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Hi,

I’m trying to create a theme that will use a basic set of BP functions (primarily messaging) and I’m having some issues.

I’ve created WP Pages for the main functions with a custom menu bar which also shows the user name and number of messages in their inbox using:

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in()) : 
			  // get the currently logged-in user
			$user = wp_get_current_user(); ?>
			<li><a href="../cot_inbox.php">
			<button type="button" class="btn btn-info">
			<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span> 
			<span class="badge"><?php bp_total_unread_messages_count() ?></span>
			</button>
			<?php // echo the user's display_name
			 echo $user->display_name; ?>
			 
			  </a>
			</li>
			</ul>

The page cot_inbox.php is where I want to display the user messages. However, even though I haven’t yet added a message loop to the page (which I created manually) I still get “Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.”

So my questions are:

1) Is this a caching/stroke db issue? I did originally have a message loop on the page but removed it
2) What would be the recommended way to create an inbox/messaging page in Buddypress, if not by creating a new PHP page and adding in the content?

Many thanks,

Mark