Buddies plugin - friendship management

Soon after, v 0.3 released 😊 Added reverse buddy check

Does anyone have any code examples for this plugin? Maybe it’s a lack of caffeine, but I’m not completely wrapping my head around how to implement it, formwise.

thx!

Use this to display everyone who the member in question is following based on the member_id in the url…

{exp:buddies:display subject_id="{segment_x}" object_id="{member_id}" type="buddy"}
<a href="http://link_to_profile">{screen_name}</a>
{/exp:buddies:display}

Use this to display who is following the member in question also based on the url…

{exp:buddies:display_reverse subject_id="{segment_3}" object_id="{member_id}" type="buddy"}
<a href="http://link_to_profile">{screen_name}</a><a href="http://link_to_remove_template">remove this buddy from list</a>
{/exp:buddies:display_reverse}

Notice the link next to the “screen_name” variable. It would be best to first determine if the member is looking at their own profile. If they are show the remove link.

Next I put a link on the profile page that appears for every member like this.

<a href="http://link_to_add_buddy_template">Add this member as a buddy</a>

That’s it! very straight forward and easy. All that’s missing is some type of notification when your “buddy” has posted a new entry or comment.

It’s worth noting that a more robust addon that does this is located http://www.brandnewbox.co.uk/products/details/followers/.

Dylan, the plugin usage is pretty straightforward, but it’s easy to mess with subject and object. Subject in the one who DOES (usually logged in user) and object is the one on whom the action is DONE.