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Or enable this plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-admin-bar/
It turns up the good, and turns down the suck.
That sounds like a WordPress Multisite (sub-domain setup) with Buddypress running as front-end. The Buddypress main domain would be where you host your General content, then host the more specific content on the subdomain blogs. @Bowromir over at http://bp-tricks.com/ has always been a proponent of the subdomain blog having a similar look to the main blog, and as such has created a Multisite WordPress default theme: http://bp-tricks.com/featured/new-theme-bp-default-member-blog-multisite-communties/
You could then use a functionality like http://wpebooks.com/replicator/ to create the basic layout of one specific site you need (with the look and feel you want), then replicate that site multiple times, adding the specifics for each city.
Join Group will only appear with groups that you have set up as “Public”. Private Groups will have a “Request Membership” button, and hidden groups will appear for you as an admin, and for users that are already members, but will otherwise not appear.
As the Admin/Creator of the group, you won’t see any of these buttons. Try logging in as a reg subscriber.
Sorry. I just re-read your initial question. That plugin from buddydev won’t help you in that case, but the code @modemlooper pointed you to will.
If it’s not there you can create it. It’s not there by default, so if you haven’t added any customizations before, you won’t find it. Just create a bp-custom.php file in the plugins folder (it will be one of the few files in a directory of “folders”), and add the code you want. Don’t forget to add the <?php tag before the config lines @modemlooper has pointed you to here. Another option might be this plugin http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-redirect-to-profile/ . I’m not sure if it’s been updated for 1.5, but @Brajesh is great about updating things, so I assume it works.
You can limit access to forums by putting them behind private groups. By default, your members have the ability to post on the activity stream, but limiting access to groups, either by setting the Buddypress Admin panel to only allow Admins to create groups, or by using the Limit Group Creation plugin, you can keep your users out of certain forums.
Currently there is no out-of-the-box way to allow read-only access to a buddypress install; but given that it’s a SOCIAL network, it isn’t really a logical functionality to have: seems anti-social.
When you say “make a post on the site” are you talking about a Blog post in a WordPress Multisite install, or an Activity Stream update? A blog post from a user will create a hyperlink on the Activity Stream that will go directly to that blog, but very much like on this site, if you click directly on the avatar of the user in question, you should be taken to their profile page, on which you will see a “Friend” button, a “Private Message” button etc.
Ensure that you have activated all of these items in the Network Admin/Buddypress Panel. It is possible that you have friend connections; private messages; profiles; etc turned off. Here’s a nice tutorial on setting up Buddypress 1.5 http://wpmu.org/the-illustrated-guide-to-installing-and-setting-up-buddypress-1-5/comment-page-1/
functions.php lives in your theme folder, but bp-custom.php is a file you may have (or may need to create) within your wp-contents/plugins folder; it is not part of your theme.
You might what to look at something like this: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bowe-codes/ to help you easily post that information in multiple areas.
Invite Anyone does have email functionality, but one of it’s key features is exactly what you are looking for. As the admin of a group (hidden or otherwise), you will see an invite members button that allows you to comb through and checkmark a list of users, or start typing their username in an autocomplete textfield to send invitations. Users receive a notification when they have been invited.
I use this with Friends turned off (I use BP-Followers instead)
BP 1.5 supports custom menus. The 1.2 series does not, and would require some further annoying magic.
Contact your host. Even the cheapest shared hosting platforms provide some form of ftp access. A VPS would definitely have an FTP address you could access to upload files.
If the buddypress community that you are a part of is public, you could just create a link to your profile, either by adding it to the Links Menu in your WP dashboard and enabling the Blogroll widget on the sidebar, or by creating a custom menu with a custom URL, and — if your theme supports custom menus — throw it up top in your theme, or use the Custom Menu widget and put it in the sidebar.
The URL to your profile will be something like domain.com/members/”your-user-name/
Visit your Profile and copy and past the URL that appears.
Your third option is a plugin like this: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-profile-widget-for-blogs/ I’m not sure if this still works, but it does what you want.
This is a different plugin than the one that @mercime has mentioned in his response to your query. It may be that the plugin that you are using has not been updated for the new Site Admin vs. Network Admin interface. This change occurred on WP 3.1. You will note that the plugin that you are referencing hasn’t been updated for a while, and suggests compatibility up to 3.0, but not 3.1. This has a tendency to erase menu items, because that “Network” menu you are searching for no longer exists, and has been replaced by a Network Admin Dashboard.
Try the http://wpmututorials.com/news/new-features/multiple-buddypress-social-networks/ mentioned above. You may have more luck.
Have you tried changing back to the default buddypress theme? A number of those errors sound like they could be created by a theme that isn’t rendering properly? You could re-create a theme very similar to what you are currently using with a child theme of the default buddypress theme: https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
Check under Settings / General to see what has been input in the Site Title field.
The “Blogs” button you would normally see in the bp-default theme only exists on a multisite installation. There are no “blogs” on a single install; only one “blog”. In order to see the blogposts created on the main blog (the only blog in your case), you would need to go to the Profile page and use the filter on the Activity Stream to view only Blog Posts.
In order for your users to register sites, you need to enable Multi-site. Once that’s done, you should be able to go into the Network Admin menu in the top right corner. From there, Settings on the Left has a Registration Settings area to Allow New Registrations. The available radio buttons allow you to decide whether your users can register Sites. This also enables the “Create A Blog!” option in the BuddyBar along the top.
On the root site (where buddypress is installed I assume), I would leave the General Setting as subscriber. Your users will be Admin on their own blogs, but you don’t want them messing about with your root blog.
Looks like it’s a result of the Group Hierarchy plugin. When that’s disabled, the “no mods” label is replaced by the avatar/s of the moderators.
Did you solve this? I’m getting the same issue on my WP 3.1.2/BP 1.2.8, but not on an install of WP 3.0.5/BP 1.2.8
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Maybe I should clarify this further. I’m looking for a way to send a notification out to all of the members of my site from within the site (I know I can send out a group email, but I’d rather be able to send an admin message in some sort of @everyone way) Perhaps there is a plugin for this I can’t find, or perhaps I’m asking for something that doesn’t exist.
Thanks @r-a-y. Should have mentioned the plugins I was running: yours being one.
This might be an odd workaround. But Tweetstream activated on your BP install, could receive updates from Twitter. Twitter can receive updates posted via email through posterous.com. It’s a lot of steps, but posterous will aggregate an email sent to post@posterous.com to whatever services you set up. It’s not exactly elegant, but it would work.
