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Isn’t this more a multisite in general question?

Also, to me, those plugins do two different things.

@djpaul needs codex / documentation is another trac tag I follow over in core WP. This would be for anything that requires a codex entry to explain.

Are you using the default buddypress theme? If not, you need the bp template pack to put the bp template files in your theme. that’s why they won’t work.

Tyr one of these plugins to change the mail-from address so the users’ email providers will deliver the mail.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=+%27Mail+From%27&sort=

“I installed a forum plugin and activated it and did all the amendments…but how do you add it to say the forum page.” Unless you wanted a completely separate forum, you didn’t need to add it separately with a plugin. The BP forums link goes to the internal forum that is built in and attached […]

And a link to your site will help. 😉 “it still ain’t happening.” isn’t much to go on to help troubleshoot. 😉

http://jobs.wordpress.net

http://wpcandy.com/pros/experienced/with-buddypress

And the sub sites work fine?

Check your mail logs on the server to see if it was actually *sent*. Not being sent and not being received are two different things.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
http://wpebooks.com/2010/09/how-to-enable-multisite-in-wordpress/

A link to your site please?

It’s automatically created at yourdomain.com/register/. If you;re logged in, you won;t see it… because you are already registered.

@4elle then start saving up for a VPS.

Has anyone tried just exporting the db tables from one site and importing them to another?

Everything (content/settings) is saved in the database. So if you export it from the old site and import it on the new, you have all your content.

Did you enable multisite? Yes or no.

She’s talking about existing members not showing up. Which they don;t until they come back to the site & log in after BP has been activated.

“how can I manage user profiles as SuperAdmin, thru the backoffice?” You don’t. You fill in your user profile on the * front end*. “it seems to recognize that there are 22 members altogether, but they will not show up in the list and are not searchable. ” Those members have to come back and […]

If you’re using a theme framework, there may be a hook you need to take advantage of. So yeah – talk to the theme author.