Hello everybody,
@mariatrier, I am also paying cometchat for that and will let you know how it goes. They estimated 8 working hours, begun work a week ago and haven’t replied ever since to my question how far they are.
@djsteveb
Thank you for your time. From your feedback I understand that my description wasn’t accurate. i really mean something like facebook chat. So no admin->many private message. I will check out that quick chat plugin.
@jacipetersilie – best thing I have seen that is close to fbook like chat thing is the free “quick chat plugin” – however I do not use it to show as a widget on all pages and give a popup to users – as I think that would tax the server and web browser more than is reasonable if you have dozens of users – it might work, might not. I use quick chat for a single chat room on a single page.
From what you are describing however, I wonder if you really need a chat plugin to do what you are saying – one to many message – like the super-admin send a message to all users, kind of privately… I think there are some plugins in the wild that allow admin to send an email (Which I guess would be a buddypress inbox notification (?)) – to all users… that would “one to many” message – and give people a way to “message you back” privately I think.
I have also seen a plugin that will allow super admin to add a note to all dashboards – although I guess many bp users will not go to their dashboard when using most features –
I suppose you could also assign users to a group, and select settings for them to get a notice email when a new group message is sent. Which may achieve what you are describing.
If you just want one-to-many messaging chat with users who are actually logged into a chat room, I think it would be easy to do that with nusoft’s av-chat, there are settings in which you can make it so only certain users can post in the chat, have moderated chat, turn off pms and stuff like that – I guess I am not clear on what exactly you are trying to accomplish as I don’t use fbook and am not familiar with the kind of one to many fbook messaging you are talking about.
no – you need to be logged in as a user to test http://transinformation.net/community/gruppen/d-a-ch-im-licht/members/
No private mmsging here, so reply with your email address so I can send you a login. You can delete that post with your email address right away because I get it via email.
Henry, how I can I send you a login PW so the link is accessible for you? There does not seem to be a private msg function here, and when I try send it to you via email to [edited], the email bounces right away.
Thanks,
Lee
I am trying to build a community site where users (students) can post their academic profile, including multiple profile types, organizations, clubs, terms, grades, extracurricular activities, sports, etc.
They would have the ability to show or make private certain information. They would need to have front end access. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks so much!
I am stumped – I am not getting any emails to notify of new topics to users subscribed to forums or topics.
I get the email notification to admin that the new topic has been posted, but no email to a user who is subscribed to the forum.
Versions: WP 4.2.2 BP 2.3.1 bbPress 2.5.7
I have disabled all plugins except: BuddyPress, bbPress & Email log, which records the email to admin but no other.
If I send a private message to the test user, I DO get the email notification, so bbPress can get the email through, when it wants to. I am thus ruling out an email routing/delivery problem.
I confirm that the test user is subscribed to the test forum.
I have run the Forum tool to repair all the relationships etc.
I thought the test user should get an email notification when a new topic is posted to a subscribed forum, without any additional plugins.
Am I missing something? Help will be much appreciated.
I can view anyones messages when logged out.
And you’re definitely talking about what BuddyPress refers to as private messages?
Can you try again after disabling all plugins, reverting to TwentyFifteen and removing all custom code? If you still get to see private messages when logged out then that shouldn’t be happening.
With standard buddypress (no modifications) you can freely view anyone’s messages without even logging in
That shouldn’t be the case for all users. Only users with admin capabilities should be able to do that. Are you able to see people’s private messages when logged in as a subscriber? If so, that’s a bug
With standard buddypress (no modifications) you can freely view anyone’s messages without even logging in. Personally I think that is not very good security/privacy, whatever you want to call it.
I made a ticket as I don’t think that “private messages” should be publicly viewable
(https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6504#ticket)
What privacy/security checks would you recommend for people who don’t want users private data publicly viewable?
@henrywright How would you do the security check? If I follow current way buddypress does things with loading the template part for the tab any logged out user can just modify the javascript and get into any profile page they like. It’s first time I’ve done this so appreciate the advice.
what harm could come from a visit to a simple profile tab?
You could see hidden data that user did not want displayed. I believe if you hold data and say it is private then you should attempt to secure it. You could also view their messages and private groups.
The thing I am struggling to understand is how buddypress functions work on the post request. I wrote some test code and data is correctly populated from displayed user. Does buddypress read a referrer value somewhere on every ajax post?
Hello dear experts!
I’m comparing buddypress suitable chat plugins. I’ve installed and checked out cometchat and wpmu chat. As far as I’ve seen (I’m newbie to buddypress), none of them and no other chat plugin I’ve found offers one-to-many messaging as facebook does. The only way to reach many users are their chatrooms, but these are visible to everybody, so not a private message (I categorize one-to-many messaging being private messaging, differently than a public chatroom).
Do you have a hint for a facebook-close chat solution?
Thank you & best wishes from Germany,
Jacob
I’m not sure @danbp, as you can see that post was from 8 months ago and the issue with group mentions has only appeared since I installed the latest buddypress update a few days ago.
I don’t think it can be the them because the issue still happens when I switch to the default Twenty Fifteen theme. And I have tried deactivating all the plugins and that hasn’t resolved it so I don’t think it’s that. But I’m not a developer, you clearly know more about these things than I do!
If you could have a look that would be great. Is there a way I can send you a test user account privately?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for replying. I was thinking of removing, later maybe having an alternate version, header for a number of pages. All messages, inbox, outbox etc. Also notifications, friend requests etc. Pages that will be private to you as a user.
I have run into something though, I can’t seem to make a hook work?
function testFunction() {
echo "Hello World!";
}
add_action(‘bp_init’, ‘testFunction’);
I’ve put this in /plugins/bp-custom.php which also have other functions that does work.
Hello,
I have problemas with the traduction of BuddyPress. The WordPress version is 4.2.2. and the buddypress is Versión 2.3.1. My web id idenergia.com/intranet.
Some words are traduced, but others don´t.
The problem is in the profile section, http://www.idenergia.com/intranet/members/elena/profile/, but the web is privated.
Activity -> is not traduced
Profile -> is not traduced
Notifications 0 -> is not traduced
Groups 1 -> is not traduced
Configuración -> is traduced
Thanks
Hi @richgraphicsstudio,
We need Groups and also Private Groups
I’d activate the Groups component.
Need to be able to upload face pictures
With BuddyPress, uploading profile photos is possible by default.
Hope this helps?
Hi Everyone,
I am new to BuddyPress. I am setting up a website that I want interaction from visitor like Facebook. We need Groups and also Private Groups. Need to be able to upload face pictures. Currently on the site there is basic BuddyPress action.
What are your suggestions for the best setup of this kind of forum?
Thanks,
Rich Newell
Rich Graphics Studio
Hi
I’m new to BP (and amazed at how good it is and that I’ve not come across it before!), but very experienced in WP. I’ve a quick question relating to BP groups to which I likely know the answer. A user can create a public, private or hidden group by default. My Q is:
Is there a way, via the BP dashboard, of disabling/hiding the options for one or more group types? For instance, to prevent the user from creating a Hidden group.
From my Codex and web searching so far the answer would appear to be ‘no’, which is fair enough. The useful thread “Remove Hidden or Public type of group?” which describes using template overriding/overloading shows a quick and easy way to disable group types in code, but before implementing that I just want to make sure that there isn’t a GUI option. I always prefer to use simple non-code solutions if at all possible 🙂
Fred
So Kleo support says Buddypress NEVER had notifications for comments or likes, only for private messages and friend requests. Is that true? Comments and likes are an important part of a social network and my client wants all of them to be fully functional, not only private messages and friend requests.
@dono12 – I have split your post into a separate thread.
About the “Starred” feature, do you mean the star private messages feature that you can access under “Messages > Starred”? If not, then this isn’t related to any change in BuddyPress 2.3.0.
Your issue doesn’t sound like it is related to the Messages component, so can you clarify?
I’m still trying to get to the bottom of why some of my users are being shown this message:
“You cannot reply to this topic”
As I mentioned above, whenever I run the “Remap existing users to default forum roles” option in /wp-admin/tools.php?page=bbp-repair I end up with a blank screen. It seems like this could be related to the problem – can anyone explain what this option does and how to fix it so it runs correctly?
@danbp Thanks for the offer of help. Can I pass on this information to you privately somehow?
Hi,
I really like buddypress and bbpress and all the features and modules they offer.
But I’m having a lot a problem finding accurate information about the code and how to do stuff.
I think a good cleanup and update of your documentation to make sure it is clear and easy to navigate would be a must. I keep finding a lot of old information about old version I don’t care about. And I don’t get how that menu work…
Another thing that bothers me is how you assume things instead of giving the webmaster more options.
E.G. That whole mess about the name field. It is almost impossible to change it back to nickname or to first name and last name or to just remove it. I think that there should be a way to control that field and assign it to a WordPress field. E.G. First name = WordPress First name and same thing for last name. Or to use Nickname instead as the display name. I’m building a gaming community, Gamers do NOT want their real name on the internet. And it is a pain to make sure it does not happen.
Also, It would be nice to have more control over who can see private and hidden forum. I used AAM to create 2 new user groups called Member and Admin but Buddypress and BBpress have there own permission system and I can’t make it work like I would like.
So in short:
– Clean up the codex / documentation
– Stop assuming things and give more control to the webmaster
– Custom member groups with granular permission
– Member page made of shortcodes
Thank you for reading my feedback
Is there a way to let people private message ALL of their friends? I know we get the autosuggest feature for friends, but that only helps a little when you need to send to a long list of friends.
Use example… we’re building a neighborhood community site. Some people in the nieghborhood might be “friends” on the site, but not really know how to contact each other otherwise. Would be nice for them to be able to message everyone on their friend’s list about a cookout, etc that they don’t want public.
Thanks in advance!
Hi @godsdead,
This should not be displayed to non-members. Normally, it is not displayed !
By default, BP private group content is only for
Only users who request membership and are accepted can join the group.
This group will be listed in the groups directory and in search results.
Group content and activity will only be visible to members of the group.
Could it be possible that Paul invited mr dork to join the group ?
Hey everyone, I have just has a user report to me that non-members of their private group are able to read & reply to an activity feed on their profile page from what they have posted into the private forums! This should not be displayed to non-members.
WordPress 4.2.2
Buddypress 2.2.3.1
BBPress Version 2.5.7
Here is a visual example of what im talking about:
View post on imgur.com
“MrDork” is not part of the group and should not be able to see that message posted, hes able to see it as its appeared on PaulOnFire’s activity feed, this should be hidden to people not in the group.
How can this be fixed?
Hello
I installed a plugin for buddypress to have more privacy for each member’s profile. This way if a non login or a non friend user try to visit a profile, he will be redirect to a specific page telling him to be login or to become friend with this user.
The problem with this situation is that the non friend user will never be able to see the “add to friend button” on the private profile (due to the redirection)
My solution is to put the “add to friend button” into user’s posts directly. Is it possible to add this button outside the buddypress template? meaning everywhere?
Thank you
