[@mercime]

Go to Settings > BuddyPress > Components and uncheck Discussion Forums. Read this https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

[bp-help]

Sorry the code got stripped out. Here is another try!

function bp_guest_redirect() {
global $bp;
if ( bp_is_activity_component() || bp_is_groups_component() /*|| bbp_is_single_forum()*/ || bp_is_forums_component() || bp_is_blogs_component() || bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {
// enter the slug or component conditional here
if(!is_user_logged_in()) { // not logged in user
wp_redirect( get_option(‘siteurl’) . ‘/register’ );
} // user will be redirect to any link to want
}
}
add_filter(‘get_header’,’bp_guest_redirect’,1);

[mhannor]

So I placed this in wp-content\plugins\bp-custom.php

Then I added:

function bp_guest_redirect() {

global $bp;

if ( bp_is_activity_component() || bp_is_groups_component() /*||

bbp_is_single_forum()*/ ||bp_is_forums_component() ||

bp_is_blogs_component() || bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {

// enter the slug or component conditional here

if(!is_user_logged_in()) { // not logged in user

wp_redirect( get_option(‘siteurl’) . ‘/members-2’ );

} // user will be redirect to any link to want

}

}

add_filter(‘get_header’,’bp_guest_redirect’,1);

 

That didnt help the pages still show

[danbpfr]

hi@km-schafer-1,

will I have trouble upgrading down the road when the stable version of 1.7 is released?
No, normally not, but only if your upgradable install is working correctly.

Seems to me that isn’t the case actually. 🙁

You deleted the bp tables, ok, but what about wp_options, wp_postmeta, wp_usermeta ? These tables contains also some BP, bbp related infos.  Did you wipped them out too ? Probably not !

For example, a BP 1.6.x install with group forums activated use 7 tables for bbPress.
if you upgrade to 1.7 with the bbPress 2.2.4 plugin, these tables are no more used. All topics are then stored in wp_posts, and associated to usermeta, postmeta…. If you downgrade as you did, you only bring some confusion into the Core management. Some ables are here, some there, other are missed and the existing don’t know what to do…. Ennoying isn’t it ?

So you “hard” downgraded to 1.6.4 and you encounter some trouble. That’s quite “normal” in fact. 😀

So what ?

If you have nothing important on your DB/site, i would recommand that you erase the whole DB (make a dump to save your post evtl.) and start a fresh new install of WP and BP. 3.5.1 and BP 1.6.4 if you go to production or 1.7 beta and bbPress 2.3 beta2 if you only want to play on a test site. (with all the inconvenients coming with a beta install 😉 )

A little tip: once your install is created on the DB, if you encounter some trouble with themes or plugins or any other changes you did, there’s no need to erase tables if you (absolutly) want to re-install.

In this case, you deactivate first (to cut DB dependencies) the theme, the plugin or anything else witch you think is affected by something going wrong. And you delete via FTP wp-config.php if you want to reinstall wp. bb-config.php if you want to reinstall bbPress, and delete or rename the concerned plugin or theme folder.

Commonly, when something is going wrong:
– check first PBCK ! (we’re all only humans….) and read the codex and some precious other source such this forum or google around to see if you’re the only one on this planet to have this trouble. Generally you’re not alone. 😉
– rewind what you did before the desease and go back to the point where things went well.
– keep in mind that the first install only create a DB structure and less content.
– keep in mind that config files adding some important settings informations in various tables.
– then YOU create the first DB content: generally some settings, later some posts, pages, categories,etc.
– plugins sometimes create their own tables, but their settings are mostly written in other tables too.(especially in wp_options, and on a netowrk, in each concerned blog wp_blogID_options)
– MySql is a relational database. Deleting a table by ignoring the others is rarely the best solution…

Apologize for this long answer.

[danbpfr]

1) https://bbpress.org/download/

2) https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

[Hugo Ashmore]

This is a public help forum you shouldn’t really be soliciting private help, all help here is on a volunteer basis.

 

Have you actually bothered to contact Continuum author yet as has been suggested once or twice now? It has been strongly suggested that it is actually a theme issue so it is down to the theme author to try and help really.

We can try and help but frankly have probably exhausted the limits to which we can.

 

On the duplication issue, there was another thread in which this was happening so I suspect that there is a common cause involved that is being induced by some themes – an extremely long shot but there have been occasions where members loops duplicated odd members this nearly always resolved down to Caching plugins, you shouldn’t be running any until such time as thought necessary on a production site but in case you are deactivate them.

[creativepixels]

Thank you for your help, what i want to do is to use the sidebar to display widget at the right of the forum like recent posts, ad, etc…

Do you think its possible with this theme ?

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

I am absolutely certain I’ve answered this same question somewhere else, a few days ago. Please don’t ask for support for the same issue multiple times. I’d prefer Welcome Pack questions on the WordPress.org plugin support forums, too, please 🙂

Depending on your computer, you need to hold CTRL and click on each item. If you’re on a Mac, hold the CMD key.

[carmeetsroad]

Did I put this in the wrong forum?

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Great minds… 🙂

I think we should be de-emphasing a difference between group and site; BuddyPress supports just forums, and we add that if people want to add a tab to their groups, that they need to click a button inside bbPress.

[@mercime]

@djpaul I have updated the forums info last Jan 3, 2013 using bbPress plugin only -> see forums component listed at https://codex.buddypress.org/component/forums/ onto the page https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/ Just need to complete Group Forums only section – have some questions there.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

@mercime we should update the codex and remove any instructions about using group forums, and make sure people use the plugin.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

This needs to go on Cubepoints’ support forum on WordPress.org.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Your site is in maintenance mode, so we can’t see it. Further more, your question is best posted to bbPress.org as this element is part of bbPress, not BuddyPress 🙂

[GordonRe]

Hi @mercime

Thanks but I’m not entierly sure this issue has anything to do with Commons in a Box.

I started from a fresh instal with Commons in A Box and BP 1.6.4 and everything is fine. Something happened in upgrading to 1.7 on an existing working BP site that went wrong …

@wrowlands

I don’t think the solution is custom code and I wouldn’t say that the code ‘doesn’t work’. It clearly works for most people. It’s just something that went wrong with the instal (and seems to happen for a few people but not the majority). For my problem it was with the latest version(s) of BP but I also recall having it with 1.6.1.

Best
Gordon

[dasped]

@Chouf1 Thanks for your continued efforts.

I can confirm that I have followed the instructions and the video I mentioned is still very much in-line/tune with instructions you linked. Trust me, I have tried ‘ever’ which way in battle against this issue.

I also understand the slug errors that can arise from their conflicts.

I have stated in my opening post that this is a current/latest WP MU installation – It stands to reason BP will be the same.

I did mention much more in my first post: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/full-forum-url-string-in-activity-feed/ Unfortunately, I felt it necessary to open this thread due to that one drifting off topic and a lack of responses. (This thread began due to same issues I keep/currently having – When I tried to edit out all BP SQL tables for a fresh install, that caused just further issues)

My main problem here simply lies with a lack of edit-ability with site-wide forum posts, subscribed e-mails not being sent and registration troubles. Group forums function, but don’t mail.

Other than that, all is well. The purpose of my post is really all about these issues and trying to break down every aspect in my own head and the processes that leads to these problems arising. I really have no idea.

I have WPMU’s running fine on this server and I have WPBP sites running fine too, this really is just a WPMU  BP bbP issue I can’t get my head round.

Thanks again.

[danbpfr]

Does one enable define ( ‘bp_enable_multiblog’ true ) prior to BP installation or directly afterward, or does it not matter.

Doesn’t matter. BP is a plugin who went on a single or on a network enabled WP install. bbPress also.

Should one network enable BP & bbPress upon installation or not?

see previous answer. If your network is activated, you see under each installed plugin in your network admin the activation link who says “network activate”. Remeber also that with network activated, you have two dashboard as super-admin. One is your main blog and a single WP admin, the other one is the network admin where your BP and bbPress plugins are/should be installed.

I have followed The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration

This (good) tutorial was updated for bbPress 2.2+ and BuddyPress 1.6.1+ But time and things changes rapidly on the WP Planet….

Actually we have 1.6.4 and we are close to 1.7 ! It’s better you read here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/
Be aware with the group forum page slug and the bbP plugin forum page slug – this is really important.

Before you came accross with new questions, can you please indicate your BP/WP version and your main blog theme name & version ? Or much better, your site url ?

[dasped]

Thanks @Chouf1 forsuch a  detailed response. Unfortunately WPMU is not an issue, I’m quite familiar with it and run it on alternative sites already. My current project is where my difficulties began.

WPMU with multiple sub-sites and mapped domains are all pre-configured and ready to roll. (Users can register, I can upload and post images etc etc)

BUDDYPRESS: The problem I have experienced over the past week has been Buddypress & bbPress is failing me.

What I’m therefore trying to achieve, or at least figure out  is exactly why….

Every time I step forward, from the point I’m at right now and install Buddypress with bbPress things fail! Problems I’m experiencing are as follows.

An inability to edit, spam, stick etc. Any ‘Sitewide Forum’ – (Group forums are fine)

E-mails do not get sent to subscribed users.

Site registration fails, email is sent but link with auth code in fails and no user is created.

What I’m trying to do here on my 6th complete new install is break things down step by step to see if its a process issue.

Theme is fully BP & bbP friendly, and all pages display excellently when BP/bbP is installed.

For the record I can also state that I use Buddypress on an alternate singular site with WP, no issues whatsoever.

This is my first BP WPMU Install and I can only say its been a complete nightmare, thus far. Hence why I asked the questions I have, trying to breakdown every aspect of my install, process of elimination.

Questions again –

Does one enable define ( ‘bp_enable_multiblog’ true ) prior to BP installation or directly afterward, or does it not matter.

Should one network enable BP & bbPress upon installation or not?

I have followed The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration, over at http://labzip.com to the letter also, but on the last five occasions my WPMU BP bbP istall has failed, as described above.

Yes, savage troubleshooting headache…

P.S- Thanks for your Root Blog explination 🙂 Much appreciated.

 

[@mercime]

@creativepixels There’s still hope. I overlooked the fact that you already went through the Appearance > BP Compatibility process. So here’s what you’ll do:

– Deactivate BP template pack plugin

– Remove the 6 BuddyPress folders transferred to your supreme theme’s folder in wp-content/themes/supreme-theme folder namely: /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration.

– Clear cache and check your BP pages now.

[WP SITES]

Never used BB or BuddyPress before.

Installing for a client with S2Member and MU.

Is S2member a good plugin for paid listings in BuddyPress and charging for Sub Sites?

Can’t get the forums working as well.

Do i need to add the shortcodes and change a slug?

Not sure which links to add to the menu as i know you can create forums under that tag but also create page named forums.

Cheers

[@mercime]

@gordonre For issues with BuddyPress involving Commons in a Box, please post issues per http://commonsinabox.org/blog at http://commonsinabox.org/community

[intimez]

If you want to create, edit or link doc to group:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-docs/

If you want to upload to buddypress group forum:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/u-buddypress-forum-attachment/

[intimez]

@gordonre @wrowlands

You’re not alone. The current version and the way to combine buddypress with forum is difficult as I found out with several people new to wordpress+buddypress.

In my testing, the next version of buddypress and bbpress is much easier.

[intimez]

For anyone that bump into the same issue when creating a new group:

It appears that this issue is fixed in the next release so if you can wait, you can avoid the problem.

Since the current release (1.6.4) still have this problem, the only way around it is to go back into the group, click on admin and then enable the forum again.

Tested with buddypress and bbpress plugin

[wrowlands]

I am having the exact same problems. I see that other have been having this problem yet no one seems to be alarmed about it. I find it interesting that something so basic as setting up forums does not seem to work properly without a bunch of custom code, hard-to-understand menu settings, and ultimately code that does not work.