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Paul Schacht replied to the topic Invitations not working in the forum Help & Support

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 01:15:00 -0400

Fix applied. Thanks again, Ray!

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Invitations not working in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:09:01 -0400

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!

Paul Schacht started the topic Invitations not working in the forum Help & Support

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:06:52 -0400

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.

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:06:49 -0500

The redirect snippet did the trick! Thank you both so much!

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 13:09:01 -0500

Thanks, Ray. I debugged as you suggested, and indeed the URL that’s outputted to the browser is the URL for the blog e.g.,
https://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org
so BP Groupblog is behaving as it should.

I’m not running any must-use plugins and don’t have a bp-custom.php file. I’m using a child theme but haven’t made any recent changes to it.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:22:26 -0500

I’ve deactivated each plugin in turn (except CBOX), and none of the plugins appears to be the cause of the problem.

The problem happens with all groups, whether public or private. The “Blog” link in the left navigation for the group redirects to https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/wp-admin/

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:01:09 -0500

I deactivated WordFence, but the behavior persists. I think the general behavior you were observing earlier — “if I attempt to visit a page that doesn’t exist on your site (https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/WHATEVER), the URL will redirect back to the homepage instead of landing on the 404 page” — was caused by this line in wp-co…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:37:32 -0500

Hi Ray,

Plugins, in addition to CBOX and its bundled plugins, are

Akismet
BP Classic
Classic Editor
Collapse-o-Matic
CommentPress Core
Markup Markdown
PDF Embedder
Post Type Switcher
WordFence

Thanks,
Paul

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:11:11 -0500

I’m running BP 11.4.0 and letting CBOX manage my plugins. I’ve sometimes managed them independently in order to stay abreast of updates, but I knew from some of your messages in the GitHub repo that 12 has significant differences, so I’ve held back.

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:13:01 -0500

Thanks for the reply, Boone! Redirect is set as it should be under GroupBlog Setup. I’m seeing this behavior on blogs associated with public groups that anyone can join. A logged in user who’s a member of the group gets directed to the Dashboard of the main site, English @ SUNY Geneseo. Ditto for a logged in user who isn’t a member of the group. A…[Read more]

Paul Schacht started the topic Group Blog Links Redirect to Login Page in the forum Help & Support

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 23:30:22 -0500

At https://sunygeneseoenglish.org, the “Blog” link in the left navigation of each group’s home page redirects to the main site’s login page (when logged out) or to the main site’s dashboard (when logged in, for a user with access to the main site’s dashboard).

The “Blog” link in every group’s left navigation has the form…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Subdomains not working after server migration in the forum Help & Support

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:25:30 -0400

Fixed it. In the settings for the new server, I had to set my multisite domain as the default.

Paul Schacht started the topic Subdomains not working after server migration in the forum Help & Support

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:23:05 -0400

Hi CBOX Community,

I’ve just migrated my CBOX Classic site to a new server with the same hosting provider. After lowering TTL for 24 hours, I used their “Point to another server” tool to move the DNS Zone file from the old server to the new.

The main site is located at https://sunygeneseoenglish.org

My multisite is configured to treat blogs as…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Trouble inviting multiple members to a group in the forum OpenLab Help & Support

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:42:36 -0400

Just want to hop onto this thread for a moment to say that I’ve been working with Ed and Amanda on this project and couldn’t be more excited about it. At SUNY Geneseo, Amanda and I have taken the lead on building a new Center for Digital Learning, and we see multiple ways for CBOX-OL to help us accomplish some of the center’s goals. I’m a longtime…[Read more]

Paul Schacht joined the group CBOX OpenLab Support

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:25:17 -0400

Paul Schacht replied to the topic BP and bbPress updates in the forum Help & Support

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 16:48:22 -0500

Thanks, Ray! I updated a week or so ago and have had no issues so far.

Paul Schacht started the topic BP and bbPress updates in the forum Help & Support

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 15:15:30 -0500

Updates to BuddyPress (5.1.2) and bbPress (2.6.3) have been available for a while now. Any known issues with updating these outside CBOX? Or is there another update of CBOX itself on the way?

Thanks as always!

Paul Schacht started the topic Group Forum posts go to Spam in the forum Help & Support

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:31:37 -0400

I’ve been trying to troubleshoot a scenario where a group member posts a new topic to a forum and two things happen: (1) the post content is stripped out and (2) the topic is marked as spam and is hidden.

I thought that this might have been a result of posting copy-pasted content from a word-processed document in Google docs or Word, but I…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Update BP plugins? in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:37:41 -0400

Thanks, Ray!

Paul Schacht started the topic Update BP plugins? in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:17:06 -0400

Hi!

BuddyPress, BuddyPress Docs, and BuddyPress Group Email Subscriptions all have updates available. If there’s a new CBOX release imminent, I’ll hold off on updating; but if not, I’d like to keep these plugins up to date. Any known issues with updating them independently?

Thanks as always for your generous assistance.

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Missing Activity in Feed for Public Site in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:23:20 -0500

That did it, Ray! Thanks!!

I’m not concerned about backfilling at this point – just wanted to figure out what was blocking the activity from appearing. I’d noticed that setting and should have thought to try changing it. I see that it also affects email notifications.

Anyway, thanks again!

Paul Schacht started the topic Missing Activity in Feed for Public Site in the forum Help & Support

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:02:33 -0500

Hi again,

For one of the public groups at http://sunygeneseoenglish.org, the only activity that shows up in the group feed is “Group Memberships.” Blog posts, comments, etc. do not show up on the group’s home page or in site-wide activity.

The group’s home page is https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/reader-and-text/

By contrast, this group’s…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic BuddyPress 3.2.0 in the forum Help & Support

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:56:57 -0400

Thanks, Ray!

Paul Schacht started the topic BuddyPress 3.2.0 in the forum Help & Support

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 11:31:42 -0400

On one of the CBOX sites I maintain, I manage my plugins outside CBOX. I’m wondering if there’s any reason not to upgrade BuddyPress to 3.2.0.

Thanks!

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Activation Key in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:58:50 -0400

I edited registration/activate.php and registration is now proceeding smoothly. Thanks again, Ray!

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Activation Key in the forum Help & Support

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 21:47:40 -0400

Thanks as always for the prompt reply, Ray! I will make this change and let you know how it goes!

Paul Schacht started the topic Activation Key in the forum Help & Support

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:54:39 -0400

My new registrants are suddenly receiving a request to “provide a valid activation key” after clicking the activation link in the email they receive after registering.

I can see that this request is generated by a few lines in activate.php, but I don’t know what’s suddenly triggering the behavior.

In recent weeks I successfully implemented a…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic PHP 7 compatibility in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 31 May 2018 01:25:14 -0400

So … has that error been fixed? Is CBOX PHP 7 compatible?

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Error upgrading default theme in the forum Help & Support

Sat, 07 Oct 2017 03:16:27 -0400

Thanks for the quick reply – and glad I could help. 🙂

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Error upgrading default theme in the forum Help & Support

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:40:30 -0400

…and, the problem is that the new theme file isn’t where it’s expected. There’s no zip file for the theme in wp-content/plugins/commons-in-a-box/includes/zip. Actually, the zip files from previous theme updates aren’t there, either – though they were there before I updated.

I’ve been managing plugins independently of cbox in order to apply…[Read more]

Paul Schacht started the topic Error upgrading default theme in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 20:48:43 -0400

Just updated the CBOX plugin. CBOX dashboard is telling me to upgrade the default theme, but when I try, I get the attached error message. When I return to the dashboard, I’m still being prompted to upgrade the theme.

Paul Schacht replied to the topic CBOX and SSL in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:16:32 -0400

Thanks, Ray. I’d seen that LE didn’t support wildcard subdomains but hadn’t caught the announcement that support is coming in January. Good to know.

Paul Schacht started the topic CBOX and SSL in the forum Help & Support

Sun, 20 Aug 2017 18:33:36 -0400

Is anyone using a Let’s Encrypt certificate with a CBOX install using subdomains for sites? If so, how are you connecting the certificate to your subdomains? Manual configuration? Really Simple SSL or other plugin?

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Hacks & Options in the forum Help & Support

Sun, 20 Aug 2017 18:27:48 -0400

Thanks, Ray! I’ve disabled php execution in wp-content/uploads. Fingers crossed.

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Hacks & Options in the forum Help & Support

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 01:52:08 -0400

I’ve been the victim of multiple attacks recently, and while I don’t know that CBOX plugins are the point of entry, I can’t find any other vulnerability, and WordFence keeps shouting at me to update some of these plugins. I’m toying with updating manually by editing wp-config.php as Christian describes here but reluctant to create new headaches…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Cannot create more than one topic in forum in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:13:55 -0500

The topics weren’t going to spam. However, the problem appears to be resolved. At the time I was having the problem, the group had a total of two members, both of whom had admin status. Once a first topic had been posted by one of them, neither could post a second topic. (Both members were identities controlled by me. They were logged in on the…[Read more]

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Cannot create more than one topic in forum in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:10:02 -0500

Just to clarify: pressing “Submit” does produce a browser response. It’s not as though the button is deactivated. But no new topic is recorded. It doesn’t appear in the forum or in Dashboard > Topics.

Paul Schacht replied to the topic Cannot create more than one topic in forum in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:08:19 -0500

Actually, the “New topic” button is available. But after I create the new topic and press “Submit,” no new topic is created. Again, I created a first topic in the forum. It’s only when I try to create subsequent topics that the problem arises. This is a brand new, private group. I haven’t tested to see whether the problem occurs in other groups,…[Read more]

Paul Schacht started the topic Cannot create more than one topic in forum in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:13:37 -0500

Having a weird issue with forum topics in a newly created private group. I can create a first topic from Group > Forum > New topic but cannot create a second one.

When I try, no new topic shows up. It’s not visible in the group, nor does it appear as an activity item, nor does it appear in Dashboard > Topics.

I can create a new topic in the…[Read more]

Paul Schacht started the topic Group membership issue in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:42:00 -0400

A new member registered at my site at http://commons.digitalthoreau.org and activated his membership. I created a new group for him to use and, in the process of creating the group, I sent him an invitation to join. He received a notification of the invitation and joined the group. As the attached screengrab shows, his joining the group shows up…[Read more]

Paul Schacht changed their profile picture

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:38:07 -0400

Paul Schacht replied to the topic BP Docs Issue in WP 3.8.1 CBOX 1.0.7 in the forum Help & Support

Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:28:34 -0400

I edited wp-config.php as you suggested, and that worked. Many thanks!

Paul Schacht started the topic BP Docs Issue in WP 3.8.1 CBOX 1.0.7 in the forum Help & Support

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:20:18 -0400

When I create a new doc and click “Save,” instead of seeing the saved doc I get a string of alternating error messages of the form

Warning: array_search() expects parameter 2 to be array, integer given in /home/user/site/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-docs/includes/addon-taxonomy.php on line 260

Warning: array_values() expects parameter 1 to be…[Read more]

Paul Schacht joined the group CBOX Classic Support

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:16:55 -0500

Paul Schacht and George H. Williams are now friends

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:16:27 -0500

Paul Schacht changed their profile picture

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:51:05 -0500

Paul Schacht became a registered member

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:47:12 -0500