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@eable good idea to test on the Twenty Thirteen parent theme. If it works then you’ll know something is up with the child theme.

Will I mess up WordPress’s ability to see them all, if I drag them all over?

There’s no harm in dragging them all over. And yes, you do need to retain the folder structure.

@eable apologies I didn’t realise you were using a child theme. You’re right, just style.css is required in that case.

@eable so your theme contains just the /buddypress/ folder and style.css and 404.php files? I think that might be your problem. Themes must include an index.php file. Try adding one and see if the problem is resolved.

Hi @eable,

The directions look like they mean for me to move the whole of /buddypress/ into my child theme

Be careful not to copy the whole BuddyPress plugin to your child theme. Just the templates should be copied. As you mention in your post, the templates are found here /bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/

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