Commons In A Box | Bowe Frankema | Activity https://commonsinabox.org/members/bowe/activity Activity feed for Bowe Frankema. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:54:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 05a2d6b725b258be1c1b779e72aa78fe Bowe Frankema wrote a new post https://commonsinabox.org/?p=9141 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:05:45 -0500 This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

]]> f55550431ff9827e393070cb27d77872 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic CBOX Programmer Needed for Educational Site in the forum CBOX Developers https://commonsinabox.org/groups/cbox-developers/forum/topic/cbox-programmer-needed-for-educational-site/#post-5814 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:33:58 -0400 Hi @stevedtj,

I’m part of the CBOX development team and recently started a new venture focused on development and maintenance for all BuddyPress/CBOX communities. I’ve sent you an email with my contact details so we could discuss your needs further πŸ™‚

Have a good Sunday,
Bowe from WeFoster

]]> e8210ac0e079d1b4e561b2bfed06c584 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Accessing peer site blogrolls in the forum CBOX Developers https://commonsinabox.org/groups/cbox-developers/forum/topic/accessing-peer-site-blogrolls/#post-5144 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:53:37 -0400 Interesting question, and something I have to do for a project in the near future as well. So far I only aware of the “Recent Networkwide Posts” widget that shows recent blogs from across the network.

If you want to have something more robust or flexible I don’t have a clear answer yet. I’ve done a little bit of research but have not found the…[Read more]

]]> e4cc1d8b1cf1741b6cf70b8a8af2669c Bowe Frankema replied to the topic notification page goes off center in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/notification-page-goes-off-center/page/2/#post-4418 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:57:16 -0500 I’ll take a look at the templates again and see if I can track down why this happens to some of you.

]]> c3f1a0ad00a145a3c5880e1afd4b78df Bowe Frankema replied to the topic notification page goes off center in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/notification-page-goes-off-center/#post-4388 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:57:15 -0500 Hi guys,

This should all be fixed in the most recent release. Including a nice icon for the notifications menu item. Are you positive that you have the most recent version of the CBOX theme? Could you make sure that you have the following files in your CBOX theme:

cbox/members/single/notifications.php
cbox/members/single/notifications/

And…[Read more]

]]> 8047a04956776b7ac5268969bd41a630 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Customize joyride within the group home page in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/customize-joyride-within-the-group-home-page/#post-4305 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:20:50 -0500 @sepidpooy I’ll commit the code for the Members Tour to my CBOX Fork on GitHub (. You can then see how I’ve done it exactly https://github.com/BoweFrankema/cbox-theme. I’ll then advise you to create a CBOX Child Theme like @mkgold advised. Follow the tutorial here: https://commonsinabox.org/archives/3324

If you could then post the changes you…[Read more]

]]> 55be5fd234894a549dd861ad8d1a63bf Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Customize joyride within the group home page in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/customize-joyride-within-the-group-home-page/#post-4300 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:33:43 -0500 @sepidpooy & @scottvoth this is cool! I think it would be nice to add a guided tour to the Groups page. I recently also made a tour for the Members page (for a client) so that can be added as well. @sepidpooy could you maybe send me your modifications through a zip file (email them at bowe@presscrew.com)?

Thanks!

]]> fd5203ad059103d87783faa6e3cd7056 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Slider and slider-related issues in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/slider-and-slider-related-issues/page/3/#post-3994 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:02:33 -0500 Hi @helenef,

Sorry for the late reply, I was on vacation πŸ™‚ In this case I’m afraid I don’t have the answer you’re looking for. Upscaling and/or stretching an image that is less then the height/width you’ve set is not currently possible. I understand that you might have used this in the old version of the slider, but upscaling images is…[Read more]

]]> 859dcff30683720641b716d840b2b9d9 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Slider and slider-related issues in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/slider-and-slider-related-issues/#post-3717 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 09:40:16 -0400 Hi Dale,

Sorry to hear you’re having issues with the slider to behave. You’re not the only one who’s ran into issues with the slider, and we’ve been hard at work on completely re-doing it. This is pretty much done and has been tested by some of our community members. You can find the latest build here:…[Read more]

]]> cb5adecdd9f7e2178a43e3c82ef5ec93 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Site feature slider fail after upgrade to WP 3.6 & CBOX 1.0.5 in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/site-feature-slider-fail-after-upgrade-to-wp-3-6-cbox-1-0-5/#post-3683 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:54:12 -0400 @geoffreysfmac-com: If you made any changes to the slider template file yes!

@visionsynergy: I’ll get in touch with Boone and Ray and see if we can get it into this release. It’s been tested so I think it’s ready πŸ™‚

]]> d708c8de0c6edac532ea4c914b3327c0 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Wiki Design in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/wiki-design/#post-3541 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:03:46 -0400 Hi Jason,

Could you make a screenshot and show me which content you mean exactly? The WIKI page should be completely customisable.

]]> a557b48b6c9829cd0a356fe223a70d7b Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Red spot/flag or highlight on menu tab in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/red-spotflag-or-highlight-on-menu-tab/#post-3540 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:01:27 -0400 yep that’s the way to do it! Add your snippet to style.css of your child theme and that’s it πŸ™‚

]]> 5d94bca0515edd1d95af2c31adf3517c Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Sidebar Bbpress forum in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/sidebar-bbpress-forum/#post-3526 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:03:34 -0400 @nguyendam I understand that you want to make changes to your site but the support questions you are asking all are about customising your community and/or using 3rd party plugins. We (the dev team) are often more focused on squashing bugs or adding new features to CBOX, we simply can’t help you with all of these customisation requests. When our…[Read more]

]]> 2cb4b9c2731534c4b02adc702d26524a Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Add new condition to infinity_base_sidebars() in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/add-new-condition-to-infinity_base_sidebars/#post-3517 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:17:47 -0400 I think in this case it would be easier to create a new sidebar file. So do something like:

create *posttype-archive.php* in your Child Theme
create new-sidebar.php in your Child Theme
Replace infinity_get_sidebar(); in the *posttype-archive.php* with infinity_get_template_part( 'new-sidebar' );
Register the new sidebar widget in…[Read more]

]]> 216f5ccc9dc744aea0a11d188ef902c8 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Cleaning up the slider in the forum CBOX Developers https://commonsinabox.org/groups/cbox-developers/forum/topic/cleaning-up-the-slider/#post-3492 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:33:44 -0400 Check out this post for updates and how to test the new slider! https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/site-feature-slider-fail-after-upgrade-to-wp-3-6-cbox-1-0-5/#post-3490

]]> 0a02645c0517a96a3bb18d63cd3cb1e6 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Slider Images bug after CBOX 1.0.5 install in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/slider-images-bug-after-cbox-1-0-5-install/#post-3491 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:31:01 -0400 Check out this post for updates and how to test the new slider! https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/site-feature-slider-fail-after-upgrade-to-wp-3-6-cbox-1-0-5/#post-3490

]]> 98a759d4a93491750a19fab76a29f35b Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Site feature slider fail after upgrade to WP 3.6 & CBOX 1.0.5 in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/site-feature-slider-fail-after-upgrade-to-wp-3-6-cbox-1-0-5/#post-3490 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:30:18 -0400 Hey Lucas (@visionsynergy),

Yes there is! We’re currently testing a new version of the CBOX Theme which incorporates all the new slider features and fixes. You’re welcome to help us test it so we can hopefully release it asap. You can find the theme here: https://github.com/BoweFrankema/cbox-theme/tree/slider. Here’s a direct download link

If…[Read more]

]]> 6bf3cf8e700df73c2badc980c53e3e93 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Modify hover Items for Menu Inside Header in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/modify-hover-items-for-menu-inside-header/#post-3424 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:34:45 -0400 The solution Alan provided is perfect if you’re not using a CBOX Child Theme and want to make some small adjustments. If you want to dive into advanced CSS customisation check out our CBOX Developers Guide:

https://commonsinabox.org/documentation/themes/developer-guide

Good luck πŸ™‚

]]> c4c5ddbf5b48de497c6a49da3b1e73d1 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Adding icons to group navigation in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/adding-icons-to-group-navigation/#post-3423 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:31:03 -0400 editing an icon is not possible I’m afraid. There are ways to completely change the entire icon font and replace ALL the icons, but this is not an easy task. I hope to write a tutorial about this someday.

]]> 12331eea6d51c7d2fab4df9c34905cd3 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Issue with theme after Cbox & WP upgrades in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/issue-with-theme-after-cbox-wp-upgrades/page/2/#post-3413 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:09:47 -0400 Hey Alan,

Could you maybe give me access to your site so I can take a look? you can make a temporary admin account and email me the login details (myfirstname [at] presscrew.com) Could you attach a zipped version of your Child Theme so I can see if there’s anything that could break your homepage?

Thank you πŸ™‚

]]> 8cd8782bba97dcc51a0252bb6d3d8f9b Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Issue with theme after Cbox & WP upgrades in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/issue-with-theme-after-cbox-wp-upgrades/#post-3408 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:23:29 -0400 Aaah good thinking Ray.. that could well be the solution πŸ™‚

]]> 78d5b13ee3d9cc415266a2735969ad81 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Issue with theme after Cbox & WP upgrades in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/issue-with-theme-after-cbox-wp-upgrades/#post-3403 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:06:00 -0400 I’m confused: I see your homepage is working like expected? Have you made changes again? Have you tried disabling the plugins you’re using? It’s hard for us to figure out where this error comes from because your error log does not throw any fatal errors and when I visit your site I see no issues.

]]> edeab78e8580a6ce9d7d913741b1c4e4 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic BP Docs/Wiki fail after upgrade to WP 3.6 & CBOX 1.0.5 in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/bp-docswiki-fail-after-upgrade-to-wp-3-6-cbox-1-0-5/#post-3396 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:57:10 -0400 @cbox_admin do you have any idea what could cause the issue with the WIKI/Docs plugin? Or @r-a-y?

Sorry to hear you guys are having trouble getting everything to behave as expected.

@Paul: That certainly ain’t the best start of your CBOX adventure. There are countless configurations and WordPress/BuddyPress/Plugin versions involved and we’re…[Read more]

]]> 5b0cfb788ae02c16511c9d31b137628e Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Site feature slider fail after upgrade to WP 3.6 & CBOX 1.0.5 in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/site-feature-slider-fail-after-upgrade-to-wp-3-6-cbox-1-0-5/#post-3386 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:04:02 -0400 Hi Lucas,

Since the latest upgrade the slider has been wonky. We made some changes to how the slide text is being created and this causes some issues. We did this because a lot of people requested for being […]

]]> 25fc874f5085dd42cae40900dbb7cb81 Bowe Frankema started the topic CBOX Developers: Read this first! in the forum CBOX Developers https://commonsinabox.org/groups/cbox-developers/forum/topic/cbox-developers-read-this-first/ Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:28:21 -0400 Hi guys,

If you’re looking into customising the CBOX Theme first read our extensive Developer Guide:

Part 1: Introduction to the basic concepts for theming with CBOX
Part 2: Adding and overwriting […]

]]> 3116a9c7a771c8a9f3284bd9cfdc4504 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic CBox suite and FERPA in the forum CBOX Pioneers https://commonsinabox.org/groups/ciab-pioneers/forum/topic/cbox-suite-and-ferpa/#post-3364 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:01:56 -0400 Which issues could be a game breaker for Ferpa? Like any software there can always be some privacy issues if you run the software “out of the box”. But WordPress/BuddyPress/CBOX + our vetted plugins have proven […]

]]> 061bf45adb5135b15e49c5234c9761af Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Buddypress Links in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/buddypress-links/#post-3363 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:49:29 -0400 Hi there,

I’ll look if I can improve the way BP links looks in the next version of CBOX. It seems to be quite a popular plugin πŸ™‚

]]> 6f8bf921e004711026d7a45940abe098 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Issue with theme after Cbox & WP upgrades in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/issue-with-theme-after-cbox-wp-upgrades/#post-3358 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:41:24 -0400 Your homepage seems to be fixed now. You found out what caused it? The warnings/notices you posted are harmless so not sure what caused the homepage to break!

]]> bebb8658974754f0918883eac03362f7 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Issue with theme after Cbox & WP upgrades in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/issue-with-theme-after-cbox-wp-upgrades/#post-3353 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:31:38 -0400 Did you add any custom code to your child theme? It seems like something has broken for sure. Could you enable WP Debug and tell us what sort of errors are coming up?

]]> 41707162222f70ff8ce1d99cc3c38ff0 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic My Home in Main Menu in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/my-home-in-main-menu/#post-3351 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:29:17 -0400 No problem Sam!

The menu’s are still there you just need to re-assign them to the right Menu Locations. See the attached screenshot (assuming you’re on WP 3.7)

]]> 65f14c8fe30a1e5d54041a9ff59282f6 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Wiki in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/wiki-2/#post-3350 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:27:19 -0400 No problem!

]]> ae109d9bb3b877a641d2bd8b8a637e12 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Wiki in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/wiki-2/#post-3346 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:16:39 -0400 Yes you can! But you need to use some simple HTML to do that. Let’s say you have a large document with several sections and all those sections have a H2 header. In your doc you would switch to HTML mode and do the […]

]]> 22e4d052bdb1090178797cdadbf541dc Bowe Frankema replied to the topic My Home in Main Menu in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/my-home-in-main-menu/#post-3342 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:07:44 -0400 Hi Sam,

I’ve written a tutorial to help you and possibly others with getting this done. Check it out here:

Adding a “My Home” menu item to your navigation menu

Hope this helps!

]]> 83be4d87aec89d3bb7dcbac1513006a6 Bowe Frankema wrote a new post https://commonsinabox.org/archives/3329 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:25:29 -0400 ThumbnailOn the CBOX Community forum @Sam asked us the following question:

Is there any way to add a β€˜My Home’ tab in the main menu that would take logged in members back to their own profile page

This short […]

]]> 8b533697ea3d0a9aef8c4a48e71e9bd9 Bowe Frankema wrote a new post https://commonsinabox.org/archives/3271 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:12:08 -0400 ThumbnailThe Commons in a Box theme comes with a cool set of icons that enhance the user experience for your users. These icons are rendered with an so called icon-font and these are now widely used on the web. There are […]

]]> 280ef1337e8c6a23d229eff17b36e860 Bowe Frankema wrote a new post https://commonsinabox.org/archives/3324 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:08:26 -0400 We strongly advise you to NEVER make changes to the CBOX Theme in any way. You will lose all these changes when you update CBOX and you’ll end up with a big headache maintaining the theme over time.

It’s good […]

]]> 862905e00548b7c8ba7dae279da08fa6 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic My Home in Main Menu in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/my-home-in-main-menu/#post-3320 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 21:42:26 -0400 Hi Sam,

Don’t you have the WP Admin bar enabled? Just like on this site you would have a nice user menu on the top right of every page. I think that makes the most sense from an UX standpoint. If you really […]

]]> 37a6ad58d3efcda1b7d58f9ae58b5727 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Private group forum posts visible in public feed in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/private-group-forum-posts-visible-in-public-feed/#post-3301 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:33:41 -0400 Hi Lucas,

This seems to be a BBPress 2 issue (and a serious one). Here’s a fix that will disable the creation of BBPress feeds entirely. Hopefully they’ll fix this in the next BBPress release.

Add the […]

]]> 93d99c432c3c173bc32c3ddf3ec4bcf6 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Internet Explorer in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/internet-explorer/#post-3298 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:57:51 -0400 Which version of IE are you using?

]]> a2d56891fb50db721589665372a70476 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Slider issue with latest update in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/slider-issue-with-latest-update/#post-3297 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:56:45 -0400 The next version will also have a new auto resizing feature that will make this a problem of the past. You can even set a custom image width and height. It will be pretty cool πŸ™‚

]]> 8b54edc1ac6d6ec630bf67168ede15b1 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Slider Images bug after CBOX 1.0.5 install in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/slider-images-bug-after-cbox-1-0-5-install/#post-3289 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:21:00 -0400 Hi there,

We are working on fixing the slider and pushing out a fix as soon as possible. Sorry for the trouble!

]]> 1ee226830626017239659e4835cc03d7 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Slider issue with latest update in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/slider-issue-with-latest-update/#post-3288 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:47:52 -0400 Hi @1two3,

One of the most requested features we’ve received was the ability to add HTML to the slide captions. We’ve added some code that does this, but this means that it ALSO adds the html for stuff like […]

]]> 62a12282d419c9de5ec590c8cbd05d64 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Translating Commons In A Box in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/translating-commons-in-a-box/#post-3278 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:11:26 -0400 Hi guys,

This is certainly one of our main priorities for the next major release. Sorry for the trouble!

]]> 5a87f3186a76db633ab601d852350598 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Unable to secure privacy in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/unable-to-secure-privacy/#post-3277 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:09:39 -0400 Hi guys,

The “Private Community” ONLY protects BuddyPress pages. It will not trigger on regular WordPress posts or pages. Hence why it’s included under the BuddyPress options. I will clear this up in the next […]

]]> f0b159e8b8a9afdcfb1b193e656b880b Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Internet Explorer in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/internet-explorer/#post-3270 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:02:47 -0400 Hi Sam,

Sorry to hear some of your members are having issues on the site. We have tested CBOX on all major browsers and while IE might have some smaller layout quirks, nothing should be broken or unusable. It […]

]]> dbd6d70cb29f7398e71d3466b04d7093 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Cleaning up the slider in the forum CBOX Developers https://commonsinabox.org/groups/cbox-developers/forum/topic/cleaning-up-the-slider/#post-3269 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:48:34 -0400 Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve begun on improving the slider. Here’s some of the stuff I’m working on or has already been implemented

Cleaner code
Dropped Flexslider for BXSlider for better cross […]

]]> 1e5e11796f9afe68bcd286535ae1cf81 Bowe Frankema joined the group CBOX Developers https://commonsinabox.org/activity/p/3066 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:46:22 -0400 d307c98101c260688622e9109a41bb23 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Is it good to follow this instructions? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/is-it-good-to-follow-this-instructions/#post-2689 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:32:03 -0400 This fixed the issue for sure.. We’ll push out an update as soon as possible for everyone else. Sorry for the trouble!

]]> 10f48668d3beea74c96223af6f02f2ae Bowe Frankema replied to the topic alternative theme? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/alternative-theme/#post-2688 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:01 -0400 CBOX should work with any theme really πŸ™‚ I’ve used it with other BuddyPress themes without a problem!

]]> 4aa9e3500d48ce7bee7effbaa005e5f4 Bowe Frankema replied to the topic Cbox Theme on WPMultisite problem in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/cbox-theme-on-wpmultisite-problem/#post-2294 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:39:43 -0400 Hi Dirk,

There is a reason because CBOX does not load these sidebars for sub sites in Multisite. We made this decision because normally in a Multisite installation you would have one main community hub (with […]

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