Dev Chat Summary for August 12, 2015

BuddyPress 2.3.3

Release Date: After WP 4.3.0 rolls out next week.

There are three open tickets:

• Wrong shape of the CROP size of the group thumbnail (#6551)
• Mentions.js fails on wp-admin post editor (#6487)
• WP 4.3 changes in WP_List_Table (#6465)

@djpaulgibbs has volunteered to help move these tickets forward.

BuddyPress 2.4.0

Add UI for adding Profile Header Images for Users and Groups

• (#6570) @im4th opened the conversation which lasted ~ one hour on the best way forward for this new feature. This resulted with great feedback from @johnjamesjacoby, @rayisme, @djpaulgibbs, and @hnla.
• Points made:
  1. Feature is available for all themes. bp-legacy‘s member-header.php gets the new hotness, and nothing gets broken if the feature is not activated.
  2. Create new template part with new markup, styles, and JS as needed
  3. Integrate a flexible header image for admin-area profiles, user dashboard
  4. If a custom template part is used in theme, then nothing happens because theme compatibility would never include anything in bp-legacy. If they are relying on theme compatibility and bp-legacy then they get the new markup and CSS that we give them.
  5. Users/theme authors will be able to edit their home.php template to support this new feature
• More to follow. Odds are, there will be some fast and furious work coming soon.

Conversation replies don’t immediately inherit the HTML of custom templates

• (#6572) @rayisme introduced a new template part to replace the hardcoded markup used to render a single message item in ticket. Discussion in dev chat then ensued to solve one of the two hard things to do in computer science, naming things . Consensus was reached on the name of the new template part, simply message.php.
• Update: Patch has been committed to core.

@since standard not parseable with phpDocumentor 2

• (#6576) @since tags throughout the BuddyPress project needs to be revised/updated to parse docs correctly in preparation for developer.buddypress.org.
• @tw2113 will be working on this.

Attachment API conflicts with wp_enqueue_media()

• (#6574) This is a carry-over from the mini devchat last August 5th re fixing JS error with the media uploader. @im4th is working on this with feedback from @johnjamesjacoby and @djpaulgibbs.
• Current patch is a quick fix for 2.3.x.

BuddyCamp Brighton, U.K.

This event was a success based on the feedback from the attendees. Congratulations to @djpaulgibbs and @karmatosed, organizers of the first BuddyCamp in Europe, as well as to all the speakers and presenters!

• @im4th has posted about his BuddyCamp experience in français along with his slides at his site.
• @modemlooper has uploaded his BuddyCamp video about mobilizing your BuddyPress site @ Dropbox.

If you want to include links to your BuddyCamp Brighton slides/videos or photos, post a comment below and we’ll add it to the list above.

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1439406192001125

#6465, #6487, #6551, #6570, #6572, #6574, #6576, #dev-chat