"Friends > Pending" subnav page needed

[foxly]

Latest versions of WP and BP.

If a user sends a friendship request to another user on a BP install running on the primary blog of a multisite WP install, the second user never receives that request.

To replicate:

1) Install the latest versions of WP and BP.
2) Upgrade the WP install to operate in multisite mode.
3) Create a test user and activate their account.
4) Set BP to the default theme.
5) Log in and log out on both the admin user and the test user. Clear browser caches.
6) Log in as the test user and send a friend request to the admin user. Clear browser cache.
7) Login as the admin user and view friend requests. The friend request from the test user will not appear in the list.

Can somebody else see if they can replicate this defect?

[foxly]

I have tested this on a production site and the defect doesn't happen, so this seems to be limited to my local install. Possibly caching related.

I'll investigate further and report back.

[foxly]

The UI in BP's friends component tripped me up earlier today because of a defect in our UI.

The root problem is the UI doesn't differentiate between the sender and the recipient of a friend request, and display that context in the UI.

Example:

Let's say "admin" sends a friend request to "test01", then both of them visit each other's profiles. Referring to "example-01.jpg" we can see its impossible to tell which user sent the other user the friend request.

Now let's say both users visit Members->Friends->Requests. Referring to "example-02.jpg" when "admin" views their requests list, there's no indication at all that they sent a friend request to "test01". When "test01" visits their requests list, they correctly see a friend request with the option to accept or reject the invitation.

Solution:

As demonstrated in "example-03.jpg", the UI should use unambiguous language on friendship action buttons when viewing user profiles. It should add should display pending friend requests on the initiating user's requests screen.

-F

[DJPaul]

Let's improve this screen in 1.7 with the theme compatibility work.

[johnjamesjacoby]

No patch; punting to 1.8.

[r-a-y]

The "Friends > Requests" tab is for people that have requested the logged-in user as a friend, so we shouldn't touch that.

I think what we need here is a new subnav item so a logged-in user can view the friendships that they have initiated, but are pending. We should call this new page, "Pending" or "Invitations". "Invitations" might be a better name, but might have some connotations with the Groups component (for better or worse).

Renaming ticket title to be more reflective.

[DJPaul]

We're closing this ticket because it has not received any contribution or comments for at least two years. We have decided that it is better to close tickets that are good ideas, which have not gotten (or are unlikely to get) contributions, rather than keep things open indefinitely. This will help us share a more realistic roadmap for BuddyPress with you.

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