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@megt12 on a public help forum it’s bad form to expect or try and move a topic away to private messaging, help given is always thought to perhaps be useful to others stumbling across the thread in searches.

Defines go in your wp-config.php file.

You will definitely be needing to explain the steps you have taken thus far and the point you are at if it’s going to be possible to provide meaningful help.

I use S2member plugin. It will handle what you are asking for. Plus a whole lot more. Be sure to read all the documentation.

Closing thread then.

@WCCP

Oops! You have a duplicate post that is answered here:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-section-as-private-section-of-wordpress-site/

@WCCP

The s2member plugin will do everything you want, and a whole LOT more too! Watch out though, you can easily get lost in all the features and options, so take it slow and follow the startup instructions closely. But everything is very well documented, and there’s a pretty good help forum available if you get stuck.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/s2member/

There is also a new bridge plugin for s2member (or any other membership plugin) that enables you and your users to create private profiles that become visible to certain membership levels. It automatically inserts an “Upgrade” link in member profiles that displays to users who don’t yet have view permissions.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profiles-manager/

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-make-a-private-community?topic_page=6&num=15#post-86316

Derived from the above link, I use the following in a bp-custom.php file to exclude users that are not logged in from seeing the activity or members areas.

if( ! bp_is_blog_page() && ! is_user_logged_in() )
bp_core_redirect( $bp->root_domain .'/'. BP_REGISTER_SLUG );
}
add_action( 'get_header', 'sh_walled_garden' );

In bp-custom.php the above needs to be placed in a plain text file with “ at the end of the file….

Firstly searching the site will possibly throw up past threads on the subject, try: ‘private profile’

Or you could check how certain aspects of bp work that only kick in when the user has logged in ( look in sidebar.php for examples of logic that checks if a user is logged in) using that logic you could take the main home page for members profiles and wrap it a conditional query that says ‘show: member profile if user is logged in else: write a polite message explaining profiles are restricted to members and provide a link to registration page.

Sounds like you’re using a caching plugin like W3 Total Cache.
If you have it enabled, disable it.

Right now, there are a few issues with using object caching plugins.

Stay tuned to the following ticket for updates:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2636

Post in plugin’s forums https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-private-community/forum/

Update: I read the bp-core.php file and created a file called bp-custom.php and put this in my /plugins folder as instructed with the username_compatibility code as instructed above and it’s still not working for me. That doesn’t seem to have done anything and neither is editing the wp-config.php.

I’ve made 4 test users and autofill doesn’t find anything.

It’s possible, but the plugin would have to create its own tables to store the data. The Group Documents plugin that Dennis mentioned does something similar codewise and can be used as a jumping off point.

It would be better if BP had a dedicated meta table for PMs like the activity component. Then you could easily add this time of information without creating a separate table. I created a ticket here about this:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3083

Hello all – I ran into this issue as well, and tried using the code fix in my wp-config.php file but it’s not working. Also I cannot find bp-custom.php anywhere in /plugins/buddypress – was it moved or renamed? Do I still need to add it there?

However, even with the wp-config.php custom setting in place I cannot even auto-fill messages to test users without dots in their names. Oddly it will autofill the admin’s nickname but that’s it..

Ditto

Hello iwazaru,

you have to past the code in the: bp-messages-cssjs.php

try this code:

<?php

function messages_add_autocomplete_js() {
global $bp;

// Include the autocomplete JS for composing a message.
if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->messages->slug && ‘compose’ == $bp->current_action ) {
add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘messages_autocomplete_init_jsblock’ );

wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-autocomplete’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.autocomplete.js’, array( ‘jquery’ ) );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-autocomplete-fb’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.autocompletefb.js’ );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-bgiframe’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.bgiframe.min.js’ );
wp_enqueue_script( ‘bp-jquery-dimensions’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/js/autocomplete/jquery.dimensions.js’ );
}

}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘messages_add_autocomplete_js’, 2 );

function messages_add_autocomplete_css() {
global $bp;

if ( $bp->current_component == $bp->messages->slug && ‘compose’ == $bp->current_action ) {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘bp-messages-autocomplete’, BP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/bp-messages/css/autocomplete/jquery.autocompletefb.css’ );
wp_print_styles();
}
}
add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘messages_add_autocomplete_css’ );

function messages_autocomplete_init_jsblock() {
global $bp;
?>

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var acfb =
jQuery(“ul.first”).autoCompletefb({urlLookup:’root_domain . ‘/wp-load.php’ ?>’});

jQuery(‘#send_message_form’).submit( function() {
var users = document.getElementById(‘send-to-usernames’).className;
document.getElementById(‘send-to-usernames’).value = String(users);
});
});

<?php
}

i you have installed buddypress via a subdomain.

Carsten

i have the same problem…

You might start out small. Install BuddyPress and enable just the activity stream; disable everything else. Make sure that the theme css works well with the activity stream. You’ll need to install the BuddyPress template pack. After you are satisfied with the activity stream then change WP install to multi-site. You’ll want to lock it down so that you control creation of blogs – so that you don’t have to deal with splogs. Once you have that working then you can add a few other BP features – private messaging, etc.

I have been looking for PM attachments as well! Would love to have that feature.

There isnt a plugin I know about, but there are a few for group docs and things like that..

BP is CPU and memory-hungry on top of regular WP requirements. Depending on what web host you’re using, if you’re on a shared hosting plan, it may just be dieing due to hard limits on resources. I ran a small BP install (along with other sites) on a Dreamhost shared account for while, but have since moved to a virtual private server, because, well: it’s heavy.

That may or may not be the problem.