[Andrea Rennick]

Yes, if you are using Genesis Connect, please go to the Studiopress forums for an update.

[Andrea Rennick]

“Tried deactivating BP Template Pack and switched to default BP theme, but still not working. Also created a new group, but still not working. “

Please describe fully how it is not working when you are using the default BP theme.

If you cannot get it working using the default Buddypress theme – it’s not a Genesis issue and the plugin will not help.

[Andrea Rennick]

Do you have multisite enabled? That’s what powers the blogs portion.

[Andrea Rennick]

White screens are php errors. Check your error logs, they tell you exactly what is wrong. or turn on debug.

[Andrea Rennick]

And mercime gave the correct link already on creating a network (multisite).

[Andrea Rennick]

“, does Buddypress.org use multisites for its blogs and forums.”

YES. it uses multisite for individual blogs for each user. Full blogs like wordpress.com has.

“When i installed buddypress
and added the forums it says group forums???”

Ye,s the forums are attached to groups. that’s how it works here too.

[Andrea Rennick]

Did you add buddpress compatibility to the Arras theme?

[Andrea Rennick]

” that multisite thing
after i installed it took away the ability to even add plugins or update my theame “
No, it didn’t. It moved them to network admin. Multisite is what you need for extra blogs – this works even without buddypress.

Buddypress does not just add a theme – it does add the functionality that you;re looking for. please reads the docs.

The forums have to be enabled in the backend.

We are answering your questions – don;t post multiple time,s ,read the directions, ask when you do not understand instead of undoing things we told you that you need.

[Andrea Rennick]

on single, but I can;t see how it would do things with adwords just because multsite was on.

[Andrea Rennick]

Just to be perfectly clear, having multiple blogs is a feature built in to WordPress itself, not BuddyPress. BP just shows them if they are there.

[Andrea Rennick]

“well, I think I will really back to my phobia of plugins! this plugin just ripped me of 20 $ of google adwords advertising my website, and it caused any user who tried to sign up with creating blog in registration to tell them please check your activation e-mail! (theopposite of what it should do!) and this time it’s not sending e-mails at all even after long time because the plugin did it’s job at this side only!”

I actually tested this plugin last week – it worked for me and did none of the things you mentioned.

[Andrea Rennick]

” ( preferably not a plugin, Is there some code edits can achieve this)?”

It’s basically the same thing.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-disable-activation/

And your emails not getting sent out in time is a server setting.

[Andrea Rennick]

Whole list of people here:

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

[Andrea Rennick]

if you go to yoursite.com/register/ you should see it. if not, your registrations are OFF.

[Andrea Rennick]

Did you turn on registrations? Under Settings in the admin area.

[Andrea Rennick]

Headway just came out with a paid add-on for BP compatibility.

[Andrea Rennick]

“i set the permalink to custom “/” “

You filled n the wrong values. Basically what you put there will never work. On any theme.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Permalinks

[Andrea Rennick]

Did you look in the database for the old url?

[Andrea Rennick]

Please start a new thread so more people can see it.
Please link to your site.
Please post the things you *have* tried. Then we can help.

It works on new installs when I try it, so it’s something specific to your server.

[Andrea Rennick]

Use multisite instead.

Don’t add another wp install in a subdirectory. Enable the network on the main site. you can hav sub dir sites with it and they share a userbase.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

[Andrea Rennick]

StudioPress has a paid plugin to make their Genesis child theme buddypress compatible. you can do the work manually as mercime has suggested, or you can get the plugin. ask them over there.

[Andrea Rennick]

Turn off all your plugins, then enable them one by one to see which one is causing the error.

[Andrea Rennick]

Or, go back to using just bbpress and install a private messaging plugin if that’s all the extra you need?

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/private-messages-for-wordpress/
that’s just one i found.

[Andrea Rennick]

What theme are you using? What is the link to your site?

[Andrea Rennick]

The spammers google for your registration page. If they can’t find it there….

And I’m suggesting it as one to help – not the be-all end-all. Do that in conjunction with other things and it does help. I could also argue how captcha doesn’t work well for human too I’m not a fan.