That’s default behavior of multisite installations whether BuddyPress is installed or not.
There are a variety of ways to make a sitewide main navigation. One of the ways is http://wpmututorials.com/plugins/networkwide-menu/
Thanks @mercime. I found this one yesterday but was having some difficulty getting it to work. I am brand new to wordpress so this is most likely the reason. 🙂
I need to go to my main blogs dashboard and go to menus. Then just create my menu from the links on the left correct? Or am I totally off?
I did notice I have this on the left side:
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If I choose one of these navigation options it becomes the only nav link on the main blog but still doesn’t translate over to the other blogs on the network.