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Having the same problem on one of my websites. I made of copy of my database, installed it on another site and the problem was gone. And I don’t know what is the difference between the two.
I’m trying this again. I’ll let you know if it works.

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2419

With the “Friends” component disabled, autocomplete on the “Send To” field in “Messages > Compose” should work for all members. Otherwise there’s no way to choose a recipient. You can write a message but you can’t send it. The only way to send a message is to visit the recipient’s profile and click “Send Private Message”. If you can message anyone by visiting their profile, why not be able to message anyone by visiting “Messages > Compose”? With “Friends” turned on, autocomplete could go back to using just friends. But with “Friends” turned off, autocomplete should work for all members.

Essentially, turning off “Friends” should be like saying that everyone is a friend… rather than like saying that no one is a friend. You can see all members in the member directory anyway.

My only fall back right now (I refuse to enable friending) is to simply hide the autocomplete box completely. So you’ll only be able to message one person at a time by going to their profile and clicking “send private message”

BP would benefit from some table reduction.

Andy and I talked at WordCamp San Fran about how some components would benefit greatly from using the posts table, like Private Messages and Groups. Other components like XProfile would be more tricky and may not see any performance improvements, but would still be doable similar to the WP3.0 Menus.

So, it’s a likely direction, but don’t quote me yet.

I too would like the ability to have forums separate from groups. I think those of us who need this are generally building very niche communities, and are not trying to create the next Facebook. Mine for example is based all around a specific era of the Ford Mustang. Nearly every topic that will be discussed on my site is relevant to every user. I don’t like the idea of any of my users, not being able to read a topic because another user created it within a private group.

On a side note: I would like the ability to retain group functions, with the ability to have forums within groups. But I would also like the ability for users to move topics between forums. This way, if some one creates a group called California Mustang Owners, and a topic is started with a question regarding Mustang Suspension, a user will be able to move that topic to the Tech section of the forums which will yield a much better return for the original poster when everyone is able to help answer his question.

@djpaul

at Private-Messaging it says “send between username and _”
the _ means blank

@owrede – Ping! Please read from here on. See if this resolves your issue.

[EDIT]
Just reading your issue again… doesn’t seem like this is a related issue.
Does your problem occur when using the default BP theme? You might want to start a separate thread in order to avoid confusion.

This is not a “problem” per se.

It’s a matter of customizing the language file:
https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

Most users will input a subject… so I don’t see this being a big issue. You could possibly add javascript validation so the subject has to be filled out before the form is submitted.

Also, just wondering how you changed the username? This will help with others who encounter this problem later.

@piphut – It should… but if it doesn’t… try the snippet I posted above.

Also, this begs the question… how did you change your username in the first place? Did you edit it through the DB or through a plugin?

@piphut – Try adding the following in wp-config.php:
define( 'BP_ENABLE_USERNAME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE', true );

It’s possible that “admin” is still used as your “user_nicename”.

I am having the problem that sending a private message points to “/members/_myuserid_/messages/compose//” which in turn responds with a Forbidden-Error page. My User ID is not “admin” though I do have site admin privileges.

This does not seem to be the bug describred in the ticket at https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1820

Regards,
Oliver

This is only happening for your admin account right?

This ticket is related to your issue:
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/1820

Might want to reopen it.

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Also try disabling any third-party plugins (including the Usernames only plugin)… see if your problem disappears.

@arxpoetica et al –

I just created the private BP group Semantic Web and Open Stack Integration to focus our discussions. As it is a private group, you must request membership. I felt it was better to create a private group so that we could ensure the conversations are maintained at the proper level.

Happy to hear that it works!