[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

You’re welcome. Marking this as resolved then

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

You’re welcome

@rhek I’ve updated the additions to the bottom of the sidebar-buddypress.php above to include necessary script for the register page, please update your file.

== Could I ask if you do anything different from the instructions in the BP Compatiblity plugin? ==
Nothing different, just compared the HTML structures to determine whether compatibility could be done via the second method xxx-buddypress.php files or the 1st method (changing 16 template files). See how it’s done in Twenty Ten child theme and Twenty Eleven child themes
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-eleven-bp-1-5/

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Before anything else, I have updated sidebar-buddypress.php in post above to include necessary script for the register page near bottom of file.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

If that group chat has a template page, use “ instead of “ and at the bottom use “ instead of “

Then create header-garyheader.php and footer-garyfooter.php and add content.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

.htaccess file looks good for WP multisite with subdomain

Changing from your custom permalink structure to one of the non-default permalinks e.g. year-month and Save, then clear cache and check if issue is resolved.

(Btw, there should not be a double-slash after blog// )

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Open up sidebar-buddypress.php and add the following at the very top, above other code:

`
`
then add the following at the very bottom of sidebar-buddypress.php [updated]
`

jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});

`

Save file.

Upload both to wp-content/themes/shoutbox

Use some or all of the styling mods on BP components used in Twenty Ten https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

== The site is really slow ==
You know you’re right. And you only have BuddyPress and BP Template Pack plugins activated. Consider moving away from Windows server for WP/BP installation.

== I think footer-buddypress.php is not needed. ==
And you’re right again. Delete footer-buddypress.php from your shoutbox theme folder.

Open up header-buddypress.php and add the following at the very bottom, below other code:

`

`

Save file.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

BP/WP versions? That was an old issue which has been fixed some versions ago.

What do you mean by “loading” a theme, you mean activating it? And which theme are you loading/activating?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Deactivate BuddyPress and BP plugins, see if the same issue occurs. If the same issue happens, please contact theme developer.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

You’re welcome.

== only thing missing is the background image ==
That is because the body class .custom-background where your black background is added to is not automatically generated in the BuddyPress template files. If you are set in what your style is, you could copy over the body.custom-background styles to body { }

== If I got rid of the sidebar for a full width view, would it break? ==
Check if the theme has a full-width template file and make the changes in header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php per structure.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Open up sidebar-buddypress.php, at the top of the file, above other code add this:
`

`

then at the very bottom of the same file, below other code, add this:
`

jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});

`

Save file.

Upload to wp-content/themes/quickstart/

Re: styling of BP components. You might want to use some or all of the style modifications used in Twenty Ten theme https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

First of all, delete footer-buddypress.php, we won’t be needing it.

Open up header-buddypress.php and at the bottom of the file below other code add this:
`

<div id="post-” >

`

Save file.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

== I also tried to use some of the code in prior threads that helped others with this similar problem, but nothing worked. ==

Those won’t work because of different HTML structures in all probability. Let me check on what you’ve posted so far.

EDIT – Please confirm that the codes within header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php and footer-buddypress.php are original copies of your theme’s header.php, sidebar.php and footer.php respectively. That is, you have not added any other code to the aforementioned xxx-buddypress.php files.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

No problem Marking this as resolved.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Correct.

== If that’s true, I’m gonna have to rethink how I do future WordPress installations ==

True, but you could also export XML from one install and import that into a new WP site installed at domain root. Or, if that’s going leave behind other data you want to keep, have you posted at WP org forums to find a way to reverse the process of giving WP its own directory so that you could export clean DB from old install and import into WP installed at domain root.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Disable nested comments for Comments in Blog Posts or for Comments in Activity Streams? Either way, this can be done simply by changing/removing styles that indent nested comments.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

You mean https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory which doesn’t work with WP multisite either?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Sounds like you chose the Sitewide Forums. Add this shortcode to the Forums page
`

• • Installing BuddyPress
  • 23,840
  • How-to & Troubleshooting
  • 129,881
  • Creating & Extending
  • 25,908
  • Requests & Feedback
  • 9,553
  • Third Party Plugins
  • 9,832
  • Showcase
  • 3,316
  • Ideas
  • 1,402
  • Miscellaneous
  • 9,182

•  

`
or choose another or combination of shortcodes per https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-shortcodes

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

@soeasilyswayed you need to revise sidebar-buddypress.php per code updated here where script needs to be added in regiser page.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

== In the BP site directory listing, I want to add the title (and link to) the most recent post for each site. ==

What theme are you using? Change to bp-default theme because the title and link to the most recent post for each subsite within a WP multisite installation with BuddyPress activated is there in Blogs Directory called by “ == Latest Post: The title of the post with link to the post.

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

What theme are you using?
What plugins do you have activated? Specifically plugins which deal with activity streams and/or comments e.g. Akismet, etc? Have you tried deactivating plugins except BuddyPress to check which is interfering with your updated install?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Which forum are you referring to – Group Forums or Sitewide Forums?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Go to dashboard menu > BuddyPress > Settings – click Yes radio button for “Restrict group creation to Site Admins”

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

– WP/BP versions?
– Single WP or WP multisite?
– Shared hosting or VPS and above?
– Did you install WP manually or did you use webhost WP install script? The webhost scripts sometimes causes the server error when BuddyPress is activated.
– What theme are you using?
– What plugins do you have installed?

[@mercime Participant 14 years, 9 months ago]

Sorry to disappoint you, but no genius here

#2) I recall that issue. Add this to your theme’s stylesheet:
`#whats-new-options {
height: 30px;
}`
increase height as needed.