the @username is prefixed to the message after submission.

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    TradingMetro.com
    Member

13. hi TrandingMetro
    Well, There are some logical differences in wire and @message.
    @message is a part of senders activity while wire is not the part of activity. Wire Can be made private(yes, I am going to implement it in next version of bp-wire), while @message is visible to everyone because it is in activity and has public visibility.

    @message is not handled differently in Bp, It is just activity and filters are applied to show it as public message, while wire has its own existence independent of the activity and there may be some other reasons I can count, so My vote goes to wire.

    btw, Cosmic Buddy will work without wire, the only thing is, if you want it to look like the one on the demo site, bp-wire will be required.

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Brajesh Singh
    Key Master

14. Will cosmic buddy be released soon or does bp-wire need to go up at the same time? Not trying to be pushy but I had some ideas that I wanted to see and since I updated all of my sites to 1.2 to test gallery, I can't load up the old cosmic buddy anymore. :)

    btw in case you didn't realize, your link to the demo site is misspelled. Didn't want you to give out too many links with the misspelled URL. Thanks again for all you do.

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Symm2112
    Member

15. hi Chris
    Bp-wire is ready, so no issues with the wire anymore.
    Cosmic Buddy will be released today/tomorrow, not sure about today, as I have to leave for a few hours.
    and Thanks for pointing to the link, my bad, I always miss them :S

    I hope you will not mind my recent inactivity here, I will be highly active again after 6th.

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Brajesh Singh
    Key Master

16. Wait a minute, I thought you were supposed to work 25 hours a day?? :)

    This is a joke Brajesh. I fully understand and you need your health. Besides, after all this time that buddypress has been around, no one's really done any type of full media gallery component yet so while some people may not LIKE having to wait ( I know i'm a really impatient person), I don't think anyone can fault you for working your tail off on these things and taking the time to make sure that it's right. I'm a firm believer that gallery will be one of the most used and downloaded bp plugins once it's stable and I also believe that even though I'm interested to see how bp-magazine goes, cosmic buddy is the most versatile widgetized theme out there at this point.

    Thanks for keeping us updated on the cosmic buddy updates and I keep watching the site for any news. :)

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Symm2112
    Member

17. Hi Brajesh,

    Thanks for noting the differences b/w the wire and @mentions.
    Privacy is important. More options are always better than no options!

    Let us know when Wire 2.0 is up so we can test.

    Hope all is well with you.

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    TradingMetro.com
    Member

18. Hi there
    Thanks for the messages.
    I am well now and have moved to another place.
    I will be uploading CB tomorrow with wire and everything after my internet connection resumes here.

    Thanks
    Brajesh

    Posted 6 months ago #

    

    Brajesh Singh
    Key Master

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