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Well, group meta allows meta data to be applied to groups. I’m thinking along the lines of data in the usermeta table which is only consumed by specific groups. This might be expressed as a name/value pair in the profile. So with reference to my original example, a GroupName profile value would include:
school:Robert
home:Bobby
coolGame:Zarcon

The BuddyPress Profile Shortcodes plugin allows for custom fields and related shortcodes to be used. This is much closer to my needs but still not quite there. I can’t create a profile field for every possible group. Ideally there would be a pulldown of groups to which the user belongs, where they can enter the name they wish the use for that group, and the group/name pairs would be displayed in a grid.

Now I’m thinking one of the better user meta plugins could handle that. But I would also need to customize it so that there can only be one WP user with a specific value for a specific group. This is a unique key per group, as some reference to @Bobby can’t apply to more than one person, but the @Bobby in one group can be different from @Bobby in another group.

On the client side, I would then need to modify bbPress to get the user name that’s specifically for the current group, rather than using wp_get_current_user()->display_name or whatever it has there. For example:
get_user_meta($user_id,’groupName_’.$group_id,true)
or better
get_user_meta($user_id,’groupNames’,false)[$group_id]

Actually I’d rather abstract all requests for a user name to a function which can then be replaced with custom code just once. I don’t suppose anyone has already done that, or it’s been proposed as a BP/BBP enhancement?

I’m a noob with coding into WP, haven’t touched BP/bbP, and know little about the APIs, so please bear with me on the syntax and other specifics and focus on the concepts. Thanks.

The more I try to flesh it out above the more it seems possible for me to do this myself. But it would be really helpful if someone has already done it. Or if someone with knowledge in this area can see a more direct line from an exiting plugin to the solution I’m describing.

Thanks for your time!!

These are the errors I receive when trying to activate buddypress

Strict Standards: Declaration of BBP_Forums_Group_Extension::display() should be compatible with BP_Group_Extension::display($group_id = NULL) in /home1/cmpgorg/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/groups.php on line 28

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare kleo_bp_replace_placeholders() (previously declared in /home1/cmpgorg/public_html/wp-content/themes/kleo/lib/theme-functions.php:1894) in /home1/cmpgorg/public_html/wp-content/themes/kleo/lib/plugin-buddypress/config.php on line 105

Thanks so much Dan, at least know I know where to look for!
Activated debug, it seems like there is a conflict with bbpress, correct?

Strict Standards: Declaration of BBP_Forums_Group_Extension::display() should be compatible with BP_Group_Extension::display($group_id = NULL) in /home7/ealthblo/public_html/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/groups.php on line 28

@danbp
I have attempted to use the ‘little plugin’ you mentioned but when I add the following two lines i get an error! COuld you please add them for me?

$temp_post = get_post($post_id);
$user_id = $temp_post->post_author;

I have sucessfully changed the user id as you mentioned without any trouble.

public function generate_activity_stream( $atts, $content = null, ) {
        //allow to use all those args awesome!
       $atts=shortcode_atts(array(
            'title'            => 'Latest Activity',//title of the section
            'pagination'       => 'true',//show or not
            'display_comments' => 'threaded',
            'include'          => false,     // pass an activity_id or string of IDs comma-separated
            'exclude'          => false,     // pass an activity_id or string of IDs comma-separated
            'in'               => false,     // comma-separated list or array of activity IDs among which to search
            'sort'             => 'DESC',    // sort DESC or ASC
            'page'             => 1,         // which page to load
            'per_page'         => 5,         //how many per page
            'max'              => false,     // max number to return

            // Scope - pre-built activity filters for a user (friends/groups/favorites/mentions)
            'scope'            => false,

            // Filtering
            'user_id'          => $user_id,    // user_id to filter on
            'object'           => false,    // object to filter on e.g. groups, profile, status, friends
            'action'           => false,    // action to filter on e.g. activity_update, new_forum_post, profile_updated
            'primary_id'       => false,    // object ID to filter on e.g. a group_id or forum_id or blog_id etc.
            'secondary_id'     => false,    // secondary object ID to filter on e.g. a post_id

            // Searching
            'search_terms'     => false,         // specify terms to search on
            'use_compat'       => bp_use_theme_compat_with_current_theme() 
        ), $atts );
       
        extract( $atts );
	
      
        
        ob_start(); ?>

Thanks,
Urban-fix

Yeah, about that… You’re right, obviously, I just assumed that since bp_pre_user_query existed, a group equivalent did as well, but apparently not! As you can imagine, I tried everything I could think of in order to make it work somehow.

Anyway, I did the changes you proposed with the added custom query (like this)

function antares_get_groups() {
global $wpdb;

$sql = "SELECT g.id
FROM 
	{$wpdb->prefix}user_league_prediction as p,
	{$wpdb->prefix}bp_groups_members as m,
	{$wpdb->prefix}bp_groups as g
WHERE 
	g.id = m.group_id AND m.user_id = p.user_id
GROUP BY
	m.group_id";

$buff = array();

$result = $wpdb->get_results( $sql , OBJECT );

		foreach ($result as $row) {
			$buff[]= $row->id ;
		}
		
$query_str= implode (',', $buff);
return $query_str;
}

And it works! The only issue now is with the pagination, because even though it’s reading the number of groups correctly and displaying them on the list, when I click on the numbers it just doesn’t do anything. I checked the web console and the parameter 2&num is being passed correctly but it doesn’t do a thing. I suspect this is another problem with ajax.

Either way you’ve been of great help, thank you.

I have now try a diffrent approach to make a clean install and use debug mode just to make sure also all the themes change i have make the last year wasnt make this error happen it give me these errors on member page with debug on :

Strict Standards: Declaration of BBP_Forums_Group_Extension::display() should be compatible with BP_Group_Extension::display($group_id = NULL) in /home/www/area51.ps3geeks.dk/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/groups.php on line 28

Notice: bbp_setup_current_user was called incorrectly. The current user is being initialized without using $wp->init(). Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 2.3.) in /home/www/area51.ps3geeks.dk/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3547

Notice: bp_setup_current_user was called incorrectly. The current user is being initialized without using $wp->init(). Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 1.7.) in /home/www/area51.ps3geeks.dk/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3547

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/www/area51.ps3geeks.dk/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/groups.php:28) in /home/www/area51.ps3geeks.dk/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1178

Some of them even show as “Solved” on google search but obviosly they aint solved.

Okay now i have try to make a complete mirror on my site it gives me this error with dedub on

Strict Standards: Declaration of BBP_Forums_Group_Extension::display() should be compatible with BP_Group_Extension::display($group_id = NULL) in /home/www/area51.playstationforum.dk/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/includes/extend/buddypress/groups.php on line 28

Notice: bbp_setup_current_user er kaldt forkert. The current user is being initialized without using $wp->init(). Se Fejlsøgning i WordPress for at finde flere oplysninger. (Denne meddelelse blev tilføjet i version 2.3). in /home/www/area51.playstationforum.dk/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3547

Notice: bp_setup_current_user er kaldt forkert. The current user is being initialized without using $wp->init(). Se Fejlsøgning i WordPress for at finde flere oplysninger. (Denne meddelelse blev tilføjet i version 1.7). in /home/www/area51.playstationforum.dk/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3547

Hi @mrjarbenne,

Thanks so much for helping – I’ve only just found your reply (don’t know what happened to the email notification this time). Anyway, I’ve added it into my bp-custom.php as suggested and Bingo! it works brilliantly. just tried a new test member and I’m instant joined to all 3 of my groups!

Thanks so much for this. Just for clarity for others this is the code i used as per @modemlooper info above:

function automatic_group_membership( $user_id ) {
   if( !$user_id ) return false;
 
   groups_accept_invite( $user_id, $group_id );
}
add_action( 'bp_core_activated_user', 'automatic_group_membership' );

I have left the spacing exactly as he’d done, just in case… but maybe I could get rid of some of the extra spaces in it?

Cheers 🙂

Okay so I realised that it would only send the activity to stream when you have the email option checked. I also noticed that upon doing that you post 2 pieces of information into the database that are exactly the same.. Well they are not structured the same but the information holds the same data.

This is inside bp_groups_groupmeta and bp_activity
So I have optimized my code to remove duplicate data, well just removed it from posting into groupsmeta really, as it doesn’t need to be in there… Maybe you can optimize your code to post the action in activity only and read from there, rather than have it posted in both. The system is great, don’t get me wrong I am just making suggestions.

So I have removed one of your functions on remove action and copied it into my own function with edits to that function. I have added 2 extra fields, drop down boxs to be exact.

Here is my code with a lot of comments as I was trying out many different things, then decided I don’t want it to do that lol. EDIT

<?php
// Add custom group fields.
// Removed the default add activity stream. file /public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups/bp-groups-activity.php for reference.
remove_action( 'groups_details_updated', 'bp_groups_group_details_updated_add_activity' );
// On group update.
add_action( 'groups_details_updated', 'group_details_update', 10, 3 );
// Updated group details.
// Updated group details.
function group_details_update( $group_id, $old_group, $notify_members ) {
	global $bp, $wpdb;
	// Custom fields.
	$plain_fields = array(
		'server',
		'country'
		//'activity'
	);
	foreach( $plain_fields as $field ) {
		$key = 'group-' . $field;
		$metakey = 'h1z1_' . $field;
		if ( isset( $_POST[$key] ) ) {
			$value = $_POST[$key];
			
			// Do they want the update notification posted on their activity stream?
			/*if ($value == '1')
				$post_activity = true;
			*/
			//Make sure they selected an item from the required dropdown boxs.
			if ($value == 'null')
				return bp_core_add_message( __( 'There was an error updating group details. Please try again.', 'buddypress' ), 'error' );
			else {
				// changed1 is empty by default, not declared. If empty, get groupmeta.
				if (empty($changed))
					$changed = groups_get_groupmeta( $group_id, $metakey );
				//if groupmeta(old value) == posted value changed is empty again, so we can check the next custom field to see if that also has the same old value.
				if ($changed == $value)
					$changed = '';
				else
					groups_update_groupmeta( $group_id, $metakey, $value );
			}
 		}
	}
	// Optional removed checkbox for now.. Might use later
	/*if ($post_activity == false)
		return false;
	*/
	// Taken from /public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups/bp-groups-activity.php
	// We removed the email notification check so that it will post an activity stream regardless.
	// Bail if Activity is not active.
	if ( ! bp_is_active( 'activity' ) )
		return false;

	if ( ! isset( $old_group->name ) || ! isset( $old_group->description ) )
		return false;

	// If the admin has opted not to notify members, don't post an activity item either
	// Removed, I want updated posted if it sends and email or not.
	/*if ( empty( $notify_members ) ) {
		return;
	}*/

	$group = groups_get_group( array(
		'group_id' => $group_id,
	) );

	/*
	 * Store the changed data, which will be used to generate the activity
	 * action. Since we haven't yet created the activity item, we store the
	 * old group data in groupmeta, keyed by the timestamp that we'll put
	 * on the activity item.
	 */
	
	if ( $group->name !== $old_group->name || $group->description !== $old_group->description )
		$changed = 'changed';

	// If there are no changes, don't post an activity item.
	if ( empty( $changed ) )
		return;

	$time = bp_core_current_time();
	// Don't want a long description of what has been changed inside the details. Also reduces information posted in groupmeta table.
	//groups_update_groupmeta( $group_id, 'updated_details_' . $time, $changed );
	
	// And finally, update groups last activity.. Currently doesn't in standard.
	groups_update_groupmeta( $group_id, 'last_activity', $time );
	
	// Since we have removed the information from meta, we will record it directly into action on activity..
	// You do not need the same information recorded twice in the database. This needs optimizing. Hence removing update groupmeta..
	/*
	$user_link = bp_core_get_userlink( bp_loggedin_user_id() );
	$group_link = '<a href="' . esc_url( bp_get_group_permalink( $group ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $group->name ) . '</a>';
	$action = sprintf( __( '%1$s changed the description of the group %2$s from "%3$s" to "%4$s"', 'buddypress' ), $user_link, $group_link, esc_html( $changed['description']['old'] ), esc_html( $changed['description']['new'] ) );
	*/
	// Record in activity streams.
	return groups_record_activity( array(
		'type'          => 'group_details_updated',
		'item_id'       => $group_id,
		'user_id'       => bp_loggedin_user_id(),
		'recorded_time' => $time,
	) );
}

If there is bugs in any code, I will find them and fix them.. That’s one of the downsides to being a perfectionist..

I have not fixed the

A few bugs I have found.

From the first post yet, but will be doing after I have had my dinner 🙂
My idea is to have a notification saying that the user has left the group when they leave/kicked/banned/ obviously if its after the 5 minutes mark lol.

Sorry should have included full function…

//Catch messages on successful login
    function login_action($user_login)
    {

        $userdata = get_user_by('login', $user_login);

        $uid = ($userdata && $userdata->ID) ? $userdata->ID : 0;

        $data[$this->data_labels['login']] = ( 1 == $this->login_success ) ? $this->data_labels['Successful'] : $this->data_labels['Failed'];
        if ( isset( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ) ) { $data[$this->data_labels['login Redirect']] = esc_attr( $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] ); }
        $data[$this->data_labels['User Agent']] = esc_attr( $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] );

        $serialized_data = serialize($data);

        //get user role
        $user_role = '';
        if( $uid ){
            $user = new WP_User( $uid );
            if ( !empty( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {
                $user_role = implode(', ', $user->roles);
            }
        }
		$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
		$user_email = $user->user_email;
	

		$real_client_ip_address = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) ? esc_attr($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) : esc_attr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
		

		$guest_ip   = $visitor_location['IP'];
		$guest_country = "";
		$guest_city  = "";
		$guest_state = "";
		$user_info = get_userdata($uid);
        $USErname =  $user_info->first_name .  " " . $user_info->last_name;
        
		

			
		global $bp;
		
		$group =  get_group_ids( bp_loggedin_user_id() );
        
		$values = array(
            'uid'           => $uid,
            'user_login'    => $user_login,
            'user_role'     => $user_role,
			'user_email'		=> $user_email,
            'time'          => current_time('mysql'),
            'ip'            => isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) ? esc_attr($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) : esc_attr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']),
			'country'       => $guest_country,
			'city'			=> $guest_city,
            'login_result'  => $this->login_success,
            'data'          => $serialized_data,
			'name'			=> $USErname,
			'group'			=> $group
            );

        $format = array('%d', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s','%s','%s');

        $this->save_data($values, $format);
    }

Ok it’s working fine like that for me.

<?php $test=get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘test_bp_group_id’, true); ?>

<?php if ( bp_has_activities( “&primary_id=$test” ) ): ?>

Thanks @rosyteddy. Second link fit perfectly !
Activity stream of the particluar group appears well with this:
<?php if ( bp_has_activities( ‘&primary_id=2’ ) ): ?>

Now I would like to automate this.
I get primary_id on my page when I write this
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘test_bp_group_id’, true); ?>
But the following doesn’t work
<?php if ( bp_has_activities( ‘&primary_id=get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘test_bp_group_id’, true);’ ) ): ?>
Any idea?