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Hello,

I encountered an issue with Buddypress group slugs in foreign language.

When a user registers a BP group with a non-English name then the slug for this new group is created using %-encoding and lower-case characters like mysite.com/groups/%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%8f/

The issue happens when some user agents and Google in particular are trying to access this URL.

When I try to fetch this URL as Googlebot from my Google Search Console, I see that Google is trying to access this same URL using upper-case characters like this:
mysite.com/groups/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F

The response Google is getting is:

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: mysite.com/groups/%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%8f/

But unfortunately Google is not following this redirect.
Apparently Google thinks that the URL is redirecting to itself and stops indexing it.

1. Does anyone know a solution for this issue?
2. Is’n it making sence to make Buddypress treat such URLs as equal and respond with a proper 200 response instead of 301-redirecting?

Buddypress behaviour in this case is quite different to how WordPress is handling this same problem. In the case of Worpress requesting a %-encoded URL always produce a 200-response regardless of the case.

Thanks a million in advance!
Anton.

Hi!
We’ve found a bug and we’d like to notify you about it.
Slider Revolution 5.2.5 + BuddyPress 2.5.2 + bbPress 2.5.8 shows next notices:

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Best regards,
Maksym

Hi all,

This “trick” is intended to allow certain WP user roles (like Admin or Subscriber) to create groups while preventing the rest, and it is intended for installations based in WP4.5 and BP2.5.2. I cannot assure it works for other versions.

NOTE: As a BP plugin file will be modified, the trick will not survive BP updates.

1) Make sure that users cannot create groups by default (Settings -> BuddyPress -> Options).

2) Choose the users that you want to enable (to create groups). Get the list of WP capabilities for each of them from here (or use a role/capability editing plugin):

https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

Choose one capability which is only shared by those users that will have the ability to create groups.

For example, if you want WP roles Contributor, Author, Editor and Admin to have the ability to create groups but you want to exclude Subscribers, then choose “delete_posts” or “edit_posts” as your differentiating capability (they all -but Subscriber- can “delete_posts”).

Combinations of custom Roles and Capabilities also work. In my case, I am using s2member Roles and Capabilities (i.e. “access_s2member_level2”).

The choosen capability will be called my_choosen_capability beyond this point.

3) Then, edit /path/to/your/installation/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups/bp-groups-template.php. In line 4312 you will find the following function:

function bp_user_can_create_groups()

After the if structure that enables Admins to create groups regardless the settings, add this:


if(current_user_can('my_choosen_capability')){
return true;
}


In my case as my_choosen_capability = access_s2member_level2, the code looks like this:


if(current_user_can('access_s2member_level2')){
return true;
}


Then save and enjoy till next update.

4) When the enabled users visit the group page, two buttons will be printed:

-Join group
-Create group

This is it. Have fun!

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We are experiencing an issue with the email notifications buddypress is sending to our forum members. This is the link I mean that was sent by bp:

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I have found this function but I have no idea how to use it

bp_is_user_change_cover_image

If I use this code it just echoes out the number 1

` <?php

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I’ve inherited a site that uses the BuddyPress Twitter plugin.

However, this plugin hasn’t been updated in nearly 3-4 years, and WP and BP have moved on since then.

If I create a fork to get development moving again, what’s the process for getting it listed on the plugin directory and adding a notice to the (original) that development’s starting on a separate fork?

TIA

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