[mfgmk]

it’s gonna be in your functions.php file around line 113, but i’m not sure if you can edit that file when you’re designing a child theme… already asked about it, so i’ll keep you posted on that since i’m hung up on that same issue. alternatively, you could just use the custom header option in the Appearance section to change your header.

define( ‘HEADER_TEXTCOLOR’, ‘FFFFFF’ );

define( ‘HEADER_IMAGE’, ‘%s/_inc/images/default_header.jpg’ ); // %s is theme dir uri

define( ‘HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH’, 1250 );

define( ‘HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT’, 125 );

function bp_dtheme_header_style() { ?>

<style type="text/css">

#header { background-image: url(<?php header_image() ?>); }

<?php if ( 'blank' == get_header_textcolor() ) { ?>

#header h1, #header #desc { display: none; }

<?php } else { ?>

#header h1 a, #desc { color:#<?php header_textcolor() ?>; }

<?php } ?>

</style>

[mfgmk]

@buddyin – try your bp installation with just one instance of BP. my best guess is that your http://blogin.in/ and http://blogin.in/meme/ BP installations could be conflicting with each other — i’d just take out the meme one and stick with your root version.

@travel-junkie – thank you for the great advice! so glad to know that there is a better way around that issue

[mfgmk]

Updated AvenueK9 theme for BP 1.1.1 here >> http://www.avenuek9.com/avenuek9-bp-theme … BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! It now comes with EVEN MORE documentation!! AND THAT’S NOT ALL… it’s completely FREEEEEE!

You can also demo it at http://michaelkuhlmann.com

Enjoy

[mfgmk]

Updated AvenueK9 theme for BP 1.1.1 here >> http://www.avenuek9.com/avenuek9-bp-theme … BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! It now comes with EVEN MORE documentation!! AND THAT’S NOT ALL… it’s completely FREEEEEE!

You can also demo it at http://michaelkuhlmann.com

Enjoy

[mfgmk]

Lisa – I’m going to upgrade my AvenueK9 theme to be compatible with BP 1.1.1 … it works fine right now, but there are a few style issues I’m going to iron out. The documentation is also a bit scanty, so I’ll be more descriptive in the next release to address some of the common questions I’ve been getting for this

[mfgmk]

yep, there is. you can set your logo as a background image by adding the following to your #header h1#logo a element…

<br />

text-indent: -9999px;<br />

background-image: url(http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/jr197/japan/Newsweek_logo.gif);<br />

width: 335px;<br />

height: 78px;<br />

in this case, the text-indent will move your h1 title link -9999px out of view. the second line calls your image logo as a background property; in this case, i just used a newsweek logo. the last two lines define the dimensions of your logo. hope this helps

[mfgmk]

the quick and dirty way would be to go to wp-content >> themes and rename the theme you want to use ‘default’ (you can rename or delete the actual ‘default’ one when you do this)

[mfgmk]

so the way this child theme is built is by changing the different values in the stylesheet as well as editing/deleting/editing images. it’s not touching the bp core nor the parent theme, so that upgrades are easy to maintain — you’re just upgrading the parent theme files all the time, which will pass on the upgrades to the child theme.

here’s where things get slightly tricky… because this child theme relies solely on css, there’s really no way to delete the third homepage widget from the Dashboard Widget panel, because all the css is doing is telling your browser to hide that element from view, not delete the piece of php that calls it to display in the Dashboard. to do that, you’d have to copy over functions.php from the parent theme, move it to the child theme and edit out the lines of code that call the ‘third-section’.

here’s another slightly tricky part… let’s say BP 1.2 has a whole host of new features that are called through functions.php, then you’d have to copy over that file again to your child theme folder and make the homepage widget edits again — not a *huge* deal since it’ll only take you about a good minute or two, but it’s just something that you or any theme author will have to remember every time you upgrade.

as to the actual order of the widgets, i’m not really sure what happened there, to be honest. i’ve accessed my avek9 1.1 bp install and ‘first-section’ is laid out on the left, the ‘second-section’ is on the right and the ‘third-section’ is hidden from view (but it would be located to the right, moving ‘second-section’ to the middle), so everything should display that way. i can tell you one thing that controls them are the ‘float’ (left or right) properties (or you can lay out everything with z-index and margins). hopefully, that helps explain it a bit!

[mfgmk]

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ***STILL*** HAVING PROBLEMS after everything that’s detailed above, you can always use this plugin http://simplepressforum.com/ which is a breeze to install on WP (haven’t tested in WPMU).

It’s been in development for quite some time and it’s skinnable. All you’d have to do is add the “Forum” link to BP nav and you’d be set. Hope this helps for those of you who’re getting a receding hairline because of all the hair you’ve pulled out in trying to install the BP forum. SPF and BP don’t talk to each other but, then again, neither do BP forum and BP itself

[mfgmk]

***Resolved***

Downloaded another combo version (a later 1.0b1 version than I had before. this new one dates around 12/16) and everything works like a charm.

If you’re running into similar problems, clear your cache not only before you re-install/update your BP files but also before you download the latest trunk

[mfgmk]

ditto on those last two comments. great product. great community. great support.

[mfgmk]

my first guess would probably be the structure.css file in your bp-core (css) folder. look for “inner-tube” and all its other classes (that’s styling for when you’re actually on the member profile). as to the backend view when you’re editing your profile you might want to try tweaking the forTab class and signup-field class.

[mfgmk]

Running into the same problem with r796 (detailed everything here: https://buddypress.org/forums/topic.php?id=388). Tested on IE7, FF2 and FF3 with a cleared cache — my “Send To” label still has (Use username – autocomplete coming soon) next to it, so that’d be my first guess that auto-complete isn’t quite up to snuff yet on my BP installation. Also just wanted to point out again that messaging does work if This is a notice to all users. is checked off — hopefully, that might give a clue as to why it’s not working. Otherwise, I’d have to second everything gogoplata noted (minus the forums stuff); I’m on MT’s DV, too.

[mfgmk]

Oy, just upgraded to 1.0b1 and still have the same problem with messages not working. Here’s what I did for the upgrade:

trial 1) overwrote all plugins with the latest releases (combo download), tested site — messaging didn’t work;

trial 2) deleted all mu-plugins, re-downloaded 1.0b1 (in case the d/l botched the first time), uploaded everything it in their proper locations, tested site — messaging still didn’t work.

I tested private messaging by doing the following:

trial 1) My Account >> Messages >> Compose >> write a message >> Send — pressing Send cleared all fields (Send To, Subject, Message);

trial 2) My Account >> Friends >> My Friends >> click on friend’s profile >> Send Message >> write a message >> Send — pressing Send cleared all fields again;

trial 3) do the same stuff as trial 2 but with a different friend — still the same problem.

Here’s the funny part, when I checked off “This is a notice to all users” the Send button did work. One other piece of information that might help troubleshoot this is that I have this text “(Use username – autocomplete coming soon)” next to the Send To label.

[mfgmk]

anybody having any problems with the 1.0 beta version of bp-messages? i’ve upgraded all plugins and now private messaging doesn’t work anymore. once you hit send, it redirects onto itself and nothing is stored in the “sent messages” area. auto-complete also isn’t showing up, but maybe that’s reserved for a different release.