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it shows a zero 🙁

Put this before the code we’ve been talking about, and see what it displays on the page:

$test_id = bp_get_current_group_id();
echo 'The current group ID is:' . $test_id;

If it returns a number besides zero (zero means that it can’t figure out which group is the current group, a non-zero number is the current group ID), then you could probably adjust the conditional code:

if ( bp_group_is_visible( bp_get_current_group_id() ) ) {
//do the topics loop here
}

Fingers crossed.

it doesnt work as in: no posts show up at all :/

it is on the sidebar… how would i pass the group_id and give bbp_topics access… pretty much a noob here, sorry…

thanks in advance!

When you say it didn’t work, do you mean that people who should see the topics couldn’t, or that no one could see the topics, or that everyone could see the topics? Was it too generous in letting people through or did it keep everyone out? 😉

Also, could it be that this is this being used in a sidebar? I’m wondering if the placement on the page means that the group context is not certain, so you’d need to pass the group_id into bp_group_is_visible. Although I’d expect the bbp_topics to need to access the group_id as well.

i tried using the code you provided but nothing i tried worked… the latest forum topic is a widget so i tried putting it around the widget but that of course didnt work…

so i dug deeper and found the template for the actual link and wrapped the code around that and it didnt work either 🙁

the widget code: http://pastebin.com/cWrRkF1H

the mytopics code: http://pastebin.com/PxJGi76N

the single topic code where i put the code you provided: http://pastebin.com/X8VuwWpe

not sure where else to put it…

any help would be appreciated, thanks!

You should be able to wrap your bbp_has_topics output in a conditional like:

if ( bp_group_is_visible() ) {
//do the topics loop here
}

bp_group_is_visible checks to see if the group is public or private, and if it’s public, returns true. If not public, then it checks to see if the user is a member of the current group; if yes, it returns true. It’s located at /bp-groups/bp-groups-template.php -> line 377.

function bp_group_is_visible( $group = false ) {
 378      global $groups_template;
 379  
 380      if ( bp_current_user_can( 'bp_moderate' ) )
 381          return true;
 382  
 383      if ( empty( $group ) )
 384          $group =& $groups_template->group;
 385  
 386      if ( 'public' == $group->status ) {
 387          return true;
 388      } else {
 389          if ( groups_is_user_member( bp_loggedin_user_id(), $group->id ) ) {
 390              return true;
 391          }
 392      }
 393  
 394      return false;
 395  }

@jais-p removed the extra posts 😉

Thank you for posting back with your solution. Cheers.

@asdevargas
I removed the github version in favor of using the version in the official WP repository which has been improved. You can get it here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-community-for-bp-lite/

@jais-p What kinds of files are you attaching? Are you using https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/ ?

@tduschei
https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-community-for-bp-lite/

@bphelp Agree, every project is different and maybe will need a different solution. Thanks for creating the plugin though. 🙂

@shameermohamed50
Something is getting lost in the translation here. I know there is a BuddyPress plugin hence we are in the BuddyPress support forums but you keep mentioning a “BuddyPress Forum Plugin.” If you want forums then you will need to install bbpress and use the links I supplied. You can get bbpress here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
BuddyPress just adds the social networking side of things like activity stream, members directories, extended profiles, adding friends, private messaging etc. If you need to have a forum you will need bbpress. Please do not take this offensively but you need to have a clear understanding of what BuddyPress is and what bbpress is because as stated before as of BuuddyPress 1.7 you will need to install bbpress which is a seperate plugin if forums is a requirement for your project. Have a look in the codex documentation to get a better understanding. Do a google search for BuddyPress and another for bbpress.

@bphelp Yeah, I tested it before commenting… Two pages is very little… My recommendation is to change it to get private only buddypress related pages, like the Private Buddypress plugin does.

Either way, your plugin has great potential. Great work! =)

Good plugin, works like a charm.. But it would be good if we could set which pages to get private because as of now, it blocks the whole site from outside visitors except the home page.

Looks good. One more suggestion per WP standards. Place all add_actions right below it’s function unless the action is inside a function in that case you place that actions function below the function the add action is inside. It’s to keep the code easier to manage when you have really long file and scrolling up and down gets tedious.

/*** Make sure BuddyPress is loaded ********************************/
function private_community_for_bp_lite_bp_check() {
    if ( !class_exists( 'BuddyPress' ) ) {
	add_action( 'admin_notices', 'private_community_for_bp_lite_install_buddypress_notice' );
    }
}
add_action('plugins_loaded', 'private_community_for_bp_lite_bp_check', 999);

function private_community_for_bp_lite_install_buddypress_notice() {
	echo '<div id="message" class="error fade"><p style="line-height: 150%">';
	_e('<strong>Private Community For BP Lite</strong></a> requires the BuddyPress plugin to work. Please <a href="https://buddypress.org/download">install BuddyPress</a> first, or <a href="plugins.php">deactivate Private Community For BP Lite</a>.');
	echo '</p></div>';
}

function private_community_for_bp_lite_init() {
	require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/private-community-for-bp-lite.php' );
}
add_action( 'bp_include', 'private_community_for_bp_lite_init' );

‘Add friend’ and ‘send private message’ aren’t supposed to display when a user is logged out. For example, how would BuddyPress know who the friend request came from? How would BP know who the private message came from?