[Resolved] Option for adding a custom page in Display Location Rules

[Carsten]

Hi there, I really like the possibilities of Elements, especially the ability to hook a non-menu item element, like different icons on different pages, but there is a limitation in relation to BuddyPress pages.

The limitation is in the Display Location Rules, because there are no option for adding a custom page like /members/me/profile/edit/, like you can add a custom hook.

Would it be possible to add this feature in the future?

Regards

[Leo]

Hi there,

The filter solution should be what you are looking for:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_hook_element_display/

It should handle any conditional display as long as there is a logic behind it.

[Carsten]

Hi there, thanks for coming up with a solution to my problem, it sounds promising. I need to understand the term of a parent page.

Here are two examples of pages where I want the hook element to display, but they are not parent pages?

domain/members/me/profile/change-avatar/
domain/members/me/profile/change-cover-image/

The code then should be added to my functions.php, not inside the element itself?

Thanks!

[Leo]

I’m not very familiar with BuddyPress but did find all of their conditional tags here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/template-tag-reference/

You will need to go through the page and try to find the conditional tags that meet your requirements.

Once you find that, just replace is_author( 'Tom' ) in the first example with the desired conditional tags.

[Carsten]

Hi there, this sound like a promising solution, and I think I have found the right conditional tag, bp_is_profile_edit() and the id of the element is 45256

But this code pasted into functions.php breaks my site, can’t see any syntax errors, so what can be wrong?

add_filter( 'generate_hook_element_display', function( $display, $element_id ) {
    if ( 45256 === $element_id && bp_is_profile_edit() ) {
        $display = true;
    }

    return $display;
}, 10, 2 );

Thanks!

[Leo]

That code doesn’t have any syntax errors from what I can see.

I tested using Code Snippets without any issues:
https://www.screencast.com/t/Co9ixXyZuH2k

[Carsten]

Hi there, for some reason the conditional tag is causing this, if I change it to another tag, the site is loading again.

thanks!

[Leo]

Glad to hear 🙂

[Carsten]

Hi there, the filter solution is working great using conditional tags for adding links to specific pages.

1. Can I add multiple tags in the same statement if ( 10 === $element_id && is_author( 'Tom' ) ) I tried separating the tags with a comma, like bp_is_activity_component(),bp_is_blogs_component() but that didn’t work 😉

2. By using the generate_hook_element_display Display Rules Location inside the element has to be empty, which leads to this:

This element needs a location set within the Display Rules tab in order to display.

What if I want to mix the filter solution and the settings for the same element?

Example, I want to display this element on my profile pages, but not on my search page

add_filter( 'generate_hook_element_display', function( $display, $element_id ) {
    if ( 45256 === $element_id && bp_is_my_profile() ) {
        $display = true;
    }

    return $display;
}, 10, 2 );

Then I exclude the search page in the Element Display Rules, leaving the Location empty.
This leads to an error:

This element needs a location set within the Display Rules tab in order to display.

The search page is not a BP component, so it has a page id 31017.

So how do I get around this, should I then use both code examples in the generate_hook_element_display examples for the same element?

Hope my question makes sense.

Thanks!

[Leo]

1. Comma doesn’t work in PHP. It would either be && (and) or || (or).

2. If you are using a filter then you can keep the display rules empty and set everything within the filter.

That filter you are using shouldn’t display anything in the search result page.

[Carsten]

Thanks, can the Entire site location element setting work together with an $display = false; exclusion with the same element id?

add_filter( 'generate_hook_element_display', function( $display, $element_id ) {
    if ( 45256 === $element_id && bp_is_current_component( "bp-messages" ) ) {
        $display = false;
    }

    return $display;
}, 10, 2 );

Regards

[Leo]

I think that should work.

Have you tested it?

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