[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

Thanks @Chouf1 forsuch a  detailed response. Unfortunately WPMU is not an issue, I’m quite familiar with it and run it on alternative sites already. My current project is where my difficulties began.

WPMU with multiple sub-sites and mapped domains are all pre-configured and ready to roll. (Users can register, I can upload and post images etc etc)

BUDDYPRESS: The problem I have experienced over the past week has been Buddypress & bbPress is failing me.

What I’m therefore trying to achieve, or at least figure out  is exactly why….

Every time I step forward, from the point I’m at right now and install Buddypress with bbPress things fail! Problems I’m experiencing are as follows.

An inability to edit, spam, stick etc. Any ‘Sitewide Forum’ – (Group forums are fine)

E-mails do not get sent to subscribed users.

Site registration fails, email is sent but link with auth code in fails and no user is created.

What I’m trying to do here on my 6th complete new install is break things down step by step to see if its a process issue.

Theme is fully BP & bbP friendly, and all pages display excellently when BP/bbP is installed.

For the record I can also state that I use Buddypress on an alternate singular site with WP, no issues whatsoever.

This is my first BP WPMU Install and I can only say its been a complete nightmare, thus far. Hence why I asked the questions I have, trying to breakdown every aspect of my install, process of elimination.

Questions again –

Does one enable define ( ‘bp_enable_multiblog’ true ) prior to BP installation or directly afterward, or does it not matter.

Should one network enable BP & bbPress upon installation or not?

I have followed The Definitive Guide To BuddyPress & bbPress Configuration, over at http://labzip.com to the letter also, but on the last five occasions my WPMU BP bbP istall has failed, as described above.

Yes, savage troubleshooting headache…

P.S- Thanks for your Root Blog explination 🙂 Much appreciated.

 

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

Go to Dashboard/Settings/BuddyPress/Settings at the top, Check Show the Toolbar for logged out users.

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

OK, better attempt at explaining, requesting ‘some/”any” form of constructive and helpful replies’.

Network set-up: all latest

Plan: WP MU with BP & BB

Want BP to run through all sub sites.

Do I enable BP Enable Multiblog before or after BP install?

Do I Network Enable BP Then run wizard on all sites I want to display it on? (Is there a way to remove wizard warning, if I don’t want it on there?) Or is it a simple fact that by using enable multiblog, it needs to be on there even if it’s not used?

When should one use BP Root Blog and for what purpose?

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

HELP!

Could this all be an issue with the way I installed my network?………….

I have noticed further issues with buddypress & bbpress, sign up not performing or functioning, no bbpress mails being sent and the complete inability to edit etc ‘any sitewide forums. There may be more issues I have just not checked.

I installed network under sub-directories ‘then’ added domain mapping!

Should I have in fact installed the network sites via sub domains and then added domain mapping?

ie. BuddyPress does not work on installations where you give WordPress its own directory  ? 

Could this be my issue?

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

HI @mercime, thank you for your reply.

The set up is as follows;
New install: WordPress 3.5.1 MU joint Network with x7 Mapped domains

New install: Buddypress 1.6.4 Running all sites on Dynamix WP/BP theme

New install: BBPress 2.2.4 With Network & Group forums configured.

Buddypress has been installed ‘without’ the discussion forums tab enabled.

<code>define( ‘BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG’, true );</code> Is located in wp-config.

Set up for stewide & group forums from: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/ followed to the last note.

After further examination, it appears that I can edit group forums with no issues whatsoever, it is the sitewide forums that have the blocked actions, I literally can’t do anything with them. Page just refreshes.

Tried disabling all network enabled plugins which are; WP SEO (Yoast), WPMU Domain Mapping, Ultimate coming soon page & Join my multisite, to no avail.

It has me well and truly stumped ! The site is locked down under maintenance at the moment, but I’m happy to PM access to any moderator here if they felt it may help to see the issue first hand.

Regards,

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

I can confirm that this issue was SQL related, A fresh install on clean database resolved the matter.

Just out of curiosity (I have posted on BBPress support) and on the off chance someone may have had the same/similar issue over this neck of the woods. Once a forum/group forum post is created, I’ as keymaster cannot, edit,close, stick, merge, trash or spam them? The page simply refreshes with no action taking place.

Fingers crossed, someone, somewhere has had and indeed resolved the matter.

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

Thanks for the responses,

I have just disabled discussion forums in buddypress and group forums also are now working.

The bit I don’t get from that is, you are surely supposed to have this feature enabled so that your installation allows the forums to co-exist? As the line states: ‘Site-wide and Group forums allow for focused, bulletin-board style conversations.’ Are we therefore not just simply masking a deeper routed issue, or is this normal practice? One I’ve certainly never come across before.

I’m also failing to see public group forums within the set page /group-forums/ Instead, group forums are showing up just fine on and just below my sitewide forum page categories. (This is perhaps just another issue I should really address in another post, after a little more research) – Not send this thread off on a different tangent. Mentioned it here just in case it is a related issue.

[@dasped Participant 13 years, 3 months ago]

I’m having this exact same issue @chrchcol did you have any joy resolving the matter? 0300Hrs (Nightmare) !!