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@wordpresschina @boonebgorges
Apologies for resurrecting this old thread, but I’m hoping someone might be able to help.

I’ve been trying to use the Import from Ning plugin to import users from a CSV file. I created the CSV file manually – the users were originally listed in a plain html file.

My problem is that when I try to import, the plugin says:

“In order to run the importer, you must first use your FTP program to upload the contents of your Ning export into a directory called ning-files in your wp-content directory. The plugin couldn’t find a valid members file at /home/mp83lbho/public_html/w/wp-content/ning-files/ning-members-local.json, which probably means that you haven’t uploaded the files to the right place. Upload your unzipped export to the json directory, and try visiting this page again.

If you’re sure that your files are in the right place, then the most likely explanation is that your ning-members-local.json file is invalidly formatted. Contact Ning to ask about getting a new one.”

I’ve tried creating a blank json file with that name, in the right location, with no luck.

Creating a json file itself seems pretty simple too (I’ve been looking at http://json.org/example.html), but I’m confused as to what it needs to contain – do I add all the user info into the json, or is the json file just to tell the plugin what information from the CSV goes where?

If anyone could throw some light on this that would be great, or upload a sample json file with accompanying CSV.

Thanks

Stefhan

@overlander – I see that you have wp-symposium installed. Please forward your queries to their forums http://www.wpsymposium.com/discuss/

This bug is caused when javascript is disabled or when you have conflicting javascript in your theme or plugin set up.

This is fixed in the development version of the plugin:
https://github.com/r-a-y/buddypress-followers/zipball/master

New release is scheduled to drop in the next few days pending any other bug reports.

Regardless, it would be good to spend some time to track down your javascript conflicts.

View this thread for a solution:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-clear-the-previous-registration-form-data-1/

In the current BP system, you’d need to create groups for each of your cities.
Then enable the discussion forum for each group and you should be good.

You might be more interested in using the bbPress forum plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress

An example of the bbPress plugin in action can be found here:
http://testbp.org/discussion/

Full BuddyPress integration with bbPress is scheduled for the next major release of BP, v1.6.

@porscheheritage – BP 1.5 requires at least WP 3.2; upgrade your WordPress install to WP 3.2 and you should be good!

shootingpedia – Your problem isn’t related to the problem listed in this thread.

To enable registration, read this:
https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/#register

If you want to use BuddyPress’ avatar system, deactivate Simple Local Avatars.

If you want to use Simple Local Avatars instead of BP’s avatars, you’d need to disable BP’s avatar functionality.

To do this, login to the WP dashboard and navigate to “BuddyPress > Settings” and for “Disable avatar uploads?”, select “Yes” and save.

Give that a shot and see what happens. You might have to add some code so Simple Local Avatars overrides all traces of WP avatars. (Not sure though.)

What @modemlooper said, definitely the easiest and simplest way to do it, but if you want to integrate with certain activities, posts etc, try: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-share-it
However, this doesn’t exclude anything, which means EVERY activity can be posted.

now, if only you could combine the awesome Buddypress extras from etivite: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-activity-stream-extras/ then you’d have a killer combo

You could get facebooks like code and paste it into footer.php file

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/

Hi @r-a-y

Im on BP 1.5.1 and have removed any plugins except for Buddypress and I have removed any theme and using DEFAULT.. the problem persist.. the site is http://fireusergroup.com

I am having the same issue . If you go to http://4villains.org/register you will see the form partially filled out with information about one of the members A.D. Shanton. This isn’t good because my community is getting confused as well as anxious about security.

Has anyone found a solution to this?

Update:
This issue is more serious then i first thought now several of my community who have been helping me test are not receiving confirmation emails to their email when registering. They had to first remove all the content that was auto filled in our form for registration ( which is info another user put in when they first joined).

Need a Solution to this ASAP this is detrimental to our site!

I have the exact same problem.
My buddypress group is called Writers’ Bloc
However the email post notifications always get delivered as
Writers&#039 ; Bloc (ampersand hash zero three nine semicolon instead of apostrophe, I added a space so you can see the problem)

I have not figured out a way to have it appear as an apostrophe in the emails. Is this a buddypress bug? or post notifications?

I know PHP so if someone can direct me to the right file I can probably fix it myself…

@ultimateuser,

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#update – sorry they will have access to the /wp-admin/ page but it will have no functionality.
The previous link I posted clarifies the role capabilities well. If that is your primary confusion.