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You should post here – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/forum/ and I would suggest that you be more specific about what kind of customization/work you want done. There’s customization and there’s “customization!” 🙂

@vanisla – It will be easier if you have HTML/CSS and WP theming experience. Check out this template pack walkthrough for some ideas – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

You can borrow styling from lines 291 – 1750 of the default.css of bp-default theme.
https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.6/bp-themes/bp-default/_inc/css/default.css
Then adjust/customize styling to taste.

@gunju2221 we’re in trouble-shooting mode and just crossing out what could have happened to your installation. Sometimes it could be the simplest of things to an issue that requires creating a ticket in trac. All volunteers who help out in these forums asnwer based on what your posted. The more specific info we have on your […]

@prionkor yes, it’s clear now. You would have to add the 2nd sidebar yourself in the files moved over to your active WP theme when you went through the BP Template Pack Process.
Here’s a walk-through example which could give you some clues on what to expect or how to proceed -…[Read more]

Here’s another way of using your current WordPress theme with BuddyPress – http://bp-theme-converts.com/convert-buddypress-theme-to-wp-theme/ See popular WP themes converted- http://bp-theme-converts.com/category/bpthemes/ As for BP Template Pack, it needs to be updated whether it’s for someone who knows how to code or for those who don’t know how…[Read more]

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#forums-setup
BP/WP versions?

@Buckycat7 no apologies necessary. Many ways to go about theming the BP Project. On my end, if BuddyPress is a section of a full-blown CMS, then I would create a child theme of my framework and install the BP Template Pack (not yet updated for BP 1.2.6 however) in secondary blog of multisite and adjust HTML/CSS […]

copy login form from line 40 to 52 of https://trac.buddypress.org/browser/tags/1.2.6/bp-themes/bp-default/sidebar.php
look at codes before and after those lines and see which other parts you need in your theme.
this is assuming you have the BP Template Pack installed and working with your WP theme.

“I am working with a two column site where i installed BuddyPress” Not clear whether your current theme is WordPress theme with BP Template Pack or are you using child theme of bp-default theme. Adding sidebar to bp-component pages involves the same amount of work as adding a sidebar to a regular WordPress theme. You […]

https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates and widgetize it.
Add http://bp-theme-converts.com/buddypress-log-inout-widget/
Then change the old static page in front page to the new one you created. After all, there can only be one home page, normally.

@rogercoathup very very nice child theme! Well done 🙂

check this out – http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-profile-for-blogs-widget/

sure you can remove the bar from your site
define ( 'BP_DISABLE_ADMIN_BAR', true );

Same way you do with WordPress blog theme. Either create – home.php with the HTML, special widget area, and/or login code etc. Then upload to active theme folder. OR – special Page Template with special widget area for login and/or login code.. Then Page > Add New with title Home and associate page template, Publish. […]