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flowta on December 22, 2018, 5:28 am
Hi,
Here are a few suggestions re BuddyPress Group integration
I needed general access to some specific fora for all groups, and a few (5) specific (hidden) groups to also have a Forum. BBPress didn’t do it for me. so, using Asgaros
I created 5 User Groups representing my main secret groups.
In Forum Structure I then created 5 Categories, one for each of the above. I set these to Logged in Users only, and selected the relevant user Group for each one. You will need to edit your users to provide access to to relevant User Groups. Any Fora you create under these Categories in Asgaros will effectively be view limited to those selected users. And anyone not in those groups will not see them on the General Forum page.
In BuddyPress, I created equivalent (Hidden) Groups, not seen by any except invited members. If you go to the Groups page, you can select the ‘Manage’ tab. You can then edit the Group Description and include linked text like this
“<a href=”/discuss/forum/documents/”>Agency Documents Forum</a>” providing a link to your specific fora. Anyone who isn’t in the Asgaros group won’t see it.
For other groups (hidden or otherwise), you can add a link to specific (non exclusive) fora, so these will become the fora of that BuddyPress group. Those fora will still appear in the general fora page. But its pretty close.
See attached file for what it looks like on the Group page.
Please correct me if Ive got any of this wrong. Hope this helps 🙂
Gary
Hi,
Here are a few suggestions re BuddyPress Group integration
I needed general access to some specific fora for all groups, and a few (5) specific (hidden) groups to also have a Forum. BBPress didn’t do it for me. so, using Asgaros
I created 5 User Groups representing my main secret groups.
In Forum Structure I then created 5 Categories, one for each of the above. I set these to Logged in Users only, and selected the relevant user Group for each one. You will need to edit your users to provide access to to relevant User Groups. Any Fora you create under these Categories in Asgaros will effectively be view limited to those selected users. And anyone not in those groups will not see them on the General Forum page.
In BuddyPress, I created equivalent (Hidden) Groups, not seen by any except invited members. If you go to the Groups page, you can select the ‘Manage’ tab. You can then edit the Group Description and include linked text like this
“<a href=”/discuss/forum/documents/”>Agency Documents Forum</a>” providing a link to your specific fora. Anyone who isn’t in the Asgaros group won’t see it.
For other groups (hidden or otherwise), you can add a link to specific (non exclusive) fora, so these will become the fora of that BuddyPress group. Those fora will still appear in the general fora page. But its pretty close.
See attached file for what it looks like on the Group page.
Please correct me if Ive got any of this wrong. Hope this helps 🙂
Gary
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