[john@chalkandtalk.co.uk]

Yes as Brandon says

The solution is to add

define( ’BP_ENABLE_USERNAME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE’, true );

to the top of the define list in the wp-config.php file. Fixed for things like john.smith not sure about other characters.

Thanks Brandon – though I figured it out a wee while ago from a similar problem posted in BuddyPress Trac.

[john@chalkandtalk.co.uk]

ok I have to correct my own post – it is not old users and new users but users with a . (period or full stop) in their username. If a user has a period in their username the message system malfuntions.

[john@chalkandtalk.co.uk]

Hi

I find the cropping tool also missing in IE but it is fine in FireFox – so try firefox