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I found a solution that can help

<?php
// For Custom Notification 
// Registering Custom Componet 
function custom_filter_notifications_get_registered_components( $component_names = array() ) {
 
    // Force $component_names to be an array
    if ( ! is_array( $component_names ) ) {
        $component_names = array();
    }

    // Add 'custom' component to registered components array
    array_push( $component_names, 'custom' );
 
    // Return component's with 'custom' appended
    return $component_names;
}
add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_registered_components', 'custom_filter_notifications_get_registered_components' );

// Formatting custom with respect to action
function bp_custom_format_buddypress_notifications( $action, $item_id, $secondary_item_id, $total_items, $format = 'string' ) {
 		
 		//$item_id this your id which you can use to get your respected data
    	$data  = get_my_values_custom_function($item_id); // this is custom function it depend on your needs and data
    	$custom_title = $data->title;
    	$custom_link  = $data->link;
    	$custom_text  = $data->text;

    // New custom notifications
    if ( 'custom_action' === $action ) {
        
        // WordPress Toolbar
        if ( 'string' === $format ) {
            $return = apply_filters( 'custom_filter','Your custom notification for <a href="'.$custom_link.'">'.$custom_title.'</a> ', $custom_text, $custom_link );
 
        // Deprecated BuddyBar
        } else {
            $return = apply_filters( 'custom_filter', array(
                'text' => $custom_text,
                'link' => $custom_link
            ), $custom_link, (int) $total_items, $custom_text, $custom_title );
        }
        
        return $return;
        
    }
   
}
add_filter( 'bp_notifications_get_notifications_for_user', 'bp_custom_format_buddypress_notifications', 10, 5 );

// Adding custom Notification in DB 
function bp_custom_notification( $item_id, $author_id ) {

    if ( bp_is_active( 'notifications' ) ) {   // if notification is active from admin panel
    	// if notification is active from admin panel bp_notifications_add_notification function to add notification into database
        bp_notifications_add_notification( array(                        
            'user_id'           => $author_id, // User to whom notification has to be send
            'item_id'           => $item_id,  // Id of thing you want to show it can be item_id or post or custom post or anything
            'component_name'    => 'custom', //  component that we registered
            'component_action'  => 'custom_action', // Our Custom Action 
            'date_notified'     => bp_core_current_time(), // current time
            'is_new'            => 1, // It say that is new notification
        ) );
    }
}
add_action( 'custom_hooks', 'bp_custom_notification', 10, 2);
/**
* custom_hooks is action name which will be call by do_action() function
* bp_custom_notification your function name
* 10 is priority number
* 2 is number of parameter 
*/

/****
* Now Where to call custom_hooks and how 
*/

do_action('custom_hooks', $item_id, $author_id );

/****
* place it where you want to call this action and pass parameter
*/ 

this is what I got:

Notice: bp_setup_current_user was called incorrectly. The current user is being initialized without using $wp->init(). === Trace: #6 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-content/plugins/revslider/includes/tinybox.class.php(49): is_user_logged_in() #7 [internal function]: RevSliderTinyBox::visual_composer_include(”) #8 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-includes/plugin.php(525): call_user_func_array(Array, Array) #9 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-settings.php(277): do_action(‘plugins_loaded’) #10 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-config.php(154): require_once(‘/nas/content/li…’) #11 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-load.php(37): require_once(‘/nas/content/li…’) #12 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-blog-header.php(13): require_once(‘/nas/content/li…’) #13 /nas/content/live/intothemythica/index.php(17): require(‘/nas/content/li…’) #14 {main} === Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message wa in /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3897

Notice: Constant BP_AVATAR_THUMB_WIDTH already defined in /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-content/themes/x/framework/functions/global/plugins/buddypress.php on line 26

Notice: Constant BP_AVATAR_THUMB_HEIGHT already defined in /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-content/themes/x/framework/functions/global/plugins/buddypress.php on line 27

Notice: Constant BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH already defined in /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-content/themes/x/framework/functions/global/plugins/buddypress.php on line 28

Notice: Constant BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT already defined in /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-content/themes/x/framework/functions/global/plugins/buddypress.php on line 29

Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in WP_Widget_Moon_Phases is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
__construct()
instead. in /nas/content/live/intothemythica/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3718

Using Plain permalinks gives this mesage “BuddyPress is almost ready. You must update your permalink structure to something other than the default for it to work.” So I’m switching back to what it was before.

Sounds like the plugin should show a checklist for all this somewhere. The plugin is working so that means all the requirements are met.

I have

PHP version 5.6 or greater
MySQL version 5.6 or greater
BuddyPress 2.6.0+ with WordPress 4.1.0+
Apache Module mod_rewrite enabled for “pretty permalinks”. (Wenet to settings> permalinks> checked plain> saved)
WP was installed via cpanel’s wordpress installer and BP is working
Using subdomains not subdirectories
Folder name for any subdirectory or subdomain WordPress/BuddyPress installation must be in lowercase.BP is on the main blog.

Tested not using the child theme.

Is this supposed to be a created file and folder?
“AllowOverride should be set to All in folder where .htaccess is, for example”

Hi shanebpb, what ure referring to is the edit profile tab under the Profile nav menu. What i’m trying to do is add custom field to the General tab under the Settings nav menu. The template I’m talking about is at /buddypress/members/single/settings/ folder of the template folder. Sorry if i wasn’t being clear enough before this.
That said, having the field displayed is not the issue I’m having, saving th custom field is my issue here. The nonce i was talking about is there in the general.php file and it’s within the <form></form> section, so i figure it can be used somehow to save the field.
I’ll try what coffeywebdev suggested by using different action hook instead of the ‘init’ hook I’m using now.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-restrict-messages/
more like this plugin, where users choose who can pm them. Seems like its outdated though, and it filters on friends or followers

I tried to follow the instructions for having profile be default tab instead of activity. This did not work

Change Default Members Profile Landing Tab