[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

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. Then go to Settings > Reading and choose – static front page with name of page as home page.

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Just added this at the bottom of Codex FAQ page https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/faqs/
Feel free to improve wording

Can I run multiple instances of BuddyPress in a WP Multisite installation?
No. BuddyPress can only be activated once in either the main site or a secondary blog of a WP Multisite installation .

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Free = Wire = Wall : http://buddydev.com/buddypress/bp-wire-plugin-updated/
Premium – BP Gallery: http://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-gallery/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

@nahummadrid check out both plugins by @modemlooper
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-share-it/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-tweet-button/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

@desha, You’re welcome. You add new style in active theme’s style.css file.

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Or, you might want to install the BP Wire plugin (ala Facebook wall)

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Via CSS – add `body.groups #item-actions { display: none; }`
or
create bp-default child theme and copy over groups/single/group-header.php following folder structure and delete lines 3-21

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Create a child theme and add header.php into it. Then wrap the BP components including bp_nav_items in conditional tag https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

@csbarrett 1st, you should have mentioned that you were using the Citizen Kane bp-default child theme.
2nd, the only CSS it has directly imported from the bp-default theme is the adminbar.css therefore can’t fathom what you mean by “pulling both header images” and “overriding the bp-default header.css”.
3rd, perhaps @modemlooper, the theme author, can shed some light on your theme issues.

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

You need to revise HTML structure in BP templates transferred to your active theme in Step Three of the compatibility process. Plus copy some styling from bp-default’s style.css and adjust to taste.
BP Template Pack Process – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
Template Pack Walkthrough – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

– create a bp-default child theme,
– copy header.php from bp-default theme folder and add to child theme,
– open up header.php and delete lines 51- 77 and line 81, save
– upload child theme folder with the revised header.php and style.css to server

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

What @djpaul said, no shouting please.

“when i try to go to the forums setup to get it to work and click on install on an existing installation it alwats sd cannot find bb-config.php file no matter what directory i use.”
Assuming you understood that the terms “existing installation” refers to existing bbPress installation, then point to the folder where you existing bbPress is installed. Otherwise, check this out https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#forums-setup

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Simple revisions via adding some styles in active theme’s style.css file
#1 can be addressed by adding `{ display: none; }` to specific widget’s avatar image
#2 which list are you referring to? In any case, add missing styles for the the overlapping images in lists with something like `{ float: left; clear: left; }` specific to the list ID or class
#3 can add styling like `body.members img.avatar { width: 35px; height: 35px; }`

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Hi @vmaia , check out this thread for some ideas.

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Great idea @r-a-y, ala Ning with front end posting and possibly using each member’s username as parent category or even post type.

@Shonnaedwards one way of doing allowing members to post articles without a plugin is by giving new users the role of “Contributors” or above just like many WP multi-author blogs thereby allowing members access to backend to post articles.

For a plugin solution, try this one https://buddypress.org/community/groups/one-quick-post/ where members can post from the front end and you can keep members/users’ roles to suscriber level.

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

@gregfielding check this out as well http://buddydev.com/plugins/one-click-mark-spammer-for-buddypress/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

BP Codex is your friend, BP requires pretty permalinks – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

1) Depends if you’re using the same theme/child theme for both/all blogs. If you are doing so, both should have same styles.
2) https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/ or https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yd-wpmu-sitewide-options/
3) see New Bkig Defaults plugin above

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

@hnla there was something about BP.org UX/UI in Ninjas forum topic and writeboard, but haven’t read one specific re bp-default. Is that in trac and/or discussed in BP IRC? In any case, count me in

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Group Blog

Blog Categories for Groups Plugin

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

BP Codex is your friend.
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/
https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/buddypress-forum/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

WP/BP versions? Did you change permalinks to other than default?

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

Not exactly. Check these out though
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-groupblog/

Blog Categories For Groups

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

“My host informs that when I installed wordpress it was not wordpress MU. Could this be the issue? “
No, that is not the issue. BP works in single WP.
But if you want to give your members their own blogs, then you have to go multisite, i.e. create a network.
You should also check out this article, before installing BuddyPress – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/

[@mercime Participant 15 years, 11 months ago]

That plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eventr/ was last updated 11-12-2008
Have you checked out BP Compatible Event Plugins
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jet-event-system-for-buddypress/other_notes/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/eventpress/