If you are using WordpPress multisite by default anyone signing up to example1.com will be able to log-in to example3.com –
But by default he will only be able to see his own profile. You will then have to manually change his role to at least subscriber for him to participate/see BuddyPress on example3.com
If you don’t have a developer you can try this plugin to automatically assign a subscriber role on example3.com to each new user registered elsewhere
https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-user-management
Good luck!
Well, here is a question on top of that. What if I only have BuddyPress activated on one website within the network (it is NOT network activated right now). Do I need to network activate it for the steps your proposed to work?
The reason I haven’t network activated it is because when people would log in to their account on http://www.example1.com that site would then have BuddyPress on it (BuddyPress would use the face of that website to display content). I don’t want that happening. I want them led to http://www.example3.com (this one has buddy press) for anything involving BuddyPress because the theme is formatted to work well with BuddyPress.
@robertnorcross I thought I would comment because I understand how difficult to attempt to put all the pieces together. I feel you because have encountered similar issues with understanding how to create /separate / map to others domains however it would be most useful to understand your bigger picture of how it flows contextual for your sites.
I.E what is example1.com, example2.com, example3.com (buddypress community)relate in context and/or content.
1. Do they relate or more about styling/theme.
2. Do you want the users database to be separate from the over all install.
3. Why, What & Who is the purpose Of your community.
All the following could best help the community in understanding of what you attempting to create additionally the logic behind your websites so that we can point you to either plugins, resources and/or references.
It’s simply extremely hard to help when everything is so ambiguous.
Good note. http://www.example1.com is an online book store and it uses the WooCommerce plugin. http://www.example2.com is a website for prayer leaders, specific to a denomination of religion and
http://www.example3.com (this one has buddy press) is a website for prayer leaders, that is not specific to a denomination.
The idea is that the user will have one login – so that when they check their orders on http://www.example1.com (online book store) they have the same login as http://www.example2.com and http://www.example3.com. The other idea, and the main one of all, is that http://www.example2.com (a website for prayer leaders, specific to a denomination of religion) and http://www.example3.com (this one has buddy press) [website for prayer leaders, that is not specific to a denomination] – these two, when a user logs in, would both feed into the website that has BuddyPress. So, one login overall on the entire network and one BuddyPress location. I don’t need any separation on the websites like, accounts or separate forums, BuddyPress profiles, etc.
I’m looking for one login. I’m looking also for a way that if a user logs into http://www.example1.com (online book store) or http://www.example2.com and they are trying to access anything involving BuddyPress (which is on http://www.example3.com), that they are sent to that site. Right now when if I network activate BuddyPress they can use the same login no matter what website they are on, but if they click on their profile or anything like that they stay on the current website and BuddyPress takes the face of that website. However, If they do that on mine I want them taken from one of the sites and sent to http://www.example3.com (this one has buddy press).
Is this possible?
@robertnorcross Just to let you know I am just learning to figure so of these out. So this is what I think I understand it works:
multisite install by default allows users to login with same info.
you may also want to post over on wordpress support forum for multisite.
I was reading so article & now don’t remember that subscriber on multisite don’t automatically become members which confuse me know.
I am pretty sure there is probably login redirect plugin but haven’t used any to recommend.
I am also unfamiliar with commerce sites but do you want to redirect someone before they complete their purchase to buddypress.
I think multisite forum may be could more helpful and to be honest I thinking of just going back to single installs & migrate later. I have multiple sites like you too with various focused it has been challenge wrapping my head around it all.
