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You’ll need to upgrade your theme @gossyomega1

Change to bp-default theme and deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress. You might also want to check out and post at theme’s support forums http://themekraft.com/support/

Troubleshooting at this time. The more information you can give about your WP installation, the better – server. PHP version, etc. If you have any other plugins aside from BuddyPress activated, deactivate them and change to bp-default […]

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Feel free to help.

For issues with the bbPress plugin, please post at https://bbpress.org/forums/

EDIT- took too long to answer, didn’t see you there DJPaul.

bp-default theme is updated along with the plugin. Nested comments will be available in BP 1.3

If you auto-upgraded from backend, download a fresh copy of BuddyPress and upload manually to your plugins folder.

What’s not clear is what you have done so far and if you have indeed created a child theme of bp-default. Help us help you.

I assumed you wanted to use the bp-default theme. But it’s bad practice to make the changes there because those will be overwritten when you upgrade BP. So it’s prudent to create a child theme of bp-default theme – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/
Note: Unless a developer takes over this plugin, it won’t be updated for BP 1.3

http://bp-tricks.com/coding/manage-group-creation-by-creating-a-group-request-form/
Note: Haven’t tried it myself but looks good.

If you’ve created a child theme of bp-default, you could disable the custom header function by adding the following to your theme’s functions.php
define( 'BP_DTHEME_DISABLE_CUSTOM_HEADER', true );

From that point on, you could search for a plugin which does what you…[Read more]

Which tutorials have your read?
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Using bp-default theme, if you allowed registration in your single WP or multisite, then the registration page will show up when visitors click on “Register” link.

@spreadinglove since your forums are generated via bbPress plugin, I suggest asking this question at https://bbpress.org/forums/

Did you check registration if you deactivate Typepad spam blocker as well as all other plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme?

Could be that it’s the Event Manager plugin which is not working with BuddyPress. Does the event manager plugin you’re using work on the bp-default theme?

You have to more specific like WP/BP versions? Which theme are you using? If you deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to bp-default theme, does the same behavior show up or is it fixed?
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@hawkd215 Since BP Social is a premium theme, you should be able to get free support from theme author who knows all the nuances of the theme — which is not available to those of us who didn’t purchase the theme.

You would have to be more specific – site URL would help us help you.