Doesn't seem to work!

Hey.

You are absolutely right, the assets folder should not be there, and agree I could have given it a better version number but I chose 1.0 since I have been using this plugin myself on several BP sites for the last month and felt confident enough to at least release the first beta. But I will admit I make mistakes but I am also here to fix them.

A question. When a user that has been blocked visits the user who blocked them, the blocked template is not loaded? Do you get an error when this happens?

Also try flushing your re-write rules on the Permalink settings to make sure the templates are loaded for blocked users.

Hi Gabriel,
No the blocked template is not loaded at all and does not display the message. I am not getting any php errors either so it is strange. Maybe I am missing something obvious. I haven’t really studied your code yet. I did notice you also have a bunch of unnecessary index.php files throughout the trunk and its sub directories. I do hope you can get this baby working because it will be pretty sweet. I was planning on doing a plugin like this myself that completely blocked a member on all buddypress component pages excluding of course bbpress pages but since you have a work in progress I will focus my attention elsewhere and wait for you to get this plugin corrected. I appreciate your work. If I can be of further assistance please let me know. Good luck!

Very odd. I just created a fresh WordPress installation with nothing but Buddypress and this plugin installed.

I added two users. Sara (subscriber) and John (subscriber).
Sara blocked John and when she tries to visit Johns page she gets the blocked template. If John tries to visit Sara he gets a blocked template as well.

I have tried with all Buddypress Components enabled and all disabled without any issues. So the question is what difference is there between your setup and mine?

What I did in steps:
1. I installed WordPress
2. Installed BuddyPress
3. Enabled this plugin
4. Created two users, john and sara
5. Set permalinks
6. Logged in via one browser as sara and one as john.
7. Confirmed blocking working.

Are you sure both of your users are not admins?

I am certain they are both subscribers. I am testing on localhost using xampp. The version of PHP is 5.4.16. It looks like from what you did above you set the permalinks after you created the users. I had these users already created before installing the plugin because I had planned to use this setup in testing my own plugin development. I tried resetting the permalinks but the blocking still fails and the template still is not loaded. I can see that another person on your support forum is having the same issue. I suppose the best idea is to figure out why it is functioning correctly on your test environment but failing on everyone else’s. You may need to go through your code with a fine toothed comb to sort it out. I would suggest getting rid of all those unnecessary index.php files so you can focus strictly on the php files that contain the functionality of the plugin, plus its just good house keeping. I really hope you can get this working cause it is a very needed addition. Plus it will save me from having to code another plugin and would allow me to work on other important things! Thanks Gabriel!

So I found the issue. I was hooking in and overriding template files incorrectly. I also removed the index files.

Sorry Gabriel but I just tested beta 2 and it still is not working. It is got to be something else incorrect in the code. Same results as beta 1 unfortunately. I know you will eventually get it. Thanks for the effort anyhow!

Are you using the default theme or a custom one? Also may I ask what components you have setup so I could try and replicate?

Hi Gabriel,
I made a mistake, it is working to a degree but the user you block still shows up in the members directory but when you click on the member the blocked template loads and displays the message. Is this the way you intended? I would think if user1 blocks user2 then if user2 goes to the members directory then user1 does not display in the list. It would be better if that was the case. I still would like to see this blocking occur on the activity stream as well. For instance if user1 blocks user2 then user2 cannot see user1 in the members directory, nor can user2 see user1’s activity on the activity stream. Its getting better though! Thanks!

I started out building the membership list filtering two ways, so if Sara blocks John, John will not see Sara the same way as Sara will no longer see John.

But then I tested it on a large community network and quickly found that if we are to check our block list to exclude those we block AND check everyone else out there who might be blocking us, we start making some very heavy db calls.

One could compile a list of users who block me next to the current list of users I block but I am open for suggestions.

Hence the extra template file for those who block you. I do welcome suggestions though! After all, my way is not always the highway.

Hmmm! Maybe not the best solution but what about a conditional that checks the members directory, and if the condition is false, then use some CSS to not display that member in the directory. Of course this is just a dirty way of getting a certain effect. I would prefer using another method to achieve this myself because the source code will still show the user, but only web designers, web developers, and hackers study source code anyway. Hopefully you will figure out a better solution because this is a very important plugin! Thanks Gabriel!

I think right now the plugin is a “out of sight out of mind” solution.

If you select to block someone, you will not be bothered by them since they will not be able to:

– See you profile
– Mention you
– Continue writting or create new messages
– Be friends with you.

The only thing they will be able to do is to see you in the members list and see your latest update.

Also, I feel the person you block deserves the chance to block you back. And for that, you will need to be visible in the members list at least.

Hi Gabriel,
On the contrary what good does blocking a person do if the person that has been blocked can still snoop around by viewing your activity? This plugin needs some work before it will be essential. I suppose that is why it is labeled as a beta version. @mentions only works halfway. It converts @ to # but it is still viewable in the activity stream. For instance if I write @gabriel Hi! How are you? and post it on the activity stream, it prints #gabriel Hi! How are you?. Of course it doesn’t show up under mentions but it is still very annoying! Can you fix it where the the activities of the person blocked doesn’t show up in in the person that blocked them’s site-wide activity? The composing new messages seems okay, so really this activity issue as well as displaying a member that has been blocked are really the only major issues that need to be addressed. Thanks!

Done! ??
Activities filtered out if blocked.

Hi Gabriel,
Just installed beta3 and sorry to inform you but it is still not filtering the activity of the blocked persons on either end. I hope you don’t mind that I am reporting my findings back to you, I hope you feel it helps you debug the problem. What hook are you using to filter? May be the issue!