BuddyPress

ok I created a child theme that has a page template for a widgetized home page.

Download here: http://bit.ly/aBgYo4

To install:

Unzip and upload bp-widget folder to your WP themes folder and activate.
Create a new page called Home choose Buddypress Widget Theme as the page template.
Then in side bar settings >> reading choose the home page you created as the static front page.
Go to widgets and add widgets to the columns

This is the exact default BP 1.2 theme with a custom page and functions to allow a widgetized page.

report bugs below

Screenshot

http://img.skitch.com/20100216-k73mjprrffn7nq1r9tqn9xf452.jpg

Thanks Modemlooper. Is not also possible (anymore?) to just rename widget.php to home.php and add it to the BP theme?
Saves creating a page, setting it as home page etc (but I guess makes it harder to edit).
Not quite sure yet how the new template structure works, have some reading to do!

Anyway, cheers!

You could code a theme to force a widgetized homepage but I think it always better to have options. By using a page template you can include different home page layouts. I just transferred the classic home page over.

A test site

http://tempsg.com/buddypress

Hi there

Love it as its a great idea!!

That being said Not been able to get it to work.

do I upload the deafault themes folder or just the BP plugin themes folder?

thanks

wp-content/themes/bp-widget

Theme needs to be activated as the site theme. Its basically the same theme as the default with a new functions file and page template for the home page. It’s better this way so the buddypress upgrades will never be affected.

Thanks got up now but there seems to be a display issue. If I add more than one widget to a column the lower widgets header seems to wrap around the side of the upper widget.

Edit

Forgot to ask for help solving this issue!

what browser OS? I did not check this on everything and does my link above show the same results.

firefox and it looks like it might be an issue with the Recently Active Member Avatars widget. Seems to only be happening when the RAMW is onto of others.

Have a look http://jewsbychoice.org/

Oh and no ur links does not show the same reuslts

oh yeah that widget is made for the sidebar. i have trouble with it as well. Some widgets may go funky if its third party. I’ll work on that one and see if I can update the code. If I remember correctly it was missing some HTML.

quick fix till I figure it out. put an text widget right below the recent members widget and add

<br><br><br>

to the widget with no title

Thanks for response and workaround il check back re the proper fix.

Do you also have ideas to use the default bp-home theme on a users blog. The menu links should be fixed

Thanks very much for this widgetised homepage Modemlooper. Much appreciated.

hi modemlooper… using your great widgetized theme… however when i add a text widget with html text the layout goes funny.. any idea what’s going on?

thanks!

it seems the problem came when i used bold and italic in the text… with that removed now it’s working again

If you scroll up stef there is a solution that might work for you. It involves using
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