Quick Access to BuddyPress Resources - Time Saver!
This
small and lightweight plugin just adds a lot BuddyPress related resources to your toolbar / admin bar. Also links to all setting/ tab pages of the plugin are added making life for community managers/ administrators a lot easier. So you might just switch from the fontend of your site to 'Activity Moderating' (BP 1.6+), 'Groups Admin' (BP 1.7+) or the 'Main Settings' page etc.
General Features
- The plugin is primarily intended towards (multisite) admins and webmasters.
- Support for all native BuddyPress settings plus a huge list of supported plugins & themes out of the box (see below for full listing).
- Fully Multisite compatible, you can also network-enable it - full support of Multisite specific stuff!
- A massive list of resource & community links is included: support forums, code snippets, translations etc.
- A special - fully conditional - "Manage Groups" group where plugins like hook in.
- The added menu items by the plugin follow the same user cabalities as their original links - in other words: if a link to a settings page is not displayed without my plugin for a certain user role/capability it won't be when my plugin is active!
- 4 action hooks included for hooking custom menu items in -- for all main sections plus the resource group section (see FAQ section here for more info on that).
- 11 additional icon colors included :) (changeable via filters)
- 7 filters included to change wording/tooltip and icon of the main item - for more info see FAQ section here
- For custom "branding" or special needs a few sections like "Extensions" and "Resource links group" could be hidden from displaying via your active theme/child theme - for more info see FAQ section here
- Fully internationalized! Real-life tested and developed with international users in mind! Also supports update-secure custom language file (if you need special wording...)
- Fully WPML compatible!
- Tested with WordPress branches 3.6 Beta, 3.5+, 3.4+ and 3.3+ - also in debug mode (no stuff there, ok? :)
The plugin is fully compatible with the latest WordPress version 3.4+/ 3.5+ and therefore with BuddyPress 1.6+ and 1.7+. It's also still compatible with former BP branch 1.5 (and WP 3.3+) but we always recommend to run the latest versions. The plugin dynamically supports the different admin settings links in BOTH BuddyPress versions! -- So, just go and manage your community. Use this time saver! :-)
As the name suggests this plugin is
intended towards community managers/ webmasters and administrators. The new toolbar / admin bar items will only be displayed if the current user has the WordPress role/cabability of
administrator
. (Note: This can be customized via helper functions/constants, see FAQ here.)
Plugin Support
At this time my plugin out of the box supports also links to settings pages of some BuddyPress specific plugins:
- Plugin: "BuddyPress ScholarPress Courseware" (free, by ScholarPress Dev Crew)
- Plugin: "BP Checkins 1.0+" (free, by Imath)
- Plugin: "BP Group Organizer" (free, by David Dean)
- Plugin: "BP Group Hierarchy" (free, by David Dean)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Group Extras" (free, by slaFFik)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Group Default Avatar" (free, by Vernon Fowler)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Group Email Subscription" (free, by Deryk Wenaus + Boone Gorges)
- Plugin: "BP GTM System" (free, by slaFFik + valant)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Relate Groups to Blogs" (free, by spurge)
- Plugin: "BuddyBox" (free, by Imath)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Group Folders" (free, by Rudolf Enberg)
- Plugin: "CD BuddyPress Avatar Bubble" (free, by slaFFik + valant)
- Plugin: "Buddypress User Account Type Lite" (free, by Rimon Habib)
- Plugin: "BP Profiles Statistics 1.1+" (premium, by slaFFik)
- Plugin: "BP Profile Search" (free, by Andrea Tarantini)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Portfolio" (free, by Nicolas Crocfer)
- Plugin: "BP Polls 1.2+" (free, by Themekraft)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Extended Settings" (free, by modemlooper)
- Plugin: "BP Menus" (free, by modemlooper)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Mobile" (aka BuddyMobile) (free, by modemlooper)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Share It" (aka BuddyShare) (free, by modemlooper)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Media Component 2.0+" (free, by rtCamp)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress BP Gallery" (free, by Caevan Sachinwalla)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Login Redirect" (free, by Jatinder Pal Singh)
- Plugin: "BP Profile as Homepage" (free, by Jatinder Pal Singh)
- Plugin: "sxss Buddypress Shared Friends" (free, by sxss)
- Plugin: "Breadcrumbs Everywhere 1.1+" (free, by Betsy Kimak)
- Plugin: "BuddyStream" (free, by Peter Hofman)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress MyMood 1.6+" (free, by Ayush)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Achievements" (free, by Paul Gibbs)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Twitter" (free, by Charl Kruger)
- Plugin: "BP Code Snippets" (free, by imath)
- Plugin: "BuddyPress Custom Profile Menu" (free, by Sensible Plugins) (free lite version!)
- Plugin: "Invite Anyone" (free, by Boone Gorges)
- Plugin: "BP Trunk Junc" (free, by modemlooper) - Beta Tester plugin
- Plugin: "SeoPress" (free by Themekraft)
- Plugin: "Events Manager" (free, by Marcus Sykes)
- Plugin: "WangGuard" (free, by WangGuard Team)
- Plugin: "Members" (free, by Justin Tadlock)
- Plugin: "Members Import" (free, by Manish Kumar Agarwal)
- Your free or premium BuddyPress specific plugin? - Just contact me with specific data
Theme/Framework Support
At this time my plugin out of the box supports also links to settings pages of some BuddyPress specific/supporting themes or frameworks:
- Theme Framework with child themes: "Genesis Framework" (premium) via "Genesis Connect for BuddyPress" plugin (free since v1.2) - both by StudioPress/Copyblogger Media LLC.
- Theme: "Custom Community" (free, by Themekraft)
- Theme: "Frisco for BuddyPress" (free, by David Carson)
- Theme: "Elbee Elgee" (free, by Doug Stewart)
- Themes: "Visual" (premium) and "Fanwood 0.1.6+" (free) (both by DevPress)
- Theme: "Builder Framework" via "Builder BuddyPress" plugin (premium, by iThemes)
- Theme Framework with child themes: "Infinity (Anti-) Framework" via "BP Template Pack" plugin (free/beta, by PressCrew)
- Themes: "Gratitude" and "Buddies" (both premium, by Chris Paul/ZenThemes)
- Themes: "Business Services" and "BuddyPress Corporate" (both free, by WPMU DEV)
- Themes: "3colours", "Bruce", "Detox", "Ines", "Ice", "NewYorker", "Niukita", "Soho", "Solitude", "Speed", "Spyker" - all from 3oneseven.com (all 11 free, by milo317)
- Your free or premium BuddyPress specific theme/framework? - Just contact me with specific data
Special Features
- Not only supporting official BuddyPress sites ALSO third-party and user links - so just the whole BuddyPress ecosystem :)
- Link to downloadable German language packs - only displayed when German locales are active (de_DE, de_AT, de_CH, de_LU)
- Link to official German BuddyPress forum - only displayed when German locales are active (de_DE, de_AT, de_CH, de_LU)
- NOTE: I would be happy to add more language/locale specific resources and more useful third-party links - just contact me!
Localization
- English (default) - always included
- German (de_DE) - always included
- French (fr_FR) - user-submitted - currently 22% complete for v1.6.0
- .pot file (
buddypress-toolbar.pot
) for translators is also always included :)
- Easy plugin translation platform with GlotPress tool: Translate "BuddyPress Toolbar"...
- Your translation? - Just send it in
Credit where credit is due: This plugin here is inspired and based on the work of Remkus de Vries @defries and his original "WooThemes Admin Bar Addition" plugin.
A plugin from deckerweb.de and GenesisThemes
Feedback
- I am open for your suggestions and feedback - Thank you for using or trying out one of my plugins!
- Drop me a line @deckerweb on Twitter
- Follow me on my Facebook page
- Or follow me on +David Decker on Google Plus ;-)
Tips & More
- Upload the entire
buddypress-toolbar
folder to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory -- or just upload the ZIP package via 'Plugins > Add New > Upload' in your WP Admin
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- Look at your toolbar / admin bar and enjoy using the new links there :)
- Go and manage your community :)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do only install with latest BuddyPress branches - that is v1.6+. The plugin is also compatible with the former 1.5 branch, though. Do never ever install this plugin together with
older versions of BuddyPress! It will break your site. So, you've been warned.
Multisite install: Yes, it's fully compatible but have a look in the
FAQ section here for more info :)
Own translation/wording: For custom and update-secure language files please upload them to
/wp-content/languages/buddypress-toolbar/
(just create this folder) - This enables you to use fully custom translations that won't be overridden on plugin updates. Also, complete custom English wording is possible with that, just use a language file like
buddypress-toolbar-en_US.mo/.po
to achieve that (for creating one see the tools on "Other Notes").
1.6.0
Several additions & improvements: Improved Groups admin support, plus extended plugin support. Some updates & code improvements. Further, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.5.1
Several additions & improvements: Extended plugin support. Minor updates & code improvements. Further, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.5.0
Several additions & improvements: Extended plugin support. Minor updates & code improvements. Further, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.4.1
Maintenance release: Added additional 'function_exists' checks to avoid possible compatibility issues on upgrades.
1.4.0
Several additions & improvements: Added help tab system. Extended plugin and theme support. Minor updates & code improvements. Further, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.3.0
Maintenance release: Minor updates & code improvements. Extended plugin support. Further, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.2.0
Major additions & improvements on all fronts! Full Multisite and cabability support for all links! Extended plugin & theme support. Also, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.1.0
Major improvements - Added more resource links. Further, added support for 11 more plugins and 5 more themes/frameworks. Minor code/ documentation tweaks. Also, updated .pot file for translators and German translations.
1.0.0
Just released into the wild.
1.6.0 (2013-04-11)
- NEW: Added support for Groups admin settings introduced with BuddyPress v1.7+.
- Extended plugin support:
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyBox" (free, by Imath).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Group Folders" (free, by Rudolf Enberg).
- UPDATE: Improved support for "BuddyPress Media" plugin.
- UPDATE: Improved support for "Achievements" plugin.
- CODE: Code/documentation updates & improvements.
- UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
- UPDATE: Moved screenshots to 'assets' folder in WP.org SVN to reduce plugin package size.
1.5.0 / 1.5.1 (2012-11-15)
- Extended plugin support:
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress BP Gallery" (free, by Caevan Sachinwalla).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Custom Profile Menu" (free, by Sensible Plugins) (free lite version!).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Relate Groups to Blogs" (free, by spurge).
- NEW: Added support for "BP Trunk Junc" (free, by modemlooper) - Beta Tester plugin.
- NEW: Added support for "Members Import" (free, by Manish Kumar Agarwal).
- NEW: Added support for "BP Menus" (free, by modemlooper).
- UPDATE: Updated support for "BuddyPress Media" plugin - 2 more settings pages, plus: Constant for removing this plugin's toolbar items (see FAQ here).
- Other stuff and maintenance:
- CODE: Minor code/documentation updates & improvements.
- UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
- UPDATE: Initiated new three digits versioning, starting with this version.
- v1.5.1: Corrects a small syntax error. -- Sorry!
1.4.1 (2012-08-29)
- Maintenance release
- UPDATE: Added additional 'function_exists' checks to avoid possible compatibility issues on upgrades.
- UPDATE: Updated readme.txt file here.
1.4.0 (2012-08-13)
- New features:
- NEW: Added help tab on all official BuddyPress settings pages.
- Extended plugin support:
- NEW: Added support for "BP Checkins 1.0+" (free, by Imath) - note: only for version 1.0 or higher of the plugin!
- NEW: Added support for "BP Polls 1.2+" (free, by Themekraft).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Extended Settings" (free, by modemlooper).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Mobile" (aka BuddyMobile) (free, by modemlooper).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Share It" (aka BuddyShare) (free, by modemlooper).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Media Component 2.0+" (free, by rtCamp).
- UPDATE: Enhanced plugin support for "BuddyPress Portfolio".
- UPDATE: Updated support support for "BuddyPress MyMood 1.6+" (note: as this plugin has no proper Multisite support yet, so it only works within single installs or in Multisite within a subsite dashboard).
- Extended theme support:
- NEW: Added theme support for "NewYorker" (free, by milo317).
- Other stuff and maintenance:
- UPDATE: Minor tweaks/updates to ensure full BuddyPress v1.6+ compatibility.
- UPDATE: Corrected and updated readme.txt file here.
- UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
1.3.0 (2012-06-15)
- Maintenance release
- Extended plugin support:
- NEW: Added support for "BP Profile Search" (free, by Andrea Tarantini).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Portfolio" (free, by Nicolas Crocfer).
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Login Redirect" (free, by Jatinder Pal Singh).
- NEW: Added support for "BP Profile as Homepage" (free, by Jatinder Pal Singh).
- Other stuff and maintenance:
- UPDATE: Improved behavior of constants for removing sections (or all), so that setting to "FALSE" removes stuff, and setting to "TRUE" displays stuff. (This does not affect existing behavior as explained in the FAQ but introduces ability to use the boolean "TRUE" to bring stuff back in favor of removing the code lines - great for testing purposes etc.)
- UPDATE: Added one more check for Groups component to avoid crashes when running BuddyPress update wizard (single & Multisite installs).
- CODE: Minor code/documentation updates & improvements.
- UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
1.2.0 (2012-05-10)
- New features:
- NEW: Fully Multisite compatible! Plugin dynamically changes admin URLs whether or not you are in Multisite invironment - of course supported plugins are included in this behavior (and if these plugins support Multisite)!
- NEW: Full capability support - wherever a BuddyPress, a plugin or theme settings page depends on user capabilities or roles BuddyPress Toolbar now fully respects and inherits that! - In other words: A user who won't see a special admin page without my plugin also won't if my plugin is active!
- NEW: Added links to active component's frontend root pages, for example
yoursite.com/groups
-- this includes "Blogs/Sites" support for Multisite/Networks!
- NEW: Now built-in search form for BuddyPress Codex - just type in a search directly in your toolbar menu!
- COOL: Plugin can now be branded and customized a lot more!
- NEW: Added 7 filters to change icon graphic, main item name, main capability and more! For these cases there are now the new built-in filters and helper functions available! (See "FAQ" section here)
- NEW: Added 4 action hooks for hooking custom menu items in -- for all main sections plus the resource group section (see FAQ section here for more info on that).
- NEW: Almost all sections can now be removed for special needs, capabilities etc. -- all done via
constants
in your active theme/child theme -- this way you can customize for your staff members if you need some more users with extended or restricted admin bar/toolbar access (See "FAQ" section here)
- NEW: Added possibility for custom and update-secure language files for this plugin - just upload them to
/wp-content/languages/buddypress-toolbar/
(just create this folder) - this enables you to use complete custom wording or translations.
- Extended plugin support:
- NEW: Added support for "BP Group Management" (free, by Boone Gorges)
- NEW: Added support for "BP Profiles Statistics 1.1+" (premium, by slaFFik)
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress Docs" (free, by Boone Gorges)
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress MyMood 1.6+" (free, by Ayush)
- NEW: Added support for "BuddyPress xProfiles ACL" Lite (free, by NetTantra)
- NEW: Added support for "SeoPress" (free, by Sven Lehnert + Sven Wagener at ThemeKraft)
- NEW: Added support for "CollabPress" (free, by WebDevStudios)
- NEW: Added support for "BBG Record Blog Roles Changes" (free, by Boone Gorges + slaFFik)
- NEW: Added support for "CD BuddyPress Avatar Bubble" (free, by slaFFik + valant)
- NEW: Added support for "sxss Buddypress Shared Friends" (free, by sxss)
- NEW: Added support for "Breadcrumbs Everywhere 1.1+" (free, by Betsy Kimak)
- UPDATE: Improved "WangGuard" plugin support.
- UPDATE: Improved "Achievements" plugin support - added link to component's frondend root page.
- UPDATE: Added proper capabilities to the settings links display to follow original settings of the supported plugins itself.
- Extended theme support:
- NEW: Added theme support for "Buddies" (premium, by Chris Paul/ZenThemes)
- NEW: Added theme support for "Visual" (premium) and "Fanwood 0.1.6+" (free) (both by DevPress)
- NEW: Added theme support for 10 themes from 3oneseven.com (all free, by milo317)
- UPDATE: Added proper capabilities to the settings links display to follow original setting of the supported theme itself (only where available, or I had access to this data!).
- Other stuff and maintenance:
- UPDATE: Added full compatibility with WordPress 3.4+ (tested since 3.4-beta1 up to latest trunk version).
- CODE: Successfully tested against BuddyPress 1.5+ and 1.6-alpha branches plus WordPress 3.3 branch and new 3.4 branch. Also successfully tested in WP_DEBUG mode (no notices or warnings).
- UPDATE: Updated readme.txt file
- UPDATE: Updated all existing and added some new screenshots.
- UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
- UPDATE: Extended GPL License info in readme.txt as well as main plugin file.
- NEW: Easy plugin translation platform with GlotPress tool: Translate "BuddyPress Toolbar"...
1.1.0 (2012-02-19)
- NEW: Added a few new BP Codex sub-level links
- NEW: Added BuddyPress News Planet feed link to resource links - you can also access this from here: http://friendfeed.com/buddypress-news
- NEW: Added new community resource "BP-Tricks.com"
- Extended plugin support:
- Added plugin support for "BuddyPress Group Extras" (free, by slaFFik)
- Added plugin support for "BP GTM System" (free, by slaFFik, valant)
- Added plugin support for "Buddypress User Account Type Lite" (free, by Rimon Habib)
- Added plugin support for "BuddyStream" (free, by Peter Hofman)
- Added plugin support for "BuddyPress Group Default Avatar" (free, by Vernon Fowler)
- Added plugin support for "BuddyPress Achievements" (free, by Paul Gibbs)
- Added plugin support for "BuddyPress Twitter" (free, by Charl Kruger)
- Added plugin support for "BuddyPress Group Email Subscription" (free, by Deryk Wenaus + Boone Gorges)
- Added plugin support for "BP Code Snippets" (free, by imath)
- Added plugin support for "Invite Anyone" (free, by Boone Gorges)
- Added plugin support for "Events Manager" (free, by Marcus Sykes)
- Extended theme support:
- Added theme support for "Builder Framework" via "Builder BuddyPress" plugin (premium, by iThemes)
- Added theme support for "Infinity (Anti-) Framework" via "BP Template Pack" plugin (free/beta, by PressCrew)
- Added theme support for "Gratitude" (premium, by Chris Paul/ZenThemes)
- Added theme support for "Business Services" and "BuddyPress Corporate" (both free, by WPMU DEV)
- CODE: No longer loading css styles or menu items for not logged-in users when plugins like "GD Press Tools" are active (which have options to show toolbar / admin bar also for visitors...)
- UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
- NEW: Added banner image on WordPress.org for better plugin branding :)
1.0.0 (2012-02-07)