BuddyPress Custom Nav and Page Template

Question

I am using buddypress for a social media site.

I have create an xprofile field called "About", and also added a new tab in the buddypress pages using the following code.

function custom_setup_nav() {
  global $bp;

  bp_core_new_nav_item( array( 
        'name' => __( 'About', 'buddypress' ), 
        'slug' => 'about', 
        'position' => 30, 
        'screen_function' => 'about_page'
  ) );
}

add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'custom_setup_nav' );

Now I have created an about page and named it about.php and uploaded it to /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single

And then added the following screen function

function about_page() {
bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( 'bp_core_template_plugin', 'members/single/about' ) );
}

Now when I go to about page, I always get the members page displayed there, the page where the list of members are displayed and not the custom about.php page that I have uploaded, although the url remains the same, members/username/about/

Is there something I am missing out on ?

Thanks.

Its not about the path, no matter what I enter there, it keeps on going to the members page. I have asked the same question in buddypress forum buddypress.org/support/topic/… — Patrick S

henrywright henrywright · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-21T12:33:53

I think you may need to have a subnav item. Try changing your custom_setup_nav function to:

global $bp;
bp_core_new_nav_item( 
  array( 'name' => __( 'About', 'buddypress' ), 
    'slug'  => 'about',  
    'position' => 30,
    'show_for_displayed_user' => true,
    'default_subnav_slug' => 'about',
    'item_css_id' => 'about'
  ) 
);

bp_core_new_subnav_item( 
  array( 'name' => __( 'About', 'buddypress' ), 
    'slug' => 'about', 
    'parent_url' => $bp->loggedin_user->domain . 'about', 
    'screen_function' => 'about_page',
    'parent_slug' => 'about', 
    'position' => 10, 
    'item_css_id' => 'about' 
  )
);

Also, try creating a folder in your theme directory called /buddypress/ then use the path:

/buddypress/members/single/about

That will ensure your customisations aren't lost each time you upgrade BP. See here for more info on the template hierarchy: http://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/template-hierarchy/

BuddyPress Custom Nav and Page Template

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