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Is there documentation on how to integrate BuddyPress with s2Member?

I installed BuddyPress and now there are all these BuddyPress pages that have links in the menu (Activity, etc.) that don't seem to exist. Is this because I registered the account using the s2member registration page (or rather the Wordpress reg page with s2Member custom fields) instead of registering through BuddyPress? How do I set this up so it all works?

Thanks.

Hi philipt18,

BuddyPress creates some of its own pages (such as Activity) that you won't see in WP Admin -> Pages because they're part of BuddyPress itself (for example the Activity page shows BuddyPress activity by users in the system).

s2Member integrates with the WordPress user accounts. Since BuddyPress also uses the WordPress user accounts, all you need to integrate with BuddyPress is to install it -- there are no specific integration steps.

If your Activity page link isn't working, then it's likely there is something else wrong with your BuddyPress setup itself.

If you don't want to show the Activity page, you'll need to hide it manually or use s2Member conditionals (WP Admin -> s2Member -> API/Scripting -> Simple Shortcode/Conditionals or Advanced/PHP Conditionals) to display the page only for logged in users.)

You can also block that page with URI restrictions which you can find under WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> URI Restrictions.

You can check this video for more info:
http://www.s2member.com/general-options-overview-video/

Hope this helps.

Actually, to complete the integration between s2Member and BuddyPress, go to WP Admin -> s2Member -> General Options -> Registration/Profile -> Integrate BuddyPress

Thank you. What happens when I select Integrate BuddyPress?

I think s2Member adapts itself in order to be compatible with BuddyPress.

Though I think you don't click on it, but rather gives you instructions on how to integrate correctly with BuddyPress.

Hope this helps.

These explain the integration a bit more:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6505&p=20121#p16089
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1192&p=45161#p45161

I hope it helps.