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== user organize their friends similar to Facebook’s lists or Google+’s circles ==
No plugin available at this time.

== I need to fix up the alignment still (which is another problem) ==
@jakeyboy1989 Fixing alignment and making BP template files mesh in with your theme’s styles at […]

== Im still having some issues getting the template to work though. ==

@jakeyboy1989 I can see by the source code that you’re using Blogging News by Colorlabs. To help you fix alignment and some styles: open […]

And did you go through Appearance BP compatibility process? It looks like you have not finished with Step 3 – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#step-three – where you […]

B. At the bottom of the same 16 files, replace:!-- .padder --
!-- #content --
?php do_action( '//DIFFERENT HOOKS' ); ?
?php get_sidebar( 'buddypress' ); ?
?php get_footer( 'buddypress' ); ?

with […]

@artisantopia Per scan of your theme’s HTML structure, you’d need to use the first option, i.e., change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your Alyeska theme folder in server during the […]

== I am using custom admin bar from wpmu dev ==
Please contact wpmu dev for support or post at https://wordpress.org/tags/custom-admin-bar

Closing duplicate post of https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/remove-register-link-from-admin-bar/

@zturton you should be contacting the theme author for your premium theme. We have no ready access to the theme. Either there are missing files or you have to configure BuddyPress settings in theme options panel, […]

@storyaday change to bp-default theme and check if issue is corrected. If so, contact your custom theme author about the issue.

What theme are you using? Have you changed to bp-default theme and check if issue is resolved?

Change to bp-default theme and see if activation is fixed. If issue is corrected, please contact theme author of Custom Community about this matter.

@davidvess Sorry for the inconvenience. We are aware of the issue. You can search via Google in the meantime. Thanks.

@babray for multisite installations @valuser‘s recommendation is spot on. For single WP installations, you could consider http://buddydev.com/buddypress/blog-categories-for-groups-plugin/

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-members-loop/#accepted-parameters
e.g.

@khanyay what theme are you using? If you’re using a WP theme and activated BP Template Pack plugin and gone through Appearance > BP Compatibility. Make sure that you did not deactivate bp.css in the final panel.

== Do I have to separately install bbPress? ==

No, you don’t have to install the bbPress plugin if you want to use Group Forums at all. Go to the specific Group’s page Admin tab to manage your Group.

== I […]

That plugin has been tested up to WP 3.0.1 only == BP 1.2.6/1.2.7. It’s just weird that your site went down before even activating the plugin and that you don’t see the plugin’s folder in wp-content/plugins/ […]