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Invitations not working

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  • June 20, 2025 at 11:06 am #9247
    Paul Schacht
    Participant

    On both of the CBOX Classic installations I maintain, “Send Invites” for Groups no longer functions. When I go to the page to invite new members, all that displays is the name of the group, its description, a button to leave the group (if I’m not the sole admin) and my email settings. This has been the case for a while.

    June 24, 2025 at 3:34 am #9248
    Ray
    Keymaster

    Hi Paul,

    Thanks for the report. I was able to duplicate the issue with the group “Send Invites” tab.

    The problem is due to an issue with the Invite Anyone plugin. I have updated CBOX Classic to use the latest version of Invite Anyone in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/commons-in-a-box/commit/3da2bd9818368ac6423ff1151b64ab3325eb5e29.

    In the meantime, to address this issue for your CBOX Classic installs until the next release, try manually updating Invite Anyone to the latest version. You might need to enable CBOX’s Expert Mode temporarily so you can update plugins through the admin dashboard. Please view this page for more info: https://commonsinabox.org/cbox-classic-expert-mode . Then, only update Invite Anyone and turn off Expert Mode when you are done.

    Let me know if you need any help with updating the Invite Anyone plugin.

    June 25, 2025 at 12:09 pm #9249
    Paul Schacht
    Participant

    Thanks, Ray! I was able to implement this fix on both of my CBOX Classic installations. “Send Invites” is working again. As always, appreciate your help!

    June 25, 2025 at 3:33 pm #9250
    Ray
    Keymaster

    Hi Paul,

    Glad that worked! I also noticed some styling inconsistencies on the Send Invites pages. I’ve added a fix here: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cbox-theme/commit/d099118ed8912b78f9d42dafe6a6b7a2322abfa6.

    If you want to add this change, overwrite the /wp-content/themes/cbox-theme/assets/css/buddypress.css file on the server with the following: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cuny-academic-commons/cbox-theme/refs/heads/1.7.x/assets/css/buddypress.css

    Then, navigate to the CBOX Theme Options admin page, click on “Options”, select any option and then click on the “Save all” button. This will regenerate the theme’s dynamic.css file.

    You can always wait until the next maintenance release as well, which should take place sometime in the summer.

    June 26, 2025 at 9:15 pm #9251
    Paul Schacht
    Participant

    Fix applied. Thanks again, Ray!

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