@Buckycat7 no apologies necessary. Many ways to go about theming the BP Project. On my end, if BuddyPress is a section of a full-blown CMS, then I would create a child theme of my framework and install the BP Template Pack (not yet updated for BP 1.2.6 however) in secondary blog of multisite and adjust HTML/CSS of template pack accordingly. If the project is full-blast social networking project, I would create a bp-default child theme and work from there. Welcome to BuddyPress.
I wouldn’t use the template pack. I’d create my own framework with the bp files inside or call them via a child theme. There isn’t a right or wrong way but the template pack is really for someone who isn’t capable of coding and a quick start to adding BP to an existing WordPress. If you go the template pack route then the files could be out of sync with the BP core.
Here’s another way of using your current WordPress theme with BuddyPress – http://bp-theme-converts.com/convert-buddypress-theme-to-wp-theme/ See popular WP themes converted- http://bp-theme-converts.com/category/bpthemes/
As for BP Template Pack, it needs to be updated whether it’s for someone who knows how to code or for those who don’t know how to code. Check out Kobe Bryant’s site which uses BP Template Pack http://kb24.com/ specifically for BP components.
http://bp-theme-converts.com/ is down . Could any body tell me how to contact the Author?
Thanks !
https://buddypress.org/community/members/thekmen/
though he hasn’t been active for close to two months.
@mercime
Thanks !
Any body have a copy of converted p2 theme for Buddypress ?
Thanks!
I don’t have a copy sorry and notice the site is down from the author http://bp-theme-converts.com/
Hopefully someone else will have a copy or the author’s site will be back up soon.
Creating a child theme really isn’t that hard, and you aren’t relying on a 3rd party to maintain a plugin.
First I created a new folder in the usual WP themes location, and named it child theme.
Then I grabbed the header and footer pages from the buddypress/themes folder, and edited them for my page, saving in the new Child theme folder.
Then,I used a basic generic WP framework to get started, and added some buddypress and wordpress php as needed – just cutting and pasting the loop, and BP stuff as needed.
Once the first page was made, I just would add or subtract the items needed for individual pages, blog pages, user pages, etc.
If you know just a little php, html, and CSS it’s not hard.