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@maan18

it should work, I have used this approach many times.

@maan18

I’m not sure what you’re asking exactly but take a look at this:

<?php 
       if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { 
       // whatever you put here will be displayed if the user is logged in
       } else { 
       // whatever you put here will be displayed when logged out
       } 
?>

‘Add friend’ and ‘send private message’ aren’t supposed to display when a user is logged out. For example, how would BuddyPress know who the friend request came from? How would BP know who the private message came from?

@maan18
I am not certain I understand your requirement but you can try:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp_lite

@marbler
Try this out courtesy of BuddyDev:

Prevent spaces in WordPress/BuddyPress Usernames

Although this is listed as Resolved, I will still post a reply. I had the exact same issue, and decided to try adding “www.” to the front of the URL in the WordPress address bar (instead of simply http://mysite.com) under General Settings. That fixed the issue immediately.

@mgrmn the reverse of BP plugin, Blog Categories for Groups http://buddydev.com/buddypress/blog-categories-for-groups-plugin/

@mewrd you cannot bypass dealing directly with PHP files to customize some or all of your BP pages. Basically BP pages are rendered via the theme’s default page.php file.

i have tried to remove `<?php get_sidebar( ‘buddypress’ ); ?> from them -didnt help

What theme are you using? If you’re using a child theme of the BP Default theme, then that would work on the file you copied over from BP Default theme into your child theme’s folder in server.

However, if you’re using a WordPress theme with BP Theme Compatibility, for BP 1.7 per link hnla gave above you’re limited to customizing the HTML structure wrapping the BP templates to all templates or not at all (see last paragraph). Full customization of HTML wrappers (like removing sidebar for the Members pages only) is possible come BP 1.8 https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/theme-development/template-hierarchy/

closing this duplicate of https://buddypress.org/support/topic/admin-dashboard-pages-vs-website-pages/

@mewrd could be plugin or theme issues. Have you done basic troubleshooting like changing to Twenty Twelve theme and deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress?

@reiniggen if you’re on BP Default theme and you’ve deactivated all plugins except BuddyPress, and the issue is still evident, then please post ticket in BP Trac (login with same username and password used here) and include pertinent information about your installation – e.g. single or multisite WP, WP/BP installed in domain root or subsite, etc. Thank you. https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/newticket

If you add this to your theme’s functions.php it will basically filter the entire button. You’ll then be free to modify whatever you need:

//filter group button
function bp_change_group_button( $button ) {

global $groups_template;

		if ( empty( $group ) )
			$group =& $groups_template->group;

		if ( !is_user_logged_in() || bp_group_is_user_banned( $group ) )
			return false;

		// Group creation was not completed or status is unknown
		if ( !$group->status )
			return false;

		// Already a member
		if ( isset( $group->is_member ) && $group->is_member ) {

			// Stop sole admins from abandoning their group
	 		$group_admins = groups_get_group_admins( $group->id );
		 	if ( 1 == count( $group_admins ) && $group_admins[0]->user_id == bp_loggedin_user_id() )
				return false;

			$button = array(
				'id'                => 'leave_group',
				'component'         => 'groups',
				'must_be_logged_in' => true,
				'block_self'        => false,
				'wrapper_class'     => 'group-button ' . $group->status,
				'wrapper_id'        => 'groupbutton-' . $group->id,
				'link_href'         => wp_nonce_url( bp_get_group_permalink( $group ) . 'leave-group', 'groups_leave_group' ),
				'link_text'         => __( 'Leave Group', 'buddypress' ),
				'link_title'        => __( 'Leave Group', 'buddypress' ),
				'link_class'        => 'group-button leave-group',
			);

		// Not a member
		} else {

			// Show different buttons based on group status
			switch ( $group->status ) {
				case 'hidden' :
					return false;
					break;

				case 'public':
					$button = array(
						'id'                => 'join_group',
						'component'         => 'groups',
						'must_be_logged_in' => true,
						'block_self'        => false,
						'wrapper_class'     => 'group-button ' . $group->status,
						'wrapper_id'        => 'groupbutton-' . $group->id,
						'link_href'         => wp_nonce_url( bp_get_group_permalink( $group ) . 'join', 'groups_join_group' ),
						'link_text'         => __( 'Join Group', 'buddypress' ),
						'link_title'        => __( 'Join Group', 'buddypress' ),
						'link_class'        => 'group-button join-group',
					);
					break;

				case 'private' :

					// Member has not requested membership yet
					if ( !bp_group_has_requested_membership( $group ) ) {
						$button = array(
							'id'                => 'request_membership',
							'component'         => 'groups',
							'must_be_logged_in' => true,
							'block_self'        => false,
							'wrapper_class'     => 'group-button ' . $group->status,
							'wrapper_id'        => 'groupbutton-' . $group->id,
							'link_href'         => wp_nonce_url( bp_get_group_permalink( $group ) . 'request-membership', 'groups_request_membership' ),
							'link_text'         => __( 'Request Membership', 'buddypress' ),
							'link_title'        => __( 'Request Membership', 'buddypress' ),
							'link_class'        => 'group-button request-membership',
						);

					// Member has requested membership already
					} else {
						$button = array(
							'id'                => 'membership_requested',
							'component'         => 'groups',
							'must_be_logged_in' => true,
							'block_self'        => false,
							'wrapper_class'     => 'group-button pending ' . $group->status,
							'wrapper_id'        => 'groupbutton-' . $group->id,
							'link_href'         => bp_get_group_permalink( $group ),
							'link_text'         => __( 'Request Sent', 'buddypress' ),
							'link_title'        => __( 'Request Sent', 'buddypress' ),
							'link_class'        => 'group-button pending membership-requested',
						);
					}

					break;
			}
		}

		return $button;

}
add_filter( 'bp_get_group_join_button', 'bp_change_group_button' );

We didn’t change anything with regards to loading translations in BP 1.7-1.7.2, so something else on your site must have changed.

> But as usual, slightly terrified at the same time, since usually we all know something isn’t going to work after the upgrade.

I don’t think this is true, especially since the 1.5+ releases. BuddyPress is rock-solid nowadays.

@darrenmeehan

The plugin is not working on my end. I need to look into other plugins conflicted or not. Keep it up anyway!