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hi @nickfisher,

It worked well for the first few weeks of use but since this morning it hasn’t been.

That’s because the breakfast coffee was too cold. 😉 What have you done before “this morning” ?

I suggest to review your install, as at the moment, nore the Members or the Groups button are working.
Their URL is correct: http://community.yourfreedomtrain.com/groups/, but loose the directory on click. Do you use a redirection plugin or script ?

Deactivate all plugins (jetpack,etc) while testing BP/WP. The couple should work properly before adding other tools.

You’re using a subdomain for BP. This can, so far i remember, only be done if WorPress is multisite configured. Is that the case ?
If yes, have you followed those install instruction ?
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/install-buddypress-on-a-secondary-blog/
Has the htaccess file the correct requests for such a configuration ?

Otherwhise, prefer a standard install and use a directory for BP instead.
yourfreedomtrain.com/community/

Check that all of your active BP components have their own page.

Configure BuddyPress

Enable pretty permalinks.

recent replies and most popular topics are not buddypress widgets.
Recent replies belongs to bbpress, but i don’t know about most popular topics…

Can you give the source code of those widgets please (but not the whole page) ?
Highlight them in your browser, right-click > show selection source.

Do you use an old buddypress specific theme ? Do you use a custom function somewhere (functions.php or bp-custom.php) ? Do you use a child-theme ?

Have you enabled Profile syncing in BP settings.

On a default install, when a user log in, he’s not redirected to his profile.
Can you test by deactivating all your plugins, except BP and with 2013 theme activated ?

In addition to @bphelp ‘s advice, my 2 cents concerning BuddyPress and the possibility to use forums in different configuration but also user groups, take a look here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/groups/

and about group forums:

Installing Group and Sitewide Forums

As usage example, visit this site which use groups and forums. Hope you have nothing against motorcycles ! 😉

@dromicus
BuddyPress is for the social networking components and does not provide forums without an additional plugin. You will need bbPress which is for forums and it does integrate with BuddyPress.

I’m not aware of a plugin that can do exactly that? Perhaps some of the guys on here know of one?

To do it manually, you could hook a function to init and work from there. For example:

function my_function() {

    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_current_component( 'messages' ) ) {
        // Current user is not logged in so don't let them see stuff. In this case, private messages 
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
        
    $flag = false;
    // Get current user info.
    $user = wp_get_current_user();

    if ( ! in_array( 'student', $user->roles ) ) {
        // The current member is not a student.
        $flag = true;
    }

    if ( $flag && bp_is_current_component( 'messages' )  ) {
        The currently logged-in member is not a student and is trying to view private messaging. Let's redirect them away.
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
}
add_action( 'init', 'my_function' );

From that, you should be able to see how you can achieve what you’re trying to do without the need of a plugin.

Refs:

Template Tag Reference

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_redirect

Note to lazy people

Definetly using the orange search button on the top right corner of this forum mostly brings good advice. But YOU have to search a bit before asking ! 😀

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/making-buddypress-private/

More ?
https://buddypress.org/support/search/private/

Don’t know your code !
The BuddyPress login widget code looks like this: (source:/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-widgets.php)

<form name="bp-login-form" id="bp-login-widget-form" class="standard-form" action="<?php echo esc_url( site_url( 'wp-login.php', 'login_post' ) ); ?>" method="post">
	<label for="bp-login-widget-user-login"><?php _e( 'Username', 'buddypress' ); ?></label>
	<input type="text" name="log" id="bp-login-widget-user-login" class="input" value="" />

	<label for="bp-login-widget-user-pass"><?php _e( 'Password', 'buddypress' ); ?></label>
	<input type="password" name="pwd" id="bp-login-widget-user-pass" class="input" value=""  />

	<div class="forgetmenot"><label><input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="bp-login-widget-rememberme" value="forever" /> <?php _e( 'Remember Me', 'buddypress' ); ?></label></div>

	<input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="bp-login-widget-submit" value="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Log In', 'buddypress' ); ?>" />

	<?php if ( bp_get_signup_allowed() ) : ?>

	<span class="bp-login-widget-register-link"><?php printf( __( '<a href="%s" title="Register for a new account">Register</a>', 'buddypress' ), bp_get_signup_page() ); ?></span>

	<?php endif; ?>
</form>

You hardcoded several things.
<label for="bp-login-widget-user-login">שם משתמש</label>
and
<input type="text" name="log" id="bp-login-widget-user-login" value="" width="10" />

Be warned that such hacks will be overwriten at next BuddyPress or theme update.
Modifications should only be done in a child theme.

Begin to remove width=”10″ to fit to the original code. And see if this change something. If not, try

input#bp-login-widget-user-login {
   width: 100%!important;
}

hi @funkolector,

It’s only a message, not a bug, who depends of the browser you use, your debug tool severity…. and the load order of some js files (from theme or plugins). And TypeError on BP Trac are rare.

It’s anyway very variable, et puis quoi, is your site crashing or is something NOT working AT ALL once you created such a field type ?

I’m asking because i have such js error message over years with my BP sites… and never had any dramatically issues with js. Maybe weird, but only if you check constantly the debug console. 😉