Ok something very strange going on. I did a fresh install of wordpress & deleted tables in database. Went in to WP admin and all ok. Went to ‘Settings – reading’ and I can see that I can select homepage & blog page using dropdown.
However as soon as I activate buddypress and go back in to ‘Settings – reading’ the dropdown to select static homepage is no longer there! This is obviously related to my above problem with no page dropdowns within buddypress settings.
Also any pages I create are not showing up in my themes navigation menu. Its as if WP is not reading any pages I create and treats it as if I have no pages.
If I deactivate buddypress the problems persists and i need to delete database again.
Also, know of any way to add members (signup) without having to click on activation link as I have it installed on my local machine (via MAMP). Just for testing purposes.