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@stwc

Thanks for your effort, i just put it into my site, hope it can stop the spam registration.

well, I actually do not want to explain my users how to use “[ ]” brackets.

I just added a div on the appropriate signup page in my child theme explaining how to do it. Users see it during registration. Well, they will, when I eventually get some.

We modded D’Arcy Norman’s solution above so it would work on BuddyPress. At least it did a while back. Someone wanna give this a whirl again?

Spam blogs and Buddypress

# BEGIN ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .yourbpsignupslug*

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*yourhomedomain.* [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$

RewriteRule (.*) http://die-spammers.com/ [R=301,L]

# END ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION

!!!!!

I was able to correct this problem with some mods to the welcome-pack.php file.

And I must preface this by saying that this fix is a hack. I am really not that familiar with the plugin and don’t know that my changes won’t result in some problem.

Basically, it appeared that none of the following functions were using the $meta value being passed in. So, I removed it. Here is the simple change. For each of these three, around lines 74, 102 and 132, respectively – change them from this:

function dp_welcomepack_welcomemessage( $user_id, $password, $meta )

function dp_welcomepack_defaultfriend( $user_id, $password, $meta )

function dp_welcomepack_defaultgroup( $user_id, $password, $meta )

to this:

function dp_welcomepack_welcomemessage( $user_id, $password )

function dp_welcomepack_defaultfriend( $user_id, $password )

function dp_welcomepack_defaultgroup( $user_id, $password )

NEW!!!: Change the following lines in “dp_welcomepack_onuserandblogregistration” from this:

—

dp_welcomepack_defaultfriend( $user_id, $password, $meta );

dp_welcomepack_defaultgroup( $user_id, $password, $meta );

dp_welcomepack_welcomemessage( $user_id, $password, $meta );

—

to this:

—

if(is_array($user_id)){

$user_id = implode($user_id);

}

dp_welcomepack_defaultfriend( $user_id, $password );

dp_welcomepack_defaultgroup( $user_id, $password );

dp_welcomepack_welcomemessage( $user_id, $password );

—

That will correct your undefined argument problems and should solve your array problem. Note!!! I am not entirely sure why the user_id value was being converted to an array in the first place, so, make these changes with that in mind. I don’t believe it will be a problem but it is possible that somehow you might get an actual array of more than one value and that would be an issue. One way to check this that I did not add would be to get an array count if it is an array and only set the value if it’s equal to 1.

If for some reason you are experiencing other problems, feel free to message me privately and I can investigate further.

as It seems from your error description it is bp-genealogies theme.

try deactivating this theme ,and activating the default buddypress theme.Is the error still showing ?

Well,Just to let you people know,I had written this plugin for buddypress 1.0.X version and It works upto buddypress 1.0.3.I last tested it(on request of one of user) for buddypress 1.0.3+wpmu 2.8.4a and It was working.

So hopefully,It will solve your issue if you are using buddypress 1.0.3

But again,because of security reasons It is strongly recommended to upgrade to most recent version of wpmu+buddypress.

(I’m going to try to be helpful rather than just telling you to go elsewhere. I want Buddypress to grow, and users helping users ought be part of that. I’d also like the forum here to be a useful resource. So many threads at mu.wordpress.org are just cries for help with zero replies. That sucks.)

wordpressfan, I’d probably approach this using Roles. I’ve never done it, but you could set the Dashboard user default role in Site Options to ‘Inactive’. That would allow you to monitor signups, and approve as necessary, I’d imagine. As long as users know that there is a process in place where they have to wait for approval. There are plugins out there that allow you to create custom roles, too, but I’ve never used them.

In terms of the registration emails sent to you as admin, this is also a WMPU thing, not on the Buddypress end. I’m sure I’ve seen plugins that allow you to edit these, but I can’t find them for the life of me. If you’re comfortable with hacking the WPMU core (and rehacking after updates), you can find the place these emails are generated in

function newblog_notify_siteadmin

in wmpu-functions.php in /wpmu-includes

off the root of your WMPU install.

I seem to recall using this with success on an old pre-1.1 install to make that happen : https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cosmic-bp-user-signup-password/

Hello.

I do have spam user registrations even with registration option set to:

[*] Only logged in users can create new blogs.

I understand this option to say that new user registrations are DISABLED but registered users may create blogs. Unfortunatly the “Register”-Button appears in the welcome widget with that setting — even though clicking it will redirect back to the homepage.

To disable the above option also disables the blog creation — which I do NOT want.

For an unkown reason I do see spam registrations (a couple per week) but it seems those users are not able to login and create blogs (or comment). I also do NOT get the usual notification mails for new user registrations.

It seems like a bug to me.

Yangers101, you’ll have to upgrade to the latest version of BP 1.1 like socialpreneur mentioned.

Stop using old version, use new ones which supports that function you want.

I suppose you are talking about those admin notice upon newly registered members of your site. BuddyPress doesn’t control this function, so you should post this question or search similar topics on wpmu forums.

I too think this looks very appealing. What is the consensus solution going forward for being able to allow user registration (on your BP/WPMU blog) with existing social network credentials like Facebook or Twitter? It seems to me like there isn’t one at the moment.

Is anyone (or perhaps a group of devs) working on this specifically? It just doesn’t seem sustainable to ask users to create accounts everywhere they go ad infinitum. Something’s going to have to give. Seems like a great opportunity for some solid, entrepreneurial developers!

Oh yeah, and what’s Open ID?

hi Phillip

Yes yo can.

By default your registration page will show only the fields from first profile field group.

You can change it.

You will have to edit registration/register.php

Look for the code

and replace it with

Now your register page will show all the fields.

But stop,This is not enough,you need to aggregate all the field ids and put it as hidden field.

So Take a look at the the line

remove it from the profile loop.Now create some code inside the profile loop,aggregate all profile ids and then

put this code outside the profile group loop,

where I ssume you have aggregated all profile fields in the variable $all_pf_fields.

Please note,all $all_pf_fields should be the comma separated list of all profile ids(say 1,2,3,)

This will make it work,and your registration page will show all profile groups fields

Each field group has an ID value. You can modify the registration.php file to include additional groups by repeating the following and changing “1” to “2”:

<?php if ( function_exists( ‘bp_has_profile’ ) ) : if ( bp_has_profile( ‘profile_group_id=1’ ) ) : while ( bp_profile_groups() ) : bp_the_profile_group(); ?>

to

<?php if ( function_exists( ‘bp_has_profile’ ) ) : if ( bp_has_profile( ‘profile_group_id=2’ ) ) : while ( bp_profile_groups() ) : bp_the_profile_group(); ?>

you have to make all fields from a single group, the first one… if your fields are in other groups and try to move them, no chance, so maybe the best thing is to make a feature suggestion to be able to move fields between groups.

i had that problem just today, and i’m searching right now for a solution as right now i have no idea where these fields are stored.. lol

Hi Brajesh, which version of BudyPress your Cosmic BP plugin is compatible up to? Thanks!

Very nice work. Makes me want to revisit my nearly-bog-standard home page and go to town on it. I think I just might do that today!

Any tips/tuts you care to share on how you did some of the neater stuff (like the modal registrations) would sure be appreciated!

@stripedsquirrel

The register.php page is a BuddyPress-specific theme file that let’s you more easily customize the user registration page. It is found in the /registration/ directory of the parent theme bp-sn-parent. When it is in use, it takes over the duties from the wp-signup.php page which is a WPMU file. You can use either one, but I find it easier to use the register.php page.

Also, read this thread. The OP created a new Captcha plugin for WordPress that is compatible with version 1.1.x of BP:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/si-captcha-for-wpmu-and-buddypress#post-24383

Here’s the direct link to the plugin in the WP repo:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/

In BP 1.1+, the registration process has changed.

These older registration plugins need to hook into BP 1.1’s new actions for registration and validation.

The plugins on regular WPMUdev.org are GPL; the plugins on premium.wpmudev.org are iffy in terms of license.

I’m about to fork one of Andrew’s BP plugins myself… just got to clean up the code.

BeLogical… I am also unable to beat those suckers. But unless u have tons of registrations, you may want to follow what may be my final option, and that is to install a separate registration form, may be even a simple email form, and then select who I allow in and who I should delete. This means disabling WPMU/Bpress registration at this stage. This way at least, I can check my email in the evening and inform those allowed. Otherwise, I spent my entire week checking my blackberry only to notice a mountain of unwanted blogs. If you are looking for a simple free email form with the ability to include attachments (like avatar), I’ve tested this one and it is just a one minute install and works just fine. http://www.maianscriptworld.co.uk/free-php-scripts/maian-mail/free-contact-form/index.html – At least I may (not sure yet) get spammers in my inbox as opposed to allow them in.