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Hi @amic58, @tecca

When BP is installed and xProfile is activated, the original WP profile settings are not accessible to user.

The WP register process use only username, password and email and BuddyPress add by default a Name field as base for other extended profile fields.

In short this means that username and name fields can contain a same information(a name, a pseudonym, a first or/and a last name). The plugin you mention is best for a WP install where user had choosen first/last name as output on post, comments, etc Once BP is activated, this became a little different.

Now to the initial question.
The CSS trick is a very inelegant solution as it lets everybody knowing how BP works to surround this invisibility. You’re also loosing any flexibility if you want to show some fields privately for example.

You can do this properly with a little snippet, as explained here:

Using bp_parse_args() to filter BuddyPress template loops

Here’s an example which let you hide fields or fiels group to members, but not to site admin

function bpfr_hide_profile_field_group( $retval ) {
	if ( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :	
	
	// hide profile group/field to all except admin	
	if ( !is_super_admin() ) {		
		//exlude fields, separated by comma
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '1';  
		//exlude groups, separated by comma
		$retval['exclude_groups'] = '1'; 			
	} 
	return $retval;		
	
	endif;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'bpfr_hide_profile_field_group' );

Add it to bp-custom.php or your child-theme functions.php

Of course you can also choose to show a field or group, but remove the possibility for the user to edit it later. Simply add more conditionnal to the function.

Here another example:

function bpfr_hide_profile_edit( $retval ) {	
	// remove field from edit tab
	if(  bp_is_user_profile_edit() ) {		
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '54'; // ID's separated by comma
	}	
	// allow field on register page
	if ( bp_is_register_page() ) {
		$retval['include_fields'] = '54'; // ID's separated by comma
		}		
	
	// hide the field on profile view tab
	if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=54' ) ) : 
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '54'; // ID's separated by comma	
	endif;	
	
	return $retval;	
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'bpfr_hide_profile_edit' );

Hope to be clear.

Add this snippet to your child-theme functions.php or bp-custom.php

function bpfr_hide_profile_edit( $retval ) {	
	// remove field from edit tab
	if(  bp_is_profile_edit() ) {		
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '2'; // field ID's separated by comma
	}	
	// allow field on register page
	if ( bp_is_register_page() ) {
		$retval['include_fields'] = '2'; // field ID's separated by comma
		}		
	
	// hide the field on profile view tab
	if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=2' ) ) : 
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '2'; // field ID's separated by comma	
	endif;	
	
	return $retval;	
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'bpfr_hide_profile_edit' );

The BuddyPress codex is your friend:

Filtering by Xprofile fields

Read this for a better approach to your issue: Filtering by Xprofile fields

Another approach: bp_user_query

Is there any way to make the icons following the privacy rules of the related profile fields?

Hi @danbp

I tried the way you suggested and it works.

I would like to ask if there is any way the social media icons to follow the privacy rules of the related custom profile fields.

Thank you!

hi franklinkevin321,

I have disabled all of my xprofile plugins

For our understanding, can you tell which plugins you’re speaking about ?
The snippet is intended for BP, so if you use another source to generate your profile fields, it maybe possible that it screws your template.

Re: 2. Importing s2member custom fields to buddypress fields
Instead of, for now, editing the codex page, please note the args parameter for add_action.

So the ‘2’ here is the arguments parameter. add_action('wp_login','s2_profile_field_update',10,2);
So the hook provides 2 arguments – very handy & useful.
But your example doesn’t use them in the function s2_profile_field_update.
You can use the $user arg instead of $current_user and thereby get rid of that global.
Use this to see the data in $user:

function hook_arg_display( $user_login, $user ) { 
   var_dump( $user ); 
}
add_action('wp_login','hook_arg_display',10,2);

imo: There is no Option 1.

@myg0t Thanks for sharing that with the community, S2 Member has wide use so this ought to be useful to people.

One point though it’s best not to advise that people edit a core file /buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/..etc BP has a fairly well defined template hierarchy overload allowing files to be copied to the theme or child theme, those are the copies one should edit.

Another minor point rather than have to edit & pass the arguments in the template could bp_parse_args() perhaps work for this?
Using bp_parse_args() to filter BuddyPress template loops

In respect of the profile data would not setting the user visibility options on the profile field/s in the backend not work to provide the privacy for address fields, just a thought but I may have missed the point of this aspect.

Lastly this could make a nice user example guide for the BP codex if you’d care to post it there and we’ll slot it under a section appropriate.

Hey @qmai! I have setup a system before to link BuddyPress Profile Fields to SalesForce, but it takes a good amount of custom work. The method I ended up doing was to add a piece of custom meta to the Profile Field edit screen that allows you to specify a SF field id. Unfortunately, the process of adding custom meta to a BuddyPress Profile Field is a lot harder than it sounds, but it is doable.

Let me know if you have any further questions. I can’t seem to find the code that I wrote for this, but I’d be happy to work through this with you.

I believe it only runs when a profile is updated.
Try doing a ‘save’ on a BP profile – edit screen.

If it works, at least you know the sync is working going forward.

That doesn’t address your real issue re all your existing users.
You’ll probably need to write some code that loops thru your users and creates xprofile fields for them.

Take a look at function xprofile_set_field_data in
bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php

Hi @navinachettri

1. Have you searched the plugin directory?
2. This can be done via hooks. It will need some custom code (not much, just a few lines).
3. You could hide or show xProfile fields according to role. How exactly roles are created and managed will be dependent on point 1
4. Again, to distinguish business users from ‘normal’ users, you’d use the roles created via the plugin you’re using from point 1. The jobs and adverts could each have their own custom post type
5. This will need to be custom coded

Hope that helps?

hi @kristinrutten,

have you imported users from an older wp site ?
Are you hosted on wpengine ? (toc toc @hnla ? )

Try to use the repair tool: dashboard > tools

What about avatar settings ? dashboard > general > discussion

About plugins
buddypress toolbar was intended for 1.5/1.6/1.7 – outdated now.
BuddyPress Members Import did you use it more as 1 time ?
On a default install, WP and BP users are in the same table: wp_users
In BP settings you can sync WP and BP users. Extended profile fields are stored in 4 other tables: _xprofile_somename
And WP has is own import tools…
IMO you can deactivate them.

Deactivate all plugins, but BP and activate 2013 theme. At this stage the avatars should appear.

1) https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-components/

2) https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/extended-profiles/edit-xprofiles-admin-screen/

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/guides/displaying-extended-profile-fields-on-member-profiles/

3) is built in on members directory. Each profile item becames clickable by default, letting users find others having entered the same information.
Example:
User A = City -> New York (NY is clickable)
User B = City -> New York (NY is clickable)
User C = City -> San Francisco (SF is clickable)

When user B click on NY he will see user A as search result
When user C click on SF he will only see himself

4) He use the buddy menu. This menu can be installed by going to dashboard > apparence > menu. If BP menu is not in the left side, under the other menus, open the screen option (top right corner) and check BuddyPress. Now you can set your BP menu like any other WordPress menu.
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide

When you’re new to something, you must read the documentation first. Also before asking on a help forum, you must search if your question wasn’t already asked and answered.

Happy install ! 😉

hi @roddaut,

don’t thought to much, a theme can influence over all a site, including the admin. This happens in 90% of the issues handled on this forum.

Thought the latest Canvas was 2014.10.14 – version 5.8.5

Members are the heart of BuddyPress. When a user register on a BP activated site, this user is automatically a “member”.

So i guess “they are not registering for the site, just the members area” is just impossible. Don’t know what you already did to get a “private” member area, but if you have an issue, it’s mostly because you did something wrong. 😉

To confirm to readers what you already get to work:

To modify the registration page, on which appears the login fields belonging to WP (user, username, email & password), BP adds his own additionnal fields, under condition you activated the xProfile component.

By default, BP add only one field in the mandatory field group “Base”: NAME.

When the admin add a new field, he can choose between different field status, and depending this status, you will see phrase such as “This field can be seen by: “.

These settings are avaible in Dashboard > Users > Profile Fields