Welcome Page & BuddyPress problem

[hoopinstructor]

Hi Folks:

So far, S2 is awesome - very clear video instructions.

my site is:
http://www.hoopinstructors.com

here's the problem my client wants to solve:

1. user comes to hoopinstructors.com
2. user logs in using the login fields at the top of the home page (the BuddyPress log in)
3. user is redirected to S2 Welcome page
4. user clicks through to get back to the home page where they started
The first time a new subscriber logs in, this makes sense. Let's load them up with all sorts of information about where to find things on the site, sure. But if a regular, returning user has to pass through this page every time - wasteful clicking, don't you think? Please tell me I misunderstand.

It seems as if the Welcome page is necessary no matter what the user's status (ie, first-time logging in vs, 2nd plus times logging in). Is there a way to modify this setting?

Thanks so much!

best,
Terri

[danceadvantage]

I stumbled across your post while working on my own Buddypress site. I've done a little workaround for this that I thought I'd share. It's not a technical fix but it works for me, maybe it will work for you until a more technical solution is offered.

I decided to make the welcome page feel more like an entrance by putting the Activity Stream on the page. There's ready made code and instructions for making the Activity Stream a page template here: http://millionclues.com/problogging/wor ... -homepage/

However, I still wanted to include a welcome message with the Welcome title and all of that so I took the code from the page.php and grafted it above the Activity Stream template code and then added the template file to the site (per instructions).

So now I was able to have the page with a message, followed by the AS. I kept the message short and sweet, letting members know that if they are new and want to "load up" with all that getting started info (or need a recap), they could click to another page with the details. If they are returning they can just jump in with the activity stream.

Hope that makes sense and is a helpful solution.
Nichelle

[hoopinstructor]

Nichelle, you rock! thank you so much, not only for your solution, but for understanding what I was trying to do...

I am actually deep in figuring out how to create a Video Archives, page, and your suggestion will be my next project this weekend. will let you know how it goes.

thanks again,

Terri

[Jason Caldwell]

Awesome. Thanks for the great tip Nichelle.

On a side note. You can also use Replacement Codes in your Login Welcome Page URL.
About a 1/4 of the way through this video, I walk through how to use %%current_user_level%% in the Login Welcome Page URL, in order to avoid using Advanced Conditionals if you'd prefer.
http://www.s2member.com/paypal-modifica ... ons-video/

[hoopinstructor]

Nicole, I can't thank you enough: I copied and pasted as you advised and the Welcome page works!

later I need to figure out how to limit the amount of archive posts, but for now, I think my client will be happier with this option.

Thank you so much!

best,

Terri

[imjjss]

I have a similiar questiton-- I want to set member's buddypress profile page as Login Welcome Page.
How to do this?

p.s. I already set member's profile as default tab when open a member's url.