BuddyPress.org

Here’s the alternative:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/make-your-own-custom-buddypress-page

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/make-your-own-custom-buddypress-page#post-27040

Glad you got it all sorted out!

For anyone else reading, this only applies for people upgrading from the BP 1.0 series.

For fresh BP installs circa v1.1 and up, don’t bother reading this thread!

Answers:

1) Yes. It’s on the roadmap for BP 1.2.

2) The WPMU abstraction layer that Andy has coded for single WP compatibility should work in most cases. However, I can’t say for certain.

3) Realistic release for WP 3.0? I’d say mid- to late- 2010. So definitely not in the first half of 2010!

These are just my thoughts. Maybe the BP dev team can chime in for a more, accurate response.

just thought to myself i should try it like integrating into wp: install seperately and then bridge (through the buddypress admin) – works perfect!

@ray — that works superbly! thank you again, your help to clarify the structure, use of the modified hidden forum plugin and idea to set group forum category as ID=1 !! thx

This doesn’t address the underlying issue but a temporary fix (2 months for me) is to

change the welcome email so that the wpmu generated password isn’t included. I’m hoping that upgrading to bp 1.2 and wpmu 2.9 will fix a few little bugs that effect my install.

Go to:

Site Admin > Options> then edit the Welcome Email

There is also a ticket for this in the trac:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1208

Previous topic:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/user-chosen-password-different-to-welcome-email

I’ve noticed probably the same problem.

Buddypress has no welcome email by default. You can remove the Buddypress function that kills the welcome email, but then the password in the email is wrong.

I don’t believe this is a WPMU issue. It must have something to do with Buddypress’ changes to the registration process. And I’m also pretty sure that themes have nothing to do with how a password is grabbed from the database and put into an email.

Hey stef,

You’ll need to contact the people over at WPMU Premium to upgrade the theme.

Chances are they might already have an update for the theme you’re using.

You can tell if you’re using a deprecated theme by checking how you are setting the BP theme.

In the WPMU admin area, if you’re setting the theme via “BuddyPress > General Settings”, then it’s a deprecated theme.

If you’re setting the theme via “Appearance > Themes”, then it’s the new theme format.

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I’m 99.9% sure the theme you’re using is deprecated, but I could be wrong.

Okay af3, this requires manipulating your forums in the bbPress backend.

For me, new group forums were being created as a child of forum ID #1.

So what I did was change forum ID #1 to a forum category, then I moved all existing group forums under forum #1. Lastly, in step #3 above, I changed the ID from 3 to 1.

Now all new BP group forums are created under forum category ID #1.

Report back and let me know if this works for you.

I think if you have your group forum category listed last, new group forums will automatically be tacked on to that forum category, might need to double check this though.

eg.

Generic forum (this is a forum category)

–generic sub forum #1

–generic sub forum #1

Generic forum 2(this is a forum category)

–generic sub forum #2

–generic sub forum #2

Group forums (forum category for BP forums)

–BP group #1

–BP group #2

I’m going to give this a quick try and report back.

[EDIT]

af3, you’re right, it doesn’t get created in the forum category! Will have to look into this.

If you figure it out before me, let me know.

i’m using bp-events 1.1 on 1.1.3 and wpmu 2.8.6

I don’t know if it’s the best plugin, but it work correctly and is well coded…

You can try it on this fr_FR demo site:

http://buddypress-fr.net/bpdemo/events

you can also find the plugin package with some corrected files and a updated pot file here:

http://buddypress-fr.net/bpdemo/groups/utilisation-configuration-optimisation-de-buddypress/documents/

Since yesterday there is also an update for bp-events to 1.1.3 on the plugin trunk:

http://svn.wp-plugins.org/bp-events/

@ray – i really appreciate this. it’s all clear to me now. I can now manually hide the group forum in bbpress (irregardless of public or private or hidden group). Its quite basic but works fine i.e. group members must go their group site to have access to the group forum.. which is cool btw.

In step #2 above:

How do we make sure that all new group forums are automatically added into the forum category? At the moment, its added as another forum, so we have to manually change this as child to the bbpress forum category for group created in Step #2.

Thanks again for your meticulous help & instructions abv.

Alex, its a money issue chap.

The way I see it, you have a couple of options:

1) Continue using your external bbPress setup for open, public discussions (similar to bp.org/forums), while hiding all group forums and group forum related discussions from your external bbPress install.

BP group forum discussions will now be using the new integrated forums in BP 1.1 only for group discussions. And you can retain all your external bbPress posts!

This essentially means you’ll have two forums.

2) Move everything over to the integrated BuddyPress forums (not something you want to do I’m guessing).

3) Move everything over to the external install of bbPress (requires BP core hacking, doable, but more work).

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Option 1 is probably the most viable.

Here’s how to do it:

Step #1 (optional, depending on where you installed your external version of bbPress)

By default, BP group forums can be accessed at:

hxxp://example.com/forums/

If your external bbPress is also installed in /forums/, you’ll want to rename BP’s forums slug to something else.

You can do this by adding the following in your wp-config.php or bp-custom.php:

define( 'BP_FORUMS_SLUG', 'group-forums' );

In the example above, your BP forums can now be accessed at hxxp://example.com/group-forums/

Step #2

In your external bbPress install, make sure all your group forums are under a forum category.

If you don’t have a forum category specifically for your group forums, go into your bbPress admin area and add one (you can call the forum category “Group Forums” or whatever you want), then place each group forum under this new category.

Note down the forum ID of the forum category. You can get the forum category ID by mousing over the “Edit” link and checking the “id” parameter.

Step #3

Now that you’ve created a forum category and noted down that forum category ID, we want to hide all group forum related stuff from access and view.

We’re going to be using _ck_’s Hidden Groups plugin to do this.

Since you’re using the BP Groups plugin by Burt Adsit, chances are you’re already using _ck_’s Hidden Forums plugin due to its usage with BP Groups.

Open up the plugin (hidden-forums.php) in a text editor.

Comment out this line:

$hidden_forums['hidden_forums']=array(500,501,502); // hide these forums, list by comma seperated number

Underneath that line, add the following:

$bp_hide_group_forum_category_id = 3;



$hidden_forums['hidden_forums']=array();

$hidden_forums['hidden_forums'][] = $bp_hide_group_forum_category_id;



$forums = get_forums();

foreach ($forums as $forum) {

if  ($forum->forum_parent == $bp_hide_group_forum_category_id)

$hidden_forums['hidden_forums'][] = $forum->forum_id;

}

Change the $bp_hide_group_forum_category_id variable to the forum category ID you noted down in step #2.

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And that should be it! By default, the admin can view every single forum post, so try viewing your bbPress install when you’re logged out!

@ray, i tested this again: enabled buddypress forum in the component setup, then reinstalled forum using existing bbpress installation setting ***.

I created a private group with forum enabled and posted a topic in this group forum. I then logout, used other browser to view the wpmu forum (bbpress), and I can still see the topic posted in the bppress that should have been a private post. When logged in as another user (non-group member), i can reply to that topic! That’s the privacy issue that I was talking abt.

*** would selecting new installation of bbpress overwrite my existing bbpress ?

The obvious choice for me during that was to keep the existing installation; as bbpress was already installed in the same wpmu db (not an external db). I have abt 70,000 posts in the bbpress forum so most users are using them.

I would like the group discussion forums to be only accessible to group members.

He squashed a number of bugs on Sunday too… and updated it for 1.1.3. In time I have faith that bp-events will be a great solution.

I’m also considering using an interim solution until a buddypress-specific solution becomes available. The WPMU option is not an option since I would not be able to afford on-going support and updates @ $79/mo.

I’ve been messing around with BuddyPress and WPMU since April 09 or so. I haven’t been able to get my community up and running yet.

Single WP seems to be an alternative that might work for me, but whew, I “just” got a semi-functional WPMU-BuddyPress site going.

My community doesn’t really “need” separate blogs for each member…just a way to have a profile page, post stuff and see sitewide activity. Don’t even need them to post “pages,” just posts and post categories really.

Right now, I’m working on configuring a user blog theme that has widgets pre-set and a BuddyPress WPMU set up that does not allow users to change their themes or widgets.

I use WP on several sites, and “kind of” know WP. WPMU has been a real challenge for me.

…Not sure whether to test this though…

https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/trunk/readme.txt

You say you are using BP 1.1.3.

When you upgraded from the BP 1.0 series, what choice did you make when you upgraded the forums?

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-discussions/buddypress-forum/

Did you choose to keep the existing installation?

Or did you choose to create a new installation?

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Also how dependent are you on your external version of bbPress?

Besides the group forums, do your members post in other areas in your external bbPress?

After answering these questions, we’ll have a better idea on how to proceed.

It’ll be easier for others to help if they know more:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support

@ray, thanks for info; when i integrated wpmu and bbpress, bbpress was set to be in the same dbase as WPMU, and the bbpress was already with over 70k posts (not a new install). So when bp was installed, it’s also in the same db used by wpmu and bbpress. Even if I installed bp with the bbpress forum that came with it; wouldnt it be still using the bb tables that are already there in the existing db?

Should i install two different bbpress with separate db so I can solve this privacy issues? Its a bit confusing to me now on the whole architecture of bp+bbpress and bp group forums. Pls help.

I got exactly the same problem, it doesn’t matter whether it’s set up with sub domains or directories, it still won’t work

My install is wordpress mu 2.8.6 with buddypress 1.1.3

Everything worked fine before I added buddypress, as far as I know of.

I didn’t upgrade from previous versions, it was a complete fresh install

I haven’t activated any other plugins or themes or changed any core files

All links apart from the Home link is reporting 404 error

My host is names.co.uk

I used a different approach for our BuddyPress using a BuddyPress filter to exclude all private Blogs activities from showing up:

http://blogs.zmml.uni-bremen.de/olio/2010/01/12/activity-privacy-plugin-for-buddypress/