BuddyPress.org

I would try to prevent member registration through .htaccess:

http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/

If not .htaccess, then try WP Hashcash, but I prefer the simplistic method of blocking through .htaccess. This will block most spam signups, but of course you can’t block everything!

Thanks to Darcy Norman for the original tip!

Uhmm…while I do agree there should be an option to do so, your argument did made me chuckle as I don’t think a terror cell would need your network. Especially considering that you can download wordpress and buddypress free of charge.

I’m also struggling the same white-page-bogey. All redirection are fine but points to an empty blogs.dir directory. I’m just going to upgrade my faith. Other users blogs and comments are at least in the databases and once I solve all the .htaccess; blogs.dir ownership issues., it will show up one day.

BTW there is a WP redirection plug-in (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/) that promises to overcome the .htaccess. Would it be a common cure for rest of us? Would anybody help us generate a list/file of redirections that can be uploaded there?

I’m sorry to see the top contributors helping us (lamers) with the server configuration.

Would anybody code a simple system check (list) plug in that would help us (others) to communicate the issues to our host admins? I believe the community would more appreciate you guys to help us all with bigger issues.

I’m having a similar problem. Just did a fresh install with WordPress MU 2.8.4a and the trunk version of BuddyPress 1.1. Also installed bbPress via the WP admin panel. Went through all the setups for BuddyPress (General, Components, Forums), but when I go to the Profile Field Setup it tells me I don’t have any groups. When I try to add one, it returns the message, “There was an error saving the group. Please try again.” If I try to add a group directly via the site, I get the message (in a big scary red bar), “There was an error saving group details, please try again.”

I noticed that the database only has one table with the wp_bp prepend (wp_bp_activity_user_activity_cached). Another install I did (based on WMU 2.8.2, BuddyPress 1.0.3, and current bbPress) resulted in a database with a gazillion wp_bp tables. Is that the problem, and if so, how do I get those tables? And if not…wassup? Having groups is kinda the point, after all.

Otherwise, I’m looking forward to skinning the new template framework (ONCE, rather than twice). Thanks for your patience with a relative BP newbie…

If you’re just looking to post video code, there’s plenty of video embed plugins for regular WordPress that work just fine in MU.

this is one I use often:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-video-plugin/

Hi

in the next version of BP – 1.1 – themes work much more like WordPress. If you have your own local development install of BuddyPress, upgrade to the ‘trunk’ version.

Thank you for the response! I’m a total newbie at buddypress/wordpress mu/bbpress. Would you be able to provide some additional details as to how I can accomplish the 2 suggestions you provided, so I can head in the right direction? I’m not quite sure where to start. I’m using the bphome/bpmember themes.

Found something in the WPMU FOrums that fixed it temporarly for me: https://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/9458/page/2

There’s a reason why the embed and object tags are disabled by default, Peter.

If you’re going to open up your BP network to any user, they can potentially exploit those tags and do all kinds of nasty stuff.

The Unfiltered MU plugin works for admins and editors in WordPress, but it depends what BP component you’re trying to use the embed/object tags in BP.

Burt’s solution is the preferred method.

Hello. I’m a newbie and just created a test site up with buddypress/wordpress/bbpress. Everything looks good. I installed this plugin and followed the directions. However, when I activate it, I get this error:

Fatal error: Class ‘BP_Group_Extension’ not found in /home/ieconnec/public_html/isocal/wp-content/plugins/bp-groupblog/bp-groupblog-classes.php on line 105

I’m running buddypress 1.0.3 and wordpress mu 2.8.4a. Any help you can provide will be much appreciated. I would like to be able to use this plugin.

The auto upgrader is not working in WPMU 2.8.2. Here is a fix: http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-mu-2-8-3/

Hi Guys!

I’m also having 2 niggling issues with this plugin. 1) If I’m logged out of wordpress AND bbpress, and I log into bbpress, the buddybar doesn’t change from the logged out status. If I click the login link on the buddybar through the forums and log in, it redirects me back to the blog homepage, not the page I clicked from.

Here’s what I’m running…

WPMU 2.8.2

Buddypress 1.0.3

bbPress 1.0.1

Thanks!

Getting out of a fix:

If you’ve tried updating Buddypress, but forgotten to update WordPressMU first of all… you are now facing the “Fatal error: Class ‘WP_Widget’ not found”.

You’ll also find, you can’t rewind your buddypress upgrade, and can’t update wordpress from the dashboard. You are stuck!

You could reach for your backup, but if like me, you got lazy and didn’t backup… you’ll be really pleased to know this link to a manual update process works, and you won’t lose any of your lovely data:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WPMU#2.7.1_to_2.8.3

The steps for 2.8.3 also work for 2.8.4a

Hey Guys

This sounds similar to my problem. I have been trying to set up groups for a while now with no luck. Groups haven’t worked from install, which was something I though would clear up as I proceeded with integration, but no go.

http://5planes.mistermachine.com/network/

It looks the page is trying to load an incorrect ajax url. It seems to be adding extra sub-directory to the path name.

http://5planes.mistermachine.com/network/network/

I checked and rechecked the wp-config file with no luck.

Attempts to add new profile information also seems to error out.

Other than these two errors the rest of the site works great! If anyone can help that would be great.

BuddyPress 1.03 and WordPress MU 2.8.4a and bbPress 1.0

I need to do something similar. I have two domains (sunysb.net and sbulife.com) where sunysb.net is the domain I use for buddypress, and sbulife.com redirects to it. Normally, I would park sbulife.com on sunysb.net and the end user wouldn’t know the difference, but with the subdomain rewrite rules, it really screws up wordpress mu.

First of all, we do not have sufficient information to offer the best resolution to your issue.

We have no idea what versions of WPMU and BuddyPress you’re running. Are you running WPMU or single-user WordPress? What other plugins do you have installed?

The plugin does not indicated that it works with WPMU and it is only updated to WP 2.7.1. Perhaps that is part of the problem.

I’m setting this to “not a support question” as this seems more like a WP issue and not a BuddyPress issue. Also, I’m moving it to the proper forum, “Third Party Components & Plugins”.

there are several themes such as P2 and Prologue that offer front page posting.You can use TDO forms to have a form on the front page to post.I dont know if it works with mu..give it a try.

What i tried to point is that you can use the same technique in your themes, so as to avoid users to log into wordpress panel.

This can be done like this

if( user is blog owner) -> show the quickpress code (you can copy the quickpress code from the P2 or Prologue theme)

else

show the comments form

its the basic logic.I am working with my initial setup,i thought to implement this later when i am finished with my setup