@p2ab Seems like you already deleted your BP test site. When you first set up and test BP, recommend using the BP Default theme and not activating any other plugin.
@vegaskev maintenance mode has borked some plugins while testing. Have you tried removing maintenance mode for a minute or so to check if avatar upload issue is resolved then?
@vegaskev@ubernaut you both are certainly not marked as spammers or else you won’t be able to post in the forums at all 🙂 vegaskev, do edit your profile and change name to something other than your username
@daronna I assume that you’re on a Windows server thus trying to get pretty permalinks working as required by BuddyPress by appending /index.php. That method is not going to work with BuddyPress.
Have you done some basic troubleshooting like deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress and then checking if issue is resolved? what browser are you using?
@amanor check in Pages > All Pages if you have a page named Register. If none, then go to Pages > Add New and add the title e.g. “Join Us” (small anti-spam protection) and Publish.
Go to Settings > BuddyPress > Pages and select Join Us page for Register and Save settings.
Go to Appearance > Menus and add “Join Us” to custom menu.
I’ve installed BuddyPress but there’s no option for Admin to create forums or groups.
@feleciarose in BP Default theme, the groups create button shows up beside the title of Groups Directory page. As admin, you could always just append “create” to the groups slug. For example, http://example.com/groups/create and you’d get the group creation panel.
As for forum creation, which forums are you referrring to – sitewide or group forums?
I assume you also posted at Studiopress forums regarding this issue.
@tcbroonsie Please share the names of the two themes which did not work with BP 1.7 theme compat so that we can be prepared if others using the same themes post here with the same issue. Much appreciated.
Easiest test -> activate BuddyPress and check BP pages using Twenty Twelve. If it’s working as expected in your installation using Twenty Twelve but does not work with a WordPress theme you activate next, then there’s a problem with the theme. Either theme author has rewritten WP templating system or added layer/s of abstraction which prevents BP template parts from showing up in that theme, etc/
As for plugins, starting off with the Theme Check plugin – if you see any WARNINGS and REQUIRED issues showing up after you run the theme check, then it’s possible that the theme might not work with BP
