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OK… So what does that mean practically?

Haha! Well, good question.

WPMU is not designed as a user-centric platform. It is blog-centric. BuddyPress puts the focus on the user.

So, my best advice is that you will have to do as Mike Pratt suggests and then code a custom function to extract the new firstname and lastname data from an xprofile table as you see fit, or just output that data in your theme files.

As far as registration, have you looked at Mike’s site (http://buglenotes.com/register) to see what he does? If that is what you want, you should PM him and get more advice.

No, they would see the same screen on the registration page, but when the user hits “Next”, the second page will allow the user to customize their blog (name of blog, etc.).

I totally understand you Peter, I am now trying to fix the fact that bp and wpmu have name and surname in two different places in mysql. I just don’t understand it why someone would like to keep it that way? Also, there is a function I found xprofile_sync_wp_profile() which is trying to sync both information, however it doesn’t do it after the registration confirmation and it’s called only after profile update. Currently I am working on big project based on wpmu and bp and many other plugins and opensource code and I must say half of my time I need to fix bugs cos they just don’t work together like they should. Anyway, I shouldn’t complain, at the end of a day it’s free…

You could hide the “Create a Blog” section on the registration page, which would mean that blog creation will be checked by default.

Add the following to your CSS file:

#blog-or-username {display:none;}

Great!

As I often say, we aim to please and sometimes we actually manage to do just that.

Yes, I had this problem. I figured it could be a plug-in conflict as, like connorg said, the registration worked fine at the beginning. For me it was the Google Analytics plugin – I deactivated it and all works fine again!

Hi,

I am using WordPress MU 2.7.1 . I have the same problem with user registration form. When a user sign up’s and enter his details in the form after the registration when the user login to the site then the only nick name is displayed and he has to fill all the information in the form again then the information is displayed in his profile.

Jatinder

You need to log into WPMU’s backend as site admin ( /wp-login.php), and then go to

Site Admin > Options > Allow new registrations

and set the options you want.

Also I am unable to create an extended profile like shown in some of the demos. It only allows me change the “base” and avatar. I can’t put birthday, location, etc.

To add additional profile fields, you need to navigate to the BuddyPress submenu grouping in WPMU’s backend. If BuddyPress is installed and activated, this submenu group is found at the very bottom of the menu column.

So, go to

BuddyPress > Profile Field Setup

and set up the additional fields you want.

If anyone is looking to hack the adminbar so that when users log in, they stay on the current blog they’re on, just edit the bp-core-adminbar.php file and change the reference to $bp->root_domain, under the “log in and sign up links” section, to $current_blog. Also, I took out the redirect as well. So, my login widget now looks like this:

// **** "Log In" and "Sign Up" links (Visible when not logged in) ********

function bp_adminbar_login_menu() {

global $bp;



if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {

echo '<li class="bp-login no-arrow"><a href="' . $current_blog . '/wp-login.php">' . __( 'Log In', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';



// Show "Sign Up" link if registrations are allowed

if ( get_site_option( 'registration' ) != 'none' ) {

echo '<li class="bp-signup no-arrow"><a href="' . bp_signup_page(false) . '">' . __( 'Sign Up', 'buddypress' ) . '</a></li>';

}

}

}

@sandeepdude

the confirmation email is not sent to newly registered users

It seems that WPMU is doing its duties fine. PHP is responsible for taking care of the mail sending. The issue is most likely with your mail server. Check your mail server’s logs.

If you continue to see this behavior, you should contact your host.

found this on my error log…

[27-Jun-2009 13:20:07] PHP Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]:

Concerning the array_merge() error, that function has to do with registering new user blogs. This does not affect the initial registration of new users nor the sending of registration emails. There is a fix for this particular issue in this thread.

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Problem fixed in 1.0.2, closing.

This only happens in 1.0.1 when you use the same computer. Normal users signing up will not see this issue.

Yes.

Peter-

Are you using BP v1.0.1 or 1.0.2? i believe there was an issue with cookies that could cause this problem in v1.0.1.

Did you clear your browser’s cache in between registration attempts?

Switch to the default BuddyPress themes and deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress. Try the registration process again. If it works, switch to the FaceBuddy theme. Try registration again. If it is still working, activate one of the plugins, etcetera.

You must distill your BP environment down to the lowest common denominator–default themes, no plugins except BudddyPress activated–and see if everything works with that set up. If so, you then add one thing back at a time (first your custom theme, then one plugin at a time) until the problem occurs again.

Let us know what you discover.

i have set to enable the new user registration and blog creation option in the wp-admin/wpmu-options.php page.

What you need to do is log into WPMU’s backend as site admin ( /wp-login.php), and then go to:

Site Admin > Options > Allow new registrations

and set the options you want.

Yep plrk that is the exact issue. ETA is ‘soon’.