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Hello,
I am new to BuddyPress and I am trying to handle a very similar situation: a “niche community” in which parents of caregivers would create profiles of their children to share with teachers or other specialist staff. May I ask you if you were able to use BuddyPress successfully for your project?

My first approach was Moodle, i.e. a teaching platform. However, for the purposes of my project, the roles are “reversed”: parents would become “teachers”, and teachers would become “learners”. I was quite successful in setting this up in Moodle, but the project did not go live, because users will be facing Moodle with its sheer complexity and I would prefer to have a simpler solution that any end user can handle easily.

So, to conclude, I would be happy if you could share your experience with me in using BuddyPress for your project. Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Greeting from Germany,
Armin

@yatesa01 If this is a fresh installation, you can choose to keep the BuddyPress Classic plugin deactivated. This plugin is designed to provide support for legacy versions of the BP plugin that have not been updated or if you have custom development that uses deprecated codes.

Hello,

My wish is for BuddyPress to have a chat like private messaging system with only one thread allowed between users. Or maybe have a feature where we can enable a periodical delete of older messages so threads don’t get really large and slow.

I have tried using a different plugin with Buddy Press before, Paid Member Subscriptions (by Cozmoslabs), and it did not integrate well. In fact, the problems that were caused by trying to integrate PMS and BuddyPress and MailPoet are the reason why I need to start my site over, redesigned, and I’m looking for a simple solution. The paid membership plugins do not allow me to collect snail mail addresses automatically upon registration (and we send things out by regular mail, so that’s important), and they also don’t really integrate into the whole newsletter thing (we have a newsletter that goes out monthly to paid members only)… And all of that doesn’t really integrate into the Member Galleries of BuddyPress. BuddyPress doesn’t make it easy to export data, either. So…

I think I may need to go with Ultimate Member, which integrates with my mail system and now has photo galleries available for individual members (so, something similar to BuddyPress’s galleries), much as I love the idea of BuddyPress.

I guess I am gun-shy, even though maybe integration with Paid Membership Pro could be better; the whole experience of trying to make BP and other plugins work together has been very trying. And we have limited money to spend on solutions.

@erisf it’s more like template driven; you can add additional fields to the registration field

Signup Fields

You can find the ref for template override here https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/template-hierarchy/

Will suggest checking for BuddyPress themes to avoid excessive work for template override and custom CSS

@giszech, you can protect them using a custom post-type approach instead of pages.
inside the restriction section, you will find a new option inside the dropdown
like Post, Pages, BuddyPress Directories

New document preparation is in progress: https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/tree/master/docs/developer.

Please make sure you have enabled the following option for BuddyPress Settings >> Options.
Activity auto-refresh >> Automatically check for new items while viewing the activity stream

@jerrythemouse To add a membership layer, you can use Paid Membership Pro, which also comes with a BuddyPress addon.

Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions

BuddyPress & BuddyBoss Private Community with PMPro – Restrict Profiles, Groups, Messaging, Forum Discussions

@giszech Delete old BuddyPress pages with “under construction” subtitle to avoid conflicts with the new setup after activating BP Classic. You can deactivate BP Classic after that.
in BP v12, these pages are not required anymore.

Hi there, and welcome to the world of BuddyPress! Don’t worry; the 500 error can be daunting for beginners, but we’ll work together.
I’ve seen this issue reported before with the Lambda theme and BuddyPress, and it boils down to a compatibility issue with the navigation functions. Here’s how we can tackle it:

1. Debug Mode Explained:
Good job enabling debug mode! The error message you shared (“Call to a member function get_primary() on null”) points to line 2558 in bp-core-functions.php. This line attempts to access a navigation menu item that’s not available, causing the 500 error.

2. Don’t Modify Core Files:
While removing the problematic line might seem tempting, avoiding modifying core BuddyPress files directly is crucial. This can cause conflicts and instability down the line.

3. Theme Compatibility Fix:
Instead, let’s explore theme compatibility options:
Theme Update: Check if an updated version of Lambda is available. Developers often fix compatibility issues in newer versions.
Theme-Specific Navigation Hook: Some themes, like Lambda, provide custom hooks for modifying the navigation. Research Lambda’s documentation or contact their support team to see if such a hook exists. You can then use this hook to customize the BuddyPress navigation without touching core files.
Alternate Theme: Unfortunately, if compatibility solutions are unavailable, switching to a different theme that plays well with BuddyPress might be necessary. Popular choices include BuddyPress-compatible themes like BuddyBoss, BuddyPress Theme, and Total.

4. Community Resources:
Don’t hesitate to tap into the wider BuddyPress community for support:
BuddyPress Forums: Head over to the BuddyPress forums and search for similar issues related to Lambda and navigation. You might find existing solutions or helpful advice from other users.
BuddyPress Slack: Join the BuddyPress Slack community to chat with developers and experienced users in real-time.

5. Next Steps:
Based on your preference and technical comfort level, please choose one of the suggested solutions and try it out. If you need further assistance with specific configurations or troubleshooting, please share more details, and we can delve deeper together.
Remember, the BuddyPress community is friendly and supportive, so don’t hesitate to ask for help. Good luck, and I hope you get your BuddyPress site up and running smoothly soon!

Can you explain this to me? I am building a membership site that needs to accept money subscriptions; but I also want the functionality of BuddyPress galleries for our members, and the facebook-like interface that lets people chat with one another.

Do I need to scrap BuddyPress and do UltimateMember only?

@shanebp

This is the advent of the spammers in the buddypress forum?

I am glad to hear that a v.14 is planned!
For 10 years I’ve tried to build something with buddypress, but I have never been able to launch a completed project, as I haven’t had the skills to make it as functional as it needed to be.

I am one of those guys that have used wordpress + various other members plugin + freelancer to make what I want.

Every community is different – so is the ones I’ve tried to make, and more often than not I haven’t needed 60% of the functionality coming out of the box in buddypress. But there are always something missing, at least for what I wanted to use Buddypress for.

In version 14 I hope to see more functionality (presented in a clear way for the users) towards user-interacting: Easy to use notification system for 100% of interactions between users.

All notifications is so, so important – as this is the way to bring members back. “Lila has sent you a message, click here to see”, “You got a new friend request”, “Someone replied to your topic”.. This brings people back, helping to grow the community!

So: Live popups and emails + bell notifications for:
Private messages, new bbpress replies / new topics, bbpress mentions, commenting, like buttons, added, follows, friend requests, accepted friend request, rejected friend requests, rating of content, e.g posts, forum posts etc.

And the entire notification system must be easy to use for both members and the admins!
Not all admins have coding skills. We just need an easy way to implement a bell in the header, which nicely presents new notifications. Small things like that is what I’ve been looking for.

And I have often found that 50% of it is working as I hoped, but then the other 50% is just not there. Forcing me to go to Freelancer, and from the developers over there, getting told: “You don’t need such a heavy tool like buddypress to accomplish this. Let me fix it for you just using wordpress and UsersWP”.

@eluyawi

You can use the following code snippet to create a new tab to display at BuddyPress Profile.

// Function to add a custom tab for Membership Details in the BuddyPress profile
function wbcom_rcp_buddypress_add_membership_tab() {
    global $bp;

    // Define a new navigation item for the BuddyPress profile menu
    bp_core_new_nav_item(array(
        'name' => __('Membership', 'textdomain'), // The name of the tab
        'slug' => 'membership', // The slug for the tab, used in the URL
        'screen_function' => 'wbcom_rcp_buddypress_membership_screen', // The function that will load when the tab is clicked
        'position' => 50, // Position of the tab in the profile navigation
        'parent_url' => bp_loggedin_user_domain() . '/membership/', // The parent URL for this sub-navigation
        'parent_slug' => $bp->profile->slug, // The slug of the parent navigation item
        'default_subnav_slug' => 'membership' // Default sub-navigation slug
    ));
}

// Function to handle the display of the Membership Details tab content
function wbcom_rcp_buddypress_membership_screen() {
    // Add the title and content to the Membership tab using actions
    add_action('bp_template_title', 'wbcom_rcp_buddypress_membership_screen_title');
    add_action('bp_template_content', 'wbcom_rcp_buddypress_membership_screen_content');
    // Load the BuddyPress plugin template for displaying the tab content
    bp_core_load_template(apply_filters('bp_core_template_plugin', 'members/single/plugins'));
}

// Function to set the title of the Membership Details tab
function wbcom_rcp_buddypress_membership_screen_title() {
    echo 'Membership Details'; // Title displayed on the Membership tab
}

// Function to display the content of the Membership Details tab
function wbcom_rcp_buddypress_membership_screen_content() {
    // Use the shortcode [subscription_details] to display membership information
    echo do_shortcode('[subscription_details]');
}

// Hook the function to add the Membership tab into the BuddyPress setup navigation action
add_action('bp_setup_nav', 'wbcom_rcp_buddypress_add_membership_tab');

You can use a plugin to add code snippets to your WordPress website using a plugin like “Code Snippets.” This plugin allows you to add custom PHP code snippets to your site without editing your theme’s functions.php file.

@fourbfb you can try to debug with the following steps.

1- Temporarily deactivate other plugins to rule out conflicts, as another plugin might interfere with BuddyPress’s upload functionality.
2- Switch to a default WordPress theme like Twenty Twenty to check if the issue is theme-related.
3- Verify PHP settings such as upload_max_filesize and post_max_size are adequate in your php.ini file.
4- Use the browser’s developer console (F12) to check for JavaScript errors that might block the upload process.
5- Ensure that the profile photo and group icon uploads are enabled in BuddyPress settings.