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I believe your report is covered by:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4573

It’s a gremlin that doesn’t appear for most installs.
It’s been reported in various guises for quite awhile.
I was hoping that forcing a value into gmt_offset would solve it for you. :{

ability to selectively take posts from sub-sites and repost to the main blog

@ubernaut Didn’t need that feature. It was automatic posting to main site/site of choice from all subsites. I install it, configure it a little, that’s that. For what you want, check out https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/threewp-broadcast/screenshots/

any word on when this will be available to update via WordPress? dashboard isn’t prompting me … (yet)

@mercime i was looking at that plugin recently because this other one:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/network-shared-posts/

doesn’t work anymore looking to have the ability to selectively take posts from sub-sites and repost to the main blog would the plugin you mentioned allow me to achieve that you think or am I’m DYI territory here you think? thanks!

from the previous version of wordpress to WordPress 3.5.1. – i didn’t upgrade buddypress as i had made some modifications to the layout. Everything else works bar the avatar upload/change. When this is changed there is a blank page and hang type behaviour. I’ve tried various permetations of permissions but with no success.

Hi!

If somebody still need to disable activation email, the following function works fine for me:

`
// Change the text on the signup page
add_filter( ‘bp_registration_needs_activation’, ‘__return_false’ );

function my_disable_activation( $user, $user_email, $key, $meta = ” ) {
// Activate the user
bp_core_activate_signup( $key );

// Return false so no email sent
return false;
}
add_filter( ‘wpmu_signup_user_notification’, ‘my_disable_activation’, 10, 4 );
remove_filter( ‘wpmu_signup_blog_notification’, ‘bp_core_activation_signup_blog_notification’, 1, 7 );
add_filter( ‘wpmu_signup_blog_notification’, ‘__return_false’ );
`

Thanks to @cnorris23 for it! https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3443

Hope it helps to someone 🙂

a member login menu that would take the registered users to a login form similar to the form on the sidebar. Hope that makes sense.

@bookee you can create a page template with only the login form code you copied then go to Pages > Add New, add Page Title e.g. Join Us, then use the page template with the login form you created. Or, you might want to try out pcwriter’s tutorial http://wpmu.org/how-to-build-a-facebook-style-members-only-wordpress-buddypress-site/

how do I make it so that when they click the title to read more that they go to the blog on my site NOT the members site?

That’s the default behavior. You need to install a plugin to do what you posted. I used the WordPress MU Sitewide Tags Pages. Do read the Other Notes of the plugin. It’s not been updated for 3.5.1 but it’s still working in my installation. If you find issues with the plugin, do post at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags

@garethmartin when you upgraded WordPress (from what version to latest?), did you upgrade BuddyPress as well? Did you check if your theme is compatible with WP/BP versions?

@panoravu check out the https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mp6/ for upcoming WP 3.6 though 🙂

hi @boiy

you have to code this yourself or hire a dev to do it for you.

maybe this plugin can inspire you https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/word-linker/

or this older one https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-topic-tags/

well it’s an interesting post but it is contrary to my own personal experience with WP Engine i signed up right about the time he gave up. I would note the fact that he states that the CEO issued personal apology and reimbursement for the migration issue, thats seems like at least they took the issue seriously at some point. Also way he closes the post “Where I am today Back at Linode, back to running it myself.” This is exactly the reason it makes sense for people along a spectrum of technical expertise not just novices. Granted the WP managed hosts are not without their drawbacks and even WPE has some quirks that take a little getting used to.

WP Engine is the only company that provides both phone support and specialized wp hosting as far i know. The entire system is built from the ground up only to host WP sites. I cannot tell you how valuable it is when you call into support and you don’t have to explain how wordpress works or what buddypress is every time you are trying to get to the bottom of something. It is also the only hosting company i know that Automattic is financially involved in, to me that means something, i suspect it also means something to WPE.

In my experience the notion of a perfect host is a canard, what may be a great host today could be horrendous two years from now, but WPE aside from any deal killing kind of quirks is the best platform you could be hosted on aside from wordpress vip unless you truly can afford to do everything yourself.

I’ve never used zenthemes.

But their Buddies theme page says:
“WordPress 3.3.1 & BuddyPress 1.5.3.1, bbPress 2 compatible”

So it’s out of date – should be at least WP 3.5 and BP 1.6

@dasped @dasped @companyjuice To avoid duplication of posts for themes which are already compatible with BuddyPress i.e, BuddyPress-ready themes, add the following line in your theme’s functions.php file

add_theme_support( ‘buddypress’ );

see https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/bp-theme-authors-make-sure-your-theme-registers-buddypress-support/

function restrict_admin(){
	//if Subscriber or low, kill WordPress execution and provide a message
	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
		wp_die( __('You are not allowed to access this part of the site') );
	}
}
add_action( 'admin_init', 'restrict_admin', 1 );

Is this ok for you?

Try this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/remove-dashboard-access-for-non-admins/

@ubernaut I completely agree with you in that you must research the host to find out all you can about them. Believe it or not, there are amazing hosts out there at very reasonable prices. I found this out personally because a friend pointed me to webhostingtalk where they all congregate (and compete). I don’t want to mention my host because it will sound like I’m advertising but they are a reseller of liquidweb and I am a fanatical fan because they are out of this world for technical support above and beyond what a normal host would provide as well as the quality of their servers and the price is incredibly reasonable.

So I think on the whole we agree, do your research. Don’t go in with a preset bias or prejudice and you’ll find that most people’s preconceptions (as shown here in this thread) are wrong. Again, I’m speaking from experience here.

@bowromir hi Ben, if you’ll note I wrote that my assumption was that you used an affiliate link because you truly believed in wpengine. I hoped that was the case and I’m glad to be proven correct.

As for the rest, we’ll have to agree to disagree. I’ve helped friends set up their wordpress blogs on shared hosting and they are getting better performance than some others on vps! go figure. and for a huge saving to boot!

My two cents here are for people to not be scared about doing things the right way, instead of paying for overpriced and overhyped service. If you are absolutely not technical, know that you can combine a great host with a couple of plugins (installed and tweaked by a freelancer) and then set it and forget it for a couple of years for great performance. Again, this is simply a fact from experience. Of course, if you want to pay out the wazoo for the same or inferior service, be my guest!

googling around you’ll find a lot of glowing recommendations for wpengine, with the not surprising affiliate link. but you’ll also find experiences like this one:

My experience with WPEngine (tl;dr, they sucked)