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for sure – but the bug is open for 15 months ( https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2576 ) and wasn’t fixed – and therefore i thought if you tidy the code up you could add it to core as a patch.

As there was a php error if the user who uses the forum directory is not logged in the following modification was done:

You also need to add the functionality that logged in users can potentially see all forums (the above code then filters out forums the user is not member of):

after

add

I still struggle to get this view running corectly.

I managed to find out how to pull all group ID’s for a given userid:

SELECT group_id FROM `xyz_bp_groups_members` where `user_id` = 1

And how to get all forum_id’s for a given group:

SELECT meta_value FROM `xyz_bp_groups_groupmeta` where group_id = 1 and meta_key = ‘forum_id’

My idea was to do a join as i didn’t know how to follow your directions correctly @boonebgorges.
Therefore i tried to modify the original $sql (line 83 in bp-group-filters.php):

$sql .= ‘JOIN ‘ . $bp->groups->table_name . ‘ AS g LEFT JOIN ‘ . $bp->groups->table_name_groupmeta . ‘ AS gm ON g.id = gm.group_id ‘;

with this extended version:

$sql .= ‘JOIN ‘ . $bp->groups->table_name . ‘ AS g LEFT JOIN ‘ . $bp->groups->table_name_groupmeta . ‘ AS gm, oba_bp_groups_members AS gu ON g.id = gm.group_id AND gu.group_id = gm.group_id’;

unfortunately i have not enough know-how how the buddypress-core is working correctly. Any hints on how to do this properly?

Many Thanks!

That was a terrible experience, but at least I know BP much better now. It was a combination of issues – ajax.php silently failed to load with the theme files on the production server, despite being identical to the theme files on staging (I still can’t explain that), and there was the just recently patched BP core bug with the red “You do not have access to this group” error.

Resolved

The issue has been unravelling here:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/cant-request-private-group-membership-you-do-not-have-access-to-this-group/

I started from scratch on the production server here:
http://dhcworks.carleton.ca/version2/

With fresh files and a fresh DB, the issue came up again. Staging is here and hasn’t had any problems:
http://dev.archonic.com/carleton/dhc/

You can login using username and password “tester” on both sites. Note that on production, the buttons to join, leave, and request aren’t showing on the group directory or group home.

UPDATE: just noticed r-a-y’s patch here – https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3687. I’ll try it and report back.

This bug is potentially costing me a client, I’ve got to get a gasp on it soon. I reinstalled everything and started with a fresh database and the issue is still there. So let me ask a more broad question –

What does BP ask of a user to be eligible to join a group (public, private and hidden)?
User must be logged in, and….?

it happens only with my friends

buddypress.1.5 and using bp-default theme

Small update: I enabled the friending component of BP to invite a user to a group and that worked. However, in what might be an unrelated case, hitting “new topic” on all pages that have that button, as any user, does nothing. I believe it’s related – there’s a common condition failing for a number of functions due to botched permissions.

Perhaps a drag and drop update to BP 1.6 bleeding messed up the user table? I believe I did that after the issue showed up.

Thanks Ray, I’ll keep an eye on that ticket. I’m not sure it’s what I’m experiencing however. Despite having the same WP, BP, plugins and theme, the buttons to join both public and private groups do not appear for any user, only on my production site. When on the page for a private group you’re not a member of, there is a tab link to request membership which will show the “You do not have access to this group” error, but the issue is higher than that since joining any group is somehow unavailable.

i try to get it running and provide my version if it works.