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you can use cache plugins but they are only for posts/pages. You would have to add code to bust the cache when BP content is updated.

In other words, plugin developers have not added BuddyPress support

there many ecommerce plugins for WordPress but none are 100% integrated into BuddyPress to allow a user to run a shop inside the BuddyPress install. Other option is to run WP multi-site and allow users to have […]

anything is possible if you have the skill to code. There is no off the shelf solution

Brave! I would have just created a new child theme or got a new BP theme and call it a redesign. 😉

I would not recommend using multiple social plugins on the same site

Is there a comments.php file?

This field is required. If you don’t want a user to have to enter something then you have to hide it and fill it in for them.

I did not test this but go into the theme folder members/single/messages/compose.php

find this:

<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" value="<?php bp_messages_subject_value(); ?>" />

change it […]

What I wrote above are guidelines that are used on the wp.org codex. We should follow the same methods. There are no “hacks” on the WP codex. There is this page https://codex.wordpress.org/Hacking_WordPress. Like […]

True, but tagging is better for hierarchy. Managing this many nested pages can get crazy.

Ok, when editing the template files during the template pack install you added an extra div with id content. I would fix that first. Remove extra div from all bp template files.

The file you pasted into gist is the default theme not Blox. How did you get BuddyPress support into theme? On the theme’s store page it doesn’t say it supports BP

firstly, you should never have two elements with the same id http://imgur.com/vytJvgI

div id=content is duplicated.

div.item-list-tabs ul {
width: 98%;
}

I totally understand wanting a place to put the code snippets that can answer those repetitive forum topics.

The best way is to write a topic in the Creating and Extending forum with title that says what code […]