Just found this plugin: http://buddydev.com/plugins/limit-groups-per-user/installation/
While it stops members creating groups (if set to zero) the button still appears, so I can imagine members frantically clicking it wondering why a new group isn’t being created.
Also tried this one: http://bp-tricks.com/coding/manage-group-creation-by-creating-a-group-request-form/
but couldn’t figure how to make it work.
Good idea about altering the CSS to hide the button (although it would probably hide it from me as well).
Harty
@Harty, i think you can just hide group creation button withh css, pending the time you will find a permanent solution.
regards
@Boone
I’m a bit dense on the coding side…
What would the code be to exclude a single user by ID?
Thanks!
Going through the forums and having spent hours searching the net, I can’t see any current up to date plugin that prevents group creation. I have also tried a few codes in php files with no positive result.
Unless I am missing something, this feature is sought after by many bp users.
PS – this is what I’ve got:
BuddyPress: 1.2.9
BP_ROOT_BLOG: standard
MySQL: 5.0.91
Permalinks: month and name : http://youngrens.com/index.php/2011/09/sample-post/
PHP: 5.2.11
WordPress: 3.2.1
WordPress multisite: no
Change the permissions to 664 and see if it makes a difference. (You haven’t given enough info to know if 644 is ok.)
Thanks @DJPaul – you got my issue in one – I need to keep user avatars functionality, but disable group avatars and the creation step… so many thanks for your answer on this one;)
Just to clarify, in-case someone comes across this issue – here is how I bundled Paul’s tidy code into a function (this is in my bp-custom.php file in /plugins)
`
function my_bp_remove_group_steps_init() {
global $bp;
unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps );
}
add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘my_bp_remove_group_steps_init’, 10 );
`
The code above will remove the avatar step in group creation, and the ‘step numbers’ will respect that this has been removed – neat and exactly what I needed!
You may also use the following to remove the group settings and group invites in the same function – although I have not done any testing on these:
`unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps );`
`unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps );`
I am having the exact same problem with beta 3. I have checked all the permissions and they are 644. Don’t know what to do. I run a site with 1.2.9 and my users are complaining about it. I was testing 1.5 to see if it would be better. I’m going to have to move to another software soon. If someone knows how to fix this issue I would love the help because I love WordPress and would like to stay with it.
The notifications component is not really set up to do this. Notifications get deleted after they are seen, instead of just being marked as read. There is a column called ‘is_new’, which you could probably manipulate to do what you’re trying to do, though it’d take a fair amount of fishing through the codebase to make sure that you caught every attempted deletion and replaced it with a mark-as-read. Then you’d need to create the markup for the notification history page (which would be straightforward).
This is a pretty good suggestion for a future enhancement. I encourage you to open a ticket on trac.buddypress.org, ideally with a patch 
@naijaping you’re probably best creating the logo in the size you want it to display and creating a .png with a transparent background – you should try not to use css to change the size of it
Yes, but people don’t read the rules, they are useful so they you can remove posts later, but it won’t completely stop them. I do restrict group creation now, but I wouldn’t have wanted to start the site that way.
@ewebber, thanks for the info.
@harty, in response to ewebber’s recent post, I would consider what she did with her site: establish terms and conditions per her About page, and for those businesses that want to advertise, provide a mechanism for that to happen. This will be inline with a “pull” vs “push” strategy which is what I believe you’re going for.
Ok, didn’t notice it earlier but somehow one of the links brought me to your other site and all links were working http://jaws.my/demo/kashnkrissy2/members/admin/
It’s not BuddyPress that’s directly causing the redirect but rather most likely something in your .htaccess file wherein you’re trying to map the ladykashandkrissy.com domain onto jaws.my/demo/kashnkrissy2.
You could try the domain mapping plugin if you’re on multisite or better yet, uninstall BuddyPress and find resolution for your domain mapping first at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting before installing BuddyPress.
@harty is this in response to the email that you sent me?
For the benefit of the forum, the question came from:
I am building a similar site in new Zealand and wonder if you can tell me how you separated out and formatted the local business section.
So far, my site has attracted people who create groups as adverts for their business, which is very disappointing.
How do you manage this?
I think there is a plugin that can do it, or you can use php if statements to choose who sees what.
A real developer can correct me if that’s not a great way to do it.
Hi. Where are the controls so I can stop members from creating groups?
Thanks,
Steve
@ewebber, thanks. That looks like it would work. Hopefully, it’s compatible with BP 1.5.
BuddyPress doesn’t use Facebook’s wall idea. It’s more like Twitter; you need to @mention them. The default theme has a “public message” button when viewing another user’s profile; this is a shortcut and it provides the @mention for you.
BuddyPress doesn’t follow Facebook’s idea of a wall. It’s more of a Twitter model. You need to @mention them.
@mercime, I dont know why this is not working for me, i tried the above code but just show a small broken icon.
here is my code
<h1 id="logo"><a href="" title=""><img src="_inc/images/2.jpg" /></a></h1>
any help will be appreciated
regards
i have tried to disabled the activity stream form the buddypress setting, but then what i got is only the header with the blank white content T____T
ya ya…it still not resolved 
you guys have any idea?
hmm a post box on every wall? maybe something happened to mine? It is not there even when I switch to the buddypress default theme. I will do some more testing. Thanks for a response always appreciated!
@h32 with a lot of hard work tapping into the local community in various ways
