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@ajay25 – maybe the wp plugin “good question” ( https://wordpress.org/plugins/good-question/ ) will do what you are asking (?)
Maybe “buddypress humanity”

I imagine there are other similar ones in the wp repo these days

I think I should solve problem if you implement this patch into next release:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/5202/5202.02.patch
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5202

Debugging PHP code is part of any project, but WordPress comes with specific debug systems designed to simplify the process as well as standardize code across the core, plugins and themes. This page describes the various debugging tools in WordPress and how to be more productive in your coding as well as increasing the overall quality and interoperativity of your code.

The following code, inserted in your wp-config.php file, will log all errors, notices, and warnings to a file called debug.log in the wp-content directory. It will also hide the errors so they do not interrupt page generation.

// Enable WP_DEBUG mode
define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);

// Enable Debug logging to the /wp-content/debug.log file
define(‘WP_DEBUG_LOG’, true);

// Disable display of errors and warnings
define(‘WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY’, false);
@ini_set(‘display_errors’,0);

// Use dev versions of core JS and CSS files (only needed if you are modifying these core files)
define(‘SCRIPT_DEBUG’, true);

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SherieySron@Ufindthem

@mattfl850 – so you just need to the basic functions of BP with each? (not give each member a separate blog/site as well) – is what I am guessing…

I imagine these is a graceful way to put a wp/bp install in your root directory and network activate bp to create separate members and mesh this with multi-site to make it so that /sbs is a new “site” and /rust is..

but if I was going this (And I am not a bp dev or any kind of wp expert) – I would just install wp/bp in /sbs and do another separate wordpress install in /rust and add bp there.

That may be the simplest setup for what you describe as the current goal. Others may have a differing idea.

@natmba1 – places like dreamhost are good at doign some hand holding with wordpress issues, so I would suggest them, or bluehost – or someone similar who really specializes in WP hosting for those who are new(ish) to the self hosting game – their tech have more knowledge about common wp issues – and they have some extra layers of security that help a bit with common wp things like brute force login / hacking attempts.

Just about any host out there can run wordpress fine – I try to avoid windows hosting platforms – as the setup for running wp quickly and easily just seems smoother with the ‘nix based servers –

I am sure others have good recommendations as well – I will tell you from my recent experiences I am really liking tmdhosting.com – as their support has wowed me this year, and they have strong mod-sec setups to block multiple password fails already running.

Some people look for price first – I say support is more important than anything else. I could give you a long list of hosting places that have completely failed me when it comes to support – and if your site goes down and the server needs to be restarted, you don’t want to wait 48 hours to here back from some level one support guy that does not fix the problem, no matter how cheap the place may be.

Obviously I have not tried every hosting company in the world, so don’t take my experiences as the only voice on this.

most hosting places have one step installs for wordpress these days – like I said earlier, I usually suggest dreamhost for total newbies – but I am more familiar with the standard cpanel admin server backend that places like tmdhosting and hostgator provide – I get a bit lost in the dreamhost panel sometimes – but if you have not already gotten used to finding things in either panel – then that would not be an issue for you.

The good thing is that it’s pretty easy to change your wordpress hosting to a different place if your needs change – so I don’t think you need to worry too much about picking the perfect place right off the bat.

I should probably check to see if I have an bonus code or something from these hosting places, but not sure it would jive with the bp group to provide you with an affiliate link where I got a kickback if you signed up.

If you were looking for dedicated servers I’d have more suggestions – but I don’t think you’ll need that kind of server power for a while (if ever)

If you take a look at the WordPress code base, you’ll see there is similar logic applied to username. The gist will be

1. Query the database for a list of display names
2. Throw an error if the desired name already exists

Installation in WordPress Multisite

@natmba1 – you do not need a wordpress dot COM account to run buddypress – and I am not sure that you can run BP there – not the last time I checked.

What I suggest is getting your own web hosting account – for 10 or 20$ per month you can run your own (shared) hosting – and put wordpress and buddypress and any other plugins you like into it.

Some places like dreamhost.com (and similar hosting companies) – make it pretty simple to setup a wordpress hosting account and then you can add plugins and themes through the backend admin dashboard.

You will likely end up with an account at wordpress dot ORG – to ask questions about plugins and stuff – but the dot ORG is the free open community and the dot COM is more the commercial thing kind of like wix.. which I am sure you have seen places like that are very limited – running your own system has many more options – but with that comes a bit more learning and responsibility 😉

I am also having this problem but it’s specifically with groups. We noticed it happening maybe a month ago? Does anyone know how to fix it?

Wordpress 4.2.2
Buddypress 2.3.2.1
http://bitkingdoms.com/

The reason I suggested you re-word your question is because the debate surrounding WordPress as a subdomain VS WordPress as a primary domain is a popular one which has been addressed lots of times already.

The answer really does depend on what you’re trying to do, as @shanebp already pointed out.

Hopefully this helps.

@quinngoldwin I’m not aware of any plugin that does what you want out of the box. At this stage, you might want to look at https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-job-manager/ and a BP plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-job-manager/ and try work from there to set up a jobs category home page similar to what you posted above. Haven’t worked with either plugin before but the plugin author of the WP Job Manager has very good rep.

You could post at the official WordPress Jobs Board at https://jobs.wordpress.net and/or our jobs board at https://buddypress.org/support/forum/plugin-forums/bp-jobs-board/

Please see https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6360 and associated tickets for a fix for point 1. It’s a known problem.

You install BuddyPress as a WordPress plugin so perhaps your question should be where should you install WordPress?

@aju29 – If I were you I would make a zip file backup of all your files (through cpanel or whatever) – then export your database (follow the instructions in the wordpress.org for exporting backups – (you’ll need to go into phpmyadmin -> export – advanced – check “add drop table” – export)

check your server error log to see if there is anything in there that would give a clue when you get the ““insufficient permission to view this page” error.

Check to make sure you have “pretty permalinks” set properly.

IF you deactivate all plugins, and switch to default theme, and things do not work right at that point – something is wrong.. could be your server setup, could be you forget to add the line needed for multi-site to work properly.. go back and re-trace steps..

Then I would start fresh, delete everything and install a totally fresh WP –

Of course you could do this in a different folder or something.. but you need to get wp multi-site and buddypress working with default theme before mucking it up with other plugins and themes.. once you establish that the basics work with your server and setup – then start adding the other stuff one by one to see if something breaks it.

Someone else may have an idea of what your trouble is and chime in – I don’t know your exact setup and what your exact issues are when you are trying to do what exactly – I am just another BP user, not a wp / bp dev / guru by any means.

@modx – for the moment, I would put your htaccess back to the way it was before – from what I am seeing; you are talking about login brute force password cracking being your big issue.

Although I still suggest blocking those other engine bots – you can probably do that just fine with a robots.txt file at the moment.

IF you are using a login security plugin already – you should be fine… many like to use “limit login attempts” – I use that on some sites – just change the default settings to be more strict than the 4 / attempts.. might also want to add the “whitelist limit login attempts” to keep yourself from getting locked out.

I think succuri is an excellent one too – but there are many others… these login attempt blockers will prevent a bunch of the bot attempts to break it.. recently I have found that adding the plugin “ip geo block” ( https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip-geo-block/ ) is very helpful. Again change the default settings so it also blocks access to your plugins folder and others..

Thing is, every single one of our wordpress (And therefor also buddypress) sites are getting these non-stop password attacks all day, every day. You can try things like add a “captcha” to your login form to make it harder.. but they will keep trying and tieing up your server resources..

Strange to see from your posts that all of those attacks are coming from USA based proxy servers – usually most the attacks come from Ukraine, makes me think they already got into your site once before and are willing to spend a little extra to try to re-attack.

Since those companies are us based you could write them with abuse complaints, but I don’t think you will ever stop the hacking attempts so long as you have a CMS that allows an admin login.

If you are dumping buddypress for the moment and don’t need others to get through a login prompt, I suggest adding this bit of htaccess pwd magic –
http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/technical/wordpress/wordpress-login-brute-force-attack

Saves me servers a ton of sql requests 😉

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-registration-options/screenshots/

Oh here is my unanswered question with my concerns about how WP handles some of these things – if the info there helps you at all -> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-mark-url-return-200-not-404-string-query-noindex-or

Issue posted above has been resolved in BP Trac https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6554

> Mass-deleting Buddypress groups?

@rockoria Safest way is to go to wp-admin/dashboard and click on the “Groups” link in the menu. You’ll get the updated version of what you see in the following image https://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/groups-dashboard-admin.png