Sure enough, @peeld, your code A) set FORUMS as the default tab, and 
broke the activity updates! Thanks for the help!
I don’t actually mind losing the activity updates, but I’m sure most folks’ projects could benefit from a solution here that didn’t break that function.
Anyone have input here?
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@jloc14 You could wrap the activity-loop.php of a child theme with an if statement which checks to see if the user is logged in. At the very top above the first opening php tag in the activity-loop.php copy and paste this:
`You must be logged in to view this sites activity. Click here to sign up.`
Then after the last line of code in the activity-loop.php copy and paste this:
“
Just replace the URL with your websites domain and save the file. It will keep non-members from viewing the activity stream and the link will direct them to the registration page. Its not a perfect solution but it is a quick fix. To add a basic friend check follow this tutorial by Sarah Gooding here: http://wpmu.org/how-to-add-profile-privacy-to-buddypress/
Hope this helps!
@maryefern strange situation, only encountered this way back BP 1.0. :
1. Check MySQL version. WP requires MySQL version 5.0 or greater. If you cannot find the version, ask your webhost.
2. If you have version 5.0 or greater, download zip files of WordPress and BuddyPress, then manually re-upload (via FTP/File Manager) WP and BP files to server in respective directories
So, I’m hijacking this thread because for the life of me I cannot figure out how to start a new thread to answer my question! How do I start a new thread on buddypress.org??
@Dwenaus, did you happen to create the plugin that can rate anything? I was looking to use it on my website.
I ended up removing buddypress all together.
Why would you want to set a body ID?
Wouldn’t you want to set the title?
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my buddypress title`
My problem is that no matter where I am in forums and conversations, the page title is always just Groups.
they appear unused and not working.
right. One way they’re not working is that they don’t even report the right info. I don’t recall which it was, but I ran one of those functions, and it was printing Private in a public group.
I’m not sure what you mean “are you sure you’ve setup your $group variable correctly?”. In my thinking, BuddyPress sets it up, not me; I’m just trying to reference it. I copied that $group->status setup out of the definition for bp_get_group_type() in bp-groups-template.php.
I’ll give a whirl to the `bp_get_group_type()`, since that demonstrably at least produces the correct group visibility level; my trick will be to use its output in a conditional.
Ok, so `bp_group_type` is what prints text to the page, `bp_get_group_type` seems to summon the text as a returned value (which bp_group_type() uses for its printing)
SUCCESS!
`<?php if (bp_get_group_type()== "Public Group")
print “foo”
?>
<?php if (bp_get_group_type()== "Private Group")
print “bar”
?>`
On a private group, I saw foo outputted and no bar. So it works.
It feels less than elegant. It would be more elegant to just use the variables that bp_get_group_type() calls. But for now, it works.
Thanks, @RogerCoathup, for the guidance 
Could I clarify where you are looking as http://testbp.org/groups/twitter/ is my assumption and as you can see that filter works for replies. My guess is that perhaps this is a theme issue – have you checked on that page you don’t have any scripting errors?
Alternatively if you could provide a link that would help a little or maybe you are able to test the default BuddyPress theme? I know it’s not a direct answer but it’s hard to guess without knowing a little more about your site.
After poking around for a bit I found this link : https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#system-server
That clearly states Apache with mod_rewrite is required to run BuddyPress. So sorry for the unnecessary post and I’m off to have a look at bbPress and possibly Mingle.
Cheers,
Logically bp_get_group_is_public() is the function you want to use —
That said, I can’t find anywhere in the core code where is_public is getting set, or getting used in the default theme. @djpaul – is this a set of functions that should be stripped out – they appear unused and not working.
Instead, the default template makes use of bp_get_group_type(), which in turn uses the $group->status attribute (as you’ve tried). In your case, are you sure you’ve setup your $group variable correctly?
I am a new Buddypress user but in a very short time, our site has had numerous spammers join. This is a significant problem limiting the potential of the system. I have just 21 users and have had to remove 4 of them as spammers. What happens with 2100 users? Removing spammers will be a fulltime role and that would seem to defeat the purpose of a self-maintained website and social media community.
Your plugin was actually the first thing I tried when I noticed the problem. It’s still running on my site with the core links in the order I chose, however, it’s not seeming to put them in any order.
I was going to try and sleep on it then try to figure it out, but I can’t get to sleep knowing I have this problem. It’s my bit of OCD I suppose.
I think the main problem is that the Gantry for BuddyPress and RocketTheme template framework removes a lot of the WordPress code and replaces it with standard html in their own files. Not sure if that makes any sense… lack of sleep and all.
I didn’t know if there was any way to use a bp-custom.php to manually make the changes to the core or the additional plugin links?
Thanks for the reply. Hopefully I can think better one I get some shut-eye.
@r-a-y Thank you so much! That will be really useful to know when trying to modify things further.
Try my BuddyPress Extended Settings plugin, to see if it works with your custom setup. I will be adding a way to specify tabs that get added via plugins. Right now plugin only includes core tabs
It’s not a perfect solution but have you look at gravity forms for registation forms and BuddyPress? http://www.gravityforms.com/
It’s tricky to say not having a link to your site as a starting point to consider things. It could be that some plugin or even your theme is interfering with the links working. Probably a good starting point would be to re-save your permlinks (this probably isn’t the issue but a good check) under settings.
Then look to see if any redirect / plugins are interacting. If you are able (and you may not be able to on a live site) set to the BuddyPress default theme and see if that solves the issue. Could you have added any custom code to the theme?
Yes, BuddyPress and multisite do work together and you can have one login.
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@juanmaguerrero Hi! I was just curious if you have had any luck packaging your “auto load more” code snippet as a plugin? It would be an awesome contribution to the buddypress community. Thanks and best regards!
Cool start, you’ve posted this in the gallery section so probably for your questions you would get more responses if you put them each in a post in one of the other forums. For instance the ‘Creating and Extending’ for customisation or ‘Installing BuddyPress’ for setting up, or ‘How-To and Troubleshooting’ for any issues and after set up.
As far as commenting on the site I’d love to see the front page show more of the community within. I always think it’s a shame to just have a wall of text when you land on a community. Maybe expand on the logo styling and rough up (for want of a better design term) the other elements. I’m a sucker for a bit of personality in a site and think considering your topic you could do that fairly easily.
It’s a standard WordPress question, rather than BuddyPress specific.
Have a look at some of the actions on new user registration in WordPress – you would simply need to hook a function onto the appropriate action, and write to your alternative database in that function.
If you are not familiar with ‘action’ programming in WordPress, take a look at Codex documentation, there is plenty of info in there.
