[@knight_ Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

I was shoping it’s a matter of replacing some core files or perhaps there’s some obscure plugin somewhere.

Multiple theme issues and various other problems. Registration errored out etc. I’m also concerned about losing the core modifications as well. Unfortunately I haven’t researched the custom mod/plugin route.

I really want to upgrade. I’m very interested in the future BP releases with privacy features. I need to figure out a way to reproduce the site locally or elsewhere and test it out until I come up with a procedure for upgrading. There’s no way I can do it on the live site.

[@knight_ Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

#4 is resolved too.

So my biggest headache is the cropping tool.

As a workaround I removed the abillity to upload an avatar/profile picture during registration since it uploaded a black box.

User are able to upload and crop an avatar but virtually every single one is complainging about that function. Multiple issues.

I tried to upgrade to 1.1 but it was too problematic. Got way too many errors all over the place. It’s tough to upgrade with a custom theme, especially when I have also modified core files. In the near future I’d like to offer an expert here a generous bounty to do the upgrade for me while maintaining all customizations of my theme. I have over a hundred active members now so hopefully this can be tested remotely, but I digress.

Question, is it possible to replace the crappy cropping tool of 1.0.3 without upgrading to 1.1 ? There must be others in my situation who are unable to upgrade to 1.1 but would like to get a better cropping tool.

[@knight_ Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

#3 is resolved. Jeff nailed it!

#1-2

Since I have customized BP quite a lot (no admin bar, so all the links are in the individual pages etc.) I’m quite scared of upgrading to 1.1. Will an upgrade to 1.1 only overwrite my changes to the “core” files in plugins/buddypress? It wont affect anything in bp-themes/mytheme correct? Can I backup plugins/buddypress and then restore it if 1.1 completely messes up my installation?

#4 Can you give me pointers? Couldn’t find any past posts dealing with this issue. Any global configs? This feature is going to keep away a lot of users from actively participating unless I find a way to disable it.

Thanks again for all the answers. Much appreciated.