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@Chccclay there is also premium plugin, BuddyPress Message Privacy, which will give your students the ability to control who can send them private messages.

@Chccclay – Theirs no admin screen to read them, however unlike passwords which are hashed, messages are readable in plain text via the database. So, to answer your question, if you have database access then yes. you can read them.

WP/BP versions? What theme are you using? Has it been updated for BP 1.5.5? Have you tried changing to bp-default theme and checking if issue has been resolved?

I tried to use it with a multisite install, and the Private Buddypress plugin kept locking all the sites down.

Hello,

Within that plugin you can set it (without having to modify the plugin) to just to friends, private or public, this is done from within the plugin page within wordpress, this then allows the user to chose on the front end.

I might also suggest,

http://bp-tutorials.de/2010/09/private-buddypress

This plugin makes your whole install private to non logged in users, thus creating another layer of privacy.

I hope this helps somewhat.

If you think this is a bug then raise a ticket on the BP trac along with precise steps to replicate the issue, and someone will have a look.

I can create a private group and create topics in it on one of my test installs so I do not think this is a bug.

@jcaynes == have issues with my site being closed somehow. ==

Check dashboard menu Settings > General – Membership – Anyone can Register? –> set it to Yes. If is set on Yes. Click on Save again.

Check dashboard menu Settings > Privacy settings – Site Visibility –> Set it to default where the site is open to everyone. Even on default setting, click on Save.

Are you the site admin? You should be able to access all levels of groups (public, private, hidden) without needed to be a member. Does it happen every time you create a private group, or just this specific group?

@jcaynes If you followed plugin instructions per plugin page, you would have created another folder and file like so
/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-private-community-config/mm-buddypress-private-community-config.php
Delete that as well

@jcaynes this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-private-community/ has not been updated for BP 1.5+. Delete it from your installation.

== it looks so rubbish in IE. ==
Yup, IE < 9 is bane of designer/developer There are still at least 2 solutions as I pointed to above if you want to pursue the buttons later.

== But please is there a way to wrap the Edit Profile link which is in the item-header so that it shows on your own profile alone and not when viewing others profile. instead of hiding it under private message button. ==

Saw your new topic and answered you there https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-make-a-link-show-on-your-profile-alone/

There can only be normally one background image per element in CSS2 so when you add the icon, it will override the gradient background created in parent theme. You could add extra bg-img using pseudo-elements but that’s good for modern browsers and IE8+ only.

You can use multiple background images for one element with CSS3 compatible with most modern browsers incl. IE9 above. But if you have users who use IE8 below, it will note show up at all.

One solution for cross-browser compatibility down to IE7 is to create an image with the icon and the gradient background, e.g. activity-time-since-with-gradient-background.png, together and hook that to the link:
`div#item-header #send-private-message a {
background: transparent url(_inc/images/activity-time-since-with-gradient-background.png) left center no-repeat !important;
padding-left: 25px;
}`
Of course your image name won’t be that long.

The other solution is this: http://www.norestfortheweekend.com/2011/02/26/css3-gradients-multiple-backgrounds-and-ie7/ This is more involved but a great learning experience if you have the time.

@naijaping Hook the background image to your link. Add this to your stylesheet
`div#item-header #send-private-message a {
background: transparent url(_inc/images/activity-time-since.png) left center no-repeat !important;
padding-left: 25px;
}`

In addition, you have two styles for `div#item-header #send-private-message` and the second one overlaps and hides the Edit Profile link. So look for `div#item-header #send-private-message`

Keep the first one below
`div#item-header #send-private-message {
float: left;
position: absolute;
right: 330px;
top: 22px;
}`

Delete the second one below
`div#item-header #send-private-message {
right: 243px;
}`

I do that on jbsocial.com using the following plugins

Member Access
PC Hide Pages
Peter’s Login Redirect
Simple Access Control

Can you pls let me know how can i get in touch with you in a private msg ?

thx