BuddyPress.org

YEZZ, it works again. Thanks for your help again!
The only things what are needed:

In the root of BuddyPress (version 1.2.3):
In bp-blogs.php, change rule 379 of
if ( (int)get_blog_option( $blog_id, ‘blog_public’ ) || !bp_core_is_multisite() ) {
IN:
if (get_blog_option( $blog_id, ‘blog_public’ ) > 0 || !bp_core_is_multisite() ) {

and change rule 427 from
if ( (int)get_blog_option( $recorded_comment->blog_id, ‘blog_public’ ) || !bp_core_is_multisite() ) {
IN:
if (get_blog_option( $recorded_comment->blog_id, ‘blog_public’ ) > 0 || !bp_core_is_multisite() ) {

and the MU plugin:
ds_private_blog.php: http://wpmudev.org/project/More-Privacy-Options

With regards Anja(afoka)

the old website of bp.org was much easier to navigate and find information.
at least for myself…..

Strange… In both cases if I change the rules (379 and 427), is this the result:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in betawordpresswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-blogs.php on line 379
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in betawordpresswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-blogs.php on line 427

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I have also as before changed the rule In buddypress/bp-blogs/bp-blogs-classes.php
if ( !(int)$wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT DISTINCT public FROM {$wpdb->base_prefix}blogs WHERE blog_id = %d”, $blog_id ) ) )
in
if ( $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT DISTINCT public FROM {$wpdb->base_prefix}blogs WHERE blog_id = %d”, $blog_id ) ) < 1 )

@Boone Gorges, well I do have the same problem in BuddyPress 1.2.3 . I can find the rule in /bp-blogs/bp-blogs-classes, but……
the file bp-activity (in the root of BuddyPress) changed so much, that i don’t know where to find the rules like you’ve discribed.
Will you help me again? Or maybe you know if there is a plugin for it?

With regards Anja (afoka)

Thank you so much r-a-y. I appreciate this.
vida

Thank you Rich:
I have used “registered user only” plugin for the site. It works OK. But apparently the member’s activity page still shows in Google cache and I can’t make that disappear even when I delete that user’s profile

Grrrr, how do you add code to posts in BP?

I’ve tried pre and code tags, but nothing working >_<

Hmmmm….

Thanks for your posts ^ ^

I’m finally getting round to setting up a private buddy press site.

I liked the looks of @Travel-Junkie‘s solution, but I’m having the same problem as @wordpresschina, I’m getting a infinite redirect loop. It seems that functions like bp_is_register_page() and bp_is_home() aren’t working correctly from @Travel-Junkie‘s function.

I changed it a little to:

function sh_walled_garden()
{
global $bp;

$uri = $_SERVER;

$allowed_uris[] = ”;
$allowed_uris[] = ‘/’;

for ($i=0; $i < count($allowed_uris); $i++) {
if ($allowed_uris[$i] === $uri) {
return;
}
}

if( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain);
}
}
add_action( ‘get_header’, ‘sh_walled_garden’ );

Where the $allowed_uris array is set by the programmer to allow access to certain public pages. If the user isn’t logged in and they are trying to access a private page, then they will be redirected to the home page (as that page will be public in my site setup and I don’t want people to be able to register through a sign up page.)

I’ll have to see how I get on with this solution for now…

Thanks for your help

I’m totaly agree with you Marcella!
All those imbrication of css, js and php was really a pain in the ass for me… I spend hours and hours trying to find out what was the script that was doing a conflict with my template…
I’m sure that the buddypress team wanted to do something easy… They idea was: “just change the thing you wanna change on the default theme” but when you wanna change everything and you wanna add some functionality you realise that you are completly lost on what is doing what from where…
@ Paul Gibbs: Im’not really agree with you… the default theme needs to showcase the basic functionality of buddypress… and juste the basic functionality… and if you want to had other functionality you can download other themes from the web…

Ok I just find the solution… It’s because of my wordpress template… I had a js file which was conflict with the crop button

Hello Boone.
Thank you for your kind help. I’m new to BP and i am still trying to understand in depth how it works. About your suggestions there are a few things that do not work exactly as you said (at least for me).
1. Admin has to approve all new sign-ups and make the new Member part of 1 (and only one) Group. Only after this action by the Admin, an activation email is sent to the new Member. As an alternative to this process, a new Member could only sign-up after the Admin sends him an invite to a particular Group.
I need the Admin to review the sign-up request, add the new member to a particular group and then send a confirmation to the new member. With the suggestion you made (wp-invites + bp-group-management) all works well, but the member gains access to the website as soon as he signs-up. When he logs in for the first time he is still not part of a group, because most probably the Admin didn’t have time to do this. For me it’s not important if the system is set in a way that it has to be the Admin to invite new members or if is up for the new members to ask to join. As long as the new member gains access exclusively after he has been added to a group by the Admin.

2. If the Groups are set to private they still appear in the group directory. I changed them to hidden and now they can only be seen by it’s members, which is perfect for my needs. But since that now i’m left with one empty tab in the groups directory (all groups), is there a way of making it disappear by editing some file? If so, which one and where?

3. Members can only see the list of the other Members of his Group
For now, even with all groups set to hidden, the members can have access to a list of all members. Is there a way to make them have access to a list of only the members of his group?

4. How can i prevent members to exit the group or groups they are part of? Maybe by editing some file?

Again, i appreciate all the help that you can provide.
Thank you.