I tried Buddypress User Account Type Lite plug in. But it doesnt work either. Nothing is capable of overwriting Buddypress default user capabilities. First I left Elgg because of a stupid “Privacy Access Option” built into it, now I think history is taking a fresh turn. Both scripts are useless for content driven social networks or “should be well moderated sites”
Hey,
As far as I understand, BP1.6 bring support for bbPress 2.x, is that correct?
I tested it myself and it works to some degree. bbPress recognizes that BuddyPress is installed and ask if group forums should be used and which forum should be parent.
If I go to a group admin, it allows me to create a forum (although I must confess that I don’t understand the reason why the parent has to be a forum and not a category, but nvm).
The forum is created and you can find it under the normal forum hierarchy.
However, if you go back to the group and look under forums, it says the group doesn’t have any forums. Also, the posts in the forum does not register as activity in the forum.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that in the settings for BP it still refers to bbPress 1.x when trying to use an existing forum for setup.
Finally, is it or will it, be possible to move already created forums into the BuddyPress group forums, once they work that is.
Good job though, really looking forward to 1.6 live.
What is the general purpose for Friends in BuddyPress? We have been using and activating them but there does not seem to be any utility surrounding friends in BuddyPress.
Is there a way to turn off Friends?
Thanks.
No. But reality one should give way to another.
Hi @Hugo, you can check the plugin please, i hav’nt time to add it to wordpress repo.
and you Mr @newpress, don’t throw accusations around like that 
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@newpress Please don’t throw accusations around like that. If there is a problem with the plugin please just state so and request in the thread that the link be removed which is what I’ll do for the moment.
And also a lesson learnt perhaps? Do not just download php scripts or any scripts from unknown and untrusted sources and let them lose on your machine or worse you hosting account where they may also compromise far more than just your site – there’s a level of responsibility that has to be taken on the net.
Your solution: copying the whole BuddyPress function and changing one line is not the best way to do this.
As I suggested earlier — that BuddyPress function has a filter for the post types it works with: bp_blogs_record_post_post_types
All you need to do is register a filter that adds your custom post types to the array of post types.
But “User Role Editor” doesnt work. If it does, I wont leave buddypress
Also “Members” plugin is easier than that, but even it rendered useless
I resolved it long ago
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/giving-up-on-using-forums-bbpress/
Alternatively you can go to bbpress->setting-> change forum slug from forums to anything else. I think it works though didnt try it myself
Sorry, I’ve tried using bbPress 2.1, but it is not integrating well with my group forums and Buddypress 1.5 in general.
What I’ve found:
– Buddypress activity stream not updating when making bbPress forum posts
– Creating a ‘new topic’ in bbPress doesn’t always work. Sometimes I get an error message that no forums exist for a particular group, but doesn’t give me the option of creating a new forum topic from the front-end. I have to go into the WordPress backend to create new topics.
How I installed it:
– Disable ‘Discussion Forums’ component from Buddypress setup
– Uninstall ‘Group Forums’ from Buddypress forum setup
– Delete the WordPress page (“My group forums”) I previously created and linked to Buddypress discussion forum to
– Install bbPress 2.1 and activate
Can you let me know if this looks correct?
I’m also having this same issue.
On a fresh install, (http://dsjprojects.com/buddypress) post comments are indeed logged into the activity stream.
But on my main sites, (http://anawimcc.org, http://signsofsafetyusa.com/activity/) post comments aren’t logged in the activity stream. Not even after reverting to Default theme and disabling all plugins, and even updating to the most recent BuddyPress. Not sure what it could be…
I don’t know what @r-a-y means by “setting my activity stream filter”. I’ve looked around a bit and not found a whole lot on this specific issue; This Thread seems to have a bit of good material but I think I’m in over my head a bit.
Any help? Or, anyone having the same problem?
Thanks much,
Still no luck using the code for bp-blogs in my functions.php:
http://pastebin.com/evuFQE5H
Edit: nvm, got it working, figured it out. Need to have BuddyPress aware of new content.
@mercime Ok…so i installed the plugin and it seems like im not getting any emails when i made a test post 
– everything else got cleared up thanks…it’s just this stupid subscription thing. Here are my settings for the 2subscribe buddypress plugin: https://i.imgur.com/mu437.jpg
P.S. [EDIT: I just went to the options directly from the menu…it’s just the immediate link from the dashboard doesn’t work.] I think either the subscribe2 plugin or anti captcha plugin i installed is prohibiting me from entering settings to some features…”You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page” i need the anti-captcha plugin in though 
any help w/that at all too?
Currently using bbPress 2.1 and BP 1.6 beta1
At the moment despite the fact that bbPress and BuddyPress integrate nicely together, there are still separate profiles for each.
The standard BuddyPress member profile is made in /members/user/
However once bbPress is installed a further bbPress profile is made at /forums/users/user/
Is it possible to merge both?
Quite the confusing user experience.
Thank you so much Roger! I will definitely try that and let you know.
I am using a basic buddypress theme – redecorated..but buddypress theme nonetheless.
If you want to register just to test: http://www.thefashionworldmedia.com
Thank you again 
Yes, you have the BuddyPress function to use to get the URL, and the rest (image links) is basic PHP / HTML and / or CSS.
If you are looking to modify your theme, and don’t have a grounding in PHP / HTML / CSS, it would make sense to do a primer in these first.
That’s a good idea. Thank you. I asked here because I am concerned about adding plugins that may conflict with buddypress.
Did this work on your test / development site? Have you run through all of the questions / checks Paul has given you to the letter – when it comes to BuddyPress, he knows what he’s talking about.
Ok, my suggested further steps for how you can ascertain information that will help you find the problem on your site:
1. Turn off all your plugins — not just those you think could interfere — just leaving BuddyPress activated
2. Switch to the bp-default theme
3. And to be extra safe — remove your bp-custom.php file
[You’ll probably want to do this on a mirror development environment, if you’ve already taken the site live]
If emails don’t work in this basic BuddyPress install, you know it is a problem with your hosting, general email setup or installation.
If emails do work, you know it is a problem in either your theme or your plugins. Try adding them back one by one, and test at each stage.
This comment sounds like a general WordPress / User Role Editor plugin issue, and not anything to do with BuddyPress – Have you asked on their forums?
BuddyPress provides a filter to let you do this.
If you look through the code for recording a post (hooked on save_post) in the bp-blogs component, you should be able to figure out how to use it.
Hello, our company uses BuddyPress to power our website. To extend our StudioPress theme to work on BuddyPress, we use GenesisConnect. Our website, Vimrk.com uses custom post types called “videos” and “pictures”. I’ve tried various variations of code (Don’t have any of the snippets on me right now) in the functions.php file of the theme that I found googling. Sadly, I’ve had no success with anything. Does anyone have a snippet that they can confirm working to show custom post type post creations in the feed on the latest version of BP?
Wow so many question and not a light on the horizon.
* Host: Hostgator
* Everything else works on the site
* All set up is correct after transfer
* I disabled all plugins that could interfere
* How do we create user account??? er…by clicking on create an account!
* No nothing exotic. Just basic buddypress and buddypress registration system.
* And yes that was a stupid question but i can check again for the email in the db.
Soooo…any other questions or may be an advice would be welcome?
I told you if you want the URL you are welcome to check it. My host is working on it at the moment but we are nowhere yet.
Thanks.
I want to check these out. Thanks!
Here are a few of my favorites…
BuddyPress Profile Privacy – Users can hide different parts of their profiles… very cool.
The following are not Buddypress but they seem very compatible so far.
AG Custom Admin This is Dashboard Editor and you can control what your members see.
I have cleaned up their dashboard – they no longer see the wordpress profile or the press this tool or other random plugin settings. You can do so much with this tool and completely customize the way the back end looks. I was amazed.
User Role Editor – You can add new roles and give and take away specific powers. I have made a new role based on the Author role and gave the new role category powers. The site I am building is a family recipe site and I wanted to allow them to add their name as a category and also different cooking terms. This plugin is also a nice way to view every detail of the standard roles in WordPress.
Search Everything – This plugin seems to help with searching… I wasn’t getting any results before installing but now everything comes up.
In 1.6 beta 2 https://buddypress.org/2012/07/buddypress-1-6-beta-2/ there is a facility to restrict visibility of profile fields to —-> Anyone, Logged In Users or My Friends.
In addition there is https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-privacy/ for earlier versions of buddypress. This can restrict visibility of profile fields to —-> Everyone, My Friends, or Only Me
