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ok I had a quick look at this – I’m unable to make change – eg, login as a “non-admin” user, update profile including trying to edit a field – no change,

login as admin – and edit change the individual profile file visibility settings, save and then revert back and save again – no change,

still able to change visibility settings from the front end (profile page)

Not sure if its just me, I can’t seem to find the “default visibility settings” either from the admin dashboard – not sure if its gone, moved, or I’m missing something.

for now – I’ll just override the profile loop template in the child theme and remove the change settings links and remove the visibility tab completely – in my case I really don’t need these to be changed by users as site is a private members site –

but mentioned it, as it did appeared as a bug + original mention of the same issue.

cheers,

Hi @ma3ry,

unable to visit the indicated page due to redirection… BP’s xProfile text box contains are autolinked by default for the 5 first words.
This is handy when you use a field called city for example. The city name is autolinked and let each user click on it to find other who may entered the same name.

Of course, an about me box with a long description, which several autolinked words has less interrest. Fortunately, you can deactivate xprofile autolinking.
Two options for this: all or selected.

Here 3 snippets. The first can be used if you want to completely remove autolink from all field values.
The second is a new filter to let you choose the field(s) you want to deactivate. This need two snippet. The first to rewrite a filter and the second to remove / replace the existing BP filter.

Add the snippet to bp-custom.php.

// remove any autolink from profile
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' ); 

// custom filter to selectively remove autolink
function my_xprofile_filter_link_profile_data( $field_value, $field_type = 'textbox' ) {

    // Access the field you are going to display value.
    global $field;

    // In this array you write the ids (separated by comma) of the fields you want to hide the link.
    $excluded_field_ids = array(2);

    // If the id of this $field is in the array, we return the value only and not the link.
    if (in_array($field->id, $excluded_field_ids))
	return $field_value;
	
	if ( 'datebox' == $field_type )
	return $field_value;
	
	if ( !strpos( $field_value, ',' ) && ( count( explode( ' ', $field_value ) ) > 5 ) )
	return $field_value;
	
	$values = explode( ',', $field_value );
	
	if ( !empty( $values ) ) {
		foreach ( (array) $values as $value ) {
			$value = trim( $value );
			
			// If the value is a URL, skip it and just make it clickable.
			if ( preg_match( '@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?)@', $value ) ) {
				$new_values[] = make_clickable( $value );
				
				// Is not clickable
			} else {
				
				// More than 5 spaces
				if ( count( explode( ' ', $value ) ) > 5 ) {
					$new_values[] = $value;
					
					// Less than 5 spaces
				} else {
					$search_url   = add_query_arg( array( 's' => urlencode( $value ) ), bp_get_members_directory_permalink() );
					$new_values[] = '<a href="' . $search_url . '" rel="nofollow">' . $value . '</a>';
				}
			}
		}
		
		$values = implode( ', ', $new_values );
	}
	
	return $values;
}

/**
 * We remove the buddypress filter and add our custom filter.
 */
function remove_xprofile_links() {
    // Remove the old filter.
    remove_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2 );
    // Add your custom filter.
    add_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'my_xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2);
}
add_action('bp_setup_globals', 'remove_xprofile_links');

At the top of edit.php (yourtheme/buddypress/members/single/profile/edit.php), find this bit near the top:

if ( bp_has_profile( 'profile_group_id=' . bp_get_current_profile_group_id() ) ) :
	while ( bp_profile_groups() ) : bp_the_profile_group();

The important part in the snippet above is this function call: bp_get_current_profile_group_id(). That grabs the current group ID from the URL, and sets it for the rest of the page. We want to change that bit.

Just above the first code snippet I wrote, paste this query to collect all the profile groups into one variable:

$sqlStr = "SELECT *idFROMwp_bp_xprofile_groups`”;
$groups = $wpdb->get_results($sqlStr);`

Now you can replace bp_get_current_profile_group_id() with this: $groups[0]

That will leave you with this:

if ( bp_has_profile( 'profile_group_id=' . $groups[0] ) ) :
	while ( bp_profile_groups() ) : bp_the_profile_group(); ?>

Now if you visit any of your edit profile group links, you’ll see all the groups on a single page.

Next, you will probably want to remove the pagination from the page, as it will get included multiple times (since we’re in a while loop), and it is also unnecessary now that we’re showing all groups on one page.

Remove this bit:

<ul class="button-nav">
   <?php bp_profile_group_tabs(); ?>
 </ul> 

Hope that works for you.

Hey @mcpeanut,

AWS Pro will do exactly what you are after out of the box, it returns you to exactly where you were on the page, but you might find that you want to disable that as it can be a bit confusing for people. If they click on a link for a blog post for example, it will load the new page but not from the top if that makes sense, so you see the blog post but you may already be halfway down the page and need to scroll back up to read it from the start. This can be fixed with the inbuilt “scroll-to-top” feature though, which is what I use but I’ve removed the hard coded jQuery animation that comes with it.

The messaging issue is that at the moment with AWS Pro activated, the dropdown list of members isn’t firing when you start typing somebody’s name in a private message. I notified the dev about it and he is fixing it for the next update though.

Add a post/page using your already created CPT to profile needs to add a tab and to handle some conditionnals for allowed usres to see it.

Here some related topics where you can see how you could do it. Note that it doesn’t explain how to made a CPT and how to handle user access. But will easy to find on Codex or this forum.

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/best-way-for-members-to-add-blog-posts-to-profile/

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/adding-favourite-posts-as-a-tab-in-buddypress/

Hey,

I’m pretty new to BP myself, started my site about two weeks ago. I use the Absolute Privacy plugin. You can lockdown the complete site or include a members area. What’s great about this plugin is that you can put the page ID of pages that you still want to visible to logged out users. So, for example, while logged out my users can still access the registration page, our about page, a history page and our terms and service. Other than that all other pages clicked on send them to the login page or whichever page you designate.

Important note: You need a plugin that will show you the page ID numbers for your pages. There’s someway to find it on WP but no one on the forums explained it in a way I could understand. I use Reveal IDs. Really simple install and the IDs show up right on your pages panel. Overall the Absolute Privacy plugin was worth the double download.

I hope this helps. If not, I think I have the names of some the other plugins I used but didn’t work for me. Maybe they might for you. Anyways, good luck!

@tinabeansy,

first of, required pages for buddypress such as registration cannot use custom template as an usual WP page.

“Create an Account” can be modified by using the language file, even if the site is in english.
Read here

BP comes with a pot file where you find ALL strings used by the plugin AND the file/line where they are used. Very handy for searching “create an account”. 😉

For now:
bp-core/bp-core-filters.php:487 bp-members/bp-members-screens.php:517

Also found scratchhouse.co Is this your site ? BP seems to not be installed.
Have you setup the pretty permalinks ? Could explain why you have trouble with some pages.

And don’t forget: codex is your friend. 😉

🙂 did you check the BP codex before embarking on above?

The docs is first port of call, we attempt to document as much as possible there on an ongoing basis, some pages are undergoing re-freshing & updating but still provide useful reference like this page:

Template Tag Reference

Where you might try bp_is_directory()

Or scan through bp-core-template.php in the core files where you’ll find reference to: bp_is_members_directory()

which actually is a very simple check to see if !bp_is_user() && bp_is_members_component() the difference remaining can only be the members main directory.

Generally BP is well specified for template tags and ‘is’ function checks.

hi @vikingpoker,

I’m sorry to hear that BuddyPress has upset you.
Members are the heart of BuddyPress and the plugin comes with anything necessary to let you manage them.

We might be able to help, would you please let us know exactly which components you activated during the BP setup ?

BuddyPress use the WordPress page system for internal purpose only. Content is shown dynamically, depending the context. When you click on a username, BP calls the pre defined member page and use the appropriate template to show the profile.

BuddyPress has also his own menu, on which you’ll find activity, members, groups so far you have activate the respective component. To access this menu, go to dashboard > appearence > menu. If you don’t see it, go to the top right corner of the screen and open the sceen option, and check “buddypress”.

You’re using a framework theme, which is not the easiest to handle if you have not much experience with WP theing. I tested it a while ago and can understand your disapointment. You may probably find good advice about BuddyPress on the Hueman support forum.

I would recommend you to use 2015 or 14 theme during the time you familiarize yourself with BuddyPress.

I invite you to read also the Codex to start with your BuddyPress.

Oh, and if you don’t understand why this is not a #1 topic in this forum, it’s probably because a large majority of user haven’t this issue. And discover here all what you can do with BuddyPress. 😉

Hi @aglekis

I can imagine why setting the Members directory page as a Parent of the groups directory page is not working: the built url must Be in this case site.url/members/groups and then BuddyPress is looking for a member having the username “groups” and do not find it 🙂

Instead of using the Parent attribute, you can use wp_nav_menus 😉

Hi @gabe462,

the members directory shows by default all members.
The search field on this directory let you find a user, and if one is find, BP shows the username linked to this member profile.

The member loop is a core component and cannot be deactivated. But you can remove anything from the directory template.

Why want you go to the directory, which you don’t want to use, if the final result is to see the searched member ? Go directly to this member profile. 😉

You can try to modify the template to simplify it so far as possible and only use the member search on the (ex) directory page.

bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/index.php contain the member search field
bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/members-loop.php

Copy both directory (starting by /buddypress/ ) and files into your child-theme (to get /your-child-theme/buddypress/members/index.php) and try to remove what you don’t want to see.

Without waranty, i’ve never tested this.

I had a look on your registration page where you have a few countries for members to select, but when I choose one, the same dropdown menu appears.

Yes, a better solution I do not have for the moment.

the only way I can see to do it is to add, UK, then a list of counties. USA and then a list of states, and so on which would mean I would have a list a mile high of all the different countries and local areas.

Yes – if you do not trust in the old plugins, which @noizeburger recommands:

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/resolved-different-profile-types-and-different-user-roles/ –

or trust in them, but find (like me) no way, to make them working as they should.

@annyrakesh,

please don’t jump into old post !

You want to modifify this phrase:

Registering for this site is easy. Just fill in the fields below, and we’ll get a new account set up for you in no time. who sit on the register page.

The string is in bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/register.php line 22
and in the pot file of bp 2.0.2 at line 1236.

The pot file is a working copy for translators, not the file to modify to get any customization.
To do this you have to use poEdit, or a similar software.
poEdit only read the pot file, then he create a po file on the fly and when you save this po file, poEdit generate a mo file.

This is a compiled file, not human readable, who is used by the gettext php module to translate the strings he find in the buddypress code.

Pot files are provided by the plugin authors. It’s a simple text format file with a specific syntax.
The po file is also a text format file, but written differently, as it contains the original string in english AND the translation of this string in a foreign language.
And the mo file is the system file who have to use on the server.

register.php is a template file, so if you have to change only this phrase, you can make a copy and paste it into your child-theme and modify the wording directly in the file. Not orthodox, but it works.

If you have other question about translation or wordings, feel free to open your own topic, give your bp version, theme name and used language on the installation.

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