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Hi @danbp Thanks.
I asked there a long time ago 🙂

https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/

I’m using a plugin, within the plugin it asks you to assign an authors name to the submitted posts, which obviously is required for wordpress. On the frontend the name chosen by the author is displayed on the post using <?php the_author(); ?>.

I’m trying various ways around this, such as adding text to the content but I’m a total newbie with all coding and wordpress. I don’t care if the username is linked anywhere or any other information is displayed, I’d just like to be able to use the <?php the_author(); ?> line on the activity stream but I know its not that simple.

Thanks for the reply danbp,

The Theme I am using is KLEO by Seventh Queen
Buddy Press version Version 2.2.1

I am looking to hide menu items for non logged in visitors in members profiles See example here.. I want to have only the “media” menu and possibly the documents icons viewable to non logged in visitors.

I would like all icons viewable to only those members that are logged in.

Thanks

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Basically Ive been asked to fix this field problem on someone elses website, Ive just been given access to FTP so can now make changes to the server files.

They are using a theme called Huddle and have BuddyPress install on the latest version:
http://themeforest.net/item/huddle-wordpress-buddypress-community-theme/835549

The theme folder has a members folder in for BuddyPress, which i assumed was the standard for BuddyPress. I have overridden the templates you suggested in /themes/huddle/members/single and the issue is still present.

I switched to a default WordPress theme to test compatibility and the fields are working like normal. So the issues is with the Huddle theme, now that its using the correct profile-loop and edit templates im not sure what the problem can be?

Hey, I could be using the wrong view and edit templates as they do not look the same as the profile pages on buddypress.org.

I do not have full access to replace files on the server manually, I have updated WordPress and BuddyPress to the latest versions.

Do I need to manually replace the legacy files on the server with these files?
https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/tree/master/src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress

I thought this would correct itself when the plugin is updated.

Now in the WP plugin repo:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-local-avatars/

And still available here: PhiloPress

@hnla thank you for the guidance. FWIW, I did try doing as much research as possible (and trying out a few things) before posting my question here.

I reviewed the information contained in the link you provided. Thanks for that. But after reading through that information, what I’m still unclear about is how/what template I should modify in order to affect ONLY the BP Registration page. (FYI, I’m not a php developer, so I do need a bit of hand holding for some of this kinda stuff.)

I read through the info on how to “Customize the layouts of BuddyPress pages within the WordPress Default Themes”. However, the instructions provided there seem to apply to scenarios where a site admin is wanting to make page template changes that apply to all BP pages on a site (i.e., by placing a customized buddypress.php file in the child theme folder).

In my case, I’m only wanting to change a single page (the Registration page) to remove the headers and footers. So I’m still unsure how I would go about doing that (even after reading through the info). Thank you very much for any specific guidance you can provide me with to accomplish this.

Thanks for your help with this but I am still not sure what I need to do. The function I posted was just an example that I had found from an earlier forum, I do not need to add videos and pictures to the activity stream.

I need to add details of a custom post type every time a custom form is submitted from the frontend by a user. The custom post type is “Files”. Below is a class for the form and it is within the CMB (custom meta boxes) plugin folder. Can you advise on how to implement the code to record these forms posts in the activity stream?

class uploadForm {

    // Set prefix
    public $prefix = '_cmb_'; 

    /**
     * Construct the class.
     */
    public function __construct() {
        add_filter( 'cmb_meta_boxes', array( $this, 'cmb_metaboxes' ) );
        add_shortcode( 'cmb-form', array( $this, 'do_frontend_form' ) );
        add_action( 'init', array( $this, 'initialize_cmb_meta_boxes' ), 9 );
       /* add_action( 'cmb_save_post_fields', array( $this, 'save_fields' ), 10, 4 );*/
        add_action( 'save_post', array( $this, 'save_fields' ), 10, 4 );
       /*add_filter( 'bp_blogs_record_comment_post_types', 'add_activity' );   IS THIS CORRECT?  */ 
    }

    /**
     * Define the metabox and field configurations.
     */
    public function cmb_metaboxes( array $meta_boxes ) {

        /**
         * Metabox for the "Memorials" front-end submission form
         */
        $meta_boxes['upload_files_metabox'] = array(
            'id'         => 'files',
            'title'      => __( 'Upload files', 'cmb' ),
            'pages'      => array( 'Files' ), // Post type
            'context'    => 'normal',
            'priority'   => 'high',
            'show_names' => true, // Show field names on the left
            'fields'     => array(
                array(
                    'name'       => __( 'File description', 'cmb' ),
                    'desc'       => __( 'File title or description', 'cmb' ),
                    'id'         => $this->prefix . 'title',
                    'type'       => 'text',
                ),
                array(
                    'name'     => __( 'Project stage', 'cmb' ),
                    'desc'     => __( 'select stage (optional)', 'cmb' ),
                    'id'       => $this->prefix . 'category',
                    'type'     => 'taxonomy_select',
                    'taxonomy' => 'stages', // Taxonomy Slug
                ),
                array(
                    'name' => __( 'Link to website', 'cmb' ),
                    'desc' => __( 'Add url to website (optional)', 'cmb' ),
                    'id'   => $this->prefix . 'url',
                    'type' => 'text_url',
                    'protocols' => array('http', 'https', 'ftp', 'ftps', 'mailto', 'news', 'irc', 'gopher', 'nntp', 'feed', 'telnet'), // Array of allowed protocols
                    // 'repeatable' => true,
                ),
               array(
                    'name' => __( 'Upload image', 'cmb' ),
                    'desc' => __( 'Upload an image or enter a URL.', 'cmb' ),
                    'id'   => $this->prefix . 'image',
                    'type' => 'file',
                ),

              array(
                  'name'         => __( 'Upload files', 'cmb' ),
                  'desc'         => __( 'Upload or add multiple images/attachments.', 'cmb' ),
                  'id'           => $this->prefix . 'file_list',
                  'type'         => 'file_list',
              ),
              array(
                'name' => __( 'oEmbed', 'cmb' ),
                'desc' => __( 'Enter a youtube, twitter, or instagram URL. Supports services listed at <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds">https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds</a>.', 'cmb' ),
                'id'   => $this->prefix . 'embed',
                'type' => 'oembed',
             ), 
            ),
        );

        return $meta_boxes;
    }

    /**
     * Shortcode to display a CMB form for a post ID.
     */
    public function do_frontend_form() {

        // Default metabox ID
        $metabox_id = 'upload_files_metabox';

        // Get all metaboxes
        $meta_boxes = apply_filters( 'cmb_meta_boxes', array() );

        // If the metabox specified doesn't exist, yell about it.
        if ( ! isset( $meta_boxes[ $metabox_id ] ) ) {
            return __( "A metabox with the specified 'metabox_id' doesn't exist.", 'cmb' );
        }

        // This is the WordPress post ID where the data should be stored/displayed.
        $post_id = 0;

        if ( $new_id = $this->intercept_post_id() ) {
            $post_id = $new_id;
            echo 'Thank You for your submission.';
        } 

        // Shortcodes need to return their data, not echo it.
        $echo = false;

        // Get our form
        $form = cmb_metabox_form( $meta_boxes[ $metabox_id ], $post_id, $echo );

        return $form;
    }

    /**
     * Get data before saving to CMB.
     */
    public function intercept_post_id() {

        // Check for $_POST data
        if ( empty( $_POST ) ) {
            return false;
        } 
         
        

        // Check nonce
        if ( ! ( isset( $_POST['submit-cmb'], $_POST['wp_meta_box_nonce'] ) && wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['wp_meta_box_nonce'], cmb_Meta_Box::nonce() ) ) ) {
            return;
        }
        
        // Setup and sanitize data
        if ( isset( $_POST[ $this->prefix . 'title' ] ) ) {
                       
          
            //add post data to database    
            $this->new_submission = wp_insert_post( array(
                'post_title'            => sanitize_text_field( $_POST[ $this->prefix . 'title' ] ),
                'post_author'           => get_current_user_id(),
                'post_status'           => 'publish', // Set to draft so we can review first
                'post_type'             => 'file',
            ), true );

            // If no errors, save the data into a new post draft
            if ( ! is_wp_error( $this->new_submission ) ) {
                
                return $this->new_submission;
                
               
            } 

        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Grant temporary permissions to subscribers.
     */
    public function grant_publish_caps( $caps, $cap, $args ) {

        if ( 'edit_post'  == $args[0] ) {
            $caps[$cap[0]] = true;
        }

        return $caps;
    }
    
   
    

    /**
     * Save custom fields and uploaded files 
     */
    public function save_fields( $post_id, $post  ) {

            if($_POST['_cmb_category'] != ''){
                add_post_meta( $post_id, '_cmb_category', $_POST['_cmb_category'], true );
            }
            if($_POST['_cmb_url'] != ''){
                add_post_meta( $post_id, '_cmb_url', $_POST['_cmb_url]'], true );
            }
            if($_POST['_cmb_image'] != ''){
                add_post_meta( $post_id, '_cmb_image', $_POST['_cmb_image'], true );
            }
            if($_POST['_cmb_image_id'] != ''){
                add_post_meta( $post_id, '_cmb_image_id', $_POST['_cmb_image_id'], true );
            }
            if($_POST['_cmb_file_list'] != ''){
                add_post_meta( $post_id, '_cmb_file_list', $_POST['_cmb__file_list'], true );
            }
            if($_POST['_cmb_embed'] != ''){
                add_post_meta( $post_id, '_cmb_embed', $_POST['_cmb_embed'], true );
            }
       

    }

    /**
     * Initialize CMB.
     */
    public function initialize_cmb_meta_boxes() {

        if ( ! class_exists( 'cmb_Meta_Box' ) ) {
            require_once 'init.php';
        }

    }
    
    /**
     * Add to buddypress activity timeline. - HOW???
     */
    public function add_activity($post_types) {

       /* $activity_id = bp_activity_add( $args );
        
        return $activity_id;*/

       /*   $post_types[] = 'file'; 
          return $post_types;*/
    }  
    

} // end class

$uploadForm = new uploadForm();

I’m not an expert on wordpress and I am afraid, I’m not sure as to how I can create the forum outside of groups. But my question is, if a group is set to public, it should be reffering that it’s visible to anyone and it must NOT be compulsory to join the group for the public groups. Why can’t this be done?

Any guide for carrying the whole forum outside the groups ? how would it effect me?

This works

// hook failed login
add_action('wp_login_failed', 'my_front_end_login_fail'); 
 
function my_front_end_login_fail($username){
    // Get the reffering page, where did the post submission come from?
    $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
 
    // if there's a valid referrer, and it's not the default log-in screen
    if(!empty($referrer) && !strstr($referrer,'wp-login') && !strstr($referrer,'wp-admin')){
        // let's append some information (login=failed) to the URL for the theme to use
        wp_redirect($referrer . '?login=failed'); 
    exit;
    }
}

http://www.wpinsite.com/code-snippets/how-to-redirect-wordpress-failed-logins

@rosyteddy, I found that the quickest, easiest, and most efficient solution was to substitute a different login widget. This one I found really works perfectly for me:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/sidebar-login/

Many thanks, nonetheless, for your ongoing support and advice.

@mcpeanut Thanks, and like I said I’m aware of the issue of too many admins. I’ve been working with WordPress for over 10 years, I know about roles and capabilities. This is a site that I help out with – not my personal site, and there are a lot of moving parts.

I am curious if you can replicate this odd behavior, thanks for investigating.