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Thank you for the response. I created a file named bp-custom.php in the plugin folder and added the code specified above into it. Unfortunately,it didn’t work!
However,it works when I add the same code into wp-config.php file.
Only issue that I find with this method is that it always redirects the logged in users to profile page bypassing the activity update. I would like to be redirected to activity updates after loging in. All I need is to show up the profile page when the profile avatar or the user name is clicked ,in the Members page. Can it be done anyway?

Hello,

In fact I’d like to have two distinct behaviours for people who visit http://fablab-lannion.org home page :
– simple visitors should show the carrousel
– logged-in users should show a personal, customized view, that would notably contain a filtered activity flow that concern them.

Is that more clear ?

OK. So i found a partial solution.

I tried adding the below pasted snippet to my bp-custom.php file inside my plugin folder and it worked for the activity page. I dont want to sound like a complete noob but can someone tell me how do i replicate this for the members and group page?

I tried variations of the code to support _groups_component and _members_component but that didnt work.

/* Prevent logged out users from accessing bp activity page */
function nonreg_visitor_redirect() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_activity_component() ) {
if(!is_user_logged_in()) { //just a visitor and not logged in
wp_redirect( get_option(‘siteurl’) . ‘/wp-login.php’ );
}
}
}
add_filter(‘get_header’,’nonreg_visitor_redirect’,1);

1. Which version of WordPress are you running? – 3.6 (but the problem was there before upgrading from 3.5.2)

2. Did you install WordPress as a directory or subdomain install? – N/A

3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory? – N/A

4. Did you upgrade from a previous version of WordPress? If so, from which version? – 3.5.2

5. Was WordPress functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting. – N/A

6. Which version of BP are you running? – 1.8.1

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version? – 1.8

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? If so, which ones? – Many but I have tried disabling them all except Buddypress and the problem is still there.

9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes? – Customised theme but problem is persistent even with Twenty Twelve theme.

10. Have you modified the core files in any way? – No

11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?

<?php
// hacks and mods will go here

function activity_publish_custom_post_types($cpts) {
   $cpts[] = 'page';
   $cpts[] = 'attachment';
   return $cpts;
}

add_filter ( 'bp_blogs_record_post_post_types', 'activity_publish_custom_post_types' );
add_filter ( 'bp_blogs_record_comment_post_types', 'activity_publish_custom_post_types' );

add_filter( ‘bp_get_total_member_count’, ‘bp_core_get_total_member_count’ );

?>

12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in? – 2.3.2

13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.

text/x-generic error_log 
ASCII English text, with very long lines
[31-Jul-2013 23:00:48 UTC] WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE meta_key = 'entry_id' AND meta_value = '211'' at line 1 for query SELECT site_id FROM  WHERE meta_key = 'entry_id' AND meta_value = '211' made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), wp, WP->main, WP->parse_request, do_action_ref_array, call_user_func_array, GFPMoreStripe::parse_request, GFPMoreStripe::cancel_subscription, do_action('gform_subscription_canceled'), call_user_func_array, GFPMoreStripe::downgrade_stripe_user, GFUserData::get_site_by_entry_id
[01-Aug-2013 04:22:39 UTC] wpMandrill Error: Error : 
[01-Aug-2013 04:22:39 UTC] 2013-08-01 04:22:39 wpMandrill::sendEmail: Exception Caught => Invalid API Key

[01-Aug-2013 04:22:39 UTC] blah@blah.com ([blah blah] Password Reset)

[01-Aug-2013 16:08:26 UTC] WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE meta_key = 'entry_id' AND meta_value = '217'' at line 1 for query SELECT site_id FROM  WHERE meta_key = 'entry_id' AND meta_value = '217' made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), wp, WP->main, WP->parse_request, do_action_ref_array, call_user_func_array, GFPMoreStripe::parse_request, GFPMoreStripe::cancel_subscription, do_action('gform_subscription_canceled'), call_user_func_array, GFPMoreStripe::downgrade_stripe_user, GFUserData::get_site_by_entry_id
[02-Aug-2013 13:43:45 UTC] wpMandrill Error: Error : 
[02-Aug-2013 13:43:45 UTC] 2013-08-02 13:43:45 wpMandrill::sendEmail: Exception Caught => Invalid API Key

[02-Aug-2013 13:43:45 UTC] 
wpMandrill::wp_mail_native: blah@blah.net ([blah blah] First Order)

[02-Aug-2013 17:07:36 UTC] wpMandrill Error: Error : 
[02-Aug-2013 17:07:36 UTC] 2013-08-02 17:07:36 wpMandrill::sendEmail: Exception Caught => Invalid API Key

[02-Aug-2013 17:07:36 UTC] 
wpMandrill::wp_mail_native: blah@blah.net ([blah blah] First Order)

[02-Aug-2013 21:57:15 UTC] wpMandrill Error: Error : 
[02-Aug-2013 21:57:15 UTC] 2013-08-02 21:57:15 wpMandrill::sendEmail: Exception Caught => Invalid API Key

[02-Aug-2013 21:57:15 UTC] 
wpMandrill::wp_mail_native: blah@blah.com (Welcome to blahblah!)

[06-Aug-2013 03:54:52 UTC] WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE meta_key = 'entry_id' AND meta_value = '265'' at line 1 for query SELECT site_id FROM  WHERE meta_key = 'entry_id' AND meta_value = '265' made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), wp, WP->main, WP->parse_request, do_action_ref_array, call_user_func_array, GFPMoreStripe::parse_request, GFPMoreStripe::cancel_subscription, do_action('gform_subscription_canceled'), call_user_func_array, GFPMoreStripe::downgrade_stripe_user, GFUserData::get_site_by_entry_id
[06-Aug-2013 13:23:34 UTC] WordPress database error Unknown column '$autopurge_interval' in 'where clause' for query DELETE ts FROM wp_slim_stats ts WHERE ts.dt < UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL $autopurge_interval DAY)) made by do_action_ref_array, call_user_func_array, wp_slimstat::wp_slimstat_purge

14. Which company provides your hosting? – OVH.com

15. Is your server running Windows, or if Linux; Apache, nginx or something else? – Apache

Thank you @mercime for your reply. I have disabled all plugins and used a fresh Twenty Twelve them and the problem is still there. Thanks in advance.

Problem solved. There was a conflict with other js libraries so I removed them and used only the ones that come with the default BuddyPress theme.

Now I have a separate issue where the Activity feed is not filtering when I select a filter. It works well in the Groups or Members page but not in the main “activity” page (or in my case “Newsfeed”). I’m going through each page in my custom theme and comparing it to the default theme to make sure I didn’t forget to include something. Hopefully I’ll figure it out soon!

@hnla, since you have been patient with me so far, Hugo, can you help me with my initial question of the Activity streams? I found the following and made notes in my forum help area on my site:

I want to disable replies on the Activity Streams because they do not carry through to the original post in the Group Forums.

My notes on how to do this:

Post on why this is confusing: http://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/your-members-might-be-confused-activity-stream-comment-vs-group-forum-reply/

Discussion about this on GitHub: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/commons-in-a-box/issues/73

Solution by boonebgorges (one of the BuddyPress authors):
Putting this line in your functions.php or bp-custom.php file will disable all activity stream commenting:

add_filter( ‘bp_activity_can_comment’, ‘__return_false’ );

Note on bp-custom.php file:
Creating your file

bp-custom.php does not exist by default. If you don’t have a file located at /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php, go ahead and create a blank file with the following:

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< ?php
// hacks and mods will go here
?>
Next, save the file as “bp-custom.php” and verify that this file is located at /wp-content/plugins/.

Now, when you encounter a forum thread telling you to put a code snippet in bp-custom.php, you’ll know what to do!
See: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/customizing/bp-custom-php/

Action:
How is this done? Do I go to my control panel and create a file there?

Many Thanks, Hugo.

After rechecking I am now down to just no sidebar control over activity page and group forums page. (though will need a little css tinkering which is no big deal) .

My resource to date is just https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-compatibility/ and this forum.

You say

Theme compatibility already provides for a custom bp version of page.php ‘buddypress.php’ in that you can specify named sidebars.

bit lost with that i’m afraid. It would be great if you could elaborate on that.

WP Version: 3.5.1
BuddyPress: 1.7.2

You want to ‘hide’ the profile page for a member who hasn’t paid their dues?
What should happen if that page is accessed by that member or another member?
Redirect? Custom message page ?

Either redirect to a listing of all active members or display an error page would be fine, (i.e. “This member is not currently an active member.”)

If ‘paid dues’ is a boolean, then it’s easy to write a function.
Where is that boolean stored?

It would be stored in their profile as an Admin-editable field, per the original post.

Does that member still appear on the Members page? In the Activity stream?

No to both. Hidden users would be able to login and update information but their profile wouldn’t be public-facing, just them and the admins.

This would be useful as we have staggered dues, allowing profiles to turn off/on.

Yessssss! Thanks @andrewteg! I was seriously beginning to think I dreamed the whole thing up…not sure why I could not find this page, but that is EXACTLY where I was.

Now, since I have found what I was looking for, I’d really like to get some opinions of the plugin and see if this will actually do what I am planning for this site. I am open to all opinions and suggestions. My understanding of BuddyPress and bbPress is coming along and the site is starting to look like what I envisioned. You can see the preliminary site at http://accessories.ldjautobody.com.

First, let me explain what I have planned for this site and, like I said, I am open to all suggestions and comments. I would like to hear what the experts have to say. Good or bad, I need your opinions. You ALL have great ideas and I respect whatever you might have to say or add. 🙂

This blog and forum are dedicated to custom car and motorcycle enthusiasts everywhere. Car enthusiasts are passionate about their subject, and in addition to giving them a place to share their projects and discuss those among each other, I would also like to let them post some articles, hoping that the fresh content will keep the search engines hanging out on the site and help boost the rankings. I have never run a forum site or used BuddyPress or bbPress before and I’m not really sure how this all works in relation to SEO. I do, however, deal with car and motorcycle enthusiasts on a daily basis and I know that I can most likely count on them to get some very good discussions going among themselves and that is my hope for this site.

We will also be doing some affiliate marketing from this site, and my hope is that in a perfect World, the fresh content and activity level of the site will keep us ranking well in the search engines and bring some new customers to the site. Since we are an “auto body shop”, our normal advertising is concentrated in a very local area. The affiliate site, however, will have a much broader range and we will be advertising nationwide vs. the small local area that the body shop is limited to. So my hope is that the increased activity on the site will increase the number of people visiting and also help us reach out well beyond our local area. At least, that is our goal for now!

Thank you all again for all of your help. I am looking forward to hearing anything my experts have to add as we move forward with getting the site ready to launch. 🙂

Denise