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hi @ahd904,

behind your tech question, two things need some clarification at least.

First:

I just want to hide some of the group creation steps as these might make the users think too complicated to join the community.

Register process doesn’t include group creation, nore joigning a group, so i guess you are thinking about a problem that doesn’t exist at this stage.

If you allow your users to create groups, they have to follow the 3 creation steps, because it is intended so in BuddyPress. Thinking that this might be to complicated, implies that you think that your users are not able to do this. Mabe you’re right, but maybe not. Anyway in this case, simply deactivate group creation for users and create users groups yourself.
Assuming that you don’t think it’s too complicated for the user to click on “join group” ! 🙄

As @bphelp said with reason, what your question implies needs some extra coding and much more as a simple snippet. You can do many things with BuddyPress, but not everithing or anything. 😉

Second:
Core simplification is a hard work (see Trac), so don’t expect that your goal could be reached easily, as BP will never be a “one click” tool. IMO this plugin is already very easy to use as is.

That said, you could imagine your project differently and perhaps apply another strategy.
For example, the ability for users to join automatically a group at registration. 2 plugins can do that actually.

• This one allows a new BuddyPress user to select groups to join during the registration process. You create the group, user choose his group.
• This one create a new Group when a new user sign up. But what will happen when you have 50 registration by day, spammers included ?

In both case, pros and cons have to be considered.

if you love the snippets and sweat on your site, here are two other options.

• Snippet: automatically add new user to a group
• Snippet: allow new user to be auto joined to groups you select from the admin (from core dev @imath). Explanation in french, coded in english – of course ! 🙂 )

There are some plugins that export data.
google: buddypress export members

For example, for site admins:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/export-user-data/

For front-end, you could extend that plugin or find something else.

@iryna_b,

codex is your friend !
To limit the # of members or groups, you can modify your template. Respectively the members-loop and the group-loop.

https://codex.buddypress.org/type/loop/
Members: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/loops-reference/the-members-loop/
Groups: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/loops-reference/the-groups-loop/

BP_User_Query

hi @bjusters,
it’s a bit unclear. Do you really have an issue or is it only esthetic ?

What is your theme ?
Can you share an URL or a screenshot please ?

See here for ref:
https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/notifications/

hi @flickchicks,

take example from the TOS at the bottom of this page. But you probably have to inquire for something more accurate with the dutch law, depending your project.

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/accept-site-terms-and-conditions/
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/81935/add-first-name-last-name-date-of-birth-and-terms-and-conditions-to-reg

@darinn-ballington,

there is only one user table on a WP/BP install, and this table is controlled by WordPress.

Extended profile information (like club & there details) are controlled partially by BP and are stored in the 4 xprofile tables.

To import properly, you have to adjust the old tables structure to the new one first. As you tell nothing about the old db from another site (wp, joomla, postgres, excel,… ?) i can’t say much you more for the moment.

Anyway, you have to built a import file in CSV or Sql format and probably have to accomplish a long handwork to import.

Here’s a ressource to help you build your import query:

BuddyPress Database Diagram

As BP is “only” a plugin and your question not specific to it (DB belongs to WP), you will find much more informations around importing datas on the WordPress Codex.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content

@mahdiar,

here’s a working snipppet found on WPMUDev which add a show/hide comments button above each activity item.

To see the button you must enable “allow blog and forum comments” in BP settings.
Add the script to bp-custom.php or child theme functions.php

add_action( 'wp_footer', 'add_comment_hide_show' );
function add_comment_hide_show() {
?>
<style>
    .single-group .activity-comments ul{display: none;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery(function($) {
		setInterval(function() {
			$('.activity-meta').each(function() {
				if( !$(this).find('.show-comments').length ){
					var html = '<a href="#" class="button bp-primary-action show-comments">Show/Hide Comments</a>';
					$(this).find('.button.acomment-reply').after(html);
				}
			});
			
		}, 500);
		
		$('body').on('click', '.show-comments', function(e) {
			e.preventDefault();
			var obj = $(this).closest('.activity-content').next('.activity-comments').find('ul');
			obj.slideToggle();
			return false;
		});
		
    });
</script>
<?php
}

There is a lot of plugins out there.

You can try RTmedia, Buddypress Activity Plus, or BP Gallery.

I recommend Buddypress Activity Plus, because it enables you to post image, embed link, as well as file and video.

hi @mahdiar,

searching forum before asking a question brings this:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-hide-activity-stream-comments-for-long-list-comments/

How To Customize The BuddyPress Activity Loop

> I suggest you post this question over on the bbpress forum.

Yet you are posting on the buddypress help forum! 🙂

This is a bbPress issue and there is a trac ticket and resolution over on bbp site, likely that will in the next bbp release.

You could apply the fix manually in the interim if you wished the trac ticket is located here:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2690