[Roger Coathup]

@sven. I had this problem in the past, because my mods in bp-custom.php were being overwritten when bp loaded itself.

The details on how to get them to occur after bp has loaded, are in this thread:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/remove-menu-from-admin-bar#post-22856

or, as John points out above, they can go in functions.php which is called afterwards.

[Bowe]

Hi Michelle,

I think I know where the problem lies.. BuddyPress 1.1 does not need the BPPress integration plugin and it might actually cause problems. So I would advise you to uninstall BuddyPress completely remove buddypress (also remove the BuddyPress tables from the database) and disable and delete the BB integration. Then install BP again and activate the forum component on your BuddyPress admin page.

Let me know if this helps

[D Cartwright]

Some pointers (check the other two threads in the forum directory 1st page for more info):

1) BP supports single WP in the latest trunk – http://trac.buddypress.org. Currently still in development but is due out fairly soon.

2) BP uses bbpress forums internally. If you don’t require the extra features of BP I’d suggest just using bbpress

[Michael Berra]

I once posted a forum article about having profile information in the registration-mail to the admin, when a new member registers. We couldn’t accomplish that, but a friend of mine made it possible to have a direct link to the members-profile. That’s one click away and helps me very much, so that I don’t have to search for them. Here is the code, just put it in a php-file and in the mu-plugins folder:

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: My Register Form

Description: Customisations for the Registration Form

Version: 0.1

Author: Marc Cawood

*/



// Custom Message in Registration Mail

add_filter( 'newuser_notify_siteadmin', 'my_newuser_notify_siteadmin');



function my_newuser_notify_siteadmin($msg) {

global $current_site;

// Extract member name

$member = substring_between($msg, ': ', "n");

// Link to member profile

$member_url = clean_url("http://{$current_site->domain}{$current_site->path}members/".$member."/profile");

return $msg . "nn" . $member_url;

}



function substring_between($haystack,$start,$end) {

$start_position = strpos($haystack,$start)+strlen($start);

$end_position = strpos($haystack,$end);

return substr($haystack,$start_position,$end_position-$start_position);

}



?>

[idotter]

it would be great to have hastags … and it would also be great to have all tags available in one search (e.g. klick on tag ‘buddypress’ in blogpost will show a site where messages, forumposts, blogarticels are listed).

and of course: go for 1.2 i just installed it and it’s great!

[michelle88]

Hi, any clues on what I might have missed out yet?

[r-a-y]

Here’s the alternative:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/make-your-own-custom-buddypress-page

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/make-your-own-custom-buddypress-page#post-27040

[r-a-y]

Glad you got it all sorted out!

For anyone else reading, this only applies for people upgrading from the BP 1.0 series.

For fresh BP installs circa v1.1 and up, don’t bother reading this thread!

[tinus2]

amazing stuff that bp now supports wp single install. setup was a piece of cake til i wanted to devour the forums. the process itself was smooth, however when trying to access the forums i get a 404 even though .htaccess shouldn’t be an issue (as it’s just from the basic wp distro) as well as database setup (same database, same user) – any suggestions as i’m actually not really into php nor programming…

[af3]

@ray — that works superbly! thank you again, your help to clarify the structure, use of the modified hidden forum plugin and idea to set group forum category as ID=1 !! thx

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

This is a WPMU feature and as such I’d suggest you research and/or post on the WPMU forums.

[Mark]

This doesn’t address the underlying issue but a temporary fix (2 months for me) is to

change the welcome email so that the wpmu generated password isn’t included. I’m hoping that upgrading to bp 1.2 and wpmu 2.9 will fix a few little bugs that effect my install.

Go to:

Site Admin > Options> then edit the Welcome Email

There is also a ticket for this in the trac:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1208

Previous topic:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/user-chosen-password-different-to-welcome-email

[peterverkooijen]

I’ve noticed probably the same problem.

Buddypress has no welcome email by default. You can remove the Buddypress function that kills the welcome email, but then the password in the email is wrong.

I don’t believe this is a WPMU issue. It must have something to do with Buddypress’ changes to the registration process. And I’m also pretty sure that themes have nothing to do with how a password is grabbed from the database and put into an email.

[r-a-y]

You need to create a group in order to create a forum.

Create a group with discussion forum enabled and you’ll be able to see some forums.

FYI, there is no category structure for forums right now.

It’s basically flat.

[r-a-y]

Okay af3, this requires manipulating your forums in the bbPress backend.

For me, new group forums were being created as a child of forum ID #1.

So what I did was change forum ID #1 to a forum category, then I moved all existing group forums under forum #1. Lastly, in step #3 above, I changed the ID from 3 to 1.

Now all new BP group forums are created under forum category ID #1.

Report back and let me know if this works for you.

[josephtravers]

hear-hear. Forum feeds would be awesome.

[r-a-y]

I think if you have your group forum category listed last, new group forums will automatically be tacked on to that forum category, might need to double check this though.

eg.

Generic forum (this is a forum category)

–generic sub forum #1

–generic sub forum #1

Generic forum 2(this is a forum category)

–generic sub forum #2

–generic sub forum #2

Group forums (forum category for BP forums)

–BP group #1

–BP group #2

I’m going to give this a quick try and report back.

[EDIT]

af3, you’re right, it doesn’t get created in the forum category! Will have to look into this.

If you figure it out before me, let me know.

[af3]

@ray – i really appreciate this. it’s all clear to me now. I can now manually hide the group forum in bbpress (irregardless of public or private or hidden group). Its quite basic but works fine i.e. group members must go their group site to have access to the group forum.. which is cool btw.

In step #2 above:

How do we make sure that all new group forums are automatically added into the forum category? At the moment, its added as another forum, so we have to manually change this as child to the bbpress forum category for group created in Step #2.

Thanks again for your meticulous help & instructions abv.

[r-a-y]

The way I see it, you have a couple of options:

1) Continue using your external bbPress setup for open, public discussions (similar to bp.org/forums), while hiding all group forums and group forum related discussions from your external bbPress install.

BP group forum discussions will now be using the new integrated forums in BP 1.1 only for group discussions. And you can retain all your external bbPress posts!

This essentially means you’ll have two forums.

2) Move everything over to the integrated BuddyPress forums (not something you want to do I’m guessing).

3) Move everything over to the external install of bbPress (requires BP core hacking, doable, but more work).

—

Option 1 is probably the most viable.

Here’s how to do it:

Step #1 (optional, depending on where you installed your external version of bbPress)

By default, BP group forums can be accessed at:

hxxp://example.com/forums/

If your external bbPress is also installed in /forums/, you’ll want to rename BP’s forums slug to something else.

You can do this by adding the following in your wp-config.php or bp-custom.php:

define( 'BP_FORUMS_SLUG', 'group-forums' );

In the example above, your BP forums can now be accessed at hxxp://example.com/group-forums/

Step #2

In your external bbPress install, make sure all your group forums are under a forum category.

If you don’t have a forum category specifically for your group forums, go into your bbPress admin area and add one (you can call the forum category “Group Forums” or whatever you want), then place each group forum under this new category.

Note down the forum ID of the forum category. You can get the forum category ID by mousing over the “Edit” link and checking the “id” parameter.

Step #3

Now that you’ve created a forum category and noted down that forum category ID, we want to hide all group forum related stuff from access and view.

We’re going to be using _ck_’s Hidden Groups plugin to do this.

Since you’re using the BP Groups plugin by Burt Adsit, chances are you’re already using _ck_’s Hidden Forums plugin due to its usage with BP Groups.

Open up the plugin (hidden-forums.php) in a text editor.

Comment out this line:

$hidden_forums['hidden_forums']=array(500,501,502); // hide these forums, list by comma seperated number

Underneath that line, add the following:

$bp_hide_group_forum_category_id = 3;



$hidden_forums['hidden_forums']=array();

$hidden_forums['hidden_forums'][] = $bp_hide_group_forum_category_id;



$forums = get_forums();

foreach ($forums as $forum) {

if  ($forum->forum_parent == $bp_hide_group_forum_category_id)

$hidden_forums['hidden_forums'][] = $forum->forum_id;

}

Change the $bp_hide_group_forum_category_id variable to the forum category ID you noted down in step #2.

—

And that should be it! By default, the admin can view every single forum post, so try viewing your bbPress install when you’re logged out!

[af3]

@ray, i tested this again: enabled buddypress forum in the component setup, then reinstalled forum using existing bbpress installation setting ***.

I created a private group with forum enabled and posted a topic in this group forum. I then logout, used other browser to view the wpmu forum (bbpress), and I can still see the topic posted in the bppress that should have been a private post. When logged in as another user (non-group member), i can reply to that topic! That’s the privacy issue that I was talking abt.

*** would selecting new installation of bbpress overwrite my existing bbpress ?

[af3]

The obvious choice for me during that was to keep the existing installation; as bbpress was already installed in the same wpmu db (not an external db). I have abt 70,000 posts in the bbpress forum so most users are using them.

I would like the group discussion forums to be only accessible to group members.

[Roger Coathup]

Hi Paul,

yes… we are on 1.1.3

Andy’s post was 3 months ago, so I assume the code loop / bp_has_activities call was for a 1.1.x version, rather than the forthcoming 1.2.

Any other thoughts?

Cheers, Roger

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

Are you using BP 1.1.3 Roger? It might only work on BP 1.2.

[r-a-y]

You say you are using BP 1.1.3.

When you upgraded from the BP 1.0 series, what choice did you make when you upgraded the forums?

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-discussions/buddypress-forum/

Did you choose to keep the existing installation?

Or did you choose to create a new installation?

—

Also how dependent are you on your external version of bbPress?

Besides the group forums, do your members post in other areas in your external bbPress?

After answering these questions, we’ll have a better idea on how to proceed.

[Boone Gorges]

It’ll be easier for others to help if they know more:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/when-asking-for-support