Issue with FireFox and IE

@pdillon809
You probably have not set the redirect slug properly. You need to go to the page and get the slug. Go to the dashboard/pages and select the page that is your register page. Then at the top right of that page select “Screen Options” click the box that says “Slug” then scroll down towards the bottom of the page and you will see the slug you need to enter in Private Communities redirect setting. In some instances some folks register slug may be register-2, or they may have changed it to sign-up. It will not redirect properly unless it has the correct slug defined.

I figured the register slug might be the issue but entering a valid slug didn’t solve the problem. I don’t see any errors when turning on wp debug or in the server log.

Any other suggestions?

Have you tried disabling all plugins other than BuddyPress, bbPress, Private Community? It could also be a theme issue. Maybe some custom functions in your themes functions.php or in bp-custom.php
The only way I can replicate the issue is if the redirect slug is not been defined properly in Private Communities settings. Also have you tried changing your permalinks settings to /%postname%/ ? I have around 20 installs of BP, bbpress, and Private Community and it works on them all unless I do not define the redirect properly.

@pdillon809
Let me know if after the basic troubleshooting if you still are having issues, and please provide as much detail on your install as possible including WP BP versions, theme, and plugins. Thanks!

@pdillon809
I am assuming you resolved your issue.

Hi,

Sorry for not getting back to you. I haven’t managed to get to the bottom of this issue yet and am still using the old version of your plugin. I had originally made some changes to that old version to reflect the custom register page.

I tried all the suggestions in your post #4577568 but they didn’t help.

WP and BP are current versions. Theme is a child of Evolution from Elegant Themes and also the current version.

Not sure how to make any progress as I don’t see any debug errors in WP.

Thanks for being on top of this

Just dug around some more before sending this reply. I noticed that in BP settings/Pages that register is set to none. I suspect this is the cause. I can set this to (say) about in BP settings and use that slug (about) in your plugin and the infinite redirect loop stops. I’ll work some more on this when I get a chance.

BTW, we are using WLM wishlist member for site registrations (not WP or BP). It’s kind of a funky setup.

-paul

Maybe you can test one of your setups and set the BuddyPress/Pages/Register page to “None” and see if you can replicate the issue.

thx

@pdillon809
I suppose when I do the next update I will add this info to the FAQ because I assumed users understood that you need to have assigned the registration page in dashboard/settings/buddypress/pages before using the plugin. If you found a work around for your installation since you are not using WP or BP registration, feel free to post your solution here as it may help someone else with a similar install like yours down the road. Thanks!

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

I guess the confusion stems from:
The original plugin blocked specific BuddyPress pages, whereas this version blocks all WordPress and BuddyPress pages except those defined in Private Community For BP Settings.

Not only does this version block all pages, it will not redirect to a page where I can list the various registration options (.i.e. paid or free).

Because I have WordPress registration turned off, there is only the message:
Create an Account
User registration is currently not allowed.

Can’t there be an option to go to a login option page?

My work around (for others) is to use an earlier version of the plugin. In my particular setup, it’s not practical to list unprotected pages. It’s more practical to block bp_is_activity_component() etc

@pdillon809
Yeah I suppose that I built a Fort Knox plugin and it appears for your purpose it is overkill so maybe I will re-brand the older version and put it on the repository as an alternative for those who don’t need as deep of protection as the current version offers but I doubt it would be updated as regularly because I pretty much did about all I could before I changed the code to what is offered in the WordPress repository version. On the current version you can use the redirect and enter wp-login.php in the plugins settings page as an alternative but being that I am not familiar with the type of setup you have I am not sure even that option would work for your install. Feel free again to try that and supply feedback. I really appreciate the feedback you have given thus far. Thanks again!

Entering wp-login.php does stop the loop and brings up the login box but isn’t helpful in our instance.

Resurrecting the old version would be much appreciated. There may be others who also are using BuddyPress in conjunction with a membership plugin – I saw numerous posts on this subject when I was developing the site. We need multiple levels of access for the WP parts of the site so a membership plugin is required. WLM recognizes bbpress forums but not BuddyPress. Other membership plugins that do recognize BuddyPress had other issues that wouldn’t work for us.

Your original plugin worked well for us and continues to do so.

pdillon809
If you have a copy of that old plugin could you please send it to me because I am on vacation and I left my external drive that has it on it at home. My email is bphelp.1@gmail.com Also I am open to renaming suggestions because there needs to be a distinction between the two plugins and I am fresh out of ideas. Thanks again !

I sent a copy. Not sure about a name but I’ll think of a couple of suggestions.

thanks

-paul

pdillon809
Thanks again! If you think of a name let me know! I appreciate it!

@pdillon809
I just submitted Private BP Pages plugin to the WP repo. Hopefully it wont take long to be approved but they are back-logged. This version only blocks BP specific pages without touching WP posts or pages so pat yourself on the back for inspiring me to resurrect this old code with a cool new dashboard setting to define the redirect! I made it as simple as can be. Until it is approved its home will be here:
https://github.com/bphelp/private-bp-pages/archive/master.zip
Enjoy!