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Hi @navinachettri

1. Have you searched the plugin directory?
2. This can be done via hooks. It will need some custom code (not much, just a few lines).
3. You could hide or show xProfile fields according to role. How exactly roles are created and managed will be dependent on point 1
4. Again, to distinguish business users from ‘normal’ users, you’d use the roles created via the plugin you’re using from point 1. The jobs and adverts could each have their own custom post type
5. This will need to be custom coded

Hope that helps?

Hi julia,

it seems that you’re in a deep reflexion about your site, here 2-3 things.

Wait a little before doing more to get your site a clone of FB. It’s not possible, and comparison will always exist if you try to do that. You’re not FB. As simple as that i guess. 😉

People need a little time to accept new rules. You decided to create a site for them. They have to respect that when they decide to follow you in this new adventure.

members don’t feel like that’s the same. With reason, as it is not the same.

The question will more be, why do they come to your site ? Because it looks like FB or because you have some good content ?

Have you tried this plugin ?

Have you tested with one of the bullet proven 2013 or 2014 themes ?

Some Dynamix related topics can be found here.

– Members import – I used it two other times a year ago for different lists with no problem.
A year ago means datas from BP ~1.7 and the reason why i mentionned the ticket.

my issue isn’t with avatars
I have a doubt 😉 : on your members directory, the default avatar is gravatar who doesn’t appear. Avatars may not be the issue but are related to profiles.

Try to use Mystery Man instead. if he appears as default avatar, there is perhaps a conflict with media upload or permalinks.

The other thing i observe, is that you and the other user who’s profile access is ok, are the only one using a username in the URL. All other members have first and last name.

Do you use a custom function or a plugin to get this ?

About wpengine, is this already the case ?

If nothing above works, see also here and open a ticket with as much details as possible with this topic url.
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4948

No idea… hire a dev ? See:

BP Jobs Board

as well as here:

http://jobs.wordpress.net/

Try: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/158043/16575

if in addition to this from time to time I could send messages to all members so they see in their profile message box.
This is already built in. For ex. you can:
User menu (below Howdy) > Messages > Compose and check This is a notice to all users.

If you want to show a welcome message/video, you can do this on the register page, but this would be seen before activation.
To show such a thing once a user logged in for the FIRST time, it is a bit more difficult, meaning you don’t know where a first timer access to your site.

Technically possible, but the scenario in this case is more complex and needs some reflexion to get it to work. And good knowledge of PHP. Do you have it ?

There was a plugin for that in the past, but i don’t know if it is already working. And it is no more maintained. Download from here if you want to test.

Hi @sherry22

You can redirect pages using the wp_redirect() function. For example:

function my_redirect() {
    if ( bp_is_groups() && ! bp_is_group_forum() ) {
        wp_redirect( home_url() . '/whichever-page-you-want/' );
        exit;
    }
}
add_action( 'init', 'my_redirect' );

Ref: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_redirect

wp_icl_strings is used by WPML, and I think this error might be being caused using https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-multilingual/. You need to contact the author of that plugin on the WordPress.org plugins support forum:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-multilingual/

Good luck 🙂

1) https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-components/

2) https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/extended-profiles/edit-xprofiles-admin-screen/

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/guides/displaying-extended-profile-fields-on-member-profiles/

3) is built in on members directory. Each profile item becames clickable by default, letting users find others having entered the same information.
Example:
User A = City -> New York (NY is clickable)
User B = City -> New York (NY is clickable)
User C = City -> San Francisco (SF is clickable)

When user B click on NY he will see user A as search result
When user C click on SF he will only see himself

4) He use the buddy menu. This menu can be installed by going to dashboard > apparence > menu. If BP menu is not in the left side, under the other menus, open the screen option (top right corner) and check BuddyPress. Now you can set your BP menu like any other WordPress menu.
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide

When you’re new to something, you must read the documentation first. Also before asking on a help forum, you must search if your question wasn’t already asked and answered.

Happy install ! 😉

@sherry22
Probably the best thing to is ask the plugin author for support on the plugins support forum here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-wall

https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide
As part of a wordpress plugin, BP menu use the same technique.

hi @gatera,

It’s only a PHP notice, and harmless in regard of a PHP Warning message. Apparently, your plugin is not completely compatible with BuddyPress or at least called to early or something like that.

You must debug your install.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

More about bp_setup_current_user function
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/debug-error-bp_setup_current_user-was-called-incorrectly/?view=all#post-186116
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4830

File ref: buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-dependency.php
Documented function: http://oik-plugins.eu/buddypress-a2z/oik_api/bp_setup_current_user/

Thanks @gatera! It might just be reflecting a problem in the other plugin, but I’ve created a bug report for BuddyPress and we’ll look into it sometime to see if it’s our fault or if there’s something we could be doing better. Thanks for letting us know:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5957#ticket

After lots of searching I finally got round the problem of BP/WP not taking you to the registration page by adding the following file into wp-content/plugins/

bp-custom.php

<?php
/**
* Disables BuddyPress’ registration process and fallsback to WordPress’ one.
*/
function my_disable_bp_registration() {
remove_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘bp_core_wpsignup_redirect’ );
remove_action( ‘bp_screens’, ‘bp_core_screen_signup’ );
}
add_action( ‘bp_loaded’, ‘my_disable_bp_registration’ );

add_filter( ‘bp_get_signup_page’, “firmasite_redirect_bp_signup_page”);
function firmasite_redirect_bp_signup_page($page ){
return bp_get_root_domain() . ‘/wp-signup.php’;
}

This dispenses with BP’s registration system and falls back to the standard WP registration.

What is redirecting ? BP Redirect to Profile is not updated since over a year and many things have changed since (given to be compatible to 1.7….)
Also it was intended for:

• Redirect all normal users to their profile on login
• If the admin logs in from site front page,redirect him back to front page.
• If the Site Admin logs in from site backend, i.e. using http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php, let him go to the WordPress dashboard

You didn’t answered: what is the login plugin ?

I’m not aware of a plugin that can do exactly that? Perhaps some of the guys on here know of one?

To do it manually, you could hook a function to init and work from there. For example:

function my_function() {

    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_current_component( 'messages' ) ) {
        // Current user is not logged in so don't let them see stuff. In this case, private messages 
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
        
    $flag = false;
    // Get current user info.
    $user = wp_get_current_user();

    if ( ! in_array( 'student', $user->roles ) ) {
        // The current member is not a student.
        $flag = true;
    }

    if ( $flag && bp_is_current_component( 'messages' )  ) {
        The currently logged-in member is not a student and is trying to view private messaging. Let's redirect them away.
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
}
add_action( 'init', 'my_function' );

From that, you should be able to see how you can achieve what you’re trying to do without the need of a plugin.

Refs:

Template Tag Reference

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_redirect

I wrote:
If the question is How to style the HTML of the messages (ok with a french accent, but seriously, is it so ambiguous? 🙄 ) On each WordPress plugin page, you have a description. Read it !