[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

If renaming the BuddyPress folder in /plugins did not work for you, then rename the plugins folder itself t0 eg. /plugins-xx

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Simple way: create a favicon.ico file and upload to the root of your WP installation. Then copy over header.php from bp-default theme add the following under “:
“
Save revised header.php and upload to server into your child theme’s folder

EDIT – the `"` in the link should be `”`

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

In your child theme’s stylesheet, add:
`body { width: 960px; }`

what’s your preferred sidebar width?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Which IE version and in what device plus what theme are you using?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Glad you resolved this. Server hiccups arrghh

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Marking as Resolved by clicking on edit topic link, then adding `[Resolved]` and save changes.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Or, you might just need to add a shortcode `

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[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

For future reference – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

== I re-installed the BP Template Pack plugin. When I tried to activate it I got this error: “The plugin does not have a valid header.” ==

Usually, that happens because of:

1) double-nested plugin folder
– double check that plugin template files are in wp-content/plugins/bp-template-pack/ and NOT in wp-content/plugins/bp-template-pack/bp-template-pack/

2) Incomplete plugin file transfers
– download zip file of BP template pack plugin to your computer, unzip, then go to inside folder with files and upload via FTP to wp-content/plugins/

3) The “header” of the plugin in not valid
– could not be the reason in this case because this plugin’s header is valid for sure

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

@words2us add the following to your child theme’s functions.php file

`add_filter( ‘comment_form_defaults’, ‘mme_remove_default_html’);

function mme_remove_default_html ( $default ) {
unset($default);
return $default;
}`

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

I get:
“Sign Up Complete!
You have successfully created your account! To begin using this site you will need to activate your account via the email we have just sent to your address.”

El Registero button worky

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

== I attempted to install these plugins ==
You only need the BP Template Pack plugin.

== When I activated the BuddyPress Template Pack the BP Compatibility menu does not show up in Appearance (or any where else). ==
BP Compatiblity link does not show up in dashboard menu Appearance if BuddyPress is not activated

== The plugin does not have a valid header ==
Delete the BP Template pack plugin from your installation. Then activate BuddyPress plugin first, then download and install new BP Template Pack plugin files and activate.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Glad you have it resolved. Cheers

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

@allentan I have not used BP Album, but I am fairly sure that the developers there would have that covered. You can ask in their forums. Good luck.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Yes it is. And if you need support for BP Album/Media, you can post in their forums here at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-album/forum/

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

== I managed to get it to work now… I do the hard way, reset everything and start all over under a new folder /dev. Its working ==

Glad you resolved the issue.

== But alignment is Out a Little. http://learningdigitalphotography.net/dev/register/ ==

You’d need to realign your registration/register.php file again per our compatibility codes here

== I wanted to add this plugin to allow sharing of photo…buddypress-easy-albums-photos-video-and-music ==

Sorry I have never used this plugin. Be aware that per its WP Plugins page, it has not been updated for a while and that your images and other media assets will have to be stored in their server, not in your server.

There are two media plugins compatible with BuddyPress
– BP Album/Media – free
– BP Gallery – premium

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

There’s also this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-user-account-type-lite/ but you would have to add some redirects to special registration pages with different profiles for respective users.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Looks like the site is down as well.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

No, use same case, lowercase. Or was typo on the spelling and the case?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Backup your bb-config.php in computer hard drive. The information which should be the same with your wp-config.php is the name of the database, username, password and hostname.

e.g. if in your wp-config.php, you have
`/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘NM_rx001’);`
then in you bb-config.php, you should have
`/** The name of the database for bbPress */
define( ‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘NM_rx001’ );`

same goes for the username, password and hostname. In other words, do not change BBDB_NAME to DB_NAME

EDIT – did not see your 3 most recent posts while I was writing info above.

But wait, you posted
`bb file has
‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘faixxx?);
wp file has
‘DB_NAME’, ‘FAIHxxx?);`

but faitxxx is not the same as FAIHTxxx Do not post DB info here. You’re compromising your installation.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

WP/BP versions? If multisite, is BP installed in main site or in subsite?
Did you install WP via Network Solutions webhost script or did you install WP manually i.e. via FTP? If webhost script, start from scratch and upload WP manually.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

== When i click on install group forum… nothing happens. ==

Looking at your site, your Forums for Groups is already installed, otherwise there would be no “Forum” tab in your Group’s page like so http://faithteam.org/faithnotes/groups/faith-team/forum/.

Check that there’s a bb-config.php in the root of your WP installation in server (root == where you would also find the wp-config.php file), open up bb-config.php and double-check that the database DB information is the same as that of the database information in your wp-config.php file.

Go to your Group Forums Directory at http://faithteam.org/faithnotes/forums/ and right beside the page title “Forums Directory”, you should see a “New Topic” button and click on it.

== I had to install bbpress in a separate install. is that the problem? Can it be fixed? ==

You could also install the bbPress plugin aka Sitewide Forums in your BuddyPress installation. I suggest however, that we resolve the Group Forums (internal bbPress) issue before implementing Sitewide Forums. Unless you don’t want Forums for Groups anymore? …

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

== You’ll notice the drop down menu is getting cut off on all the BP pages. ==

Do you mean the BuddyPress select/dropdwown box? If so, see my note in D) above where I mentioned “You might also want to check out the style modifications made in BP Twenty Ten for reference … ” Add those styles to the bottom of your theme’s stylesheet.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Thank you for starting a new topic.

No, but it’s always good practice to backup your database and server files (including plugins and themes) regularly especially before upgrading site (BP or WP) and also before making major changes to your site.

– WP 3.3.1 and BP 1.5.5, right?
– Check BuddyPress > Components panel, are forums and groups enabled (they are by default)?
– Groups: When you say you cannot access groups, do you mean you cannot create groups?
– Forums: Which forum are you having an issue with, Group Forums or Sitewide Forums? Did you check this out https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 7 months ago]

Simply done, if you have a single WP installation
– DO NOT enable registration in Settings > General > Member
– add https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/absolute-privacy/
that’s it.