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Hugo updated the For All Users page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

This section of the codex covers all you should need to know about getting started with BuddyPress. before installing – things to know and consider, Installing & configuring your first BuddyPress install, & […]
Hugo updated the Checking for Active Components in Plugins or Themes page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

BuddyPress plugins (and sometimes themes), in order to extend (or display the content of) BuddyPress components generally use their hooks, their functions, template tags or even template parts. In order to avoid […]
Hugo updated the System & Server Requirements page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

System and Server Requirements
Minumum Requirements for WordPress 3.5.1 and BuddyPress 1.6.5

PHP 5.2.4 or better
MySQL 5.0 or better
Apache Module mod_rewrite enabled for “pretty permalinks”
WordPress […]
Hugo updated the Legacy Docs page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

This section is a historical collection of documents that are now outdated or superseded by later BuddyPress versions.

They are maintained as an archive.

On the right there are subpages of legacy docs for […]
Hugo updated the Developer page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

Welcome to the BuddyPress Developer Codex, the online manual for BuddyPress Developers and a living repository for BuddyPress information and documentation.

On the right you will find subpages of Developer help […]
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Missing sidebar and layout issues with BuddyPress 1.8.1 and my WordPress theme in the forum Installing BuddyPress 11 years, 1 month ago

No what you are describing having started is a theme compat approach renaming page.php to buddypress.php ( that can be located for neatness in /buddypress/ or /community/; mercim’s post directly related to using the now older bp-default theme files copied over now you have started on theme compat stick with it, your issue is going to be that the…[Read more]
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Including jQuery causes some BuddyPress functionality to stop working in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting 11 years, 1 month ago

Question is why on earth are you using bootstrap!

Second question is isn’t jquery enqueued anyway!
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Show custom user meta fields on user profile page in the forum Requests & Feedback 11 years, 1 month ago

You would need to build a script to map the usermeta over to bp profile fields, then they will display automatically in the profile screens.
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Missing sidebar and layout issues with BuddyPress 1.8.1 and my WordPress theme in the forum Installing BuddyPress 11 years, 1 month ago

just updated my last comment as you do have a choice to still follow older principles in building BP themes.
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Missing sidebar and layout issues with BuddyPress 1.8.1 and my WordPress theme in the forum Installing BuddyPress 11 years, 1 month ago

So you couldn’t have been telling the theme to use sidebars on BP pages? It’s not BP aware, BP still works on the principle of a blank placeholder page with a name i.e ‘members’ but it renders that screen view via page.php if it doesn’t find other file names first (as outlined in the codex)

The template pack post is now outdated, don’t follow,…[Read more]
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic Missing sidebar and layout issues with BuddyPress 1.8.1 and my WordPress theme in the forum Installing BuddyPress 11 years, 1 month ago

No the current theme compatibility documentation is up to date and doesn’t say don’t follow 1.7 steps. 1.7 introduced theme compat, 1.8 just extended the template hierarchy, you need to follow the steps outlined for creating child themes, creating a buddypress.php file based on page,php and then that buddypress file will need to updated to work…[Read more]
Hugo updated the Installation Process – an overview page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

Before installing BuddyPress, please make sure that you’ve checked the minimum server requirements.

Automated Installation

Download and install WordPress.
Head to your “Plugins > Add New” menu in […]
Hugo updated the Using BuddyPress with WP MultiSite page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

This page requires adding.

Authors please note when you edit this page or ‘take it over’ please ensure you adjust the page ‘Author box to reflect your name.
Hugo updated the User Guides page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

Welcome to the BuddyPress User Codex, the online manual for BuddyPress Users and a living repository for BuddyPress information and documentation.

On the right you will find subpages of user help […]
Hugo updated the FAQ page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 1 month ago

Where can I track BuddyPress development?

Ask a question on the forums
Report bugs and view patches on the BuddyPress Trac server
Join the #buddypress-dev IRC room on Freenode.
Check out the BuddyPress […]
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic How to get the profile field name and its value in the members loop? in the forum Installing BuddyPress 11 years, 2 months ago

@whitewolf1988
Your attitude on this matter is a little off, people are not upset because they stand to loose something it’s not about that whatsoever. You should care if you upset people! 🙂 why upset people just to satisfy your requirements?

and this statement beggars belief:

You have to ask yourself what did they ever do for you? I seriously…[Read more]
Hugo Ashmore replied to the topic BP Template Pack in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting 11 years, 2 months ago

Technically that link shouldn’t have worked as this page is under the parent ‘legacy’ I’ve updated some of these template/theme pages with a clearer instruction that they are legacy docs and outdated.
Hugo updated the Configuring Components page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 2 months ago

This is Legacy Document
The details in this page have either been updated or are deprecated completely. Legacy Docs are retained for historic reference.

Settings > BuddyPress > Components panel
Settings > […]
Hugo updated the Installing Group and Sitewide Forums (v1.6) page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 2 months ago

This is Legacy Document
The details in this page have either been updated or are deprecated completely. Legacy Docs are retained for historic reference.
Installing Group and Sitewide Forums (v1.6)

The […]
Hugo updated the Installation Wizard page, on the BuddyPress Codex 11 years, 2 months ago

NOTE: This information is for BuddyPress installations up to version 1.6.5 only. There is no installation wizard for BuddyPress version 1.7 and above

After installing and activating BuddyPress, you will see an […]
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