[jhvalet]

Thanks for the reply! You couldn’t find any links because my post never gets posted. I have not repeatedly tried to post it – I waited 2 days between each post and there is only 1 link in my post and that is to my web site. I really need help with my issue and both my hosting company and wordpress.org’s support forum have told me to post on buddypress.

[heartsutra]

The only way I’ve found to display private forums on the main forum listing page is to use the Private Groups plugin. From what I can tell, it does not use the BuddyPress groups feature — you have to create new groups within the plugin settings.

The good news is that the plugin does exactly what I was looking for: It allows you to have private forums for a subset of members, and the forum is not visible on the main forums page to anyone who is not part of that subset.

Note that the plugin requires you to use different “Recent Activity” widgets, in order to hide private activity from other users. Those widgets are included with the plugin.

If there is a way to do this natively with BuddyPress groups, I’d like to hear it.

[youmin]

Many peoples are waiting for this, but their is no exact piece of code to restrict group creation. And their is no latest posts in the Internet regarding restriction. Buddypress has been evolved as a one of best open source platform with best supporting community even though this problem has not been solved, sad part is from past few years many peoples queried about this you can check in this forum till date no solution.
I’m requesting the community to provide support to restrict group creation ( either direct or based on role) since old codes/plugins are not working any more.
Thanks

[shanebp]

Unless they can point you to a reference about the ‘known error’, their comment is not very useful.

Trying to change user roles and user forum roles via .../wp-admin/users.php is not related to BP.
Can you change roles for one or two users?

1400 users is not that many.

[Elaine Griffin]

Thanks @shanebp.
They mean on your end this is a known error or issue that is happening, I guess.
They did turn on wp_debug, and I have the error log, but I can’t really make heads or tails of it.
I am trying to bulk edit the users in the dashboard, in the user panel. What I’m trying to do is change forum roles (some don’t have any forum roles associated with them), and also trying to add them to a forum group there.
Thanks again!

[shanebp]

The 500 error is very general and it is very difficult to diagnose based on that info alone.

I can activate the EWWW plugin on a BP site without a 500 error.

Google ‘wordpress plugin 500 error’ and try the suggestions.
You can also ask the authors of the EWWW plugin via their support forum.

[joym]

Hi @mrjarbenne could you help me with my setup? I have both buddypress and bbpress enabled for the network. I have bbpress setup on my main site and bbpress setup on my subdomain. Should the members have capabilities site-wide? I would think so. Yet when I try to access the forums page I am redirected to the buddypress registration page.

I don’t have any experience with multisites and most of what I read just confuses me. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Slava Abakumov]

Just go to StudioPress forum and ask there, as it’s clear from your post that it’s not a BuddyPress issue (as everything is ok in 2016 theme).

[Slava Abakumov]

Seems, nothing to do here with BuddyPress. It’s better to post this question somewhere else, on basic development forums. You will need basic css/html and perhaps js skills. Or try to hire a developer.

[Slava Abakumov]

I’ve developed this plugin: https://github.com/WeFoster/bp-feeds
Currently it does not auto-update activity stream, any user should visit feeds page to get data from feed source.
But auto update will be implemented 🙂 It’s just a tricky task.

Would be really cool if you could test it and provide feedback (ideally – using github issues, but this forum thread is ok too).

[vinz98]

Well that answer needed several hours of internet…

go to settings->forum and scroll down to the text “do not allow groups to start a forum”

you know what to do

cheers!

[vinz98]

*bump*

Same question here.

How do I (and Ahmed) remove the “add forum” step within the group creation process?

[wph4]

@schulz,

or anyone else…

Is it possible?

I mean multiple forums assigned to one group?

I am able to create multiple forums to one group, but I can not access forums from group….

Thanks!

[jorrit91]

Hey Shanebp, superduperthanks for the code. Do I just put the code in my themes functions.php? And just this part?

function jorrit_filter_forum_topic_message_email( $message, $topic_id, $forum_id, $user_id ) {

    $message = wp_trim_words( $message, 15 ); // change 15 to however many words you want

    return $message;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_forum_subscription_mail_message', 'jorrit_filter_forum_topic_message_email', 10, 4 );

[shanebp]

Your question pertains to bbPress, not BuddyPress.
The bbPress support forum is here.

Anyhow…
The filter hook you want is in bbpress\includes\common\functions.php

apply_filters( 'bbp_forum_subscription_mail_message', $message, $topic_id, $forum_id, $user_id );

function jorrit_filter_forum_topic_message_email( $message, $topic_id, $forum_id, $user_id ) {

    $message = wp_trim_words( $message, 15 ); // change 15 to however many words you want

    return $message;
}
add_filter( 'bbp_forum_subscription_mail_message', 'jorrit_filter_forum_topic_message_email', 10, 4 );

[lolotrgeek]

I was having this same problem and after a long mostly fruitless search I finally found a solid/working answer. The way buddypress currently handles these tabs is quite unwieldy so removing each tab requires a different method…

How to remove group settings tab:

function bp_remove_group_step_settings($array) {
	
	$array = array(
		'group-details'  => array(
			'name'       => _x( 'Details', 'Group screen nav', 'buddypress' ),
			'position'   => 0
		)
	);
	
	return $array;
}
add_filter ('groups_create_group_steps', 'bp_remove_group_step_settings', 10, 1);

(reference)
How to remove group avatar and cover photo tabs:
1. go to Dashboard » BuddyPress » Settings
2. untick Group Photo Uploads and Group Cover Image Uploads

How to remove group invite tab:

function bp_remove_group_step_invites() {

	global $bp;
	
	unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps['group-invites'] );
	
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'bp_remove_group_step_invites', 9999 ); 

How to remove forums tab:
Disable forums for buddypress…still havent figured out a more practical answer…

Hope this helps though!

[Slava Abakumov]

I don’t see my fix in the source code of the /register page.
Does your theme have /members/ or /buddypress/ directory? If yes, please give me content of the file /members/register.php or /buddypress/members/register.php.
If there is no such file, – give me the content of a file (and its name) where you put the code I gave you. You can use http://pastebin.com/ to post there code from file (and post here in a forum only links to those files from pastebin).

[Slava Abakumov]

It’s nothing to do here with BuddyPress. Go to your membership plugin forum and ask there – they better know that plugin API and conditionals.

[JeremytheCritic]

Forgot about the plugin deactivate trick. I used the same plugins I have on another site with no issues. This worked like a charm though. My other site doesn’t have forums, so it would make sense a plugin could interfere. Thanks!

[Brajesh Singh]

Do you have bbPress plugin installed. If not, please install “bbPress” plugin and on its settings page, enable forums for BuddyPress. That will do it.

[Slava Abakumov]

Hi, nice one!

Would you like to participate in a small plugin testing? It’s about search inside BuddyPress (groups, members, forums). This plugin will display you info who searches for what and where (in your case mainly members searching other members on Members directory page, as you have only 2 groups and no forum). BP Search won’t break anything 🙂 It just collects information (no “phoning home”). I will than ask you for feedback and suggestions.
If interested – please contact me via [MyUsernameHere]@list.ru

[Slava Abakumov]

There can be some plugins that make this happen. Try deactivating all of them (except BuddyPress) one by one to see which might cause it.
You could have written some code in bp-custom.php file or in your theme’s functions.php – check those files as well.

Also, groups can’t be added to forums – they are different components. Although groups can have own forums.

[bruce30]

i hope someones still there. 🙂
i still cant change the Messages word, that comes from the buddypress right? no problem with the Forum word, its already changed.

[@mercime]

@mas6ce That upper sidebar content above the Search form:

HIDE/SHOW FORM
name 
location 
mentor or mentee
导师／mentor
学员／mentee

is most probably integrated with the theme you have activated now. Since that is a commercial theme, we ask that you please go to their official support channel, so you can get support from the people who know it best.

Forum volunteers are also not given access to commercial products, so they would not know why it is not working properly. Other community members who may have faced your issue might be able to help you but your best bet is your product’s developer. Keep in mind we encourage you to use the official support venues, as it allows the developers to be aware of issues with their code and gives back to the community in a more robust way.

[shanebp]

You can post on the jobs forum.
Be sure to include some method of contacting you.