mmm…. this is the second time that I’ve tried to add something to a bp-custom.php file that I’d created in the plugins directory. yet I get a line of code at the top of my screen that layers over everything else.

Did I not set u p the bp-custom.php file in the right place? Is my syntax out?

This is what it says in my bp-custom.php file –>

<?php
// hacks and mods will go here
?>

function buddydev_add_slider() {
echo do_shortcode( ‘[your-short-code]’ ); // Replace shortcode with your one
}
add_action( ‘bp_before_directory_activity’, ‘buddydev_add_slider’ );

… in order to use another BP code, I had to put it into the functions.php file of my child theme. When I tried to put the code into the bp-custom.php file in the /plugins directory, I got the same effect, code on top of the site.

????

mmm…. this is the second time that I’ve tried to add something to a bp-custom.php file that I’d created in the plugins directory. yet I get a line of code at the top of my screen that layers over everything else.

Did I not set u p the bp-custom.php file in the right place? Is my syntax out?

This is what it says in my bp-custom.php file –>

‘<?php
// hacks and mods will go here
?>

function buddydev_add_slider() {
echo do_shortcode( ‘[your-short-code]’ ); // Replace shortcode with your one
}
add_action( ‘bp_before_directory_activity’, ‘buddydev_add_slider’ );’

… in order to use another BP code, I had to put it into the functions.php file of my child theme. When I tried to put the code into the bp-custom.php file in the /plugins directory, I got the same effect, code on top of the site.

????

(is that better? with the post code?)

that worked! Thank you so much.

I have two questions regarding this.

ONE – this created the revolution slider in the container that the activity feed is in, which is beautiful. However, I’d like to see the revolution slider *below the masthead* of the theme, which is ABOVE the container/sidebar area.

When I asked this question to the developers at X-Theme, they provided this info –>

Hey @Peter_Fae,

Please disregard the previous advice. To output custom content in above the masthead, you can hook to x_after_site_begin action. The next thing is to detect if the page is an activity page and display your slider in the area using the do_shortcode function and your slider’s shortcode. Regretfully, the bp_is_activity conditional of BuddyPress does not seam to work so you will need to hire a third party developer who is an expert in BuddyPress or contact BuddyPress support to know what is the correct conditional. The code should look like this.

‘add_action(‘x_after_site_begin’, ‘slider_above_activity’);

function slider_above_activity() {
if ( bp_is_activity() ) {
echo do_shortcode(‘[rev_slider alias=”gym-classes”]’);
}
}’

what is the conditional to use here?

TWO –

In the concept I’m planning, I’d like to have a *specific* revolution slider for particular Profiles in Buddypress, while having a large revolution slider above the feed/sidebar on the main activity feed.

As the above question tackles how do I showcase the revolution slider on the activity page below the masthead yet above hte container/sidebar, I would also like to know, how do I place a revolution slider like we did in the earlier bit of code which puts it above the activity feed *within* the container, yet with SPECIFIC USER PRIOFILES?

So, what I’m looking for is a way to set the rev slider for a Profile the way the code You sent me worked, as well as ONE, above

thank you so much!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Peter Fae.

You are so awesome!!! I am so very, very thankful. Honestly I did not realize how much customization I could do with buddypress. Mmm … can you help with my other thread about the activity feed and profile with oldest-first newest-last?