I deactivated “private buddypress”……I’m re-checking
hmmm…..I have “private buddypress” plugin…….that is suppose to make much of my site invisible to non-registered users……that’s the only “privacy plugin” I have
When anyone on the site sends a private msg, you hit send and then it ends up going t a broken link page saying the page doesnt exist. The message is still sent. But how do i fix the broken page issue?
Their’s lots of plugins that do that. Have a look at the plugin directory.
eg. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-private-community/
Or; code it yourself.
http://pastebin.com/rgJ6BQc8 (thanks to David from friscotheme.com for the pastebin)
just paste the code into your bp-custom.php file and modify to your needs.
I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out a solution, not finding one that seems to fit the task. I have a site for a group of individuals and not for just any public viewing. If I allow user registration, anyone can access. And if I turn off ‘anyone can register’, a person has to already have a username and password. At least I think that’s how it works.
Some plug-ins I’ve looked at that make some pages private, or restrict access to the entire site, don’t offer what I think might be the ideal solution. Either:
1. I provide a master password/verification code to all individuals, and they use this to register with. So they would get access by creating a username, but not use the regular registration process in which an email is sent with a verification key.
2. Better would be if I could add the requirement of a master password/verification code and then, if they successfully enter that, they proceed to the site and register as any eligible member would (i.e. create a username, look for the verification link in their email, etc.). So I would be locking down the ability to register with a password/code I send all eligible members separately (I know who they are and their emails) but they would still need to visit the site, enter the verification code, and then advance to the registration page to create full access and their profile, etc.
Any thoughts?? Solution ideas??
I’m trying to send a private message when a new user signs up welcoming them to the site.
I created a plugin but it’s not working so I’m suspecting messages_new_message isn’t right. Everything else was tested and works, except for messages_new_message.
add_action( ‘user_register’, ‘welcome_user’ );
function welcome_user($user_id) {
global $wpdb;
$recipients = ‘$user_id’;
$subject = “Welcome to the site”;
$content = “This is a test message.”;
messages_new_message( array( ‘recipients’ => $recipients, ‘subject’ => $subject, ‘content’ => $content ));
}
Hi Boone,
Thanks for that info, I will try to disable that and observe. The site is a private coaching group so moderation is not really an issue right now.
Cheers,
Unwired
Hello,
Just getting back to setting up BP for my private membership site after a several weeks hiatus and am having a hard time figuring out a few things. Above the profile flelds it says:
“Editing ‘getting to know you’ Profile Group”
getting to know you
…and below has the “getting to know you”. That is alot of distracting wording. Is there a way to remove the heading (editing “getting to know….) ?
I would really prefer not to have a group at all, but that seems to be required? We will just be one big group, and like things spare and uncluttered. Any ideas would be most welcome.
I wanted to include a photo of this, but don’t see a way to do that…
networkit.com/tvhra/our-community/groups/tvhra/ is a private group so we cannot see activity page. I did check out another group’s activity and it does lead to 404 page.
Have you tried:
– Going to Settings > Permalinks then click Save Changes on same page to re-run permalinks?
– Checking your .htaccess file for your multisite installation and see if there are any changes since you last updated your .htaccess file?
– Change to bp-default theme, clear cache and check whether if you upload a new avatar, it shows up properly?
– Check site where you purchased the theme – do you need to update the theme for WP 3.3 and BP 1.5.2? You can also install the Theme Check plugin as well as the Log Deprecated Notices plugin to see what code/s need to be updated.
Im trying to do the same thing, this is a code that im using to config to something just like it.
Instead im using it to over lay the whole background of the users profile ( just a quick fix for privacy settings ) But for some reason it isn’t working like i wanted it too.. ( nor is it working at all ) Maybe you could use this in hopes it could lead you to your answer. Once again this is not a answer to your question, its just a code to help you get started.
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Set to Private!
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Ps. Let me if this helps and if you found a fix for it.
Im working on something that is almost like it.
here is my code
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Set to Private!
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I hope this gave you some what of an idea for an answer.
So far i’ve gotten no where. I’ll keep you updated if I find the answer to my question.
http error 500 usually means issue with server or sometimes .htaccess file and sometimes memory limits, etc. Check .htaccess file (compare with this). You might also need to increase memory limit (or ask tech support) from 32MB to 64MB
I’ve installed WP Multisite with BuddyPress using custom bp-default child themes in Quarter01/Quarter02 this year with IXwebhosting for two private communities each using Unlimited Pro shared hosting plan and have no issues with the hosting so far to date. Those were private/closed registration for 200+ and 275+ members with 24 and 45 subdomain blogs respectlvely. If you have more members, open registration and more blogs, you’d need to upgrade to VPS or Cloud Hosting plan either at IXweb or elsewhere.
Also, Mingle theme is for version BP 1.5 and WP 3.2.1 (as seen on theme demo site) and you’re on WP 3.3 and BP 1.5.2. Instead of activating a new WP default theme, activate bp-default theme and clear cache.
As activity updates and private messaging are deactivated in this site, BuddyPress.org, it could very well be that you mean that the problems you listed above are happening in your site where you installed BuddyPress.
If it is your installation you are referring to above, what WP/BP versions are you on? Have you tried the basic trouble-shooting methods like changing to bp-default theme and if issue is not corrected, deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress?
Get the free plugin s2member from the wp plugin directory.
Hi all,
since I upgraded WP and BP to 3.2.1 and 1.5.1 the notification emails are no longer being sent out, private messages and mentions are, but topics I am following or created don’t seem to be sending anything out. I am assuming this is something to do with a cron job somewhere. Can someone point me in the right direction of where I investigate further.
Thanks
Is there a solution for the dots?
Can somebody please address this? I can’t post activity updates anywhere, or post privately to people on the site.
I set up bp and tried to do a private message and i get a blank page /compose
I’m running on iis if that helps, it’s an intranet otherwise I would show you the page.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Mike
I am trying to create a private community where people can’t see in… I am not a very good programmer either… many of the themes I have been using, have little coded bits with nice links into the site… any suggestions.. am currently using membership plug in…
Thanks for posting an update, @peeld.
There is an existing ticket going in one direction: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3463, and there is an old discussion related to the broader issue: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2678
This is part of a larger problem with the way that activity items are hidden in certain cases. It’s long been an issue of mine, so I’ve opened a ticket with a view to fixing it sooner rather than later: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3857
Never mind, figured out the SQL statement, set all activity to hide_sitewide=1 
PHEW! It’s not clear, btw, that setting groups to private doesn’t change this setting, I had to dig and dig and dig. Really, don’t you think it SHOULD? If you set a group from private to public, I can see it not being retroactive, but if it’s going from public to private, imo it should ALL go private.
I think I figured out my problem – the groups WERE set to public, and when I set them to private, the hide_sitewide value in the SQL database didn’t get changed.
So, now I need to change ALL those values from 0 to 1. What SQL statement do I run to do this?
And, is there a plugin or update to get it so that when the status of a group changes from public to private, all the posts ARE switched from 0 to 1?
