[beingblissful]

Hi James,

Wow – you’ve done some beautiful things with Salutation! Looks great!

I, too am simplifying the forums – site wide, general only (no group forums).

Thank you for your voice of experienced wisdom and the usage tips!

🙂

[beingblissful]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the tip about starting a new topic for my post – will do now and include the specifics of what I need help with 🙂

Hi Kevin,

Not really comfortable to chat personally at this point. In fact, not really comfortable to publicly bag Salutation theme either!  First time ever for me to speak so negatively about something I invested in online.

Certainly some people have managed to get the theme working well so for those who have good understanding of Buddypress and BB Press, it’s an excellent option. There are just a lot of holes that need to be filled in for newbies and the support forum available through Salutation leaves much to be desired for the total beginner.

Yes, the video tutorials are great! And I did find much help there. However, once again, it’s assumed that you already have a thorough understanding of Buddypress and how it works. I don’t so was often left feeling confused and uncertain about to create exactly what I want.

One more thing on Salutation – I originally contacted their theme support via email to request professional support – almost 2 weeks ago. I got one email response back 5 days later saying they would pass it on. I have heard nothing from them since hence me posting for professional support here at Buddypress 🙂

I wish you much luck, Kevin! I’m sure that you’ll find the perfect solution very soon 🙂

[beingblissful]

Hi Kevin,

I wish I could recommend Salutation theme but alas I cannot.

I am very comfortable with WordPress and have been designing websites from purchased themes for several years now and this was my first venture into the world of forums.

The theme itself looks awesome – the main problem is the work I had to do to get the theme looking exactly like the demo – when first installed, Salutation does not communicate cleanly with WordPress so it comes out jumbled with static blocks all over the place. The work I had to put to figure out how to get it to look exactly like the demo alone was astronomical (and the demo was why I bought it).

The support available was very basic. I would ask a lot of questions and be given half an answer – frustrating and very time-consuming. I could not figure out how to work it out myself – a very unintuitive theme.

The videos are excellent and I did find some help there but here I sit… 50+ hours later with a beautiful website that does not work because I can’t get Buddypress to play nicely with Saluation… Hence, my request here for some professional assistance.

Hope this helps, Kevin!

🙂

[beingblissful]

Hi there!

I need some professional support.

I have put 50 + hours into buddypress and the current theme I am using for a new website (Salutation) and have come to the end of my tether.

I cannot get this working myself. (the website is http://www.tigressyogateachers.com)

Can you please point me in the direction for where I can find some professional help? All of the problems are centred around getting the forum working correctly and someone who is familiar with Buddypress will certainly be able to help me – quite easily I imagine!

Thank you so much and I’m looking forward to your response as soon as possible!

🙂