Hi Laurent,
Thank you for the patience.

Please add this to your bp-cusotm.php and let me know if it works or not?

add_action( 'bp_after_has_members_parse_args', function ( $args ) {

	if ( bp_is_members_directory() ) {
		$args['meta_key']   = '_has_avatar';
		$args['meta_value'] = 1;
	}

	return $args;
} );

Regards
Brajesh

Hi Eamon,
Thank you for the patience.

Please upgrade to 1.2.9. It adds the markup compatible with BuddyBoss.

Regards
Brajesh

Hi Kino,
Thank you.

1. Why we do not use a settings page and instead use the customizer

Please see. This is the recommended way.

https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/customize-api/

2. We can make a control panel like most of the BuddyPress themes do. It is a simple task( most of the themes are using a modified version of the Redux framework(even BuddyBoss uses this)). We did use it in past but it is not something we want to do it in future.

I know this change might not feel good for some who are accustomed of the old framework/panel, but this is for the better.

3. Unlike the plugin, Community Builder advertises itself as a framework and to change the colors/layout/most of the thing, you do not need to know css or modify css.
The live customizer allows you to preview the changes and update.

4. I believe You are right, BuddyPress activity experience needs to improve. We have worked on to improve it and in future, we will be doing a lot more.
We plan to change the way BuddyPress themes work. I know that Community Builder is not for everyone, that’s why we have 4 more themes lined up. They will suit the specific needs better as they focus on design and are not framework.

I am pretty sure the current set of features we have offered(notifications/messages/profile cover/activity media/emoji/giphy etc), no other theme has(BuddyBoss theme does have emoji/giphy if you use BuddyBoss platform plugin instead of BuddyPress).

We look forward to push this more (and I hope others will follow).

Please keep checking our themes till August this year and be part of the change.

Regards
Brajesh

Hi Kino,
Thank you for sharing your opinion. I sincerely appreciate it.
Can you please clarify the context of feedback though? is it about Community Builder?
Well, I will repeat again, It is not a pre-made design, It is a theme framework and if you are looking for pre-made design, This is not suitable.

Also, Our future themes are designed for common people(generic in nature) and do not expect everyone to like them. We will keep focusing on our strength which is simplicity, efficiency, flexibility and speed and let the community decide for themselves.

Also, Yes, I have seen the Youzer ad I am not impressed. Making all sites look same, breaking the whole eco system, badly implementing template filtering and bloated css, that’s what I see Youzer is. It might be a quick way to make something look good but most people will regret(and I know atleast 10 who did) later. I bought a copy of themeforest theme and it comes with that.

It might have been a great plugin if they had done things in the right way. It is the only plugin blacklisted by us from any support/compatibility for now(may change in future).

About MediaPress:- The Community Builder demo should give you a glimpse on it too. I will check MediaPress demo and see why it did not allow you uploading.
Having more than 1 option is good thing to have and you are welcome to choose which ever you prefer. Whether it is BuddyBoss or MediaPress or RTmedia.

Thank you
Brajesh