Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to allow user roles other than admins to mark users as spammers. Actually, more generally I’d like them to be able to edit the extended user profiles granted by BuddyPress from both the front and backend. Now, this is possible by granting a user role the manage_options permission, but the problem is that they also have access to many other important options from WordPress and third party plugins. Even if I were to hide links in the navigation bar, a savvy user could still work his way into those options. I’d like to be able to manage ONLY the Buddypress options, including the ability to mark spammers.
Just installed buddypress and testing it out. I wanted to build in registration/login into my theme but I see the buddypress functions are all in a separate toolbar. That may or may not work. Some questions:
1. Can I hide the wordpress icon and the wordpress links (including dashboard access) from the left hand side of the admin bar? This will cause brand confusion and functionality confusion as there is more than 1 place to view/edit profile. I don’t want anyone to see/access any of the native wordpress pages
2. can I create my own register/login buttons and links to place within my theme and send the user to registration/login in that way?
It is not Buddypress that is causing the error, but reflecting that a comment has been submitted that should be moderated because it looks like spam.
If you want all the links to go thru, go to the Dashboard/Settings/Discussion/Comment Moderation
and change the number of links it allows to 0. (Or maybe just up it to what you are comfortable with.)
I posted this in the bbpress forum & I was told all these pages have to do with buddypress & was directed to Buddypress support.
I have a community site with a number of plugins, including bbforum & buddypress.
I noticed when a member posted a reply to forum content, that when I clicked on the notification bubble /members/user/notifications/, it led a page not found error.
I tried to check my profile as forum user, top right and cannot access any of the pages which all lead to same error.
I tried re-saving permalinks (a few plugins I have require them in any case) …, not knowing what to do next and still have this error. /members/ is accessible, but not any of the pages if u click a listed member page.
Also checked the bbforum/buddypress settings & could not see what is not OK.
I am not quite sure when this error could have started, as I have not used these links for many months, but probably someone may know what is causing it – and would appreciate some some help to get rid of it.
Even /groups/group-name/ is not not accessible.
Outside bbforum/buddypress, there are NO link problems.
Thanks for answering I never really know! I had a question that I asked on BBPress awhile back and they directed me to BuddyPress :P. So never really know haha.
I would like for my users to have the option of creating topics for the forum through the toolbar option ‘+ New‘ that the admin or moderators have. Many users will not understand the minimalist editor (the same that this forum has) and may discourage user threads and possibly replies. One of the plugins I installed was User Role Editor as you cannot change permissions by default. Is there something that I am missing within that plugin or what are the available options? Even if users could not use the editor I use TinyMCE Advanced I would be happy; though I would prefer if they had access to that editor.
WordPress Version: 4.2.1
BuddyPress version 2.2.3.1
@mercime Re: Looks like you deactivated bbPress. If you activate it again and cannot find the Forum Attribute box, then I suggest you try re-uploading bbPress via s/FTP or you can delete bbPress from the admin backend then install it again.
The plug-in I’m using is not bbPress. It’s BuddyPress. So I found the tab where I would have been able to do the steps in instruction #7.”Go to Forum> Add New….etc” but it’s under the heading “retired” and it tells me in Buddypress to use bbPress for this particular feature. I don’t know if I should delete the BuddyPress plug-in all together and just use bbPress instead or just install the bbPress plug-in, activate and then pick up with instruction #7 from there.
Hallo!
So, where r u hiring some BP developers?
I have a need for one now, and is it ok to offer some developement request here, or there is some specifically created forum for that?
The pandemonium is rarely related to WordPress core or BuddyPress core (the core devs usually issue a fix before we even know there’s a problem). So it’s a great idea to keep up to date as you’ve already mentioned.
The tricky part arrives when we look at plugins. Whilst WordPress does everything it can to make plugin developers aware of security issues, fixes are ultimately down to the plugin author. It’s always a good idea to use plugins that are activity maintained and supported. The same could be said for themes actually.
I think it does that by default yeah (i say ‘think’ because I’ve been customizing for a little while now and can’t remember 100% what is default). But I’m fairly sure, 95%, that what you are describing is default.
I’ve basically started from zero knowledge on Buddypress and used the forum & Codex for help to progress. Other users and moderators have usually posted relevant stuff and have helped me out on things too. So no php skills shouldn’t hurt unless you want to customize heavily. Lots of code is scattered around the forums.
@danbp hey dan their seems to also be a very big risk with the wordpress commenting system that i have come across from various wordpress expert groups on fb today, and i believe that wordpress are refusing communication on this matter, please take a look at these 2 links, this could affect anyone using the commenting system with buddypress installs too.
I’m waiting for the imminent upcoming BuddyPress Survey to know the percentage of user searching on forums and on Codex. 2014 was a bit disapointing about that…
You should of searched the forum for many answers to this already posted.
There are a lot of options and solutions with this… for me, I use the plugin “buddypress humanity” on one of my sites, and a different / similar plugin “good question” on another site.
Change the default questions and answers… this stops most of the auto-bot spammers.. a few manual people may get through, but it cut does spam signups on my site by 99%.
One of my sites I disable “group creation” for all users, as that seems to be a target for many of them.
I also use another plugin with my bp+wp / multi-site … which sets “blog defaults” so that any user who creates a new blog has settings automatically enabled that “block this site from search engine indexing” – if someone signs up and creates a site and adds original content, I will go in an manually change that setting.. most people who “create a site (blog on multi-site) – don’t use them, or are spammers – so I don’t need them sucking away page rank juice or clogging up the activity stream with BS.
random thoughts from another BP user…
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