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Have you attempted to deactivate all of your plugins as well to see if there is a culprit there? Usually Adminbar issues crop up if the <?php wp_footer(); ?> tag is missing. Usually this is a theme thing, but on occasion a poorly coded plugin can create a similar error. Given that the issue seems to be role-based, that might indicate it’s a plugin trying to do some funky things based on user-role.

I ran into the same or similar issue. From my debug logs it appears to be an issue when login with ajax is also an active plugin…these are the two errors that repeat endlessly until there’s a server timeout:

[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Warning:  current() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php on line 223
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   1. {main}() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:0
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   2. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:10
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   3. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/admin.php:31
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   4. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-load.php:37
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   5. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-config.php:106
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   6. do_action() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-settings.php:353
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   7. call_user_func_array() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   8. LoginWithAjax::init() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   9. LoginWithAjax::getRegisterLink() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:91
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  10. bp_get_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:270
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  11. bp_has_custom_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1902
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  12. bp_locate_template() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1885
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  13. bp_get_template_stack() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:90
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  14. current() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:223
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Warning:  next() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php on line 229
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   1. {main}() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:0
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   2. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:10
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   3. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/admin.php:31
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   4. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-load.php:37
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   5. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-config.php:106
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   6. do_action() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-settings.php:353
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   7. call_user_func_array() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   8. LoginWithAjax::init() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP   9. LoginWithAjax::getRegisterLink() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:91
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  10. bp_get_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:270
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  11. bp_has_custom_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1902
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  12. bp_locate_template() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1885
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  13. bp_get_template_stack() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:90
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP  14. next() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:229

Simple fix is to deactivate login with ajax, then deactivate buddypress, then activate login with ajax.

This error might also present itself with other plugins/themes that have custom signup pages.

I’m wondering what is a username for you.

WP register only a user by username (aka pseudonym), email and password. BP add a Name field in which you can add anything: username, first or lastname. In the user table, there is also display_name, wich is the combination of first and last name from a WP user profile, before BuddyPress was installed or if you allow your users to enter the dashboard, and they start to play with their profile settings. IMHO, it’s better they haven’t that access when BP is activated. 👮

When on the members directory, you (connected or not) can search a member by using his username.

If you use WP’s site search from toolbar or the search widget (same thing), it doesn’t work, as members are not post types… 👣

For now, i’m unsure what you want to fetch. Do you mean display_name ?

All search forms available in BP are contextualized, as @henrywright expected.

A BP class can be extended, a core function with a filter can be extended. You simply add your own to it.
In other cases, like for bp_core_action_search_site function (in bp-core-classes.php)
there is an action and a filter. Wow. 💪

You can rewrite the whole function and use the action hook or only change a part of it by using the filter.

remove_action( 'bp_init', 'bp_core_action_search_site', 7 );
function my_custom_core_action_search_site() {
   bla bla bla....
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'my_custom_core_action_search_site', 7 );

or
add_filter( 'filter_name', function_name');

Theorie here:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-to-override-core-function/

But before hacking to deep, read here:

Members Loop

Maybe you could find some interesting things about include or search_tems options. 👀

If all this is too much for you, consider this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-global-search/

@prabin04, @henrywright
🚧 i’m really not an expert in matter of BP search, but thank you for your consideration.

You’re welcome !

To all readers, Codex reminder when getting 404, missing BP pages, not found errors after setup or upgrade ! 😉

Settings → BuddyPress → Pages

Pages are automatically generated for the BuddyPress components you enabled in the components settings using the default slugs based on the name of each component activated. Make sure that activated components have corresponding pages assigned to each in this panel.

Directories
Associate a WordPress Page with each BuddyPress component directory.

• Activity Streams (if activated)
• User Groups (if activated)
• Members > this is core and can’t be removed/modified

Registration

Associate WordPress Pages with the following BuddyPress Registration pages.

• Register
• Activate

Note: registration is not a BuddyPress component but part of WP core.
When you allow user registration, you have to add manually these pages.

To all readers, Codex reminder when getting 404, missing BP pages, not found errors after setup or upgrade ! 😉

Settings → BuddyPress → Pages

Pages are automatically generated for the BuddyPress components you enabled in the components settings using the default slugs based on the name of each component activated. Make sure that activated components have corresponding pages assigned to each in this panel.

Directories
Associate a WordPress Page with each BuddyPress component directory.

• Activity Streams (if activated)
• User Groups (if activated)
• Members > this is core and can’t be removed/modified

Registration

Associate WordPress Pages with the following BuddyPress Registration pages.

• Register
• Activate

Note: registration is not a BuddyPress component but part of WP core.
When you allow user registration, you have to add manually these pages.

@sismis,

Howdy [username] is part of WordPress Toolbar. When BP is activated, it add a sub-menu to this menu.

If you want it elswhere, it’s not really possible as the BP part of it was written to go to the admin_bar only.

To get a similar menu, you simply add buddypress menu to your theme main menu (explained on above codex link). But this menu will be static and you cant get same details.

Another solution is to recode that menu, so you can add it with a filter function to wp_nav_menu, which handles the main menu or the header menu.

To do this, you can use a new Walker Class extention or the existing filter. Possibly also some other ways to do this, but i don’t know them.

To remove the Howdy menu and the attached BuddyPress Profile sub menu from the Toolbar, you can use this snippet (in functions.php or bp-custom.php):

function bpfr_remove_my_account_menu() {  
    global $wp_admin_bar;  
    $wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('my-account');  
}  
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'bpfr_remove_my_account_menu' );

Codex References
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu
https://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus

I was running WP and BBPress… and user where handled as forum user by bbPress. Now you use BP and bbpress aside.
Deactivate bbpress and make sure you have only one member page (and no one in trash too). Sync BP profiles with WP – all this can be done in BP settings. Check that all is working correctly, then reactivate bbPress.

Now if it still doesn’t work, sorry for you, but there is no result without effort. You have an issue and we’re trying to debug it.

I presume you have no local install where you could test previously from prod site ?

Keep Twenty Twelve active and deactivate all plugins, as the issue may come from a js conflict which we have to isolate at first.

If you use some mu-plugin or custom functions in bp-custom.php, think to remove them temporary.

I can confirm that Raindrops theme is working correctly with BP and taht the admin bar is showing up to logged in users.

Deactivate and delete the admin bar plugin. Remove also any custom code you have added in the past concerning the toolbar. The idea is to revert back to a fully standard WP install.

If this doesn’t work, you have to go to your db and check the wp_options table for the toolbar setting.
Search for option_name hide-loggedout-adminbar where value must contain 1.

> then click on ‘Complete Signup’ button but nothing happens and no users are created in the backend.

@startershut Click on wp-admin menu Users and click on BP’s Pending link on screen then activate the user you just created. https://codex.buddypress.org/administrator-guide/pending-users-admin-screen/

Here’s how regular member registration works: https://codex.buddypress.org/member-guide/registration/

@mattfl850 – I run a few multi-sites and a few bp sites – and after reading your first post I still don’t understand what you have as a setup and what you are trying to accomplish.

I have awp multi-site with bp activated in maindomain dot com – the profiles and social layers are all based in the main root – if someone wants to create a “blog” aka “site” then their site becomes “usersiteOne dot maindomain dot com” – so each of their blogs (sites) are on a subdomain.

Of course it is possible to swap that so they appear as maindomain dot com / usersiteOne

All the groups and activity and such is run through the main root level..

are you trying to get each user to have their own buddypress layer layer – with their own groups and such that is completely separated from the others?

@aju29 – If I were you I would make a zip file backup of all your files (through cpanel or whatever) – then export your database (follow the instructions in the wordpress.org for exporting backups – (you’ll need to go into phpmyadmin -> export – advanced – check “add drop table” – export)

check your server error log to see if there is anything in there that would give a clue when you get the ““insufficient permission to view this page” error.

Check to make sure you have “pretty permalinks” set properly.

IF you deactivate all plugins, and switch to default theme, and things do not work right at that point – something is wrong.. could be your server setup, could be you forget to add the line needed for multi-site to work properly.. go back and re-trace steps..

Then I would start fresh, delete everything and install a totally fresh WP –

Of course you could do this in a different folder or something.. but you need to get wp multi-site and buddypress working with default theme before mucking it up with other plugins and themes.. once you establish that the basics work with your server and setup – then start adding the other stuff one by one to see if something breaks it.

Someone else may have an idea of what your trouble is and chime in – I don’t know your exact setup and what your exact issues are when you are trying to do what exactly – I am just another BP user, not a wp / bp dev / guru by any means.

Hi @azizul-karim-aec,

to add a profile field like biography to profiles, you have to activate xprofile component in BP settings.

This and much more is all explained on the Codex.

User Extended Profiles

it just showing membername|sitename This is not a issue, but intended so by default.
membername|sitename is the page title when on a member profile
members|sitename is the page title when on the member directory – where “members” is the title you give to the member page. BP create automatically this page and use “members” as title at first install, but you can modify it.

Aside, you’re using admin as user name. I strongly recommend you to change this.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-change-your-wordpress-username/

Do you see warnings or notices when you activate debug mode in wp-config ?

Do you use a cache ? Yes ? So clear it.

Also, clear your brwoser history. In many cases, permission deny is a session error, which comes up when you try to login with two different usernames with two different role. (admin vs. subscriber zum beispiel)

Hi @mdesouza,

There is no switch for that. But each user can allow/disallow some email notice from within his profile.
your-site/members/USERNAME/settings/notifications/

1) you have to activate Friends Connection and Notification component.
2) Activate pretty permalinks or re save the present settings. Allways good to do after updates or heavy modifications or plugin (+/-) management

Test also the behave with one of WP’s default theme if you use a third party theme.

hi @nnc24,

you have to read and to debug. As first test, activate 2015 theme and deactivate any plugin but BP. Put debug mode on true in wp-config during your test.

Some related topics:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-activation-issue/
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/new-user-registration-problem-invalid-activation-key/