I have created a network called Open Media Education (http://www.openmediaeducation.net/). In the super admin menu I created two new sites:

1) http://www.openmediaeducation.net//com480-sp11-jcu/
2) http://www.openmediaeducation.net//com311-sp11/

When I install the themes on the local sites I get different results. If I use the default wordpress theme it uses the local site title (for example, site #1). But when I use the BuddyPress theme, it uses the network name, and not the site name that I enter on the local site. So #2 reads “Open Media Education,” but it should say “Digital Media Culture – COM311 – JCU – SP11.” If I switch the the theme back to the default wordpress theme it displays the correct theme name.

How do I fix it so that I can use the buddypress theme but retain the local site name?

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 11 months ago]

If you open the header.php file you can see that 2010 theme and bp-defaut are calling two different site names. I don’t think this will work but you can try to add bp_site_name() instead of what 2010 uses bloginfo( ‘name’ );

The problem is new sites are not BuddyPress sites they are just using the same WordPress database as the main site. So new sites have their own names and such.

[@eltiki Member 13 years, 11 months ago]

Thanks for your reply. I’m new to creating a BuddyPress network of blogs. I was under the assumption that when I create a network and then add sites, that each site would be customizable. It seems to work with wordpress’ default theme, but not BuddyPress. Is this a bug, or is there something in the initial setup for the network that I need to enable so as to have the option of customizing each individual site? Thanks in advance for any help. Antonio

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 11 months ago]

When you create a new site it’s basically it’s own thing but shares user login. You can also share plugins and themes but you can’t have buddypress run on every site. BP runs on only one blog on your multisite install.

[@eltiki Member 13 years, 11 months ago]

Modemlooper, thanks. I now understand. I can’t run a social network within a social network. That makes sense, actually. Again, thanks for the help. Antonio

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 11 months ago]

A simple solution if you want all added sites to use same name is to type the name in the header.php title instead of calling it from database.

[@andrea_r Participant 13 years, 11 months ago]

Basically, to clarify: you only need to use a BuddyPress theme on the main site where Buddypress is activated. On the user blogs, just use a regular wordpress theme.

[@modemlooper Moderator 13 years, 11 months ago]

I searched and didn’t find but I swore someone had created a WordPress theme to look like bp-default @Andrea_r

[@finni3 Participant 13 years, 11 months ago]

@bowe made one.
http://bp-tricks.com/themes/bp-default-member-theme/forum/