BuddyPress.org

I managed to fix the “site has no members” issue by doing two things.

First, I installed the plugin “BuddyPress Automatic Friends” and made the admin an automatic friend to anyone who registers. Then I registered a new user. Suddenly there are 3 members (as opposed to zero before). Is 3 the magic threshold? If I had registered the 2nd user before installing the plugin, I might have been able to answer this.

Having overcome this hurtle I was able to return to my original goal of inviting someone to a group. What I discovered is painfully inefficient.

In order for a visitor to become a member of a group the following steps must occur:

1) The visitor must register (no complaint here)
2) The new user must be a friend of the group owner (a plugin is necessary for this)
3) The new user then requests membership
4) The group owner sends an invitation
5) The the new user then accepts the invitation

Each of the steps may include a log in process as well as navigation of a less-than-intuitive user profile interface. It would take a very patient and motivated visitor to survive this process.

It would be nice if the process looked more like:

1) Register as a new user.
2) Select the class you want to take.
3) Pay your money (or submit promotion code)
4) Gain access to the class
5) Start participating

Maybe there are themes and/or plugins that could help.
Hope I don’t have to write it all myself.

Looking forward to comments, feedback or suggestions.

Hooray!

I finally created a buddypress installation where strangers can become members. It turns out that you must have “Anyone can register” enabled WHEN YOU ACTIVATE BUDDYPRESS. Just a minor detail which only took me a few days of my undivided attention to discover. Well, actually I was distracted a little my a mysql db corruption which required a complete wp re-install.

However, even though strangers can now register, they are still not “members”. When I try to add a friend, I am told that the site has no members. My site has two users: the admin, and the stranger. But when I log in as either one, bp/wp consistently claims there are no members.

If anyone can shed some light on how to become a “member” of my own web site I would much appreciate it. Thanks!

Using Networks for WordPress, does the same I believe yet for free. This still doesn’t provide a good solution since Buddypress users and Groups are not shared between network, yet are shared between sites inside the same network. And really, if I have 42 sites, I’m not going to create 31 seperate networks with the majority only consisting of one site just to have BP groups and users seperated. There are much better and easier option, as I provided in my initial post.

As I have been told, a well oiled coder can make this in a week or less, so my question remains, why hasn’t anyone done this already?

Sure, I agree with you on some of the points you make, and yes I also understand very well that most contributors do it without earning a penny from it while doing it in their free time. That is very applaudable. But there’s fact remaining that when you search Google for forum threads regarding this exact (and directly related) issue(s) you will find a whole bunch of people who are stuck with the same thing. While (on WP and BP forums not any of the BP team members seems to take it serious or even explains why it is not being worked on at this moment. In this case, as for the few dozens of discussions I’ve read, not one good answer from any of the BP team members has been given. And that is very sad!

I personally believe that such a feature would be something that can be expected as being quite essential for a product as BuddyPress. Especially since so many people using BP also run a WP network or even WP Multi Networks.

And again, if BuddyPress would have a premium version which would have this feature, or even a seperate single site BP and paid network BP, well I wouldn’t mind to pay $50 for it. As long as the product does what it says. And at present, in a few instances, that is still not the case.

Posting a plugin job offers doesn’t help all those other thousands of people coping with the same problem… I’m not abusing anyone, just telling the truth. BuddyPress may be open source but does that mean that the team working on it should just ignore all the signals and complaints? This is a very well known issue, not for the past month but for many month already. So yes, I blame the BuddyPress team for being lazy and not doing anything about it, after all it’s “their” product.

If I give you a free cheese and after eating it you find out it’s rotten…can I say “don’t complain, it’s free”???

Hope someone gets some working spirit over there, or quit. Just provide a GOOD product or NONE AT ALL!

I added a printout to see what nonce was failing in the wp_nonce_ays function to display what action was giving me the error; it was failing on checking “bp_group_extension_bpcivi-groupedit_edit”; it looks like its some sort of combination nonce from the extension and function. At any rate, I added the the following to the form and it is still failing; could the nonce be being deleted by buddypress before being read?

When I post my custom form on a custom tab, I get a wordpress “Are you sure?” page (i.e. a wp_nonce_ays). Not so much an error as a failure (i.e. I’d expect nonce to be causing what its causing, but have no idea what field is doing so).

Here’s the code I’m using for one of the two form tabs:

add_action('bp_init', 'bpcivi_addgroupeditnav1');

function bpcivi_addgroupeditnav1() {
if ( class_exists( 'BP_Group_Extension' ) ) { // Recommended, to prevent problems during upgrade or when Groups are disabled
  //Run to find out if a chapter
 	global $wpdb;
	global $bp;
 	$bpcivi_ck_currgroup = $bp->groups->current_group->id;
 	if(is_numeric($bpcivi_ck_currgroup)) { //Check if the group is set
 		$bpcivi_ck_querytext = 'SELECT * FROM <code>wp_bpcivi_groupsync</code> WHERE <code>buddypress_group</code> =' . $bpcivi_ck_currgroup;
		$bpcivi_ck_settinggroups = $wpdb->get_results($bpcivi_ck_querytext);
 	}
    class BPCivigroupedit extends BP_Group_Extension {
 		 function __construct() {
        	$this->name = 'Edit Chapter Info';
            $this->slug = 'bpcivi-groupedit';
            $this->nav_item_position = 2;
            $this->visibility = 'private';
            $this->enable_nav_item = false;
            $this->enable_create_step = false;
		}
        /**
         * The content of the My Group Extension tab of the group admin
         */
	function edit_screen() {
	    if ( !bp_is_group_admin_screen( $this->slug ) )
			return false;
    //Include Files
	include_once(ABSPATH  . '/wp-blog-header.php');
	include_once(ABSPATH  . 'wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php');
	include_once(ABSPATH  . 'wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/Config.php');
	include_once(ABSPATH  . 'wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm.config.php');
	$config = CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
	global $wpdb;
	global $bp;
	//Current Buddypress Group
		$bpcivi_currgroup = $bp->groups->current_group->id;
	//Run Query on DB
		$bpvivi_querytext = 'SELECT * FROM <code>wp_bpcivi_groupsync</code> WHERE <code>buddypress_group</code> =' . $bpcivi_currgroup;
		$bpcivisync_settinggroups = $wpdb->get_results($bpvivi_querytext);
	//Assign to array from first membership found - oldest set effectively
		$bpcivi_groupsettings = get_object_vars($bpcivisync_settinggroups[0]);
	//Form Reaction TODO
		if (isset($_POST['groupeditsubmit'])) {
		//Contact Update
		$bpcivi_groupupdateparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
		'id' => $bpcivi_groupsettings['orgid'],
		'organization_name' => $_POST['orgname'],
		'legal_name' => $_POST['legalname'],
		'nick_name' =>$_POST['nickname'],
		);
		$bpcivi_groupeditpostresult = civicrm_api('Contact', 'create', $bpcivi_groupupdateparams);
		//Address Update 
		$bpcivi_groupaddressupdateparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
		'id' => $_POST['addressid'],
		'street_address' => $_POST['street1'],
		'supplemental_address_1' => $_POST['street2'],
		'supplemental_address_2' => $_POST['street3'],
		'city' => $_POST['city1'],
		'geo_code_1' => $_POST['latitude'],
		'geo_code_2' => $_POST['longitude'],
		'state_province_id' => $_POST['state'],
		);
		$bpcivi_groupaddresseditpostresult = civicrm_api('Address', 'create', $bpcivi_groupaddressupdateparams);
		//Website Update
		$bpcivi_groupwebupdateparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
		'id' => $_POST['webid'],
		'url' => $_POST['website1'],
		);
		$bpcivi_groupwebupdateresult = civicrm_api('Website', 'create', $bpcivi_groupwebupdateparams);
		
		/*//Diagnostics
		echo "Being Sent to API - Address: <pre>";
		print_r($bpcivi_groupwebupdateresult);
		echo "<pre>";*/
		}
	
	
	
	//Run Query API Against Group
		$bpcivi_groupeditparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
			'contact_id' => $bpcivi_groupsettings['orgid'],);
		$bpcivi_groupeditresult = civicrm_api('Contact', 'get', $bpcivi_groupeditparams);
		 //Array of assignments	
			$bpcivi_groupedit_orgname = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['organization_name'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_legalname = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['legal_name'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_nickname = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['nick_name'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_streetaddress = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['street_address'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_1 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['supplemental_address_1'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_2 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['supplemental_address_2'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_city = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['city'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_1 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['geo_code_1'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_2 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['geo_code_2'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_state_province_id = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['state_province_id'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_country_id = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['country_id'];
			
	//Organization Website Query
		$bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
			'contact_id' => $bpcivi_groupsettings['orgid'],);
		$bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult = civicrm_api('Website', 'get', $bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteparams);
		$bpcivi_groupedit_website1 = $bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult['values'][0]['url'];
	//Get the states list
		$bpcivi_statesparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','name' => 'stateProvince',);
		$bpcivi_statesresult = civicrm_api('Constant', 'get', $bpcivi_statesparams);
		$bpcivi_statesresultarr = $bpcivi_statesresult['values'];
		$bpcivi_statesresultarrkeyd = array_values($bpcivi_statesresultarr);
		$bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys = array_keys($bpcivi_statesresultarr);
	//Get the Countries list
		$bpcivi_countriesparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','name' => 'country',);
		$bpcivi_countriesresult = civicrm_api('Constant', 'get', $bpcivi_countriesparams);
		$bpcivi_countriesresultarr = $bpcivi_countriesresult['values'];
		$bpcivi_countriesresultarrkeyd = array_values($bpcivi_countriesresultarr);
		$bpcivi_countriesresultarrkeys = array_keys($bpcivi_countriesresultarr);
	//Display Form
		echo '<div id="bpcivigroupeditform">';
		echo '<form action="" method="post">';
		echo '<input type="hidden" name="addressid" value="' . $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['address_id'] . '">';
		echo '<input type="hidden" name="webid" value="' . $bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult['values'][0]['id'] . '">';
		echo '<table border=1>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Organization Name" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="orgname" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_orgname  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Legal Name" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="legalname" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_legalname  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Nickname" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="nickname" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_nickname  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Website" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="url" name="website1" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_website1  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Street Address" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="street1" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_streetaddress  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Street Address 2" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="street2" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_1  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Street Address 3" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="street3" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_2  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "City" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="city1" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_city  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Latitude" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="latitude" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_1  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Longitude" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="longitude" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_2  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "State" . "</td><td>" . '<select name="state">';
		for ($i=0;$i<count($bpcivi_statesresultarr);$i++) {
			if ($bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys[$i] == $bpcivi_groupedit_state_province_id) {
			echo '<option value="' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys[$i] . '" selected>' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeyd[$i] . '</option>';	
			} else {
			echo '<option value="' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys[$i] . '">' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeyd[$i] . '</option>';
			}
		}
		echo '</select></td><tr>';
		//value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_state_province_id  . '"
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Country" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="orgname" disabled value="' .$bpcivi_countriesresultarr[$bpcivi_groupedit_country_id]  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo '<tr><td colspan="2">' . '<input id="bpedit_submit" type="submit" name="groupeditsubmit" value="Submit">' . '</td></tr>';
		echo "</table></form>";
		echo "</div>";
	//Diagnostics
	/*
		echo "<br>Post: <pre>";
		print_r($_POST);
		echo "</pre>";
        echo "<br>API Call: <pre>";
		print_r($bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult);
		echo "</pre>";        
		*/
        }

}
if(count($bpcivi_ck_settinggroups) > 0) { //Make it so that the group exension is only used for chapter
	bp_register_group_extension( 'BPCivigroupedit' );
}
}
}

This code is the initial code before I started adding the nonces to see if the problem could be resolved.

I intentionally had no nonces for development purposes and then added one, though my code bit in particular dosn’t have any nonce checks.

Could I somehow be triggering a buddypress nonce check failure (why I tried adding the additional nonces)