Re: BuddyPress plugins and theme not loading
Well, we really don’t have enough information about your environment to specifically offer assistance. Here are a few questions to get this started:
- Which version of Lighty are you running?
- Which version of WPMU are you running?
- Did you install WPMU as a directory or subdomain install?
- If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory
- Was WPMU functioning properly before installing BuddyPress?
- What permalink structure do you have setup in WPMU?
- Which version of BuddyPress (BP) are you running?
- Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files.
Also, how much experience do you have with installing and configuring Lighty? I ask this because I’m guessing that your issue is more than likely a server configuration issue having to do with permalink rewriting.
Was WPMU functioning properly before you tried installing and activating BuddyPress? In other words, could you create posts? Did they show up on the default WPMU theme? Could you navigate to them when clicking on their link? Did you receive any errors? You should not attempt to install BuddyPress until your WPMU setup is functioning perfectly.
People successfully run WPMU on LightTPD and Nginx web serving platforms. These two platforms do not support, do not use, .htaccess files. They cannot use .htaccess files. But, they can be configured to properly rewrite permalinks. The .htaccess file is not essential, not required, for WPMU to run properly. What is required is a facility to rewrite permalinks.
