Purple Hazard

You can find various plugins that allow you to control on which pages you display your widgets. Unfortunately I was unable to find one specifically made to show certain widgets to logged on users only.

Fortunately I was able to figure out the next best thing, which is actually pretty basic. Just follow the steps below, it won’t take more than a minute.

1. Install the Widget Logic Plugin via your dashboard or download it here.

This plugin gives every widget an extra control field called “Widget logic” that lets you control the pages that the widget will appear on.

Now some of you might be thinking, “aah I have to fill something in… no thanks”. Don’t worry there’s only one more step and you only have to copy what I put down.

2. If you take a look at the above picture you will see the “Widget Logic” area which is situated on your widgets page at the end of each widget.  Here you will have to add a conditional tag which tells WP to only show the widget to a logged on users.

Now all you have to do is add this tag :   is_user_logged_in() .

Only add that tag to the widgets you want to display only to logged in users.

Alternative : Those who don’t need the advanced usage of  Widget Logic can try the Dynamic Widgets Plugin , which will do the same and a bit more, without pasting any code. Thanks to Frederic for mentioning this.

Have fun. If you found this helped in some way, please make a comment.

Many of you who use BuddyPress would like to remove the default BuddyPress Sidebar Login Form for reasons such as adding you own login form or freeing up some sidebar space.  I was able to do this by using the plugin code provided in this discussion by Pers.  So remember to visit him and say thanks.

All I did was add the code to a php file and zip it for you guys, so all you have to do is upload it like you would for any other plugin and activate. If there’s any problems, which there shouldn’t be,  just let me know so I can redo the code, or you can do it on your own.

You can see the script in action here. (I’m using the “Login with Ajax plugin as a replacement.)

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I’ve recently been working with BuddyPress and used it to setup my first rugby community. I’ve been enjoying it so much I got myself a new domain, awesome hosting package, some friends and setup a new blogging social network. I’m using the BuddyPress Default theme with the Widgetized Frontpage “page template”.

As an extra I decided to use WP 3 RC1 and offer free blog hosting.

Please take a look at LivingWordPress.com and tell me what you think. It’s fully functioning and will hopefully be running for many years, so feel free to register and contribute.

If you’re running a Buddypress install you will most likely experience a massive amount of spam registrations. With massive I mean between 10 and 20 per day, which is what I used to get. There’s a big discussion regarding the best way to control spam on your BuddyPress network.

So far I’ve found SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam , which has been updated to work on the latest BuddyPress install. It basically adds a Captcha form to your registration page, comment form or login form, you decide.

You can find the download link here : http://buddypress.org/community/groups/third-party-components-plugins/forum/topic/si-captcha-anti-spam-updated-for-latest-buddypress/

Or you can install it from your WordPress Dashboard.

If it worked for you let me know.

I recently setup a BuddyPress install for a Rugby Social Network. Now a question I’ve received from a member and one I’m really interested in myself is which SEO plugin to use. SEO for BuddyPress is specifically designed for BuddyPress, but, being used to All in One SEO and all the options it provide, which one should be used?

Or should I be using a combination? Eg. All in one SEO for post, title and description tags and BP-SEO for group, member, profile etc tags? I still have to test it out and have no idea how much they will interfere with each other.

Any thoughts on this would be great.

Most of you who follow WordPress development should already be aware of the merge between WP and WPMU, which will be seen in the release of WordPress 3.0. Unfortunately there’s still a limited amount of info available, but I’ll share some of what I’ve been able to find.

Project Development Found on “WordPress Development Updates” :

February 18, 2010 Update: to include the new menu system, we are pushing back all dates by 2 weeks, per updated schedule below.

Per recent development chats, we’ve worked out a project schedule for 3.0. The plan:

Test WordPress trunk with a test install of WordPress MU:

(Posted by WPmuGuru – http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/to-test-wordpress-trunk-with-a-test-inst/)

-Download trunk from the link at the bottom of http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk
-make a backup copy of your wp-config.php and .htaccess
-do a manual upgrade of the install replacing the WordPress (MU) code to the files extracted from the zip
-the only original files that should remain from your WordPress MU install are those in wp-content, wp-config.php & .htaccess

More Information for you reading pleasure:

Menu Management by WooNav – http://www.woothemes.com/2010/02/woonav-integrated-in-wp-30/

WooNav from Woothemes – http://www.woothemes.com/2010/02/woonav-integrated-in-wp-30/

Important steps when testing WP 3.0 Alpha and Beta – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/365622

Yes, it’s the day of sharing! If you would like to create your own WordPress drop-down menu and do a easy setup with the help of a plugin, then you’ve found the right post.

I would like to introduce Pixopoint Dropdown Menu CSS Generator and Multi-level Navigation Plugin.

To setup your new menu follow these easy steps:

1. Install and Activate the Multi-level Navigation Plugin.

2. Create your new menu with the Pixopoint Dropdown Menu CSS Generator.

3. Visit the plugin in your WordPress admin interface, click on the “Appearance” tab, copy the code generated by Step 2 in the space where it says, “Enter the CSS for your main menu here”. Click “Update Options”.

4. Now you return to the “Home” tab and copy the code which looks like this :

<.. ?php if (function_exists(‘pixopoint_menu’)) {pixopoint_menu();} ? .. >

(Here comes the tricky part… for beginners.)

5.  In the WordPress Admin Interface Find and Click “Editor” and then “Header” (header.php).

6. Find the line which looks something like this :

<…?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&depth=1&include=’ . get_option(‘ts_nav_pages’)); ?..> and replace it with the code in Step 4.

The easiest option would just be to search for “wp_list_pages” in your header code.

That should about do it. You will find examples at www.pixopoint.com

Many of you out there would like to personalize your products, websites and more with your own logo. Unfortunately for many of us it’s just not that affordable. It’s true, this post does sound like a promotion, but I’m just having a good day.

If you would like to design your own logo’s and don’t have a lot of money and little experience I would recommend using AAA Logo. Below is some examples of a few logo’s I did in about 10 minutes. The software comes with pre-designed logo’s which you can just edit to suit your needs.

If you would like to use any of these images, which I doubt, because they’re branded, just drop me a comment. I can also put up the aaa logo files, which you can then edit. If you’ve made anything nice with AAA logo, please show us.

Extra : I’ve already recieved a request for a custom logo. If you would like a logo designed with AAA logo the cost will be about 20$. Please use the contact page to get in contact with me.

I usually don’t post my most difficult questions in my blog, due to the fact that I’m the one who is supposed to sort it out and THEN post about it. This time it’s different.

I recently made a post about the new Elgg theme Orkut, which I’m using in my new blogging network, but shortly after I discovered CosmicBuddy, the BuddyPress theme. Now CosmicBuddy provides everything that Elgg already had, which made me use Elgg in the first place.

The question is, start over with BuddyPress and the new theme, or stick with Elgg, and a much easier to use Admin interface?

If you think you can help me solve this question please drop me a comment.

The MiniMeta Widget Plugin gives you complete control over your Wp Meta Widget. It’s great when you have a user driven WordPress blog and want your users to be able to login from the frontpage. You can see it in action in our sidebar.

Plugin includes :

• Different logon types (Form,Link)
• Uses redirection for logon/logout
• All standard WP Links can enabled/disabled
• Additional Admin Links (from Plugins too)
• Display Blog Links
• build in style sheet support

Download it Here – http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/minimeta-widget.4.2.4.zip

Part of the WordPress CMS Series