BuddyPress.org

Bump?

I understand that I can create new groups of fields that won’t appear on the registration page.
But that still does not allow me to edit what is on the actual registration page that gets rendered.

The problem is with the way buddy press builds the registration form using only the one default field in the base group (name).

I suppose I am looking for direction in building my own form. If any one else has done anything like it. Any particular hooks I need to plug into to submit and send the fields to the appropriate places.

Even just pointing me in the right direction would be helpful. Buddypress functions always seem to be a labyrinth of nested functions and loops that i tend to get lost in with no frame of reference for what they are actually doing.

Or is there any documentation on how the registration process works in buddypress?

*facepalms* I feel like I’m either doing a horrible job explaining or my original post isn’t getting read…

I understand how the groups work. My question was how can i remove and restructure some of the fields that are automatically set up by buddypress.

My end goal is to minimize the amount of steps the new user needs to do in order to sign up.

For instance:
currently buddypress requires the “name” the “username” the “email” and the “password”
you cannot get rid of those. I get that and I understand why.

But I would like to eliminate the extra password field. And possibly even automate the username creation.

Even understanding how the registration page works a little better, would allow me to eliminate all the forms and only allow sign up via single facebook button.

@cliffordpoe

First, if you have a different problem start a new thread.
You need to make sure you have turned on “Anyone can register” under settings > general
then you need to make sure your registration and activation pages are set up in the buddypress settings.

Second, you can’t currently search these forums. Extremely annoying and frustrating. Not to mention notifications and activity don’t seem to be working either so you have to search through the forum every time you want to check on your threads.