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Did you read https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/
If you did, at what point did sitewide forum installation fail?

== My theme is the arras theme. ==

@allthingsbetting You could copy over some of the style mods to twenty ten theme to the bottom of your theme’s stylesheet then adjust to taste – esp div.item-list-tabs and […]

== Now the group forums will not uninstall. ==
@angrywookie There’s a final task for the group forums uninstall – delete the bb-config.php file generated when group forums were installed. You’d find […]

For sitewide forums (bbPress plugin) – add shortcodes https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/

You’re welcome. Marking this as resolved.

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.5/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/member-header.php#L29

@valusser the only one I know is premium plugin http://shop.shabushabu.eu/mapology.html by @Travel-Junkie

Try https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nofollowr/

Read http://buddydev.com/buddypress/buddypress-globalsitewide-unified-search-update-for-buddypress-1-5/

@raoulbeltra this plugin has not been updated for more than 14months which means it is no longer compatible with BP 1.5.5

There are two ways to make theme compatible with BP template pack – change 16 files (works in all WP themes) OR add foo-buddypress.php files (possible in some themes) – and it will depend on div#container […]

I’m using Membership with Buddypress

Membership plugin?

and the name won’t display in the user profile even though we are taking that information when they sign up.

What name? Username or display name? […]

Deactivate plugins except BuddyPress and BP Template Pack plugin (if you’re using it). Default WP/BP install privacy does not cause that behavior.

@famous you’re welcome. Marking this as resolved.

@wordpress-expert-1 re your domain name, awordpressexpert.com, please be advised

Under no circumstances is it permitted to use WordPress or WordCamp as part of a top-level domain […]

add to your wp-config.php file https://codex.buddypress.org/bp_enable_multiblog/

== If I can’t do that, then Buddypress isn’t going to work for me. I’m a newbie when it comes to wordpress and php ==

@naimickmac23 there’s no BP plugin at this time that does that for the Activity Stream. It […]

@j_p_s thanks for posting here. Looking forward to your update.

I suggest that you also post at https://wordpress.org/tags/buddypress-activity-plus?forum_id=10
log in with same username and password

answered here –> https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/bp-profile-redirect-question/