[tommyhoang]

i want to disable the function that makes users auto join a group when they post something within that group. i noticed that this site doesnt have that function either and we are free to post anywhere without joining.

@sbrajesh, sorry i didnt know how else to contact you. i tried using your rescue me from groups plugin and it doesnt work for me. i also tried creating a bp-custom.php in the plugins folder and adding the line: define(‘BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN’,true); – but that doesnt work either. in fact that line replaces the admin bar at the top of my site.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN is part of BuddyPress core. It ought to work.

[tommyhoang]

thats the only line i put into the bp-custom.php file. does that affect anything? and im pretty sure i put the bp-custom file in the right place.

[@mercime]

== adding the line: define(‘BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN’,true); – but that doesnt work either. in fact that line replaces the admin bar at the top of my site. ==

@tommyhoang Your bp-custom.php should contain not only that line but also the opening and closing tags.

`<?php

define(‘BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN’,true);

?>`

bp-custom.php should be uploaded in plugins folder => wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php

[tommyhoang]

@mercime, thanks for the help. although when i post as a test user, i don’t automatically join the group. BUT the phrase “You will auto join this group when you reply to this topic.” still appears.

any tips on getting rid of that?

[ewebber]

@tommyhoang you can remove that line from the relevant file in your child theme, probably something like groups> forum> single.php although you’ll need to check that file name

[tommyhoang]

awesome suggestion ewebber. i found that line in the file forum.php located in bp-default/groups/single/. i made a copy of the folders and file into my child theme: childtheme/groups/single/forum.php. and i deleted the line “You will auto join when you create a new topic”.

my users now don’t auto join when creating a new topic and the message is no longer there. HOWever, my users still auto join to the group when replying to a topic, and the message “You will auto join this group when you reply to this topic” is still there and it still works.

i thought the custom.php command would disable both of them. but apparently it only disabled the new topic auto join and not the new post auto join.

[tommyhoang]

thanks for the help btw @ewebber

[tommyhoang]

bump for more help?

[@mercime]

@tommyhoang use language file to change the text or add this to your functions.php file
`class Tommys_Translation_Mangler {
function filter_gettext($translation, $text, $domain) {
$translations = &get_translations_for_domain( $domain );
if ( $text == ‘You will auto join this group when you reply to this topic.’ ) {
return $translations->translate( ‘Feel free to reply.’ );
}
return $translation;
}
}
add_filter(‘gettext’, array(‘Tommys_Translation_Mangler’, ‘filter_gettext’), 10, 4);`

Reference: http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2010/01/02/mangling-strings-for-fun-and-profit/

[tommyhoang]

@mercime, yeah im not sure what thats suppose to do. but as soon as i log out of admin, i get a bunch of error messages saying cannot modify header etc.

im still trying to disable the autojoin function. the code define(‘BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN’,true);
only disables the autojoin when starting a new topic. the autojoin for post reply is still active.

[@mercime]

@tommyhoang “headers already sent error” usually means that there’s space before the opening “ tags required in functions.php just like it is in bp-custom.php

What the code above does is to replace the text string “You will auto join this group when you start a new topic.” to something else like ‘Feel free to reply.’ You could also leave the replacement text as blank by not adding text and just space between ‘ ‘

[tommyhoang]

@mercime, but it doesnt change the fact that my members are still autojoining the group when they reply to a post. the original code only disables the autojoin when starting a new topic.

[tommyhoang]

HOLY SMOKES! i figured it out, the bp-custom.php file mustve been corrupted because i deleted and simply tried to replace the code. and now it works!!!

thanks for all the help @mercime!!!!

[@mercime]

Cheers

[genuinesmile29]

@tommyhoang what did you do to get this working? I’ve got bp-custom.php in place but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. I just created the file using my ftp client. Is there a particular way I need to add the file in order for BuddyPress to recognize it?

[genuinesmile29]

I’ve done some more testing and it looks like the super admin for the blog can post to groups without becoming a member but no one else can. As soon as I use a test account to post to a forum that account gets auto added to the group.

It seems like a major assumption on BuddyPress’ part that people will always want to auto join groups….why didn’t they even think to make this an option?

[genuinesmile29]

Is this method deprecated? I can’t find the constant BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN mentioned anywhere in the buddy press core…

[genuinesmile29]

Went into the plugin code and found the lines relevant to auto joining (lines 29-30 of bp-forums-screens.php and I don’t see anything regarding BP_DISABLE_AUTO_GROUP_JOIN so I’m guessing it was removed some time in the last 11 months. I commented out those two lines and my test users no longer auto join when posting new topics or replying. I realize I may have to redo this if BuddyPress gets updated in the future…