This comment sounds like a general WordPress / User Role Editor plugin issue, and not anything to do with BuddyPress – Have you asked on their forums?
I want to check these out. Thanks!
Here are a few of my favorites…
BuddyPress Profile Privacy – Users can hide different parts of their profiles… very cool.
The following are not Buddypress but they seem very compatible so far.
AG Custom Admin This is Dashboard Editor and you can control what your members see.
I have cleaned up their dashboard – they no longer see the wordpress profile or the press this tool or other random plugin settings. You can do so much with this tool and completely customize the way the back end looks. I was amazed.
User Role Editor – You can add new roles and give and take away specific powers. I have made a new role based on the Author role and gave the new role category powers. The site I am building is a family recipe site and I wanted to allow them to add their name as a category and also different cooking terms. This plugin is also a nice way to view every detail of the standard roles in WordPress.
Search Everything – This plugin seems to help with searching… I wasn’t getting any results before installing but now everything comes up.
In 1.6 beta 2 https://buddypress.org/2012/07/buddypress-1-6-beta-2/ there is a facility to restrict visibility of profile fields to —-> Anyone, Logged In Users or My Friends.
In addition there is https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-privacy/ for earlier versions of buddypress. This can restrict visibility of profile fields to —-> Everyone, My Friends, or Only Me
Hi,
I want to put registration form in home page, i copy the registeration.php form code and i add it to
my home page, when i change in the form action=”register”.
when i post the form, i get wordpress page with this messag :
“do you really want to do this; please try again”
thanks advance
Hi,
Just installed wordpress.org.
WP is up and running ok. Can change the two default themes ok.
Installed buddypress.org ok, but when I go to activate the buddy press theme I get this message when I try and view my website with the buddy press theme activated.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_site_name() in appliancedigest.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/header.php on line 27
I have this on line 27.
<h1 id="logo"><a href="" title=""></a></h1>
Guessing I have to manually edit something, but I’m not sure what.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Fact: BuddyPress does NOT copy the site administrator in on all emails that are sent out. So it’s something on your site.
How are you creating user accounts? As usual, through WordPress, or do you have an LDAP integration or something exotic? Have you confirmed (by looking in the wp_users table) that the email addresses are actually different (not meant to be a stupid question)?
I would ask how your host moved the database/site across, but you probably don’t have the details to hand. I asked because while I haven’t seen emails get messed up, I’ve seen site URLs and permalinks break. Does all regular WordPress content on the site seem to work?
What company provide your hosting?
Sharing user databases across multiple separate installs of WordPress can be complicated. I wouldn’t recommend for this purpose. I’m not sure BuddyPress even works in this configuration — it might, I’ve never tried.
If you want to try, check out this section of the WordPress codex: https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Custom_User_and_Usermeta_Tables
All you need is in that first line. Let’s break it down:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘apiServiceException’ with message
‘Error calling https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/people/108328961616806242196/activities/public?maxResults=5&alt=
json: (403) Daily Limit Exceeded. Please sign up’
in /home/wolf/public_html/wp-content/plugins/google/lib/external/google/io/apiREST.php:99
Going backwards, the error is coming from the wp-content/plugins/google/ plugin, and specifically the error returned is “Daily Limit Exceeded”. Looks like you need to sign up or otherwise increase your rate limit for whichever Google API you are using.
Also, assuming this Google plugin is actually https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google/, you should be able to use WPMUDEV’s support forums if you need further assistance resolving this.
There are some wordpress poll plug ins. If your after surveys other than buddypress, go for free survey scripts
Hii there,I am new to buddypress.I have been using wordpress for a while.now i want to integrate buddypress with my native blog but i dont want my old theme to be changed.I want to use 2 different themes but at the same time I want users share same database that is users registers only once.
I dont have wordpress multi site installed.I can afford to install buddypress on subdomain.
here is my site http://www.ziddii.com
For example I have installed amazon affiliate plugin which works within my site,share same database but use different theme.here is the link.
http://www.ziddii.com/?aa-shopHome
Exactly this thing i want to do with wordpress.
Please tell me how to do it without enabling multisite
any help will be appreciated
Hii there,I am new to buddypress.I have been using wordpress for a while.now i want to integrate buddypress with my native blog but i dont want my old theme to be changed.I want to use 2 different themes but at the same time I want users share same database that is users registers only once.
I dont have wordpress multi site installed.I can afford to install buddypress on subdomain.
here is my site http://www.ziddii.com
For example I have installed amazon affiliate plugin which works within my site,share same database but use different theme.here is the link.
http://www.ziddii.com/?aa-shopHome
Exactly this thing i want to do with wordpress.
Please tell me how to do it without enabling multisite
any help will be appreciated
Just a thought….
Does WP/BP need to be installed in the root directory? It has been installed in a subdirectory i.e.
mydomain.ac.uk/wordpress/
The groups page is located at:
mydomain.ac.uk/wordpress/index.php/groups/
I’m doing this for my employer (a university) and I didn’t install WP/BP myself, I’ve just been given the job of configuring BP and populating with content.
Thanks
Hi there,
I was wondering if it was possible for forum posts to be held in moderation, and don’t appear on the website, until the administrator approves them?
I’m looking for something similar to the default WordPress comment approval/moderation system for the ‘Contributor’ user role.
I had a look at the ‘Buddypress Moderation’ plugin, but it doesn’t do what I’m after. With this plugin, all posts already appear on the website regardless of administrator approval, and users can only report them (crowd-sourcing).
Hey guys,
Found a work around. Not perfect, but it is good enough for now. Requires the following plugins:
WP Category Post Lists – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-category-posts-list/
Restrict Categories – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/restrict-categories/
User Role Editor – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/
So essentially, you create a new category just for the user you want to allow.
Then you create a new role in User Role Editor just for them. Copy the capabilities from your default user role.
In Restrict Categories, you restrict that new category to the new user role.
Then, you put the Category Post Lists Widget wherever you want it, and assign it that new category.
Tell the user to post what they want displayed in that category.
Essentially, we’re telling WP to only display posts in that specific category, which is restricted to a specific role, which is only a specific user. I set my widget to only show one post at a time, and to show 300 characters. That way, it looks like the user’s very own text widget!
Worked for me! If only til something better is thought up.
You reply suggest you haven’t read through the guides I mentioned above?! If not please do so as they have been written to help users.
You have to match those files to your themes primary html markup as that is where things differ, your theme will have certain major layout elements e.g id=”container” the BP files must match to your themes markup, generally you would use index.php or page.php as your themes example to follow
The list of themes already put through the process by mercim are listed here:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
I am competent in reading code, but I don’t know what needs to be changed.
The plugin to do this says I need to edit header-buddypress, sidebar-buddypress and footer-buddypress so what exactly do I need to do to these files?
@elbowrobo What help do you want from the community? When you say you are at a complete loss what is the issue you are having, it would help to know what you have tried and what the issues are that you have hit.
The template pack is only meant as a helping hand, starting point – it does require that you do some manual file editing of a basic nature and for that you do need rudimentary HTML skills and ability to understand how read code and copy paste it around. Without those skills you might struggle and perhaps need to be getting a developer to help you or choosing a theme that has already been template packed.
Have you actually followed the guides written by mercime in the BP Codex? these are extremely helpful walkthrough guides to working through the steps involved including the manual step 3; or look at the general list of themes that mercime has added and maybe choose one of those instead?
I havent tested them but here was first search result.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-local-avatar
I’m considering switching from my current installation of Mingle to Buddypress, as my users and I are finding Mingle is not as intuitive as we’d like. I know Mingle uses WordPress’s user registration and management system and I believe Buddypress does the same, so would it be possible to make the switch without my users having to re-register? Also, if I have issues with Buddypress and need to switch back (as Mingle is functional right now, if not a little awkward), would that be possible? Not sure if anyone knows, but this seemed the best place to ask. 
The theme I am using is:
http://themeforest.net/item/smallfolio-wordpress-theme/111268
And when running the bp-template pack it tells me to edit some files. But I am at a complete loss.
I want this:
http://stormation.info/tsc2/members/
to look like this:
http://stormation.info/tsc2/sample-page/
Thanks in advance,
Eliott
Creat a new page. Name it whatever and publish. Go to buddypress ->pages and select just created page as search’s functioning page. But I am not sure search require a seperate page. Remember to subset the page to an already published page as a sub page
I’m trying to do a small tweak to my activity stream. The problem is that my site is a membership site where certain posts are public and some are not. Basically public posts are teaser versions of full posts (for SEO purposes) so it looks a bit funny when I have those teaser posts visible in activity stream.
I browsed through plugin section but couldn’t find anything that could do this. I used to code PHP for a living but I don’t know WordPress all too well. And if it makes any difference, I’m using Headway as a theme.
If you want to customise the twentyten theme, you are best to post on the WordPress.org forums for support. This forum is for BuddyPress-specific questions.
The error message “The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Search Page” shows up on the all my BuddyPress Dashboard pages. When I press “Repair,” nothing happens.
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