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Use this code in your themes functions.php or bp-custom.php courtesy of @sbrajesh:
`
/**
* BuddyPress replaces the space with ‘-‘ which is not known to the user
* We remove the attached function to stop BP from circumventing the space in username
*/
add_action(‘bp_loaded’,’bpdev_remove_bp_pre_user_login_action’);
function bpdev_remove_bp_pre_user_login_action(){
remove_action( ‘pre_user_login’, ‘bp_core_strip_username_spaces’ );
}

//add a filter to invalidate a username with spaces
add_filter(‘validate_username’,’bpdev_restrict_space_in_username’,10,2);
function bpdev_restrict_space_in_username($valid,$user_name){
//check if there is an space
if ( preg_match(‘/\s/’,$user_name) )
return false;//if myes, then we say it is an error
return $valid;//otherwise return the actual validity
}
`

Add this to your themes functions.php or bp-custom.php:
`
/*
* Remove autolinks created in buddypress profiles
*/
function remove_xprofile_links() {
remove_filter( ‘bp_get_the_profile_field_value’, ‘xprofile_filter_link_profile_data’, 9, 2 );
}
add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘remove_xprofile_links’ );
`

Hi, check out the answer I gave in this thread for some info on avatars:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/registerchange-buddypress-avatar-for-user/#post-158822

Avatar information is not stored in the database, but rather in the filesystem.

Check your WP uploads folder, followed by another folder called “avatars”.

Avatars use a hash followed by a suffix to denote the type of avatar.

eg.

`/wp-content/uploads/avatars/USER_ID/dfjkljlksjdflksjdklf-bpfull.jpg` -for full-size avatar
`/wp-content/uploads/avatars/USER_ID/dfjkljlksjdflksjdklf-bpthumb.jpg` -for thumbnail avatar

You could, in theory, use anything for the filename of the avatar.  Just make sure the suffix is there.

Give that a shot.

@charlietech
What exactly do you mean by a facebook cover? Do you mean a landing page? If so try this tutorial by Patrick Cohen:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-build-a-facebook-style-members-only-wordpress-buddypress-site/

LOL! I should have known this as I had EnGrande nacho’s at a mexican restaurant the other night but it didn’t click! Cheers!

@richoz
A simple way would be to use a language file:
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/customizing/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/
Personally on my own test site I used a function that removes the tab all together since the stream is unified between you and your friends and make this tab irrelevant.

@studiomgr Have you tried this one yet:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp
It is only designed to block buddypress pages, I use it and it works good for me.

I have the same problem with all my pages being visible, even though I blocked them through wp-members settings. I tried installing this plugin, but I still have all pages visible – but now they have error messages. I have tried several plugins to no avail – wp-members was supposed to block pages, but that doesn’t work. I also used BP-registration options, but it doesn’t work well. I am looking at possibly trying the bp-custom.php fix suggested here: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/customizing/bp-custom-php/. I am not a pro – just looking for the simplest way to create a membership site and block pages from users who are not members and logged in. Would appreciate any guidance! Thanks!

Don’t directly link to the ‘raw’ version of the pastebin code, we can’t easily edit to show revisions.

If you look at bp-default theme sidebar.php you’ll see examples of how user links , avatars etc can be rendered;  you’re trying to run functions that are only populated from BP classes when on those component pages, so they will fail on normal WP pages.

This would get you the user name and link:

bp_core_get_userlink( bp_loggedin_user_id() )

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/developer-docs/iis7-web-config/

Got it thanks “privacy at large” definitely a popular feature set!

@ubernaut I think its french for large. 🙂

@mercime what exactly is “EnGrande Privacy & Moderation Component” just curious, thanks!