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1. You have to clarify what you mean by user’s page. You could allow each user to personalize their member profiles in some way via plugin […]

– Copy over header.php and sidebar.php from the bp-default theme into your bp-default child theme folder.
– Open up header.php and remove the search form there.
– Open up sidebar.php and copy then remove the […]

You might want to check the custom community forums to check if such issue has cropped up and any solutions or if no such issue was brought up, post in that forum about your issue.

If you want to check if the […]

After you make the changes, go to dashboard menu Settings > Permalinks and Save page.

Looks like your theme is missing the template hook for the button https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.3.1/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/member-header.php#L47

Looks like you resolved it already.

Separate issues. For the double page links, check your custom menu in Appearance Menus. As for the forum, which one did you create, the group forums or the sitewide forums? If group forums, did you associate it […]

@djpaul your plugin work on this? https://buddypress.org/community/groups/disable-activity-akismet/home/

WP/BP versions? Have you gone through basic troubleshooting like changing to bp-default theme and checking if issue is resolved?

No worries. Marking this as resolved then.

Have you done basic troubleshooting by changing to bp-default theme and deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress to see if issue is corrected?

You mentioned in another post that you were using BP Corporate Theme. Change to bp-default theme and see if issue is corrected. If not corrected, deactivate BP/WP plugins and/or functions which deal with […]

If you cannot access wp-admin then you have to deactivate buddypress-kaltura-media-component plugin manually by renaming its folder in wp-content/plugins/ via FTP/cpanel/etc. That plugin has not been updated for […]

Did you follow the installation instructions where you need to transfer a file into your theme’s folder in server? https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-privacy/installation/

Has she tried logging in with a different computer? Just might be something wrong with the one she’s using.

Build a bp-default child theme. Then at the bottom of the stylesheet, add the following:
div#sidebar {
margin-left: -352px;
width: 350px;
}

div#content .padder {
margin-right: 351px;
}

In simple terms, you need to update your BP Corporate theme.

You lost me at “but new members registering in these fields should never be visible only to the four basic fields “

The only plugin that I know of, a premium plugin, can do what you need (and much much more) http://wpebooks.com/replicator/ You can register and post in their pre-sales forums to confirm functionality you want.

First deactivate BuddyPress by renaming its folder in server manually i.e. via FTP/cpanel/etc.
Then when you can access wp-admin, deactivate all other plugins and then activate BuddyPress alone.