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@haies
This blocks BP pages from logged out visitors. See the readme.txt in the plugin for forums.
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp

@prettyhopeful

@modemlooper removed buddypress extended settings from the repo and made one premium plugin called BuddySuite that has more features than the plugin that was in the repo. I think this also covers adding the profile menu to the main nav as well You can get it here:
http://shop.taptappress.com/downloads/category/plugin/
For the private community you can get that here:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp
Cheers!

I actually think this should be a core feature ans simple on/off setting in BP.

however there is a plugin to do that, which i havent tested https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp

Sounds like your theme is throwing an error not the plugin as I have double checked that there is no whitespace. You need to check your theme for any whitespace lines before and after the opening and closing php tags and remove it. As far as modifying the plugin see line 24 in private-community-for-bp.php and change it from this:

if ( bp_is_activity_component() || bp_is_groups_component() || bp_is_group_forum() /*|| bbp_is_single_forum() || bbp_is_single_topic()*/|| bp_is_forums_component() || bp_is_blogs_component() || bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) || bp_is_profile_component() ) {

To this:

if ( || bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {

I have similar problem. When a user invite someone to his group the other user don’t receive any notification. I think this is a bug. I’ve also tried default theme, but still it doesn’t work. 🙁

@mshane8
This small plugin makes all buddypress related pages private and redirects logged out visitors to the register page. Read the readme.txt and study the comments in the plugins private-community-for-bp.php if the default functionality does not meet your requirement then you can edit it to do so. Get it here:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp

See my response here:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/terms-of-agreement-checkbox-for-registration/
You will need to write a page of your Terms Of Service and you can add a link in the profile field description that would link to that page. After you create the page just copy the permalink under the Title and then paste it into the field description. For example:

<a href="http://your-site/terms-of-service/">By checking the Terms Of Service Box you have read and agree to all the Policies set forth in this sites Terms Of Service</a>

Of course this is just an example. As far as making buddypress only visible after they register you can use the technique above in combination with this plugin:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp
Make you to read the readme.txt in this plugins folder as it has some info regarding forums.
Cheers!

+1, looking for the same thing. Ideally, the autocomplete functionality shouldn’t even be loaded if Friends is disabled (as it is now, I mean).

I use a child theme derived from the default team, only changing the visibility of the menu as explained in //https://buddypress.org/support/topic/resolved-hiding-navigation-links-for-buddypress-pages-for-non-registered-users/
When I use the default theme as such, it still doesn’t work.
I also tried to change the user’s role to author; still no luck…

@prettiggeleerd what theme are you using? Have you tried changing to BP Default theme to check if it works?

@valuser
Hey thanks for spotting the bug. I just updated the plugin to 1.4 so read the readme.txt and install it to check and see if the added code takes care of the issue. Thanks!
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp

Similar problem here: WP 3.5.1 multisite + BP 1.7.1
When admin accepts membership requests all works well; new members are added to the group list. But the new member doesn’t actually get access and still gets a message that says “this is a private group, request memberhip”.
I also use the DB Cache Reloaded Fix plugin.

@megainfo

Nice plugin. Is it easy for you to include function in this plugin to do either of the following:

* Automatically block (or make Private) the listing of posts in Activity from specific blogs on the network.

* Automatically block (or make Private) the listing of posts in Activity from specific users of the network.

I have been trying to do this for a long time but no such plugin or feature is available yet.

Thankyou.

This should have dealt with quite a few versions back so something may have crept back in. If you can ensure this isn’t some odd plugin issue and that this definitely wasn’t happening in 1.6 please open a ticket on http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org using your site credentials.

I will just add though that a quick test on a local install running trunk does NOT show any issue like this, so check carefully it isn’t plugin issue also scan through trac to see if there was a recent ticket and fix put in place.

https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-make-buddypress-1-6-a-private-community/ ?

Try this plugin to see if it fits your requirement just understand it makes all BP pages private but line 24 in private-community-for-bp.php can be edited and commented out the components you don’t wish to protect there is an example built in the plugin for sitewide forums to see how to comment certain components out:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp

@shanebpdev

For the life of me I cannot figure out why it doesn’t work for the friends loop. Am I missing something glaringly obvious?

Anyway I thought why not just build the link and throw it directly in the friends template?

echo wp_nonce_url( bp_loggedin_user_domain() . bp_get_messages_slug() . '/compose/?r=' . bp_core_get_username( bp_get_member_user_id() ) );

@henrywright-1

I’m not going to spoon-feed this to you.
But you’re on the right track.
( I should have said ‘ The clue is in your reply…’ )
You’ve found what is the same in those two situations.
So what is different about them ?

Sometimes it’s easier to start anew.
For example – instead of ‘how to I change this to do that’, start with ‘how do I do that’.

Use echo to confirm the required variables.
Use var_dump to expose all the fields in objects.

@shanebp you mean the bp_directory_members_item is different? That is the same in both the members directory and the friends list (both use the members loop)…