Prashant Singh, you seem quiet good to BP and coding within that area. If you know how to fix one of my following problems, you could save my day:
1. https://buddypress.org/support/topic/private-message-suggestions/
2. https://buddypress.org/support/topic/redirect-from-page-if-not-logged-in/
I installed this plugin and all PM spam stopped ever since. It requires a person to be your friend before they can PM you. https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-private-message-for-friends-only/
DLParticipant
@prashantvatsh Thanks, I didn’t realize that every user could see the /members page and then if they click to a members profile they see the public and private messaging buttons too.
It seems that every new registration on the site automatically becomes a Buddypress member. So then they can see the membership list and message any other user without being a member of any group.
This isn’t good, easy for manual spammers to register and send PM spam to members.
DLParticipant
I just started using Buddypress on a site and the Buddypress members all got a PM from a new user HARIATTA11 that registered this morning.
What I don’t understand is how the new member, a subscriber with no group memberships (both buddypress groups are private) was able to PM everyone? Where did they see the members list to know all the usernames?
There are a few plugins that can do that, for example:
BP Simple Private
hello, please i couldnt find how else to reach you..
i want to know about your last topic.. is it possible to automatically add new members immediatly on registration?? .. i could give you my number so we can chat privately if you’d like, if you got around this problem…pls tell me how
Hi,
Please check if the private messaging component is enabled there or not.
Thanks
Thanks for the reply but I do not want a private network and that is not what I am trying to accomplish.
I really just want the area of the page that shows that section to only be visible to logged on users.
Hi,
You can create a private BuddyPress network using this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/lh-private-buddypress/
Only logged-in members will be able to access the profiles, directories and all.
Thanks
Included in BP:
Registration
Creating and managing profiles
Create groups
Create group overview
Create private groups
There are templates – you will need to customize them by hand and be a decent developer to add custom code.
Hi,
Please try these steps:
1. go to forums > all forums
2. edit the forum of your choice
3. change the visibility to private.
Thanks
I’m having perhaps a related issue with messages. When I switch to the old theme the messages work fine. Here is my original post:
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Greetings!
I just installed BP version 3.1.0 with WooCommerce StoreFront theme on WP 4.9.8 hosted on WPEngine.
When I go to a users profile and click private message, it takes me to the messages tab, but the compose fields do not show. The URL appears to have the proper query string with the users name. Example: compose?r=julesyoga
Could caching be preventing the page from loading perhaps?
Do you know any reason why the page isn’t loading in compose mode and the name isn’t being populated.
site: https://access.julesmitchell.com/
wp version: 4.9.8
Thanks so much!
Hi folks, new BuddyPress user here. (Using BP 3.1.0, WP 4.9.8, site in development)
I’m looking to use BP for the following specific functionality:
1) Allow our members to post updates on their own profile (privately) for their own reference (diary style), which they will be able to review themselves later, over time.
2) It would be great if the admin user(s) could post comments on their diary entries too.
First hurdle: I would like to know how to “hide” certain elements of BuddyPress. When I go to the Activity page for a test user, besides the activity entry box and feed, I see links to toggle between “All Users” and “Mentions”. Then there’s an RSS link, a “Search Activity” box (might keep that, sure), and a dropdown for ‘Everything’ and some other options.
My first question: How do I go about hiding / disabling the functionality I don’t want our members to see/use? Should I edit plugins/buddypress/bp-activity/bp-activity-template.php ? Is this a good idea? :-O
Second question: Changing references of “Activity” to, say, “Diary” — is this best done with a translate plugin (e.g. LocoTranslate)?
3rd question: How would I enable admins the ability to add comments within a member’s activity stream (e.g. respond to specific entries)? Does anyone have any ideas on that? Is there another plugin somewhere that enables such functionality, perhaps?
Thanks for advice/tips you can give!
David.
@billysgtr @venutius this is really cool news as i need the exact same feature (only authors can send private messages on buddypress) …..how do i go about getting the latest version? is it an official plugin now?
Experiencing the same issue as well.
@vapvarun, possible to share the details of my site with you in private?
Using ‘good question’ or similar plugin,
‘graphic captcha’
‘ip geo block’
unfortunately spamshield had some meltdown with the wp.org people so it’s out, but similar functionality for logins and such is in ‘shield’
you’ll never stop the manual spammers, if you could stop them, you would be stopping legit users..
on my multi-site I use a plugin that makes all new blogs/aka sites that are created automatically set as ‘search engines do not index’ in settings.. this helps too..
the bp plugin that limits the amount of private messages that can be sent is nice (BuddyPress Private Message Rate Limiter),
one one install I disallow user’s group creation ability – and ask them to send me a note about any new groups that should be made.
also enjoy “register ips” – so I can ban really bad cidrs..
anyone? this is on buddypress profiles.. all plugins are deactivated so nothing is interfering as far as I know. When the “Private Message” Button is clicked it does not open the compose message with the user name in the title.. I think it might be a bug?
BuddyPress :3.1
I really hope someone can help me with this. I’ve read a lot of support pages/articles from varying sources, nothing I put in bp-custom.php works for removing profile nav tabs/sub nav tabs.
I’ve already tried https://buddypress.org/support/topic/the-right-way-to-remove-nav-items/
Is it possible to make Activity and Forum profile tabs private?
which doesn’t seem to have any effect at all.
the only thing i’ve found that kind does anything is:
function bp_remove_activity_from_profile()
{
bp_core_remove_nav_item('activity');
}
add_action('bp_activity_setup_nav','bp_remove_activity_from_profile');
but it’s not ideal since there are quite a few things i’d like to remove.
Ray,
While this is a valid workaround, which we have tried. But its confusing for the end user and they sometimes fumble with the alias format and lose out account access, creates support overhead etc.
The need described by kama is similar to facebook pages or YouTube channels – they are a social network with members having profiles but also multiple members can manage a page or a YouTube channel.
Typical use cases for VIP members who May want their assistants to operate and update certain sections of their accounts without giving away the credentials of their account. The VIP user could allow read/write permissions to certain sections of the profile. For e.g. my assistant can edit my profile, but not read my private message’s or change my subscription type
@optimized Private messaging is available at the individual level, you can use https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-messaging-in-buddypress/ to send a message to all group members or extend the same
Thanks. I looked at Auto Group Join, and am considering it. Registration Groups hasn’t been updated in a long time, so I’m a bit leery of that. I’ve also tried bbPress Private Groups, but I’m finding forum accessibility to be oddly inconsistent.
At the moment, I’m looking at:
1. Just BuddyPress – create lots of overlapping single-purpose groups.
2. Just bbPress & Private Groups – forget about the social aspect and just use structured fora.
3. Social media – give up and use a Google Group, Google+ community, or even [gulp] a Facebook group.
This is not working on browser but works on private ones
The code above works to restrict private messages to to only friends, but the message the user gets if they try to message someone who is not a friend is:
“The message was not sent. Please try again later.”
Is there anyway to change this message to something like:
“Sorry, you can only message connections within your network”
Can I send the error log privately?
