Hi Brajesh,

Thank you for the help and the great article. I implemented it on my site a couple of days ago and it is working really well.

I’m looking forward to part 2, did you write part 2? lol.

Please leave this thread open I will discuss xprofile fields on registration here with you.

For now, do you know how to temporarily remove the second column (Profile Details) on this page?

https://technicskeyboard.com/register/

Thanks again,
Mike

Hi Brajesh,

Thanks. I think I’ve got it. Check for me…

TABLE: terms_relationships
object_id = 1 = user_id = me has taxonomy_id = 104

TABLE: term_taxonomy
Links term_taxonomy_id (104) with term_id (104)

TABLE: terms
term_id = 104 name = communitymember

So for all members who should be communitymember, in the table terms_relationships:

object_id (user) needs a taxonomy_id of 104

Therefore, I can import a list of user_ids with taxonomy_id of 104 into terms_relationships

Correct?

I suppose then that I would then run Buddypress Tools to repair counts etc?

I hoped the plugin I mentioned would help me but I think it won’t in this case.

Kind regards,
Mike

Hi Brajesh,

Yes WPDM does have time-based member expiry. I won’t bother you further with this topic right now, we can look at it later… and maybe I’ll just wait for your membership plugin anyway 🙂

Thanks,
Mike

Brajesh,

Thanks very much.

Regarding 3, Roles and Roles Badges:

I’m coming from a system where the Roles are maintained for each user, throughout the ‘network’, so I have found it to be confusing. What would be perfect for me is for the Roles to always be the same for each site in the network. I know that not every Superadmin/Keymaster would want that, so, perfection for me would be to have an option in the network dashboard settings for Roles to be the same across the network for all users. This could be left unchecked for Superadmins who did not want that, because there are many use-cases out there. It would also need a routine to re-synchronise, if the Superadmin changed the setting.

I thought I had this nailed by another method. This was my plan. I have a plugin called WordPress Multisite User Sync. It allows bulk sync of Roles. I planned for users to register and receive the Member Type “Community Member”. This has a Roles to member type association, using your plugin, to make the user a Subscriber, and they will also become a Participant. WordPress Multisite User Sync, propagates those settings (and any role settings) from the main website to the sub-sites for each signup.

However, my logic is flawed. It will only work if the user signs up on the main site (I think). The plugin can only sync from main site to sub-sites OR from sub-sites to main site. So, I’m still struggling to get what I need at the moment. I’m paying a lot of thought to it.

Back to the topic of badges. I would want the Role badges to be derived only from the main site. However, I understand that wouldn’t suit every Superadmin. I have no Admins on my sub-sites because I control them myself, so I wouldn’t say I’m a typical case.

Taking all of that into account, my suggestion for a strong badges plugin that suits everyone is to allow the Superadmin to decide whether Role Badges should come from the main site or from sub-sites. However, that may be a lot of work for you.

When we initially discussed badges, I wasn’t expecting Role-based badges. They were not a high priority for me because you have enabled the ability to associate a Member Type with a Role. I didn’t realise that Roles would be different in each sub-site, and that is what has caused my main confusion with multisite-multiblog. I had no idea that each sub-site would have its own Roles.

My apologies, I am rambling a bit because I have been thinking through these topics over and over. If I think of an idea that is more clear I’ll let you know.

Best wishes,
Mike