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ok – so here is what was missing – there needs to be an ajax call that has to be made when the button is clicked that is what actually does the trick

`
$j(“div.signupbutton a”).live(‘click’, function() {
var gid = $j(this).parent().attr(‘id’);
gid = gid.split(‘-‘);
gid = gid[1];

var nonce = $j(this).attr(‘href’);
nonce = nonce.split(‘?_wpnonce=’);
nonce = nonce[1].split(‘&’);
nonce = nonce[0];

var thelink = $j(this);

$j.post( ajaxurl, {
action: ‘joinleave_group’,
‘cookie’: encodeURIComponent(document.cookie),
‘gid’: gid,
‘_wpnonce’: nonce
},
function(response)
{
var parentdiv = thelink.parent();

if ( !$j(‘body.directory’).length ) {
location.href = location.href;
//do stuff that you want to do on successful request send
parentdiv.fadeIn(200).html(“Thanks for signing up”);
}
else {
$j(parentdiv).fadeOut(200,
function() {
parentdiv.fadeIn(200).html(response);
}
);
}
});
return false;
});
`

false positive. The button does not seem to work on another page even though it has the right link. I am looking for the related form now

earlier post – Ok I am guessing that I need to pass a group object to the bp_get_group_join_button function and not the name of the group. So my next question is – is there a way to get a group object if I know a group name?

Managed to get it done finally.

`
<?php
global $wpdb;
$mgroup_name = “mygroupname”;
$myrows = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT * FROM wp_bp_groups where slug=’$mgroup_name’;”, OBJECT);
if (count($myrows)>0) {
$group1 = $myrows[0];
$buttondata=bp_get_group_join_button($group1);
}

?>

var registrationbutton = “”;
`

Would this code work “ to get the registration button for the group?

Update – I tried using the link /groups/group_name/request-membership/ but that is not working

OK, better question, anybody successsfully deactivate their BBpress forums and successfully activate the buddypress sitewide for forums? I am using worpress 3.4 + Buddypress 1.5.2 and here is an example of my site from the bbpress install:
http://privateenglishportal.com/forums/

Ok, in that case can you point me at the documentation to make it happen. i ahve not found getting round the codex that easy, probably me being dense but if you can ahelp that would be great,

Thank you

Had to set my wordpress timezone to UTC, Save Settings, and then set it back to my timezone offset and now it is working.

Also, It says that the groups “Activity Stream” can be made separate, but I still see it on personal streams.

Also, the reason I was using the ‘Groups’ plugin was soley so I could have group exclusive content and nothing else. I can sets all kinds of nice access and permissions rules, but there is a disconnect between the plugin’s features and the built in groups feature of BP, so the results fall far short of desired.

Hi bollocks187-
I was just a little confused how groups was intended for use within WordPress/BuddyPress. To give you some insight as far as where I’m coming from, I’m moving from a Groupsite environment. In that environment, you can have ‘x’ number of groups. The groups can by hidden just like in WP/BP, but can have their very own content exclusive to them, which is hidden from non-members of that group (as expected). Likewise, members of a given group can communicate freely between each other. I was looking for a feature set within WP/BP that mimicks that behavior. The other thing missing is a peer recognition feature- kind of like a way for one user to endorse another. (another Groupsite feature). Think of this as a kind of letter of recognition from one user to another, so anyone visiting the endorsed member’s profile would see a senior member/administrator endorses/vouches for/recommends that user. I’ve been working with a messload of different plugins with varying levels of success/failure (far more failures than successes) and was getting a little frustrated -iterative testing to ensure a new plugin doesn’t break existing working plugins and trying to determine the UI for a new plugin since it’s often a sorely overlooked feature for so many developers.

I’m now looking into the possibility of using groups forums to address some of what I want to do, but am hoping that by doing so, it won’t confuse end users by having them try to contend with two separate types of forums – one open and public, and the other being ‘x’ number of private instances, one for each hidden group.

Thanks Paul. Ticket Created: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4305

Thanks Paul-
Okay, so that begs the question- what are groups used for within WordPress/BuddyPress? If you deactivate forums, there’s not much left. You can’t contact just the people in that group. And I’m still looking for a good plugin to handle making content pages exclusive to certain groups. I’ve tried ‘Groups’ by itthinx, but there is a big disconnect between the actual BuddyPress groups and the groups within the ‘Groups’ plugin. So if I have a pre-existing group, the ‘Groups’ plugin doesn’t recognize it. If I name an existing group within the ‘Groups’ plugin, there is no members associated with it (since it is treated as a new group, but that can only be accessed via the plugin) so security doesn’t really apply. Any light you can shed on this would be appreciated.

Thanks