BuddyPress.org

Well, I’ve solved the problem – or, at least, what was causing MY problem – others may be having different issues.

Background: I originally set up this site in BP 1.6. When 1.7 came along and the old built-in forum system was deprecated, I installed bbPress 2.3 as instructed and it migrated all of my forums over to the new system.

So, I naturally assumed that all of the settings would be taken over too. I’ve just looked at the individual forums and have noticed that they have all had their Visibility set to Public, even though they are in Private or Hidden groups!

So, setting the visibility to what it should be has solved the problem.

HOWEVER, I do still consider there to be at least 3 bugs in the BuddyPress / bbPress software:
1. When the forums were converted from bbPress 1.x to 2.x they should have had their visibility set correctly.
2. The forums are all hosted within groups. Forums like this should respect the group’s Privacy settings.
3. Even if you should set a Public forum within a Private group, the posts should not appear in non-members’ activity feeds. The forum itself is not visitable, neither are its individual posts.

Peter

Sorry I didn’t include the code for that. Yes, it is in the wp functions.php file, but it is relevant to bp theme. Here is the full function that line 100 is found in. Line 100 is the third to last, which starts with “add action”.

/**
 * Sets up theme defaults and registers support for various WordPress and BuddyPress features.
 *
 * Note that this function is hooked into the after_setup_theme hook, which runs
 * before the init hook. The init hook is too late for some features, such as indicating
 * support post thumbnails.
 *
 * To override bp_dtheme_setup() in a child theme, add your own bp_dtheme_setup to your child theme's
 * functions.php file.
 *
 * @global BuddyPress $bp The one true BuddyPress instance
 * @since BuddyPress (1.5)
 */
function bp_dtheme_setup() {

	// Load the AJAX functions for the theme
	require( get_template_directory() . '/_inc/ajax.php' );

	// This theme styles the visual editor with editor-style.css to match the theme style.
	add_editor_style();

	// This theme comes with all the BuddyPress goodies
	add_theme_support( 'buddypress' );

	// This theme uses post thumbnails
	add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );

	// Add default posts and comments RSS feed links to head
	add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );

	if ( ! is_admin() || ( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) ) {
		// Register buttons for the relevant component templates
		// Friends button
		if ( bp_is_active( 'friends' ) )
			add_action( 'bp_member_header_actions',    'bp_add_friend_button',           5 );

		// Activity button
		if ( bp_is_active( 'activity' ) && bp_activity_do_mentions() )
			add_action( 'bp_member_header_actions',    'bp_send_public_message_button',  20 );

		// Messages button
		if ( bp_is_active( 'messages' ) )
			add_action( 'bp_member_header_actions',    'bp_send_private_message_button', 20 );

		// Group buttons
		if ( bp_is_active( 'groups' ) ) {
			add_action( 'bp_group_header_actions',     'bp_group_join_button',           5 );
			add_action( 'bp_directory_groups_actions', 'bp_group_join_button' );
		}

		// Blog button
		if ( bp_is_active( 'blogs' ) )
			add_action( 'bp_directory_blogs_actions',  'bp_blogs_visit_blog_button' );
	}
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'bp_dtheme_setup' );
endif;

if ( !function_exists( 'bp_dtheme_enqueue_scripts' ) ) :

In the first install the failed bp had been installed and working for a few days. It suddenly gave errors when I edited a css color code on line 1211 in this file and uploaded it to the server by ftp. Yeah, I know you might say I made a mistake, but I know I did it correctly. And they you might say the file got corrupted in transfer, except that the second install on godaddy had no such changes or transfers and in short order – less than an hour of use with no other plugins or style changes – gave the same final error for line 100 when I changed my public name in the buddypress members listing, at which point neither the front nor back ends were accessible.

Looking forward to your insights.

Where can I find out more about this? How did you know that r-a-y?

When I post my custom form on a custom tab, I get a wordpress “Are you sure?” page (i.e. a wp_nonce_ays). Not so much an error as a failure (i.e. I’d expect nonce to be causing what its causing, but have no idea what field is doing so).

Here’s the code I’m using for one of the two form tabs:

add_action('bp_init', 'bpcivi_addgroupeditnav1');

function bpcivi_addgroupeditnav1() {
if ( class_exists( 'BP_Group_Extension' ) ) { // Recommended, to prevent problems during upgrade or when Groups are disabled
  //Run to find out if a chapter
 	global $wpdb;
	global $bp;
 	$bpcivi_ck_currgroup = $bp->groups->current_group->id;
 	if(is_numeric($bpcivi_ck_currgroup)) { //Check if the group is set
 		$bpcivi_ck_querytext = 'SELECT * FROM <code>wp_bpcivi_groupsync</code> WHERE <code>buddypress_group</code> =' . $bpcivi_ck_currgroup;
		$bpcivi_ck_settinggroups = $wpdb->get_results($bpcivi_ck_querytext);
 	}
    class BPCivigroupedit extends BP_Group_Extension {
 		 function __construct() {
        	$this->name = 'Edit Chapter Info';
            $this->slug = 'bpcivi-groupedit';
            $this->nav_item_position = 2;
            $this->visibility = 'private';
            $this->enable_nav_item = false;
            $this->enable_create_step = false;
		}
        /**
         * The content of the My Group Extension tab of the group admin
         */
	function edit_screen() {
	    if ( !bp_is_group_admin_screen( $this->slug ) )
			return false;
    //Include Files
	include_once(ABSPATH  . '/wp-blog-header.php');
	include_once(ABSPATH  . 'wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm.settings.php');
	include_once(ABSPATH  . 'wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/Config.php');
	include_once(ABSPATH  . 'wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm.config.php');
	$config = CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
	global $wpdb;
	global $bp;
	//Current Buddypress Group
		$bpcivi_currgroup = $bp->groups->current_group->id;
	//Run Query on DB
		$bpvivi_querytext = 'SELECT * FROM <code>wp_bpcivi_groupsync</code> WHERE <code>buddypress_group</code> =' . $bpcivi_currgroup;
		$bpcivisync_settinggroups = $wpdb->get_results($bpvivi_querytext);
	//Assign to array from first membership found - oldest set effectively
		$bpcivi_groupsettings = get_object_vars($bpcivisync_settinggroups[0]);
	//Form Reaction TODO
		if (isset($_POST['groupeditsubmit'])) {
		//Contact Update
		$bpcivi_groupupdateparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
		'id' => $bpcivi_groupsettings['orgid'],
		'organization_name' => $_POST['orgname'],
		'legal_name' => $_POST['legalname'],
		'nick_name' =>$_POST['nickname'],
		);
		$bpcivi_groupeditpostresult = civicrm_api('Contact', 'create', $bpcivi_groupupdateparams);
		//Address Update 
		$bpcivi_groupaddressupdateparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
		'id' => $_POST['addressid'],
		'street_address' => $_POST['street1'],
		'supplemental_address_1' => $_POST['street2'],
		'supplemental_address_2' => $_POST['street3'],
		'city' => $_POST['city1'],
		'geo_code_1' => $_POST['latitude'],
		'geo_code_2' => $_POST['longitude'],
		'state_province_id' => $_POST['state'],
		);
		$bpcivi_groupaddresseditpostresult = civicrm_api('Address', 'create', $bpcivi_groupaddressupdateparams);
		//Website Update
		$bpcivi_groupwebupdateparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
		'id' => $_POST['webid'],
		'url' => $_POST['website1'],
		);
		$bpcivi_groupwebupdateresult = civicrm_api('Website', 'create', $bpcivi_groupwebupdateparams);
		
		/*//Diagnostics
		echo "Being Sent to API - Address: <pre>";
		print_r($bpcivi_groupwebupdateresult);
		echo "<pre>";*/
		}
	
	
	
	//Run Query API Against Group
		$bpcivi_groupeditparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
			'contact_id' => $bpcivi_groupsettings['orgid'],);
		$bpcivi_groupeditresult = civicrm_api('Contact', 'get', $bpcivi_groupeditparams);
		 //Array of assignments	
			$bpcivi_groupedit_orgname = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['organization_name'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_legalname = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['legal_name'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_nickname = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['nick_name'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_streetaddress = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['street_address'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_1 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['supplemental_address_1'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_2 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['supplemental_address_2'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_city = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['city'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_1 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['geo_code_1'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_2 = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['geo_code_2'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_state_province_id = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['state_province_id'];
			$bpcivi_groupedit_country_id = $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['country_id'];
			
	//Organization Website Query
		$bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','sequential' => 1,
			'contact_id' => $bpcivi_groupsettings['orgid'],);
		$bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult = civicrm_api('Website', 'get', $bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteparams);
		$bpcivi_groupedit_website1 = $bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult['values'][0]['url'];
	//Get the states list
		$bpcivi_statesparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','name' => 'stateProvince',);
		$bpcivi_statesresult = civicrm_api('Constant', 'get', $bpcivi_statesparams);
		$bpcivi_statesresultarr = $bpcivi_statesresult['values'];
		$bpcivi_statesresultarrkeyd = array_values($bpcivi_statesresultarr);
		$bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys = array_keys($bpcivi_statesresultarr);
	//Get the Countries list
		$bpcivi_countriesparams = array('version' => 3,'page' => 'CiviCRM','q' => 'civicrm/ajax/rest','name' => 'country',);
		$bpcivi_countriesresult = civicrm_api('Constant', 'get', $bpcivi_countriesparams);
		$bpcivi_countriesresultarr = $bpcivi_countriesresult['values'];
		$bpcivi_countriesresultarrkeyd = array_values($bpcivi_countriesresultarr);
		$bpcivi_countriesresultarrkeys = array_keys($bpcivi_countriesresultarr);
	//Display Form
		echo '<div id="bpcivigroupeditform">';
		echo '<form action="" method="post">';
		echo '<input type="hidden" name="addressid" value="' . $bpcivi_groupeditresult['values'][0]['address_id'] . '">';
		echo '<input type="hidden" name="webid" value="' . $bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult['values'][0]['id'] . '">';
		echo '<table border=1>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Organization Name" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="orgname" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_orgname  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Legal Name" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="legalname" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_legalname  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Nickname" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="nickname" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_nickname  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Website" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="url" name="website1" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_website1  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Street Address" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="street1" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_streetaddress  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Street Address 2" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="street2" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_1  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Street Address 3" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="street3" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_supplemental_address_2  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "City" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="city1" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_city  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Latitude" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="latitude" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_1  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Longitude" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="longitude" value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_geo_code_2  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo "<tr><td>" . "State" . "</td><td>" . '<select name="state">';
		for ($i=0;$i<count($bpcivi_statesresultarr);$i++) {
			if ($bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys[$i] == $bpcivi_groupedit_state_province_id) {
			echo '<option value="' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys[$i] . '" selected>' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeyd[$i] . '</option>';	
			} else {
			echo '<option value="' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeys[$i] . '">' . $bpcivi_statesresultarrkeyd[$i] . '</option>';
			}
		}
		echo '</select></td><tr>';
		//value="' .$bpcivi_groupedit_state_province_id  . '"
		echo "<tr><td>" . "Country" . "</td><td>" . '<input type="text" name="orgname" disabled value="' .$bpcivi_countriesresultarr[$bpcivi_groupedit_country_id]  . '"></td><tr>';
		echo '<tr><td colspan="2">' . '<input id="bpedit_submit" type="submit" name="groupeditsubmit" value="Submit">' . '</td></tr>';
		echo "</table></form>";
		echo "</div>";
	//Diagnostics
	/*
		echo "<br>Post: <pre>";
		print_r($_POST);
		echo "</pre>";
        echo "<br>API Call: <pre>";
		print_r($bpcivi_groupeditwebsiteresult);
		echo "</pre>";        
		*/
        }

}
if(count($bpcivi_ck_settinggroups) > 0) { //Make it so that the group exension is only used for chapter
	bp_register_group_extension( 'BPCivigroupedit' );
}
}
}

This code is the initial code before I started adding the nonces to see if the problem could be resolved.

Thanks @shanebp 🙂

It basically works in this way- I have a header file with multiple headers for different page templates or conditions such as is_singular() or is_page.. e.g

if (is_front_page() || is_404() || is_page_template('public-subpages.php') || is_page_template('public.php') || is_page_template('public-full.php') || is_page_template('gallery-public.php') || is_singular('download') || bp_is_activation_page() || bp_is_register_page()) :
get_header('public');
elseif (bp_is_profile_component() || bp_is_settings_component() ):
get_header('restrict-profile');
else :
get_header('private');

The pages are all set to private by default and depend on setting them to different page templates if you want them public or a different style.
The private pages have a header-private that re-directs non-logged in users to the log in page (which is created on theme activation and set to the log in page template)

So the public page templates have a header-public without any redirect for non-logged in users.

There are also page templates that go with a header-restrict for restricting pages to editor / admin only with the conditional redirect

elseif (bp_is_current_component( 'members' ) || is_page_template('archives.php') || is_page_template('full-restrict.php') || is_search() || is_tag() || is_date() ) :
get_header('restrict');

The different header files have re-directs at the top except for the public one: e.g header-restrict has:
if(!current_user_can('delete_others_pages')) { wp_redirect( home_url() ); exit; }
at the top.

It’s been my pet project for a few years but to be honest you are right I’ve not had much luck promoting it and there are lots of plugins that do similar things and lots of themes, but it’s been interesting non the less 🙂 I use it for my own little project support area and it’s basic but it works.

Thanks for checking it out.