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OK got the types wrong and got to=he info from the table in phpmyadmin

Anyway this code works in ones custom function.php

// Filter bbPress from updating activity stream
function imath_activity_dont_save( $activity_object ) {
$exclude = array( 'bbp_topic_create', 'bbp_reply_create');

// if the activity type is empty, it stops BuddyPress BP_Activity_Activity::save() function
if( in_array( $activity_object->type, $exclude ) )
$activity_object->type = false;

}

add_action('bp_activity_before_save', 'imath_activity_dont_save', 10, 1 );

I just tried that and it doesn’t prevent bbPress from updating the Activity stream 🙁

@sharmavishal: It doesn’t seem to work for me
I put Blocked Activity Types:
new_forum_topic, new_forum_post
and the bbPress topics and replies still go thru

@naijaping and anyone, what should the code be? Like this? :

// Filter bbPress from updating activity stream
function imath_activity_dont_save( $activity_object ) {
$exclude = array( 'new_forum_topic', 'new_forum_post');

// if the activity type is empty, it stops BuddyPress BP_Activity_Activity::save() function
if( in_array( $activity_object->type, $exclude ) )
$activity_object->type = false;

}

add_action('bp_activity_before_save', 'imath_activity_dont_save', 10, 1 );

@palmdoc, @benny390

You can try @imath solution and edit it accordingly to include bbpress.

/* beginning of the code to paste in the functions.php of your active theme */

‘function imath_activivity_dont_save( $activity_object ) {
// friendship_created is fired when a member accepts a friend request
// joined_group is fired when a member joins a group.
$exclude = array( ‘friendship_created’, ‘joined_group’);

// if the activity type is empty, it stops BuddyPress BP_Activity_Activity::save() function
if( in_array( $activity_object->type, $exclude ) )
$activity_object->type = false;

}

‘add_action(‘bp_activity_before_save’, ‘imath_activivity_dont_save’, 10, 1 );’

I also tried the plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-block-activity-stream-types/
but it seems it’s an orphaned one not updated for a couple of years
What I really hope to do is to prevent bbPress new topics and replies from appearing in the Activity stream – it’s really quite redundant I feel

Help anyone?

I am experiencing this same problem, but oddly (and significantly, I suspect) not every group redirects to the forums.

This makes me think it is not theme related, but maybe an upgrade problem caused by a database key not flipping. Possible?

Also, I am not using the “Howdy Bar.” I am using BBPress 2.5.3

Check this one too

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-email-notifications/

Have you tried asking in the bbPress support forums?
https://bbpress.org/forums/

This sounds like something that can be achieved without multisite.You can use Buddypress Groups and bbPress running as a forum for each group to achieve the discussion / chat.

Each project could become a BuddyPress Private Group with its own forum / docs.

If you want a seperate blog for each project then that would require multisite,but one blog categorised by project could achieve the same thing without the additional comlexity.

I am not using BuddyPress for a forum. I am using BuddyPress for only volunteer groups on my website. I am just getting started with that. I tried to control access to the Group Page by WordPress Member Role… and running into issues. I see that persons want role control for reasons probably like mine. My site is a team membership site, it is not open to the general public. It’s not the vision of a community forum that I think persons are trying to force from their own vision of what a BuddyPress site “should be like”. 🙂 It’s like they are trying to force a square into round hole thinking that there should be no admin management by WordPress user role. 🙂 They’re thinking of an “open community”… and this is a closed community. If persons registered to my site and went to become member of a team in my team group… they would mess up my whole site and all of my volunteer structure. Not just anyone can join a volunteer team in my site.

So, enough said about why the BuddyPress vision of everyone is equal and should have power on a hosted website hosted by an individual for a specific cause… just is not a conducive philosophy to my website and my group creation.

But, here is a plug-in. I have reasons why it conflicts a bit with other things I am using… and I am not ready to implement this. But, check it out please…

http://presspermit.com/wp-content/uploads/PP-RS-Feature-Grid.pdf

– BuddyPress group as Permission Group

is an option on both the free and pro version of Permit Plus.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/press-permit-core/faq/

Can Press Permit Pro do everything Role Scoper can do?
Press Permit Pro introduces some important new features, including custom post statuses,

. For most sites, it is a functional equivalent to Role Scoper, with major improvements in UI and performance. A few of Role Scoper’s more obscure features are not currently provided by PP Pro:

HTTP Authentication for feeds
Supplemental roles and restrictions for links defined in wp-admin/link-manager.php
Customization of NextGEN Gallery editing permissions

Role assignment for limited content date range (but membership in custom-defined permission groups can be date-limited)

http://presspermit.com/extensions/

Plugin Extensions:
PP Compatibility Pack
PUBLISHED IN PLUGINS, PRESS PERMIT ON JUNE 7, 2013
PP Compatibility Pack
Adds compatibility and/or integration with bbPress, Relevanssi, CMS Tree Page View, Subscribe2, BuddyPress, WPML, various other plugins. For multisite, provides network-wide permission groups.

Read & Discuss »
PP Circles
PUBLISHED IN PLUGINS, PRESS PERMIT ON JUNE 7, 2013
PP Circles
Visibility Circles and Editorial Circles block access to content not authored by other group members. Any WP Role, BuddyPress Group or custom Group can be marked as a Circle for specified post types.

Read & Discuss »
PP Buddypress Role Groups
PUBLISHED IN PLUGINS, PRESS PERMIT ON JUNE 7, 2013
PP Buddypress Role Groups
Modify any BuddyPress group’s access to specified content. Assign type-specific supplemental roles and post-specific exceptions as with PP-defined groups.

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I haven’t tried these… I am not far enough along in my website construction. Plus, sadly, the role scoper has group request and add… the new version doesn’t… and I am as stubborn as a horse lead to water that won’t drink… when asked to give up a feature I LOVE!! 🙂 I don’t want to give up that group feature I would lose from Role Scoper. So, I have not migrated.

Here’s some solutions for you that you can try, that I have read about.. but I have not tried myself yet.

**The author of these plug-ins ought to be a multi-millionaire… but lacks in sales and marketing skills. 🙂 But, I’m helping him out here for free. lol

Blessings!

Cheers!

Laura Lee

That error isn’t anywhere in bbPress; bbPress’s is:

“ERROR: Your topic needs a title.”

It happens from inside the bbp_new_topic_handler() function, which bails early if the $_POST action is not bbp-new-topic which makes it pretty unlikely you’re seeing a bbPress error under normal circumstances.

Is it possible some other plugin is causing this?

Nope… What you’re referring to is the User Groups component, which can link groups to a specific bbPress (2.x) forum.
Have you tried if it works with bbPress 2.5.3, with all other plugins disabled and using a default theme?

Hi @janiceandcompany, put your question also in the bbPress support forum. I think it’s more likely to find a person with the same problem, and solution, there rather than here.

I tried changing here the forum status and it did stop showing to the general users. Are you logged in as an administrator? Or are you seeing this as a general user?

@halo-diehard
The Group Forums component in BuddyPress has been retired and it is indeed advised to use bbPress (version 2.x).