@dswd you would go with the jQuery version that current WordPress version is using because that’s what BuddyPress and other updated plugins are using. That’s a major reason why themes should not be dequeueing WP jQuery and enqueueing their own – bad form really.
@dswd current BP/WP versions are using jQuery 1.8.3 while there are themes and plugins who either use old versions of jQuery and some which enqueue version 1.9.1 and therefore not kosher. Check that.
@richardicanie BuddyPress is a plugin for WordPress. Hence, you need WordPress installed in order to install BuddyPress. For the forums, you install bbPress plugin in WordPress installation. You may install BuddyPress as well, but it is not necessary if you only want forums in your WP install.
If you already have a large membership in your WordPress site, then I suggest that you upgrade to at least VPS or better yet a dedicated server before activating BuddyPress.
@resom WP/BP versions? Have you gone through basic troubleshooting like deactivating all plugins exept BuddyPress and changing to Twenty Twelve or BP Default theme?
@globalvagabond What exactly don’t you understand about using the shortcode? If that’s not what you want, since you would choose the topics manually, you can just copy the topic title you want and add a link to each topic.
e.g. <a href="https://buddypress.org/support/topic/select-topics-to-show-on-frontpage/">Select topics to show on frontpage</a>
@drhidragmailcom the theme you purchases is promoted to be BuddyPress-compatible. Looks like your theme needs to be updated. Bounce theme demo shows bp.css while your theme is showing bp-legacy stylesheet. Theme author should be able to provide support for making your theme compatible with latest BP 1.7.2 version.
