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So after making it private, it started showing me that error you said it would show if I deleted it.
The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Activity Streams. Repair

I just made it private.

Hi @dcavins

Thanks for your reply.

Actually the private forums do show up in that list too when you make updates in them.
Is there any way you could turn the whole shabang off so no updates are shown in the root forum?

kind regards
AngryWarrior

Right thanks @derrickhall.

So is there any Buddypresss admin/dev that could jump in and help out with how to disable that?

It´s really a privacy concern and issue because groups are somewhat a private entity and updates should stay inside the groups themselves and not be spammed in the general forums update stream.

Thanks!

Thanks @dcavins for your advise, but that is not a option for us a we run a new public service so it is open for anyone to join and create.

However we have found a solution which is editing the admin.php and removing the code part that displays this option in the groups settings.

I will stop probably 99% of all users and left is only very advanced users that would craft such URL I guess?

On a sidenote:
I think it would be good if you guys that are part of the BuddyPress Team would consider adding an option in BP back-end setting to be able to enable/disable groups types eg. hidden groups and maybe private to give people more control? Well at least hidden groups.

Thanks!

Kind regards
AngryWarrior.

Thanks for pointing this out @espellcaste!

Would it be good for me, or anyone else, to add some info to the ticket(s) (not sure if https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7393 marked as dupe is kicking it back to the other one, of if the other is kicking it back to this one) –

anyway, would it be good, or be considered rude to mention that this may be required by the ggrp thing that the countries in Europe are expecting web sites to provide with possible fines for violating?

I kind of want to add some info to one of the tickets there, again not sure which one would be the appropriate one, but would like to add that since they are thinking about data in regards to groups, we may need to consider stripping info that others may have posted, whether it be in groups, or in private messages, as someone could end up with an export of info that had been set to be deleted or otherwise blocked / removed from the other user – and so it may be innaopriate to include messaging from groups or otherwise that was not added by the user him/herself.

Also I think we would need a way to include media, pictures used for avatars and used via plugins like rtmedia / mediapress in order to not just be thorough and kind, but to also be in compliance with the ggrp thing.

<- obviously I am not a lawyer and not well versed in this thing as far as all that goes.

However on another side I think exporting the data as a backup will potentially increase the suablity of buddypress exponentially as well. I am looking into helping spawn some methods for people to more easily launch a bp for their family musings and another instance for friend circles – this would be great during the term of hosting – but backups would be needed to prevent loss of presious family photos and such should a hack occur, or hosting not get paid, etc.

So backups, and a method for auto exporting I think is the missing piece at this point to really push for a much greater adoption of BP, which is really close to being a viable, and more private / controlled replacements for FB at this point.

the time is ripe for this.. hope we can make it happen before end of school year somehow.

Actually, it hasn’t. I checked again today and it’s public. Any ideas on how I can make the events pages private? Is there some code I could add to the page itself to require that users are logged in to see it?

I tested it and they don’t get any email until I approve them, which isn’t immediate. So it’s. “Check your email that we sent you now.” and then they don’t get it right away until later when I approve them. I think there’s something glitchy going on with my install – I’ve tried a lot of plugins to achieve a private site with new user moderation. No one plugin does it all that I can find.

Yes. There is a feature in BuddyPress where one user can send a private email to another user. Since my site is an online training site, I set it up such that my students can email privately to the course teacher (I use Social Learner theme). The problem is that course teacher do not always respond to emails and I need to be able to follow up to make sure that my students get their answers.

I have that installed already and that works fine on the Buddypress site itself.

What I am looking for is a button on an external site that links directly to a users private profiel to post the the article on their activity time line.

One more piece of the puzzle that I don’t understand is that I was able to resolve this issue when trouble shooting it on my local host, using an exact copy of my website’s files. So there is something interfering with the registration process only when connected to the internet. I wish I could give out my website details here but there is no private reply option.

Thank you again for your time.

Take care,
Kari