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@bphelp. I think I have discovered the culprit to this little mystery.. I have been using the Buddypress Members Import plugin: http://www.youngtechleads.com/buddypress-members-import/

For some reason when I import my database, the plugin does not seem to process the xProfile Field visibility settings properly.. The profile fields are still listed as “Admins Only” But for some reason they are still visible to all users.

Earlier, I manually added some new test profile fields and they worked fine. I also discovered, that if I edit, and re-save a user’s profile field after import, all profile fields for that user will then revert to the proper visibility settings.

I have contacted the plugin author to make him aware of the issue, hopefully he can fix it. If you have any suggestions that might be a quick fix for this I’m all ears! 🙂

@bphelp. Upon a little further research, I wanted to note that I created a new User Profile Group, created a private field seen by Admins Only in that group, and the settings seem to be working fine in that group. In my Base (Primary) group though, all profile fields still remain visible to all users. Does the Base (Primary) group automatically force all fields visibility public by default? If so, is there way to override?

If there is no way to change the visibility in the Base (Primary), I suppose I can just put private info in the other Profile Group, but I’m curious if or how that may effect my database import..

Thanks @bphelp. Info listed below:

1. Which version of WordPress are you running?

3.5.2

2. Did you install WordPress as a directory or subdomain install?

Directory

3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory?

root

4. Did you upgrade from a previous version of WordPress? If so, from which version?

3.5

5. Was WordPress functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting.

Wordpress seems to be working fine

6. Which version of BP are you running?

1.7.2

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version?

1.7

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? If so, which ones?

Yes, a lot. 🙂

Allow Multiple Accounts
amr users + buddypress
buddypress group email subscription
buddypress member import
buddypress message attachement
Buddypress Toolbar
Buddypress Xprofile custom fields type
comprehensive google map
contact form manager
events manager pro
easy table
form lightbox
GRAND Flash Album Gallery
Lightbox Galleries EWSEL
Mass Messaging in Buddypress
Online Backup for WordPress
Peter’s Login Redirect
SHortcode Widget
User Switching
WP Full Calendar
WP Wunderground

9. Are you using the standard BuddyPress themes or customized themes?

I’m using Razor 1.1.3 from Themeforest/Parallelus

10. Have you modified the core files in any way?

No

11. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php?

No

12. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in?

13. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.

14. Which company provides your hosting?

Network Solutions

15. Is your server running Windows, or if Linux; Apache, nginx or something else?

VPS hosting package

@modemlooper
I can understand that. It is better for everyone. Once I downloaded a plugin that was supposed to let you have conditional profile fields or something to that effect and it did not even work at all so I can appreciate them taking a closer look before blindly allowing a useless plugin on the repository. Anyway I will be making the changes you suggested after I go out and get my lunch. Thanks again for the advice!

Yes it works on profiles.php… but the text widget I use on a post page works for all the other xprofile fields?

Hi there

I’m using it in a text widget sidebar, which works for all the other fields.

The spelling is correct and there are multiple options selected.

Thanks,

Ian

Thank you for the diagnosis and recommendations.

I am using Responsive child theme with the default template. I’ve remove all plugins remotely related to registration.

The last thing I just removed is a functions.php script to automatically add new users to a particular group when they register, below.

So, then the question arises: where does the “Posted in” text come from? In BuddyPress settings, I chose a page called “Register” for registration, and the page itself uses the “Default” template. However, what Responsive file is default? I’m not seeing “Posted in” in /page.php/ or /post.php/. It’s in /sidebar-content-page.php/ but I haven’t selected it.

Also, I am using Types and Views, but no views or templates are applied to any of those page types.

/**
* Automatically adds members to group when they are registered
*/
function automatic_group_membership( $user_id ) {
if( !$user_id )
return false;

groups_accept_invite( $user_id, 6 );
}
add_action( ‘user_register’, ‘automatic_group_membership’ );

http://wpmu.org/add-birthdate-email-and-url-fields-to-buddypress-profiles/ lets me add custom fields which is good enough for me. IDK why I didn’t find this sooner but maybe some other dumb person will find this and it will save them some time.

I’ll certainly look into this solution more.

When I started I was new to WordPress. Now I’m new to BuddyPress so am looking at the feasibility of integrating or replacing what I’ve written. I have a lot of specifc business rules in the profile I’ve written so I would prefer to use what I have, not to mention not to throw away all my work. The hidden but required fields is just an example of one of the many business rules I’ve written in my plugin.

Follow-up. One of our users just confirmed this problem on Mac Firefox and Safari:

After putting in my registration information and hitting the submit button it takes a long time to process and the result I get is the screen shot below. [404 Fancy Meeting You Here… back on the /register/ URL]