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Here goes another plugin that does exactly what you want.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-buddypress/

Not seen that before @bphelp thanks!
Looks like i’m now staying up another hour.

@fpats
Have you tried this plugin yet?
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp

If you are going to resurect such an ancient page I would like to note that the upgrades to buddypress.org have messed up the code in my original post:
`
/*
Plugin Name: Walled Garden
Plugin URI: http://www.example.com/
Description: A brief description of the Plugin.
Version: 0.1
Author: http://www.example.com/
Author URI: http://www.example.com/
License: A “Slug” license name e.g. GPL2
*/

function sh_walled_garden()
{
global $bp;

// if( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() || bp_is_page( BP_FORUMS_SLUG ) || bp_is_page( BP_GROUPS_SLUG ) )

if( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() || bp_is_page( BP_FORUMS_SLUG ) )
return;

if( ! bp_is_blog_page() && ! is_user_logged_in() )

bp_core_redirect( bp_get_signup_page() );
}

add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘sh_walled_garden’ );

function bp_remove_feeds() {
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_sitewide_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_personal_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_friends_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_my_groups_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_mentions_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘bp_actions’, ‘bp_activity_action_favorites_feed’, 3 );
remove_action( ‘groups_action_group_feed’, ‘groups_action_group_feed’, 3 );
}
add_action(‘init’, ‘bp_remove_feeds’);
`

` false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘primary’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ‘bp_dtheme_main_nav’ ) );`

`if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘primary’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ” ) );
} else
wp_nav_menu( array( ‘container’ => false, ‘menu_id’ => ‘nav’, ‘theme_location’ => ‘secondary-menu’, ‘fallback_cb’ => ” ) );
}`

Opening and closing php ( where appropriate ) tags have been removed due to buddypress.org’s issues with those tags….

Still works for me with bp v 1.7 using ‘legacy forums’.

Looks like the perfect plugin but as usual on our BP installation, this doesn’t work.
Have installed it but there’s no tab added to our settings panel so it can’t be configured 🙁

I’m not sure what i’ve done but FFS, the gods must really hate us.

sorry

https://gist.github.com/shanebp/5391229

@shanebp,

Your link is not working anymore

Hello,
The private groups arent visible in groups, but they are in my groups…
In my groups I see all groups, not only the groups that I subscribed on.
This is on a default account, not admin.

Try this in your functions.php or bp-custom.php file

https://gist.github.com/shanebp/5388770

The filter sidewide is showing private group content

Please provide a username and password so we can login without having to create an account.

Do you have Private Messaging selected on the Components page under Settings -> BuddyPress ?

The app now works great, but I can see messages in a private group with a normal account…
Can this be fixed please? Beacause private groups now are not private anymore…

@scotm
Strange, it works perfect for me. Maybe its a plugin interfering because on my install I only have BP, BBPress, and Private Community activated. If I log out it redirects me to the registration. If I click the forum nav button it redirects me to registration as well. Do you have other plugins installed besides the ones I listed?

Ok so I managed to find a backwards way of doing it because I needed to be able to do the same thing. Your going to need two plugins.

1. Your Preferred Role Management Plugin. I like Capacity Manager Enhanced
2. Buddypress xProfiles ACL

STEPS
1. Use your role manager to create some new roles. Name them what ever you want.
2. Go into the Users -> Profile Fields
3. Create a Field Group for your Restricted Items (not the primary one).
4. Go to the Settings -> xProfile ACL
5. Put your Field Group that you only want the Admin to be able to edit for the admin only.
6. Now this is important you need to modify the xProfile ACL php file (yes I know this makes it a hack, if xProfile ACL is updated you will lose this setting.)
6a. Go to line 240 of the buddypress-xprofiles-acl.php file. Comment out lines 240 – 249, the code you are commenting out is:

`
function filter_xprofile_groups_with_acl() {
global $bp, $profile_template, $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
foreach($profile_template->groups as $key => $profile_group) {
if( ! in_array($profile_group->id, $this->user_allowed_xprofile_groups) ) {
unset($profile_template->groups[$key]);
}
}
}
`

6b. Below the code you just commented out add:
` function filter_xprofile_groups_with_acl() {}`

7. Save your changes to the buddypress-xprofiles-acl.php file.

8. Now when ever you need to modify the fields log in with your admin account navigate to the user profile in buddy press and select Edit Member Profile from the tool bar. You will see the fields from the private group. Users will see the fields but when they select edit they will not be displayed.

Hope this helps.

It might also be worth removing both the subject column from members/single/messages/messages-loop.php and the h1 heading from members/single/messages/single.php

Users won’t then see “private message” for every message they get sent.

@b1gft,

the silly answer would be: make them public !

Private is private. Even group discussions.

A tech answer probably sit here: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2576
And at least, the codex: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/group-settings-and-roles/

@aldereteka
Try this:
https://github.com/bphelp/private_community_for_bp
edit it to meet your requirement.

@jrgiblette
Yes, as far as I know sending private messages with folk your not friends with is still out of the box, you would need custom code or a plugin to prevent it. Unless the core developers integrated it with the core in BP 1.7rc1 which I have not tested extensively yet then most likely you will need custom code if you decide to prevent it. If your fine with non-friends sending non-friends messages then that is default behavior.

Hey @Chouf1

Can your code be modified for private messaging? I’m trying to make the private message button on profiles visible when someone is logged out, but redirected to log in/register when a logged out/unregistered user attempts to contact someone. Can anyone point me in a general direction?

Thanks.