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BuddyPress user login/registration issues


  • bogski
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    @bogski

    Hello,

    I have a website online at the moment that uses BuddyPress to look after membership. The website also uses Event Espresso to manage the events sold through the website.

    One of the big problems was new users would be taken away from the checkout pages after registration. An update to the EE system changed this so they would be able to carry on as normal. which was great.

    However it seems now that when i turn BuddyPress back on in the Dashboard, the registration part fails and just defaults back to the original registration form, which then takes the users away from the checkout. So i was wandering, how does the BuddyPress login work? does it use the default wp-login.php and register.php? or does it use its own login scripts? I can appreciate this is quite a specific issue so im looking more for guidance on possible causes instead of an all out solution. I mainly need to work out if it is the BuddyPress side of things or the Event Espresso side of things that is breaking. SO if anyone could help trouble shoot the BuddyPress side of things it would be much appreciated.

    Phil

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  • sharmavishal
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    @sharmavishal

    uses the default wp-login.php


    bogski
    Participant

    @bogski

    Thanks for that. Im still trying to work out where it is breaking so im just asking the same question on all support forums for the plugins that i use.

    A shot in the dark, but can you think of anything that could cause the EE and BuddyPress to stop working? I know that they are both popular plugins and people do use them in conjunction with each other.

    Phil


    sharmavishal
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    @sharmavishal

    dont use Event Espresso….have used events organizer and events manager this 2 plugins which support buddypress…does Event Espresso support buddypress?


    bogski
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    @bogski

    It does indeed. There are a few development teams that specialise in both pieces of software. It is pretty good for it out of the box but once you start getting specific with your events and user management you need some custom code.

    We have a small chunk of code that will grab new users, work out which event they have signed up for and insert them into 2 BuddyPress groups based on the location of the event they have signed up for.

    Im not a PHP developer though so im not too sure of the exact details of how it works together.

    To be honest though, i never had chance to look into alternatives to either Event Espresso or BuddyPress. The website and plugins were already installed when i started working on the project. Most of what i have learnt about them both so far has been trial, error, headbutt keyboard and repeat.

    I have worked out though that it is definitely an issue with BuddyPress and EE (after all that). It seems the BuddyPress login and registration takes precedence over the Event Espresso one.

    It also seems to be creating new users as moderators as well. But thats a different story and isnt a BuddyyPress issue.

    PhilB


    sharmavishal
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    @sharmavishal

    In events organizer and events manager they dont have separate login/registration …they only use the BP login/registration


    bogski
    Participant

    @bogski

    Event Espresso uses the WP login/registration, but they also check and locks a lot of the functions in wp-login.php before they can be called. This has only been recently, but i think it was done to enable users to go through the registration process without leaving the event checkout page. Before recent, when signing up for a new account and event, you would have to leave the page to activate your account and then start the process of ordering again. not ideal really.

    Its not perfect in all honesty. I think il try some of the other options out on my local server see what they work like. Although i wont be using them on the website in question as we have already purchased the license for our current system. And modified it now.

    Phil

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