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only problem with removing the link:

<?php echo bp_get_root_domain() . '/' . BP_GROUPS_SLUG . '/create/' ?> someone could still access the url directly to start the process.

I went ahead and created a plugin (waiting on repo request on wordpress.org) to disable the steps and show a ‘new groups creation is closed’ message. Also added in a midlevel-cap to allow another set of users the ability to create private/hidden + w/forums. I may expand this to restrict other steps in the group creation process (as other plugins using the group extension api may add in their own step)

Basically the plugin removes the $bp->groups->group_creation_steps – adds in a custom position 0 step to display a closed page.

actually you can create a login page in 1.2.1 and have your site private….. once they pass credentials, they will be allowed inside.

That code snippet probably applied to an older version of BP.

Cool! Glad it worked for you, Jfcarter.

Make sure to green light the thread!

@intimez

is_site_admin() is the function but will probably be deprecated soon when WP 3.0 comes out.

Try this out:

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() && !bp_is_my_profile() && function_exists( 'bp_send_private_message_link' ) && ( my_bp_is_friend() || is_site_admin() ) ) : ?>

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re: direct url to private message… you’ll have to modify the /bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/messages/compose.php file in your child theme to do a check for the username and if the logged-in user is friends with that username.

If the username is friends with the logged-in user, show the form to complete the message; if not a friend, don’t show the form.

There is a function that checks if a user is a site admin (can’t remember the name now but if you can’t find it let me know). you can use it to exclude the admin this allowing him to do send the message.

Thanks,

Shai

@r-a-y

I did what you mentioned but the code in bp-custom.php is now showing up at the top of the page visible to all. Maybe I missed something else?

edit: ooops, my mistake. It’s working now but I can PM by going direct URL.

edit2: how to enable so admin can still PM w/o being friends?

Try this out in /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:

function my_bp_is_friend() {

global $bp;



if (friends_check_friendship($bp->loggedin_user->id,$bp->displayed_user->id) )

return true;



return false;

}

Then copy /bp-default/members/single/member-header.php to your child theme.

Next, edit:

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() && !bp_is_my_profile() && function_exists( 'bp_send_private_message_link' ) ) : ?>

to:

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() && !bp_is_my_profile() && my_bp_is_friend() && function_exists( 'bp_send_private_message_link' ) ) : ?>

check out this function in bp-friends.php

function friends_check_friendship_status( $user_id, $possible_friend_id ) {

that will return a string depending on the friend status

Bump.

Anyone made any progress with this?

just change the Group-settings from “Public Group” to “Private Group”.

I would be already happy if the already existing Private-Groups would work properly……

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2072

Actually thanks for the post. This is a something I have been doing (trying to do) since wpmu 1.0. I use WPMU / Buddypress with young (elementary school students 6-12 years old) so simplicity is a must. The New Blog Options plugin (if it works as it says it will) would make make perfect customization possible. Here are a list of WPMU plugins that I use or have used that might help. I am in the process of retrying everything to achieve exactly what you are trying to do. Let everyone on the forums know how your testing goes. Hope this isn’t too long. I added links to save time since there are sometimes plugins with similar names).

New Blog Options – this one is fairly new (still beta), and I haven’t tried it extensively yet, but it will allow you to clone on blog setup with it’s plugin options etc. to all new blogs.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/default-blog-options/

Limit Blogs per User – if you don’t want them making more than one blog (set to 2, one is the main buddypress blog and 2 is their own blog)

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/limit-blogs-per-user/

WPMU New Blog Defaults – this will allow you to restrict menus, change default links, etc under the Options in the Site Admin menu

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/

Members – this one takes over where the old Role-manager plugin left off. Haven’t had time to check it out yet, but if you could use this with New Blog Options it would allow you to very finally tune what your users could do and see.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/

Adminimize – again I haven’t played with this for a while, but if you could use it with New Blog Options, then you could simplify the look of the menus for your users too.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adminimize/

Default User Role – will set the user role when a new blog is created

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-default-user-role/

Plugin Manager – does what it says, allows you to manage which plugins users can set, which ones are automatically turned on, and which regular users cannot see

http://wpmudev.org/project/wpmu-plugin-manager

download link is: http://wpmudev.org/download/946613807_mp-plugin-manager.php

Of course with young people you might want to consider a privacy plugin like:

More Privacy Options – this doesn’t work with the feed on Buddypress, but if you search the forums it can be made to work or you can use the following plugin for feed privacy (Buddypress privacy should be coming soon)

http://wpmudev.org/project/More-Privacy-Options/

download link is: http://wpmudev.org/download/999830698_ds_private_blog.php

BP MPO Activity Filter – This plugin, BP MPO Activity Filter, does just what the name suggests: it filters BuddyPress activity feeds. Used with More Privacy Options.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-mpo-activity-filter/

Hi Michael,

which content you are talking about which is missing ? Activity-content or Forum-content ?

https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2072

Some of you guys must check your Private Messages …

I appreciate the suggestion , but no possible solutions yet from the developers