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I also like to do this on my site, thanks Simon! So where do I apply/install the files you just mentioned in trac to restrict group creation to admins?

Thanks for this Simon. I have 2 questions though:

1. Do I just have to add this code at https://trac.buddypress.org/attachment/ticket/1150/hook-to-stop-group-creation.diff in the bp-groups.php or do I have to edit the whole file? If I have to edit it, in what particular part of the file should I put the code?

2. The code in https://trac.buddypress.org/attachment/ticket/1150/restrict-group-creation.php will be used as a plugin right? and I will upload it in the plugins folder and activate it?

Thanks in advance for your response!

Simon, I just found out that with the patches and plugin installed even admins can’t even create a group! Is there a way in the patches you have given wherein admins are only the ones that can create the groups and not the normal users of the site?

Thanks again in advance for your response!

hey guys i cant seem to figure this one out hey; i’ve tried to patch the bp-groups.php file but i get a

#1 HUNK Failed at 449 – please see my reject file

***************

*** 453,459 ****

bp_core_redirect( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->groups->slug . ‘/create/step/’ . $bp->groups->current_create_step );

}

– if ( !$bp->groups->new_group_id = groups_create_group( array( ‘group_id’ => $bp->groups->new_group_id, ‘name’ => $_POST[‘group-name’], ‘description’ => $_POST[‘group-desc’], ‘news’ => $_POST[‘group-news’], ‘slug’ => groups_check_slug( sanitize_title($_POST[‘group-name’]) ), ‘date_created’ => time() ) ) ) {

bp_core_add_message( __( ‘There was an error saving group details, please try again.’, ‘buddypress’ ), ‘error’ );

bp_core_redirect( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->groups->slug . ‘/create/step/’ . $bp->groups->current_create_step );

}

— 453,474 —-

bp_core_redirect( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->groups->slug . ‘/create/step/’ . $bp->groups->current_create_step );

}

+ $group_details = array(

+ ‘group_id’ => $bp->groups->new_group_id,

+ ‘name’ => $_POST[‘group-name’],

+ ‘description’ => $_POST[‘group-desc’],

+ ‘news’ => $_POST[‘group-news’],

+ ‘slug’ => groups_check_slug( sanitize_title($_POST[‘group-name’]) ),

+ ‘date_created’ => time() );

+

+ /* Allow plugins to halt group creation for whatever reason. On doing this the plugin

+ should use the bp_core_add_message function to inform the user why the group creation

+ has failed.

+ N.B. The data passed in $new_group is unsanitised. */

+ if ( ! apply_filters( ‘bp_allow_create_group’, true, $group_details ) )

+ return bp_core_redirect( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->groups->slug . ‘/create’ );

+

+ if ( !$bp->groups->new_group_id = groups_create_group( $group_details ) ) {

bp_core_add_message( __( ‘There was an error saving group details, please try again.’, ‘buddypress’ ), ‘error’ );

bp_core_redirect( $bp->loggedin_user->domain . $bp->groups->slug . ‘/create/step/’ . $bp->groups->current_create_step );

}

i’m not too sure what that means and how it can be fixed?

Any updates on this one?

Thi si ugly, but until an elegant solution is presented you can just change teh nav element for the Create button to display: none; and 99.99% of your users will have no clue that it’s even possible. For those that sneak thru in the meantime, you can just delete the bog. Don’t worry, a solution is forthcoming.

Hiding the button to create group till any solution is fine but if its possible just by a plugin, I mean the core provides the necessary hook then I am ready to code this thing but I definitely need some guidance here.

@stefrusso add this to your style sheet

form#groups-directory-form .button {

display: none;

}

Sorry for the delay in rsponding. Damn job got it the way!

Looking at the bp-widget theme, he only uses style.css. so adding the code to style.css in the bp-widget folder ought to do the trick.

@modemlooper you could save an expensive import call by jsut importing bp-default/style.css instead

I’m after it too vonkanehoffen. I’d have thought there would be lots of people in this boat.

It seems the buddypress developers are discouraging the use of user capabilities in buddypress. They don’t want it to be used for content management. I’m not sure why. I think it is a mistake. It makes buddypress look like a hanging appendage off of wordpress. It doesn’t allow buddypress to integrate seamlessly into wordpress’s blog engine.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on a project and my client wants only the admins to be able to create groups, so I set that option in the BuddyPress admin area, easy peasy. But, the Create A Group button still appears on the front end. For now I am simply looking for a way to hide that button, and I’ve added the CSS @Mike Pratt suggested but the button remains. Any ideas?

What would be really cool (not that I have a clue how to do this) would be:

1.) BP functionality that automagically removes the Create A Group button when you select that only admins can create groups, that would be ideal.
or
2.) A way to change the URL of the Create A Group button for the members level, so you could create a Request A Group page with a form that a member can fill out requesting a group. That is what I’d like to do, but I’m at a loss for where to start in the code, and I’m not much of a PHP dev.