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Switch to the BP default theme or a WP theme like Twenty Thirteen.

Does the problem still exist?
If not, then the problem is in your custom theme.

there should be 3 buttons (Add Friend,Public Message,private message) but as you said It just appears sometimes and I have a same problem 🙁

rigormortis_uk see response in topic you posted earlier

Wow, I typed that like I have a head injury.. sorry

I have a hidden group setup with its own discussion forum; the forum works fine but any topic posted in it is listed in the bbpress “recent topics” widget even though they are hidden/private.

Is there a way to fix this? I’ve tried running the repair tools located at:

http://……/wp-admin/tools.php?page=bbp-repair
“Repair BuddyPress Group Forum relationships”

However this says nothing has been repaired or changed and the problem remains.

I’m running WordPress 3.5.1, bbpress 2.3.2 and buddypress 1.8.1 (problem happened in 1.7 as well)

I’ve got this problem as well, have a hidden group and while its content is not accessable, any the title of any topics created in the hidden/private forums are visable to everyone in the bbpress recent post widget, is there a fix for this?

I’ve tried running the forum relationship repair tool but this just says its updated 0 forums and the problem remains.

thanks @tse11 but that’s not what I was asking :).

I’ve already seen the tutorial you linked to and btw, that tutorial has nothing to do with S2member or the private plugin @bp-help developed so I’m rather confused

Having the identical issue as above. Spammer registers for site, activates and then I find them in a private group. No request to join, no approval by Group Admin. The only clue I have is that when looking at their profile it says they belong to the private group but the button to the right still says “request permission”. Somehow bypassing the approval process.

@synaptic There is a great tutorial on this here:

http://wpmu.org/how-to-build-a-facebook-style-members-only-wordpress-buddypress-site/

@bp-help can you pls describe what the difference is between your plugin and S2member (the free edition)?

Not that your plugin isn’t great, I’m just trying to understand things a bit more 🙂

thanks!

@jetlej as far as I know Admin can do that by default. Personally as a website owner I would want that functionality to be sure that my members were behaving themselves.

@jetlej are you logged in as ‘admin’? That would explain it as admin has access rights to member’s private messages. Try setting up a dummy user with subscriber access rights. You’ll most probably not be able to read the messages.

@jetlej which theme are you using?

@jetlej does it happen with the user role editor plugin deactivated?

I think you might be able to do something like this in functions.php

function absolute_message_sent_date() {
    global $thread_template;
    return $thread_template->message->date_sent
}

Then this will go straight into your single.php template

echo absolute_message_sent_date();

groups can be used as seminars
members directory can be attendees
profiles can be bios
There is a docs plugin to shsre files
BP has private messaging
Posting to FB and twitter might require custom code. Try BuddyStream plugin

@jiminps
Even though the first question deals with bbPress the answer is it depends on what you mean by capabilities. You can can assign user roles like keymaster, moderator, participant, spectator, or blocked.
Yes, private messages can be sent and received. If you only want messages to be sent between a member and the admin that would require use of a plugin, or some custom code but it can be done!
Hope that answers your questions!

I had the same problem and was hunting for a solution only yesterday. After much searching and trying various plugins (some VERY old and inoperative) I found this very new one:

Private BP Pages

Just use that text as the search text for ‘Add New’ from your WP plugins page.

See my review here

https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/private-bp-pages

The edit I mention is important. Seems to work fine but I need to do more testing.

Update: bbPress 2.4.1 does not fix the bug!