BuddyPress.org

Hi, rossagrant. First, thanks VERY much for this informative response. This is the information I’ve been looking for.

I’m pretty much in disbelief that BP cannot do what it says in black-and-white it will do (send notifications by email when messages are composed and the “to all users” box is checked). Why hasn’t someone removed this misleading text, I’m wondering? Oy. Oh well, lesson learned, moving on…

I guess I need to go 3rd Party now. But you’ve identified a key point: Are the Users opted-in? Based on the BP account settings, I believe they are in principle (unless they checked “No”, and I don’t think I have no way of knowing if they did). So I guess I have two choices:
A. Import all users into a 3rd-party email app and take a chance and send out a notice. Or,
B. Install an email sign-up widget at the top of all my sidebars (or Header or wherever) and start from scratch building a list with whoever signs up from that day forward.
(A) solves an immediate marketing problem but seems risky. ( is the safest but means I’ve wasted all this time thinking I could do something that I couldn’t (or more accurately, that my *former* dev team said I could do), and now I’m already 700+ users into it.

***Any other options I’m missing?

Thanks again for this valuable input. I appreciate it.

H

UPDATE: I cannot get Notice to All Users to work in my BP 1.5.5 (for email delivery). When doing Messages > Compose, it works fine when sending to a single user (email message received in their inbox). But when sending same message to same user AND checking the “This is a notice to all users” box, it does NOT work, not even to the same single user! (but am getting “Notice sent successfully!” confirmation) I want to be able to send an EMAIL message to all users via the built-in BP “Email Notification” system. It specifically says (on the front end): “Send a notification by email when: … Messages > A new site notice if posted”. And my test users do have the “Yes” btns checked for this.

Any ideas why the BP solution is not working? (FYI: there are 700+ users, and I do not have these users in a 3rd-party email capture system) I’ve Googled for “Why does Notice to All Users not work in BuddyPress?”, and most results are 2-3 years old, with no one really explaining why this should not work. Why would BP have this function if it does not work? Or, alternatively, what am I doing wrong? Any advice appreciated. THANKS!

digging into the error log scared me

I replicated the bug, and these are the last few lines from the error log:

[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_posts
SET post_modified = '2012-05-12 22:48:46',
post_modified_gmt = '2012-05-12 20:48:46'
WHERE post_status='publish'
AND ( ID = 418 OR ID = 347 OR ID = 348 OR ID = 365 OR ID = 366) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_post_modified
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_postmeta
SET meta_value = '399'
WHERE meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND ( post_id = 365) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_live_streams_viewers
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT   wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_name = 'regolamento-forumobbligatorio' AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'topic'  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC  made by require, wp, WP->main, WP->query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT post_id FROM wp_2_postmeta, wp_2_posts WHERE ID = post_id AND post_type = 'topic' AND meta_key = '_wp_old_slug' AND meta_value = 'regolamento-forumobbligatorio' made by require, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_old_slug_redirect
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT ID FROM wp_2_posts WHERE post_name LIKE 'regolamento-forumobbligatorio%' AND post_type = 'topic' AND post_status = 'publish' made by require, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, redirect_canonical, redirect_guess_404_permalink
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_2_options WHERE option_name = 'super_simple_google_analytics_item' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, super_simple_google_analytics_print_code, get_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.term_id = 3 LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.slug = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.name = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE (post_type = 'page' AND post_status = 'publish')  AND ( ID  44 )    ORDER BY menu_order,wp_2_posts.post_title ASC made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, call_user_func, wp_page_menu, wp_list_pages, get_pages
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id)
INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta AS mt1 ON (wp_2_posts.ID = mt1.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'live_streams_stream' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND  (mt1.meta_key = 'status' AND CAST(mt1.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'live') ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value+0 DESC LIMIT 0, 50 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT DISTINCT u.ID as id, u.user_registered, u.user_nicename, u.user_login, u.display_name, u.user_email , um.meta_value as last_activity FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 15 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT u.ID) FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_comments JOIN wp_2_posts ON wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_comments.comment_post_ID WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 5 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, WP_Widget_Recent_Comments->widget, get_comments, WP_Comment_Query->query
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'topic' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_last_active_time' ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 10 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'blogname' made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_logo, get_blog_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT user_id, user_login, user_nicename, display_name, user_email, meta_value as caps FROM wp_users u, wp_usermeta um WHERE u.ID = um.user_id AND meta_key = 'wp_2_capabilities' ORDER BY um.user_id made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_authors_menu
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_posts
SET post_modified = '2012-05-12 23:27:39',
post_modified_gmt = '2012-05-12 21:27:39'
WHERE post_status='publish'
AND ( ID = 342 OR ID = 343 OR ID = 360 OR ID = 361 OR ID = 405) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_post_modified
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_postmeta
SET meta_value = '920'
WHERE meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND ( post_id = 342) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_live_streams_viewers
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden')  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 10 made by require, wp, WP->main, WP->query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, wp, WP->main, WP->query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_2_options WHERE option_name = 'super_simple_google_analytics_item' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, super_simple_google_analytics_print_code, get_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.term_id = 3 LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.slug = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.name = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE (post_type = 'page' AND post_status = 'publish')  AND ( ID  44 )    ORDER BY menu_order,wp_2_posts.post_title ASC made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, call_user_func, wp_page_menu, wp_list_pages, get_pages
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden')  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 4 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->slideshow_home, cc_slidertop, slider, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->slideshow_home, cc_slidertop, slider, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden')  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 3 made by require, require_once, include, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->default_homepage_last_posts, cc_list_posts, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->default_homepage_last_posts, cc_list_posts, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id)
INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta AS mt1 ON (wp_2_posts.ID = mt1.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'live_streams_stream' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND  (mt1.meta_key = 'status' AND CAST(mt1.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'live') ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value+0 DESC LIMIT 0, 50 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT DISTINCT u.ID as id, u.user_registered, u.user_nicename, u.user_login, u.display_name, u.user_email , um.meta_value as last_activity FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 15 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT u.ID) FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_comments JOIN wp_2_posts ON wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_comments.comment_post_ID WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 5 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, WP_Widget_Recent_Comments->widget, get_comments, WP_Comment_Query->query
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'topic' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_last_active_time' ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 10 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'blogname' made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_logo, get_blog_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT DISTINCT b.blog_id, b.id, bm1.meta_value as name, wb.domain, wb.path FROM wp_bp_user_blogs b, wp_blogs wb, wp_bp_user_blogs_blogmeta bm1 WHERE b.blog_id = wb.blog_id AND b.blog_id = bm1.blog_id AND bm1.meta_key = 'name' AND wb.deleted = 0 AND wb.spam = 0 AND wb.mature = 0 AND wb.archived = '0' AND b.user_id = 11 ORDER BY b.blog_id made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_blogs_menu, bp_blogs_get_blogs_for_user, BP_Blogs_Blog->get_blogs_for_user
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Hi @mercime – thank you for your reply.

I think I wasn’t so clear. I want to receive notifications but I wouldn’t like to be notified when someone else reply a comment where I was mentioned. That’s make sense?

E.g. @userx post a comment mentioning me. Every time someone reply HIS comment I got an notification.

I would like to be notified when someone mention me or reply an update mine but wouldn’t like to be notified when someone reply an update where I was mentioned.

Any ideas on that? Thanks!

Nevermind, I was able to get it to work. After installing and activating the BuddyPress plugin, I noticed on the WordPress plugin page at the top there was a notification to run the installation wizard. After going through the steps and finalizing the install, the BP pages loaded perfectly! I would recommend to have some sort of notification on the actual BP pages that the user needs to run the installation wizard first because there’s really nothing that tells the user what to do after installing the plugin and the blank pages don’t help.

I recently changed my theme, but was experiencing the same problem on my previous theme BP Columns 1.5.3. Below is what I’m currently running:

Wordpress 3.3.1

Theme:
Frisco for BuddyPress 1.5.04

Plugins:
BuddyPress 1.5.2
bbPress 2.0.2
BP-NotificationWidget 1.4
BP-Registration-Options 3.0.3
BuddyPress Moderation 0.1.6
Buddypress Sitewide activity widget 1.1.3.3
Calendar 1.3.1
Email Users 3.4.1
File Gallery 1.7.3
oEmbed for BuddyPress 0.52
U BuddyPress Forum Attachment 1.2.1
Visual Form Builder 1.9.1
WP-FB-AutoConnect 2.2.0
WP-Filebase 0.2.9.10
WP-Polls 2.62
WP Survey And Quiz Tool 2.8.3

Hi, Mercime. I am using Salutation by para.llel. us It has been recently revamped for use with Buddypress and I can see that many members seem to be doing fine. I am sure it is something I have done. I have changed only one setting under buddypress and that is ‘hide admin bar for logged out users’. I messed up initially on my pages set-up, so had to go back and re-install bp to get the permalinks working right. Now everything but this section works – it throws me out to google and says it is a broken link:

Oops! This link appears to be broken.
Suggestions:
Go to http://www.­atlantagardening­forum.­com
Search http://www.atlantagardeningforum.com for members admin settings general

I will try switching back to bp default and see what happens.

I believe this is resolved. It was google apps after all. I didn’t realize the MX records on the new hosting server hadn’t been changed. Thanks for the thoughts.

I see. I sent a test email, and it said `SMTP server error: Temporary local problem – please try later` so I will try the php mail option and see what its test says. By the way, I am on justhost, and my dns is an addon associated.

@aces I’m sorry, I’m not a coder. I installed the plugin, but what do you mean see the debugging info? Should I switch to use php instead of wp, or is there some other setting you are speaking of? As I said in the posting, I was thinking google apps mail settings on the dns might be the problem.

Okay I found a way around this. I used the code supplied via one post, the one that said you should place the code in the functions.php file of your theme which would make all new registered users notifications setting turned off. Only problem was then… when I cut the ability for users to updated there profile setting it also allowed them to change the notification settings. Which would allow users to turn them back on.

So I headed to the BuddyPress plugin files and started searching. Looking for files with the names “Settings” in them I opened them all up and started searching for anything mentioning “Notifications” settings. Here are the two pieces of code that I found in the files and removed them. Went to my test user account, then to settings, and the ability to update/change my “Notifications” settings from their could no longer be seen. Worked… so here are the 2 pieces of code to look for an remove.

First:
`// Add Notifications nav item
$sub_nav[] = array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Notifications’, ‘buddypress’ ),
‘slug’ => ‘notifications’,
‘parent_url’ => $settings_link,
‘parent_slug’ => $this->slug,
‘screen_function’ => ‘bp_core_screen_notification_settings’,
‘position’ => 20,
‘user_has_access’ => bp_core_can_edit_settings()
);`

Second:
`/** Notifications *************************************************************/

function bp_core_screen_notification_settings() {
global $bp;

if ( bp_action_variables() ) {
bp_do_404();
return;
}

if ( isset( $_POST ) ) {
check_admin_referer(‘bp_settings_notifications’);

if ( isset( $_POST ) ) {
foreach ( (array)$_POST as $key => $value ) {
if ( $meta_key = bp_get_user_meta_key( $key ) )
bp_update_user_meta( (int)$bp->displayed_user->id, $meta_key, $value );
}
}

bp_core_add_message( __( ‘Changes saved.’, ‘buddypress’ ), ‘success’ );

do_action( ‘bp_core_notification_settings_after_save’ );
}

bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( ‘bp_core_screen_notification_settings’, ‘members/single/settings/notifications’ ) );
}`

@DJPaul I’ve cleared all cache browser and SO, searched logs from server and nothing.
I’ve been going around this for hours, it looks like that w3tc messed with permalinks, or I’m wrong.

One error is occurring since I’ve disabled & deleted w3tc which is this one
Call to undefined function bp_loggedin_user_id() but has to do with live notification.

If I do site/members/username , it works perfect but if I go back to site/community/members/username gives me 404. I do config options for the pages & parents.

link to site/community/members (groups) is reachable but if you try to access single it gives 404

I don’t have any clue what’s happening. Any idea that can help?

Ahhhh, that is working now, thank you very much @boonebgorges

The only other big thing I think is a problem and could be very confusing to people as I mentioned before, if User A posts on a group activity wall it then appears on their profile activity wall and User B can comment on it there and it will also appear on the group’s activity wall. People might not like that and thinking they were only commenting on their buddy’s wall. However, if User A comments on a blog or forum post, it also appears on their profile activity wall and people can still comment on it, but it then doesn’t appear on the original blog.

I’m sure some people would like it one way or the other, I personally think blog, group, and forum posts should only then appear as notifications on a user’s activity wall without the option for others to comment on so that users are certain where their comments are appearing and avoid confusion and possible embarrassment.

Either way it is just an inconsistency that has confused me at least and might be confusing others as well.