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Hi @dainismichel

What set-up do you use?

@dainismichel

When in doubt, back up your database! You’ve probably heard that lots of times but in situations like this where the outcome is uncertain, it is definitely worth being prudent.

searched a bit and apparently, the word on the forum-street is: there is no way to delete PM except through the DB. is that still true?

Are you referring…[Read more]

are there common factors involved in themes that make the activity stream submission look really good vs. really bad?

@dainismichel For regular WP themes, BP theme compatibility’s basic stylesheet with just a few tweaks in some cases is good to go, as seen in WP Default themes. For premium WP themes with expressed BP support, you should bring…[Read more]

@dainismichel Please make sure that any commercial theme you purchase is compatible with the latest version of BP. If it claims it is compatible with latest BP version, then they should fix the issue/s you have encountered.

Re child theme of the BP Default Theme: if you find that after adding
add_filter( 'bp_do_register_theme_directory',…[Read more]

@dainismichel I hope you created a child theme of bp-default instead of making your modifications on the bp-default theme directly. http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/the-future-of-the-bp-default-theme/

As for white screens, aside from increasing memory limits, have you tried renaming your child theme folder in server as well as deactivating…[Read more]

i think i did this by just not displaying the comment buttons in the activity stream … something like that.

@dainismichel go to Settings > BuddyPress > Settings – Activity Streams and check “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?”