mercime? Any other mod willing to help?
@MrHatchet
– What WordPress theme are you attempting to integrate with BuddyPress? Did you check out https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/ ?
– Did you install and activate the BP Template Pack plugin then go through the Compatibility Process? Strange, the plugin does not mess around with header width.
Also – it’s a custom built theme from Artisteer.
Artisteer – ouch! 
Tell me you don’t have a div id=”content” in your Artisteer and we could swing it by only adding two files to your Artisteer theme to make it compatible with BP. If not, we have to revise 16 files to make theme compatible with BP plus some styling tweaks and you’re done.
Go to pastebin.com
Open up your theme’s header.php, footer.php, index.php, page.php and sidebar.php
Copy source of header.php and paste it to pastebin.com, click submit, and post the generated URL here.
Same goes for the footer, index, page and sidebar
I understand you want to make all BuddyPress pages full-width. If it’s not-too-crazy do-able, I’ll post the how-to here. If not, I’ll let you know.
Re: sidebar.php source – that’s the bp-default theme sidebar.php . Are you sure this is your theme’s sidebar.php? Also, you don’t want any sidebar, right?
As for codes in page and index files: give no clue what HTML structure `art_post();` generated to make your header width go awry and render background color wrong, etc. Go to a regular page e.g. About in your site where the Artisteer theme is activated and go view source code. Copy source code and paste to pastebin.com and post generated URL here. You might want to replace references to your site name in source code before pasting to pastebin.com – up to you.
http://pastebin.com/GVL84FAZ
Theres the source…. you were right that was not my theme’s sidebar.php…. can’t find it…DOH! I will look for it again.
I do not want any sidebar on BP pages… I want to keep the sidebar on the homepage.
If I can give you access and send a payment to do this for me I’d be happy to. Trying the best I can…..wish I knew more about all of this.
(edit) I cannot find sidebar.php in my themes root folder. All of the other php files were located in the theme’s root folder. Do you know where I might find it?
Disclaimer: Not quite sure if this will work out. The good thing is that if it doesn’t, you only have to delete the header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php that you created and revised from your Artisteer theme folder.
1. Open up your Artisteer theme’s header.php with text editor and Save As header-buddypress.php in your Artisteer theme folder.
2. Open up header-buddypress.php
2.a. Replace `<body >`
with “
2.b. and at the very end of the file (below other code) add this:
`
`
3. Save file
4. If you don’t have sidebar.php in your theme’s folder, create a blank sidebar-buddypress.php file and save it in your theme’s folder.
5. Open up the blank sidebar-buddypress.php and paste this at the very top
`
`
6. Save file.
7. Open up your theme’s style.css file and add the following to the very end of the file to center your background image:
`/* Body Background */
body { background: #000000 url(“images/page_t.jpg”) top center no-repeat; }’
Then add the style found at middle of this page https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ below the Body Background style you placed above.
Adjust style to taste.
Maybe it’s easiest for me to post a picture of the current style with a photoshop of how I’d like it to look. The sidebar is now at the bottom of the page. I need the forum and BP pages full width without the sidebar info anywhere on the page. Again, I don’t mind paying for help and granting you access to WP and FTP. Can speak on Skype or phone to better explain myself. Anyone offer that type of support?
Thanks for the continual effort…
current style: http://truejuggalofamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Current-Style.jpg
how I’d prefer it look: http://truejuggalofamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/How-I-Want-It-To-Look.jpg
profile example: (current) http://truejuggalofamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/current-profile.jpg
pastebin of this: http://pastebin.com/CGdkY6yn
desired profile: http://truejuggalofamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Desired-Profile.jpg
pastebin of this: http://pastebin.com/bcCTk28q
Also, when I try to install site-wide forums it says, “Latest Version Installed”…. however, if I try to Uninstall “Group Forums”…. they only appear to uninstall. When I reload the page it goes back to the way it was before I uninstalled the group forums… almost as if I’m forgetting to hit a “Save” button… hmm?
== if I try to Uninstall “Group Forums”…. they only appear to uninstall. ==
Remember to backup database first https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/4/#uninstall-forums
As for your Artisteer theme. I will post another solution in a few minutes, but the navigation etc will be hardcoded.
Delete the header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php created before. Create new BLANK header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php and footer-buddypress.php and add content per info below
header-buddypress.php – http://pastebin.com/1Z7rgejT
sidebar-buddypress.php – http://pastebin.com/29rHqhip
footer-buddypress.php – http://pastebin.com/MCvy7kMU
As you’ll see, many items from your theme are hardcoded. This will hold you till you get someone to do the dynamic files with your Artisteer theme.
http://truejuggalofamily.com/forum/ Dunno what I did wrong, but I did something wrong.
You have the right idea with my BP pages…. (full width is correct) thanks a lot. But…where do I find the text size, background, etc… is that some type of bp.css? If I can be pointed in the right direction I can handle the customization on the css. Text size and a few color changes, I’m good from there.
Bless you mercime! Please give me a paypal account and I’ll send you a donation?
You deleted the group forums right? Install the sitewide forums and use the forum slug https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/2/#bp-sitewide-forums
Let me know how it works out.
The bp.css file from the BP Template Pack plugin is enabled in your site. Do not disable it, just override styles when you want to in your theme’s stylesheet. Use Firefox with add-on plugin “Firebug”, you can right-click the element (div, ul, etc.) and see what style you need to override in your Aristeer stylesheet .. in WP themes,you can change/add styles in the style.css file, I assume it is the same in Artisteer theme.
For example, if you want to make the background darker for the activity comments, you can add this at the bottom of your stylesheet:
`/* BuddyPress styles */
div.activity-comments > ul {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #CCCCCC !important;
}`
Notice the !important I added there (you might want to make it darker than #cccccc). You’d need to use that to override bp.css styles which are enqueued after your style.css
Please donate instead to the American Red Cross. Thank you. They have great volunteers there
I’m doing a new install and have deleted all elements of buddypress (i believe). Going to try it fresh…. then add the suggested code. Trying to repair the forums now as well. Thanks.
Wow….super frustrated. I’ve completely deleted every file associated and followed all the suggested steps. The forums are still giving me problems….. don’t know why this url http://truejuggalofamily.com/boards is retained in memory. You can see it when you go to http://truejuggalofamily.com/members/activity …
The full page width worked again but the new forums do not follow the full width rule and they’re not syncing with the assigned forums. ie. if I name the forums “Forums” when I set up directory “Discussion Forum”… I create the new page, assign it as the directory, hit view and it’s not there. Can’t find the forums I create on the homepage navigation, I can only view the new forum created after I create it (view page) or with a direct link: http://truejuggalofamily.com/forums/forum/test-forum
No matter how I create a main forum or category….. It’s like its not working. I also deleted every config file I could when I did the new install.
So confused why this wont work….
Ive tried to use Firebug and I’m only getting angrier. http://truejuggalofamily.com/wp-content/plugins/bwp-minify/min/?f=wp-content/plugins/bp-privacy/css/privacy_settings.css,wp-content/plugins/picbox/css/picbox.css,wp-content/plugins/bp-template-pack/bp.css
I’ve check every each of the css files and cannot find where to change the background color and cannot locate (line 254).
I’m trying like crazy here but cannot complete any of the things you suggest. Would love to give you access to help me with this…. or get on skype…. anything.
Anyone in the forum who can provide support….I only need minor tweaks and functional forums. Please help?!
Deleted it all again, reinstalled it all again. The only thing that can be causing the issue buddypress php files.
mercime – should I look elsewhere for help… I understand if you’re too busy to help and hate to bother ya.
Sorry about the delay. Pls. contact r-a-y if he’s available for the project http://emailray.wufoo.com/forms/contact-ray/
