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@johnjamesjacoby

Thank you for taking time to answer my question. I know you are very busy with steering ahead BP 2.0.

Q: Can we have the option to ‘disable’ sending activation email in BP 2.0 ?

It will be so helpful to just disable sending activation email if the “Invalid Activation Key” problem still persists.

Thank you again.

Thank you for your response @barney92

Now I am finding that:

* Sometimes the user is able to login using id/pw selected during account registration even if the activation message (after clicking the link in the email) is : Invalid Activation Key

AND

** Other-times the message is still “Invalid Activation Key” and the user is NOT able to login using username/pw created during account registration.

What a mess! It is now 2 weeks and can’t figure out what is going on.

Really need some help here please.

Here is now another phenomenon happening:

1. New user clicks on the account activation email link
2. The activation page displays error: “Invalid Activation Key”
3. User can still login using the username and password selected during account registration

Q: So what is going on here? Does it mean that the account activation email was never needed in the first place?
Or
Does it mean that somehow the account is activated even though the the page displays the error “Invalid Activation Key”?

So how do I fix this issue? Is it possible to disable the activation email?
Is it possible to chnage the “Invalid Activation Key” message to something like the following:
—————————————————————————————-
Now you can login using the username and password you selected during account creation.
—————————————————————————————-

Thank you!

@mycal2

It is an unfortunate situation.
I have rest of the site setup but “Invalid Activation Key” has made me put everything on hold.

It is now 2nd week that I am struggling with this issue with no end in site.
What is more surprising is that this is an old known issue and there is no solution for it.

I appreciate all the help from @henrywright so far.

I am very desperate to find a solution to this so I can open the registration to the site.

Btw, how do I access the key in the database (like your did ** DB Token = 42399c51355ac2303bfbfbd77e2b471f)?
Can you plese give me some simple instructions?

Thank you.

@henrywright

I tried both your suggestions:

1. Yes, I still get the “Invalid Activation Key” error if I copy and paste the link url directly in the browser.

2. Ok, de-activated all plugins except buddypress and clicked the link (also pasted directly to browser) and still same error: Invalid Activation Key

Thank you.

Updates:
1. I just found out that even though clicking the registration email link displays the message “Invalid Activation Key”, I was able to reset the ‘new password’ to the ‘same original’ password using “forgot password” link and login using the new password.

2. Then I created another test user and had exact same error message upon clicking the registration email link: Invalid Activation Key
I ignored this “Invalid Activation Key” error message and this time I was able to login using username/password.

It is very confusing and new users will just give up when they will get the error: Invalid Activation Key

@djpaul

Thanks for the response.

I have tried everything I can think of, including testing with three different new accounts on different days.

I keep getting the same error message: Invalid Activation Key

Q: Can it be possible that BuddyPress (in our case) never stores the code in the database that it send in the registration email link? Perhaps that’s where the mis-match/invalid message is coming from?

I even deactivated all plugins and reinstalled one by one, including BP.

Still same issue: Invalid activation key

Please help.

Note: Everything is latest version such as BP, WP, etc.

Thanks for the advice. I have just changed the theme to Twenty Twelve and the sign up works.

Is there something I should be looking for particularly in the Flexform theme to nut out why it is causing issues with sign up?

In the Twenty Twelve theme once the user receives the email they are prompted to follow a link to activate their account. Upon clicking they are taken to the Activate your Account page. This page says Invalid Activation Key. Is there something else that I am doing wrong?

I have looked through previous threads regarding the Invalid Activation Key and have not worked out what to do with this.

Thanks for your help.

I am using wordpress version 3.5.1

It is a directory install, but it is in a subdirectory.

I did not upgrade wordpress. This was a new install.

I am running buddypress version 1.7.2

I have the following plugins installed and active: bbpress, all in one event calendar, tinymce advanced, buddypress media, jetpack, subtle background patterns, wordpress importer.

I am using a customized theme called “Salutation” which is designed to work with buddypress.

I have not modified the core files and do not have any custom functions.

I am running bbpress version 2.3.2

My host is godaddy.

I am on a linux server.

Thanks – I logged out and then clicked the activation email – returned an invalid key message – same in new browser.

if you look at my site you will see that the pages do not display correctly…how do I rectify this…?

Also, where do I configure the extended profile fields?

I may have to do that. I instructed her to retry registering. This time with a different user name. She succeeded in registering but now this is what is happening to her. This is what she sent me…

“Well, I just tried registering with the user name firefox and it acted like it was going to let me in. I went to email and clicked on the activation link, and the registration came back with a red “invalid registration key.” Also, when my name was listed on your site, (all compliantly in lower case letters, of course) there was a red “delete” after my name. I haven’t checked to see if your site has made good on its implied threat. Dina”

If that strikes any red flags of knowledge, please let me know. Otherwise I may need to contact a developer.

Thank you for attending to this. Your help is appreciated and now I understand what they mean by theme change.
Beau