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Hi folks,
Last night I installed wordpress and then buddy press. I have a number of problems right off the bat……
Firstly I can log in with the admin account I setup at install but if I try to create a new user there are problems. No email verifation is sent. The new user can’t access profile etc (there’s no ‘Howdy ******’in the top right) and no admin bar there either as in admin account, there’s no login/sign up screen when you first access the site and once logged in there’s a login/sign up widget remaining on the right sidebar. In admin panel/users the new user was created.

Secondly I installed a gallery plugin but where’s the link to the users galley etc. ‘Admin’ seems to have some funtionality but not a new user. Then again even as admin I cant see a ‘galley’ link. How do I fix that?

I’m setting this up as a way of kids, who live, sail or travel in odd places around the world, to hook up. I’d like to have a ‘blog’. ‘Gallery’, ‘Profile’ etc link on the menu bar to keep things simple (the edit profile seems a bit fussy too for most kids), is that possible and if so how do I go about it?

Regarding the first issue, have I got a bum install here, should I reinstall or can I fix it somehow.

Sorry if I sound garbled I’ve got 4 screeming kids around and it’s hard to think!

My url: http://www.cruisingkidsonline.com/soc/
admin panel: http://www.cruisingkidsonline.com/soc/wp-admin/
Pass: admin, admin

Test user: joblogs pass: user
Am I barking up the wrong tree using wordpress/buddypress for a kids site?

Cheers,

Jon