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We use the Secure Invites plugin for our community.

Try Invite Anyone for the invite friends part: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/invite-anyone/home/

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$group = new BP_Groups_Group( $group_id );
groups_invite_user( array( ‘user_id’ => $user_id, ‘group_id’ => $group_id, ‘inviter_id’ => $group->creator_id, ‘is_confirmed’ => $is_confirmed ) );
groups_send_invites( $group->creator_id, $group_id );
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@jimsnaps “So is there no way to use buddypress, block out what’s not needed, and add an article mod? “
I answered based on your requirements, and you mentioned forums were optional No intention to limit you at all, just keeping it simple and clear. Of course you could install BuddyPress, and activate only the component/s you need at this time.

If you want the Forums component, know that you need to activate Groups component as well because the BP forums component is attached to groups. And members automatically join a group by default when they post to the group’s forum unless that group is private and no-one can post to that group’s forum unless invited to join the group. I also suggest reading through this general reference
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/

Of course with BP activated, there’s the One Quick Post plugin which will allow your members to post articles from the frontend. However, you will need to code using BP blog loop to generated the list of posts that each member has posted in your blog to show up in individual member’s profile page.

If you do not want to go through all that, install external bbPress forum and integrate it with your WordPress installation. When you’re ready to use BuddyPress components, BP can integrate existing external group forum to its fold – again, with the caveat that forum will be then be attached to groups.

@pelleas You must start your own thread for your issues please you have posted to two diffrent and old threads that appear to relate to your issue

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/make-friends-button-does-not-appear/

Seldom do other threads relate exactly to your own issue, and responding to two different posters in one thread is a recipe for confusion and considered bad practice. I also believe you responded to Boone’s question above via a update which further disjoints things as we could be staring at this thread awaiting a response not aware you have actually responded.

For now I suggest continuing in this thread, but for future issues please start a new topic.

A further question: Are you using a custom theme? If you are can you revert to the BP default theme and also disable any third party plugins that are not absolutely necessary for the operation of BP (basically that means any plugins other than BP itself) and then check again whether you see ‘Add Friends’ buttons on members directory listing or profile pages.

We run this one on our site: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/wordpress-mu-secure-invites/

Try this plugin: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/invite-anyone/

I’ve still a similar problem, see https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/error-with-forum-bp-v1-2-5-2/ butte didn’t getany response yet. I use a windows 2003 Server System with the following plugins installed: Akismet, BP Xtra Signup, BuddyPress, BuddyPress Album+, BuddyPress Forums Extras – RSS Feeds, Buddypress Friends, BuddyPress Profile Privacy, BuddyPress Tweet Button, Configure SMTP, Duplicate Post, Easy Verification, Fast Secure Contact Form, Invite Anyone, Jet Event System for BuddyPress, Link Library, My Brand Login, NextGEN Gallery, oEmbed for BuddyPress, TinyMCE Advanced, Transposh Translation Filter, Welcome Pack, WP Google Weather

You’ll want to use Paul Gibbs’ Welcome Pack plugin for new users to have a bunch of default friends :
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/welcome-pack/

By default, Welcome Pack sends friend invites; to have the plugin auto-accept friend invitations, read this:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/standard-group-for-new-users#post-69096

For your other questions, please post them on the forum.

I’m also getting “There was an error when banning that user, please try again” when removing a member from a group. The member does get banned from the group.

WP 3.0.1, subdomain, upgraded from 2.9, functioning prior to upgrade
BP 1.2.5.2, upgraded from prior version, BuddyPress Widget Theme 1.2, no modified core files,
Custom Functions = custom_adminbar_dashboard_button, bp_ga_analytics
bbPress built in, NO errors in logs related to removing group member
host = TMD Hosting on Apache
Plugins=
Bad Behavior
BP Groupblog
BP Group Documents
BP Group Management
BP MPO Activity Filter
BuddyPress Group Email Subscription
External Group Blogs
Invite Anyone
Kimili Flash Embed
Webmast Tools Verification
wordTube

@intimez – good info – thanks.

I also came across this code: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/removing-members-ability-invite-others-to-a-group/#post-48304

Which promises to hide the “invite friend” links (haven’t had success yet…)–

Or you can create a child theme that removes the links from your template… Though really, I agree the system should be more set up like this:

Public — anything goes
Private — only mods and admins can INVITE (not just approve)
Hidden — same as private – only others can’t see

Cheers

@amahesh Set the group to private group and it will require approval first before become member

Here is my code. However, the small group avatar in forum topic directory does not change. This avatar is displayed using bp_the_topic_object_avatar() from bp-forums-templates.php

function my_default_get_group_avatar($avatar) {
global $bp, $groups_template;

if( strpos($avatar,’group-avatars’) ) {
return $avatar;
}
else {
$custom_avatar = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/_inc/images/group_avatar.png’;
if($bp->current_action == “” || $bp->current_action == “my-groups” || $bp->current_action == “invites” )
return ‘group->name ) . ‘” />’;
else
return ‘group->name ) . ‘” />’;
}
}
add_filter( ‘bp_get_group_avatar’, ‘my_default_get_group_avatar’);

@bostonnorm

Maybe this work for you:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/wordpress-mu-secure-invites/

@dtclarinet
You should also look at: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/welcome-pack/ It’s a great plugin that has lots of Group Add options.

Invite Anyone has a feature that’s close to it too: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/invite-anyone/ It just uses the invite to join to add the group based on the invitation.

@alanchrishughes; What we’ve done – and it’s making sense to a few testers so far – is to ditch the forums and just use groups. So people know, for example, that they can create a cycling group, or a business group, or a flower arranging group. They understand that they can post messages in their group, and invite others to join in, accept new members, etc., and also that if they want things in the group to remain only there then they can make it private.

Apart from the varying negative reactions I see from people regarding forums and blogs, one of the things which puts people off with forums is the layout style. They don’t want to ‘go into’ a new area and then have to sub-navigate, as they frequently become lost and end up hitting the Home button and starting again. Or worse still, the browser’s Close button, because it’s just another minor stress in life they can do without. Seeing an activity stream, and then entering a group knowing that it’s much the same thing, but either publicly displayed or kept private, they can handle. (Funnily enough, one tester said today when looking at the activity stream, “This is a really great idea…a local forum”).

Personally, I’m very much pulling away from all the “Oh how cool is this?!” side of technology, as you may notice from other posts I’ve made. It’s not because I’m ready for pipe and slippers yet, nor because I don’t like it all, but simply because those who are or become site and software developers are usually far removed from those they’re developing for, yet they don’t realise it. ‘Screen blindness’, perhaps. Developers are producing highly complex helicopters, while what most people really want are bog-standard 4-gear cars. Some are even happy with a horse and cart! (Afterthought; I guess the trick is to produce the complex helicopter, but make it so simple to fly that all you need is a steering wheel and 4 gears. I know; the analogy falls down hard if stretched further!)