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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!

PMs are disabled on here for now due to spam; I’m guessing the old messages are still in the DB though.
Awaiting further word about this from Andy.

Oops, yeah, you’ll need to remove the parenthesis before get_blog_option in both of those.

I don’t know about the blog class thing. Try without changing it and see what happens.

So I’m a total newb at this and I don’t understand how to disable the RSS on BP. I tried putting the code in to the file you suggested (at the end of the current code) but I’m not sure I’m doing this correctly. Can you offer any help, or some more detailed instructions (in layman’s terms) so that I can make my RSS feed for all site activity go away? I want to have a completely private BP community.