[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #3460: Support custom post types in activity stream

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#3460: Support custom post types in activity stream
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 Reporter:  boonebgorges           |       Owner:  boonebgorges
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low                    |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Activity               |     Version:  1.2.8
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch  |
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Changes (by imath):

 * cc: math.viet@… (added)
 * keywords:  2nd-opinion => 2nd-opinion has-patch


Comment:

 Hi,

 In France we often say "Jamais 2 sans 3", i guess it applies to this
 patch! So this is my third suggestion of patch for this feature.
 I've built this version of the patch in WordPress 3.8-beta1 / BuddyPress
 1.9-beta1, multisite on.

 1/ I've added a new hook to bp-core/bp-core-actions.php :
 {{{add_action( 'init', 'bp_catch_post_types', 100 );}}} very late to
 maximize the post type catching and i thought it was a safest way than
 modifying the priority of bp_init

 2/ I've created a new section settings in BuddyPress settings
 Administration screen
 you'll find a screenshot in the attached files (blogs-settings-
 section.png). This new section allows the community administrator to
 activate the tracking for the different post types that have been catched.
 - if on a multisite config :
         * the post type is in a plugin activated on the network : then it
 can be activated from the BuddyPress Site Tracking settings and all the
 post types will be tracked for the root and the child blogs.
         * the post type is only activated on any of the child blogs but
 not on the root blog : it cannot be activated in the BuddyPress Site
 Tracking settings, so it won't be tracked
         * the post type is activated on the root blog : then it can be
 activated from the BuddyPress Site Tracking settings and all the post
 types will be tracked for the root and if the same plugin has been
 activated in any of the child blogs, then they will also be tracked.
 - if on a regular config :
         * All the post types activated from the BuddyPress site tracking
 will be tracked.

 To avoid the attachment post type, i'm using {{{get_post_types( array(
 'show_in_nav_menus' => true ), 'objects' )}}}, it means that if the
 argument 'show_in_nav_menus' for the post type is set to false, it won't
 be tracked. This argument if not defined when registering a post type
 defaults to the value of the 'public' argument. Avoiding the attachment
 post type can be done in another way, but i think it's good then to use
 something like {{{get_post_types( array( 'public' => true ), 'objects'
 )}}}...

 3/ i've added a filter to let a child blog eventually remove a trackable
 post type for its particular case :
 {{{apply_filters( 'bp_blogs_post_type_trackable', bp_get_option( 'bp-
 enabled-post-types', array() ), $blog_id )}}}

 Finally the community administrator decides what post types can be
 tracked, plugins cannot force using the 'bp_tracking' support. But plugins
 can still include arguments to override the default way of formatting
 activities. For instance a plugin can include in its post type arguments
 the "bp_tracking" array :
 {{{
         $args_post_type = array(
                 'label'             => __( 'Random' ),
                 'labels'            => array( /*the different labels */ ),
                 'public'            => true,
                 'bp_tracking'       => array(
                         'type_post'                           =>
 'new_random',
                         'activity_permalink_post_callback'    =>
 'random_activity_permalink_callback',
                         'activity_action_post_callback'       =>
 'random_activity_action_random_callback',
                         'type_comment'                        =>
 'new_random_comment',
                         'activity_action_comment_callback'    =>
 'random_activity_action_comment_callback',
                 ),
                 'supports'          => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author'
 ),
         );
 }}}

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