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Could be a theme issue. Change to bp-default theme and see if same behavior occurs.

Robcwright…I added to the code to fix the problem with logged out users or users who aren’t members of private groups being kicked back to the home page when they click on the name of a private group:

function redirect_to_forum() {
global $bp;

$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );

$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );

if ($bp->groups->current_group->user_has_access === true) {

if ( bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav ) === false ) {
if( $bp->bp_options_nav )
bp_core_redirect( $path . $bp->bp_options_nav . ‘/’ );
}
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘redirect_to_forum’ );

This checks to see if the user has access before redirecting to the forum page as the home page. The function is found in bp_groups.php , line 187.

Well I don’t know if this a bug or not, but I found (almost) the root of the problem and a relatively simple fix.

I discovered that the recipients table had entries for threads that were not in the messages tables. I don’t know where these threads came from, but they were definitely there. So I changed the messaging code to generate the thread_id from the recipients table rather than the messages table.

If this was some sort of database corruption, this was a reasonable fix for me. We don’t have enough messages for it to be a performance issue and if something else is inserting into that recipients table we shouldn’t conflict with it (assuming it is generating thread_ids in the same way).

I really don’t know enough about BuddyPress to know if this is a core bug or some other issue related to our theme (I can’t find any other references to that table so it’s kinda wierd).

bp-messages-classes.php:

/* If we have no thread_id then this is the first message of a new thread. */
if ( empty( $this->thread_id ) ) {
$this->thread_id = (int)$wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT MAX(thread_id) FROM {$bp->messages->table_name_recipients}” ) ) + 1;
$new_thread = true;
}

You could take a slightly different approach and hide the content but keep the tab: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/hiding-activity-content-for-non-logged-users/

There is also this (I’ve not used it though): https://buddypress.org/community/groups/private-buddypress/activity/

As for the second bit.. which plugin are you using?

I think this post is something similar to what you are asking: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/make-groups-visibile-but-invite-only/

I’m seeing this as well, and I’ve even seen it happen when our caching system was turned off. Could you provide a few more details as to what modules are involved or how the file caching triggers this as I would definitely like to find a way of fixing this.

I have the same problem with birth date in french.
Warum ?
According to this ticket, this would be solved in 1.3 (even if this problem was mentionned 2 years ago…)
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3149
Concerning private msg date, you can read this:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2203

Maybe this can help ?
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/hide-profile-field/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-profile-privacy/
http://bp-tricks.com/snippets/displaying-certain-profile-fields-on-your-members-profile-page/

also remember that privacy controls don’t apply to Admin. Admin can see everything. Log in as a regular user and then test.

@megt12 on a public help forum it’s bad form to expect or try and move a topic away to private messaging, help given is always thought to perhaps be useful to others stumbling across the thread in searches.

Defines go in your wp-config.php file.

You will definitely be needing to explain the steps you have taken thus far and the point you are at if it’s going to be possible to provide meaningful help.

I use S2member plugin. It will handle what you are asking for. Plus a whole lot more. Be sure to read all the documentation.

Closing thread then.

@WCCP

Oops! You have a duplicate post that is answered here:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-section-as-private-section-of-wordpress-site/

@WCCP

The s2member plugin will do everything you want, and a whole LOT more too! Watch out though, you can easily get lost in all the features and options, so take it slow and follow the startup instructions closely. But everything is very well documented, and there’s a pretty good help forum available if you get stuck.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/s2member/

There is also a new bridge plugin for s2member (or any other membership plugin) that enables you and your users to create private profiles that become visible to certain membership levels. It automatically inserts an “Upgrade” link in member profiles that displays to users who don’t yet have view permissions.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profiles-manager/

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-make-a-private-community?topic_page=6&num=15#post-86316

Derived from the above link, I use the following in a bp-custom.php file to exclude users that are not logged in from seeing the activity or members areas.

if( ! bp_is_blog_page() && ! is_user_logged_in() )
bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain .'/'. BP_REGISTER_SLUG );
}
add_action( 'get_header', 'sh_walled_garden' );

In bp-custom.php the above needs to be placed in a plain text file with “ at the end of the file….

Firstly searching the site will possibly throw up past threads on the subject, try: ‘private profile’

Or you could check how certain aspects of bp work that only kick in when the user has logged in ( look in sidebar.php for examples of logic that checks if a user is logged in) using that logic you could take the main home page for members profiles and wrap it a conditional query that says ‘show: member profile if user is logged in else: write a polite message explaining profiles are restricted to members and provide a link to registration page.