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Wow 😮 thanks 3sixty for moving it up, maybe I was being too respectful should have changed it myself

And thanks JJJ for the quick patch to #2343 Can you also look at #2293 if you’re not already.

“Post something to xxx”
This actually should be described more clearly. It is ambiguous whether you are posting something to them privately or publicly (until you try it out).

Well cared for? yes guess it was but I’m still concerned that it generated no other interest or was that simply that the milestone was set to far in the future?

No hidden groups shouldn’t be used period until such time as this issue is correctly dealt with, hacks worry me used to cure this sort of problem. however given that Boone looked into this I’m pretty happy the fix is a fairly safe short term fix.

As you spotted I questioned whether or not the milestone should have been moved up? to 1.2.4 but it was a question unanswered, I placed it in 1.3 as I wasn’t sure where it ought to have been placed but asked the question upon creation and notification in original forum thread.

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2293

@el_terko – you’re right. The new inbox widget is simply a message loop:
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-private-messages-loop-bp_has_message_threads/

This is similar to an issue I found and have an open ‘Critical’ ticket on.

If you go to your account and then activity > friends you are able to view updates/comments made by a friend who is a member of a hidden group but which you are not, what is worse is that not only can you read content made to a group that you should not be able to read but you can also use the ‘reply’ to add a comment that will then appear in the hidden group.

I’m afraid that for me hidden groups are no such thing and represent a real issue if people use them believing them to be hidden and private in nature.

To date I have had little response on this, the ticket is still open and but for the very kind help of Boone, who helped or rather provided a interim hack to hide the activity altogether, there feels as though there is not a huge deal of concern over an issue of this nature when Andy dropped into the forum thread I raised on the issue it was simply to tick me off for incorrectly referring to hidden groups as ‘private hidden’ – Sorry Andy just thought it may have merited a little more concern than nomenclature issues

“I would like the Members profile to have a contact button which when clicked allows the users to send an email to the member?”
Actually, when a logged-in user sends “Private Message” to another member, the latter receives the message in his/her email inbox. Or did you need a contact form for online visitors who are not logged in so they could touch base with any member of your community?

I noticed “add friend” was replaced by “follow.” Profile details seem private. And, I like the permalink button in the activity streams.

I guess you are talking about this:

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2166

Currently, I think that it is not wise to use Private-Groups as those are not working really perfect yet….

I think what you’re saying is that, for example, in Forum posts: if you’re a logged in member of a private/hidden group, you should see private/hidden posts in the overall Forum Index, and obviously, nonmembers would see the same Index minus the private posts. I agree that this seems like it should be the logical default in BP. On my site, keeping private/hidden posts it creates a “parallel universe” effect where users of private/hidden forums have to visit a special place to see that protected content. As a result, private/hidden forums get less usage than they should.

I have no idea if this is planned for BuddyPress, but I would put in a strong vote for it. In the meantime, it could be handled by a plugin or rewrite of code.

It really depends what you mean by “customization”. If you mean that each group should be able to load its own background/header/color scheme, then it’s definitely possible. I don’t know of a plugin that does it, but it wouldn’t be all that hard to write something that allowed group admins to switch between a number of admin-selected color schemes, or to upload images in addition to the avatar.

Is there some other meaning of “custom network” that I’m missing out on here? Something that “private/hidden” doesn’t already cover?

I mean it’s not possible to have totally separate BP networks running on separate subdomains but using the same installation of BuddyPress.

If you take my suggestion, you can make groups either Private or Hidden. If a group is private, the only people who are able to read or contribute to the group are those who have either had a membership request accepted, or those who have been invited. Hidden groups are the same, but they don’t show up in group directories, and thus it’s impossible to request membership to them – you can only join by being invited.

In this way, the activity that happens in a hidden group is only viewable by members of that group. Users of the site, however, could be members of multiple groups, and could interact with each other outside of those groups, through the profile pages and private messaging (assuming that you enable these features). From my point of view, this is the best of both worlds.

Progress is good. There are two more bugs to figure out and then a little new CSS to add and then I’ll set it free for testing. I don’t want to say when that will be as I’ve missed a few of my self-imposed deadlines, but I do look to get it out very soon so that it can be tested with BP 1.2.4 in anticipation of the big impending WP 3.0 / BP 1.3 release.

I appreciate the offer of assistance. Several people have graciously done so. Once this version is out, I would love to see a group of people begin to help support and update it. It is too important of a component to let a single person control. At that point, I’ll convert my private repository over to an Open Source repository for those involved.

You could probably use this snippet in your theme’s functions.php file:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/how-to-make-a-private-community/page/2#post-44729

If you attempt to access the site and you’re not logged in, you will be redirected to the register page.

@Mike, thought my post was deleted. Just edited. Sorry Andy!

FYI – I really respect all the work you put into BP Andy and others. I submit patches whenever I find something. I can’t speak for WPMU DEV but our members are very happy to have the instant support we provide and always updated plugins/themes.

People who are trying to put together a professional site see the worth in paying a relatively small fee (compared to hiring a private dev) to get support and plugins they can depend on not to break with each WP/BP update. Professional work costs money, and people who want it know that. Nothing wrong with giving people that options.

It furthers BP and it’s popularity even more!