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@vapvarun User Groups is enabled in the Component tab but the User Groups accordion panel was missing in the URLs tab. However, I have been able to get it to appear.

Here is what I did:

1) Installed and network activated the bp-classic plugin. This changed the URL tab in BuddyPress settings to Pages. At that point, I could see an option for the User Groups component.

2) It turned out the Groups page in the Main Site was private. So, I changed it to public. After that, I was able to associate it with the User Groups component in the Pages tab.

3) Network deactivated the bp-classic plugin. The Pages tab in the BuddyPress settings changed back to URLs. Now, the User Groups accordion panel appears as expected.

My BP Configuration:

version: 12.2.0
active_components: Community Members, Extended Profiles, Account Settings, Private Messaging, Activity Streams, Notifications
template_pack: BuddyPress Nouveau 12.2.0
url_parser: Legacy Parser
hide-loggedout-adminbar: No
bp-disable-account-deletion: No
bp-disable-avatar-uploads: Yes
bp-disable-cover-image-uploads: Yes
bp-enable-members-invitations: undefined
bp-enable-membership-requests: undefined
bp-disable-profile-sync: No
bp-disable-blogforum-comments: No
_bp_enable_heartbeat_refresh: Yes

Tried using the BP classic plugin, but it made no difference. Pagination in private forums refuses to work.

Hi @gomle

Thanks a lot for your feedback. About Notifications, I believe using the Notification Web API can improve your “pulling the user to the site” need.

Hi @oumz99

I agree we should look into import/export. To comply with GDPR, users can export the data they created on the site from their profile settings. But a more global tool would be great to easily develop BuddyPress themes or move community generated content to another site.
See & contribute to it there: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1058

Hi @bclaim

So do I! I totally agree with you. We need to rethink the Private Messages component/feature with the goal:
1. to make it a chat like system for member(s) to member(s) discussions as well as between group members discussions. What are channels in Slack could be groups in BuddyPress Private Messages. I’m looking carefully to the Block Editor live collaboration system as it may help us to reach this goal.
2. to move the Community wide notice feature outside of it.

@priyam1234
It should be the case. So it’s not an evolution to me but more a bug. I’ll look into it.

@everyone:
I’ll make sure to talk about it with other members of the BP Core Developers team during our next development meeting.

Here’s my 2 main wishes for 14.0.0:
– Review our different registration flows and allow Administrators to easily disable these BuddyPress registration flows.
– Build new BP Blocks along with a new BP Blocks only Theme to start using the WP Site Editor to customize our community area.

I found the error. Private Network was activated in BP Registration. Maybe because of an update? (I have not started the function.)

At least I thought they were. Removing the caching did reveal the private activity for a couple hours and now it seems to be gone again. . . not sure what’s causing view of private group activity to disappear from the main feed for members of the private group, but it’s happening.

Ok, it turns out that my caching plugins were doing the blocking. I was using two for two different purposes, deactivated both and suddenly private group info is showing for members of private groups, in the newsfeed.

I’m back 2yrs later, trying with another build using buddypress. I thought I solved this question away from the support forums here, but don’t remember what I did at the moment. I want the members of private groups, to see private group activity in their main newsfeed. Non members should not see this activity, but members should. I don’t know if I found a code snippet or what, I need to fix this. I want an FB-like experience where you see any activity from any of your groups in your main newsfeed. If you aren’t a member of a private group, you won’t see it’s activity, but if you are a member of a private group, you will.

Hi,

Indeed, messaging someone “publicly” does not make much sense if everyone and their mother can see the message, not just the specific group of people you intended it to.

Now, how do you send a private message to several people at once? I guess I have to be “Friend” with each of them. From there is it enough to click on the username of one of them, then on the Private Message button and simply add in the Send @Username field all the other usernames?

That’s a bit convoluted. Why the Messages/Compose tabs do not offer a Private/Public message option?

Thanks again for your help.