I think a better bet is to collect that info on the BP registration page and then not display it on the user profile (that way you’ll still be able to use it in other ways). With BP 1.6. you can change the visibility of each xprofile field to friends only, logged-in users, or public (and force that level or allow the user to override your selection). (Visible to admin only is coming in BP 1.7, btw, which would totally fix you up.) At the moment, you can modify your theme template file (themes/yourtheme/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php) to hide some fields like this:
`about line 17:
<?php $no_display_fields = array( // Enter the field name of any field that you don't want to appear on the user profile.
‘E-mail’,
‘Name of Field Hide’,
‘Another’
);
if ( bp_field_has_data() && !in_array( bp_get_the_profile_field_name(), $no_display_fields ) ) : ?>`
It’s a hack, but it works for me (until BP 1.7).
bbPress gets that “for free” because it uses custom post types and therefore WordPress’ template hierarchy. Let me see what I can do for BuddyPress.
Any ideas anyone? The remove action code did not work. Maybe it’s set up wrong?
== but im not able to find a way to allow members to post a blog. ==
Not quite sure what you want;
a) users able to publish a post in (single WP site) – just make default role of those who register as “Author
OR
b) users able to create blogs and publish posts (WP multisite) – you need to create a network first https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
I updated Jetpack, BP Menus, Post Topics, Google Analytics, WP Facebook AutoConnect paid.
When I disabled BP Menus I could see the Post Update button. After submitting the activity update through a non-Facebook WordPress account and then refreshing the page, the update displays. However when I try to login via Facebook and post a status update while it seems to submit the update properly when I refresh the page the update disappears.
@djpaul, @hnla, @r-a-y, @mercime et al,
I’ll move the conversation back over on to the trac ticket, as I think that’s the best place for this discussion to stop it becoming lost.
As @hnla points out bbPress whilst supporting template parts auto injected into page.php, also allows you to provide full templates for specific content where you want to override the automatic mechanism (TBC). As with the WordPress template hierarchy it’s based on the type and name of the content being displayed. So, for example — you could create a template archive-myforumxyz.php.
I suspect a similar hierarchy based system for BuddyPress would be best route — with template hierarchy names that recognise display of single groups, single profiles, directories, etc., and override the auto injection into page.php if defined.
Will elaborate my thoughts on the trac.
Ray,
Thanks for the help. I created the custom file like the directions said to and placed the code in like this:
`<?php
// hacks and mods will go here
remove_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘bp_core_wpsignup_redirect’ );
?>
`
However, registration page still does the redirect. 
Any other suggestions? It is in the wp-content/plugins/ directory.
if you consider accomplishing the task by hitting my laptop with a fuzzy mallet, pouring coffee into the keyboard to “wake up” the computer, downloading databases, failing at recovering my backup, then needing flop and then flip versions of BP back and forth, and then just waving my hands over the computer chanting “oh buddypress and wordpress update work oh work hhoooommiiiiii aaaah”
and then it working.
then yes.
PS: i did very few of the above mentioned steps and do not recommend you try them at home.
I’m using WP 3.4.2 and BP 1.6.1. I think they are the latest versions.
It’s a single site.
I’m hosted at Bluehost.
I started the website by downloading WordPress then immediately downloading Buddypress.
I have deactivated all other plugins except Buddypress and bbpress, and yes, I went back to the default theme.
My registration page has been giving me problems. At first it was a blank page but I figured out how to get the registration to at least show up (the blank page was from conflicting plugins). Now I can fill in all of my information on the registration page but when I press “complete sign up,” it refreshes the page back to the registration page with all of my info still filled in except my password. No account is created. No email is sent.
I have registration enabled and have tried registering as not just a “member” but some of the other ones. I have tried different themes, deactivating all of the plugins, and trying to find someone who knows what is wrong. I’m new to buddypress so I’m not sure what to really do.
Hi @wpmirwin, this part of code above is from buddypress Notifcation manager plugin.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-notifications-manager/
mybe this plugin can help you.
this function hide the notifications subnav, and it should work in bp 1.5 and bp 1.6
function bp_hide_notifications_subnav(){
global $bp;
bp_core_remove_subnav_item($bp->settings->slug, ‘notifications’);
if ( bp_use_wp_admin_bar() ) {
add_action( ‘wp_before_admin_bar_render’, create_function(
”, ‘global $bp, $wp_admin_bar; $wp_admin_bar->remove_menu( “my-account-settings-notifications” );’ ) );
}
}
//if is not bp 1.5
if ( version_compare( BP_VERSION, ‘1.5’ ) < 0 )
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘bp_hide_notifications_subnav’);
else
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘bp_hide_notifications_subnav’ );
If you were using the WordPress registration page before while running BuddyPress, then it was actually a bug in BuddyPress! 
However, if you really need to use the WP registration page, add this code snippet to /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:
`remove_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘bp_core_wpsignup_redirect’ );`
This snippet disables the redirect from WP’s registration to BP’s registration page. It’s not really recommended to this, so I note this as a disclaimer now!
You’ll also want to probably remove the “Registration” page from the BuddyPress admin settings area so that page cannot be used for registering.
In BP 1.7, BuddyPress looks for the following files in your theme’s folder to determine which page BP uses for the skeleton:
`’plugin-buddypress.php’
‘buddypress.php’
‘community.php’
‘generic.php’
‘page.php’
‘single.php’
‘index.php’`
If you need to do a conditional based on a specific BP page component, there’s a filter in `bp_get_query_template()` to override it. Note: I haven’t tested this yet.
You could also use BP page conditionals with template parts within one of the templates listed above. That’s probably the easiest way without having to use filters.
References:
bp_get_theme_compat_templates():
`https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php#L292`
bp_get_query_template():
`https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php#L140`
Not possible right now (the backend doesn’t support querying by dates). Keep an eye on https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4428
Good point. Looks like a good trac ticket to post
In the example you posted above, however, this can already be accomplished if you have a page.php which includes a sidebar by default. When you edit the Group Directory page and choose the Full Width template, the directory page is rendered in full page. The single group pages take on the HTML structure of the theme’s default page.php which has a sidebar.
If however, you want all the BP templates to have full-width layouts for example, and have a default page.php with a sidebar, then that will be problematic …. unless you copy over the BP templates in your theme and add “, “ and “ which could include conditional statements and a different HTML structure surrounding the BP components. Of course this is theoretical since I haven’t tested it yet
EDIT – I see you’ve posted it in trac already https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3741#comment:55
Those menus aren’t provided by BuddyPress, so it won’t work. Are you using the https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-menu/ plugin, by chance?
show_admin_bar() was introduced in WordPress 3.1. What version of WordPress do you have
i guessed at the naming convention and just added “.zip” to the filename.
so if the current version is at https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.6.1.zip
then 1.5 is https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.5.zip
i was guessing though and could not find that info posted anywhere though it likely is…
best,
dainis
Hello Paul,
sure, here is the screenshot: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/wordpress165122.png/
I accessed that through Appearance > Menus
Thank you,
Phil.
thnx crew!
back to guessing a bit, trying to download the versions. i’m here poking around: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser#tags/1.5.1
would i need to download those folders, rename them buddypress and then upload that way?
where do i download the older versions of buddypress?
best,
dainis
