BP Profile Widgets

BP Profile Widgets allows BuddyPress users to embed a music player, video player, photo gallery, and/or a custom text widget on the sidebar of the use

Author:Slushman (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.9.1, Bud
WordPress version tested:3.8.1
Plugin version:0.5.3
Added to WordPress repository:27-06-2013
Last updated:04-02-2014
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://slushman.com/plugins/bp-profile-widget...
Total downloads:12 016
Active installs:50+
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These widgets were originally developed for the Towermix Network at Belmont University's Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. The BP Profile Widgets allow BuddyPress users to embed a music player, video player, photo gallery, and/or a custom text widget on the sidebar of the user's profile page using custom profile fields from their profile form. This plugin requires that BuddyPress be installed and activated. This plugin will create all the custom profile fields needed, based on which widgets are selected for use.

Features

  • Users can embed one of the following music players: Bandcamp, Tunecore, Reverbnation, Noisetrade, Mixcloud, or SoundCloud.
  • Users can embed one of the following slideshow galleries: Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, Fotki, Smugmug, or dotPhoto.
  • Users can embed one of the following video players: YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, DailyMotion, Facebook, Flickr, Blip.tv, funnyordie.com, Hulu, Revision3.com, Viddler, Qik, and uStream
  • Users can display a customizable text message, including HTML, in the Text Box widget
  • Users can display a RSS feed on their profile in the RSS widget
  • A description field is included for each media widget allowing the user to explain their involvement.
  • Widget options for width and height of the slideshow.
  • Widget options for width and aspect ratio of the video player.
  • Widget options for item quantity for the RSS feed display.
  • Uses WordPress functions to fetch the oEmbed media players.
  • Uses WordPress transients to speed up loading players
  • Widgets only appear on Profile pages
  • Widgets can be hidden if they don't contain data