Show buddypress notification in the frontend

Question

I've a buddypress website and what I want is to show in the frontend the notification that buddybar have in the backend, but only the notification not all the buddybar.

basically set the notification like facebook....

how can I do that?

Answer 1

Put the following code in your functions.php. If you want a demo i can show you.

// my custom notification menu www.cityflavourmagazine.com

function my_bp_adminbar_notifications_menu() {
global $bp;

if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
    return false;

echo '<li id="top-notification">';
_e( 'Alerts', 'buddypress' );

if ( $notifications = bp_core_get_notifications_for_user( $bp->loggedin_user->id ) ) { ?>
    <span><?php echo count( $notifications ) ?></span>
<?php
}

echo '</a>';
echo '<ul>';

if ( $notifications ) {
    $counter = 0;
    for ( $i = 0; $i < count($notifications); $i++ ) {
        $alt = ( 0 == $counter % 2 ) ? ' class="alt"' : ''; ?>

        <li<?php echo $alt ?>><?php echo $notifications[$i] ?></li>

        <?php $counter++;
    }
} else { ?>

    <li><a href="<?php echo $bp->loggedin_user->domain ?>"><?php _e( 'You have no new alerts.', 'buddypress' ); ?></a></li>

<?php
}

echo '</ul>';
echo '</li>';
}

Use the following code to call it anywhere you like. Note: you can amend the above code as you like

<?php my_bp_adminbar_notifications_menu()?>

Answer 2

Hi not sure if this is what you are trying to do, if you go to http://smeak.com you can see it at work, we split the notifications intro 3, and into a custom toolbar we built for the network. Let me know to see if we can help