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HOLY SMOKES! i figured it out, the bp-custom.php file mustve been corrupted because i deleted and simply tried to replace the code. and now it works!!!

thanks for all the help @mercime!!!!

@mercime, but it doesnt change the fact that my members are still autojoining the group when they reply to a post. the original code only disables the autojoin when starting a new topic.

http://screenr.com/lyCs

@r-a-y @quint, yeah i already made a child theme. and am trying to figure out how to edit the header size. i followed the tutorial […]

@mercime, yeah im not sure what thats suppose to do. but as soon as i log out of admin, i get a bunch of error messages saying cannot modify header etc.

im still trying to disable the autojoin function. the […]

@sbruner, yeah i figured that out right before i read this. any chance you can help me out on this other topic
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/removing-group-auto-join/

got universal search to work. anyone know how i can add group documents to the search results page?

bump for more help?

@r-a-y, remove custom css from which file? default.css?

as soon as i put
?php

define( ‘HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT’, 300 );
?

into my functions.php, i cant access wp-admin dashboard. i get this message: […]

@sbruner, great news! i finally got it to work! thanks for the all resources and help man. really really appreciate it!!!! one last question, is the header widget suppose to be below the default buddypress banner? […]

@r-a-y, when you say (YOUR IMAGE URL HERE) do you mean just paste a link to the picture we want? How would i change these codes so that I can simply upload a new header image in dashboard and crop it to a certain […]

thanks for the help btw @ewebber

awesome suggestion ewebber. i found that line in the file forum.php located in bp-default/groups/single/. i made a copy of the folders and file into my child theme: childtheme/groups/single/forum.php. and i […]

@mercime, thanks for the help. although when i post as a test user, i don’t automatically join the group. BUT the phrase “You will auto join this group when you reply to this topic.” still appears.

any […]

@sbruner, on the homepage of my site, right below the header it says : “widgetize header, This panel is active and ready for you to add some widgets via the WP Admin”. same with the footer. yeah i copied and […]

@sbruner, okay that second article was a lot more easy to follow. so now it says my footer and header are ready to be used as widgets. but when i got to wp-admin/apperance/widgets, i only see the menu for […]

thats the only line i put into the bp-custom.php file. does that affect anything? and im pretty sure i put the bp-custom file in the right place.