[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

awesome!

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

in your theme folder /groups/index.php

find the <h3> at top replace with

<h3>

<?php _e( 'Groups Directory', 'buddypress' ) ?>

<?php if ( current_user_can( 'delete_others_posts' ) ) : //only admins and editors can see this ?> &nbsp;

<a class="button" href="<?php echo bp_get_root_domain() . '/' . BP_GROUPS_SLUG . '/create/' ?>">

<?php _e( 'Create a Group', 'buddypress' ) ?></a><?php endif; ?>

</h3>

This will show the button for only admins. You can still create groups if you go to the url.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

If you want to include another side bar you can do it like this in the theme files

<?php locate_template( array( 'sidebar-left.php' ), true ) ?>

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

See been so long since I’ve dealt with IE6 I forgot LOL

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

I actually have this theme and looked at it and its so easy to convert. I think most of you are over thinking the process.

Here is the top of the BP forum index page looks like

<?php get_header() ?>



<?php do_action( 'bp_before_directory_forums_content' ) ?>



<div id="container">

<div id="content">

See the container and content? these need to match your theme exactly. On your theme it looks like this:

<?php get_header() ?>



<div id="content" class="col-full">

<div id="main" class="col-left">

So to fix it you need to merge these into this:

<?php get_header() ?>



<?php do_action( 'bp_before_directory_forums_content' ) ?>



<div id="content" class="col-full">

<div id="main" class="col-left">

You must do this with the bottom of the page code as well so the footer and sidebar code matches up.

BP forum index page bottom code:

</div><!-- #content -->

</div><!-- #container -->



<?php locate_template( array( 'sidebar.php' ), true ) ?>



<?php get_footer() ?>

Your theme code:

</div><!-- /#main -->



<?php get_sidebar(); ?>



</div><!-- /#content -->



<?php get_footer(); ?>

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Why do you have all those widgets in the footer? Remove those then we can see whats going on.

One problem is in the css you have the content height at 400px.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

max-width

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

In the admin you can turn off commenting on forum and blog posts in the activity stream.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

One problem I have is when plugins style thngs like <p> <a> and <h2> Let the template style these things. That way the plugin fits into sites better. Code for structure let the theme style the elements.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Please do NOT include support for IE6 in core. We need to move on. It’s like painting your car when the bottom is rusted out.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

really weird but try and change the name of that image

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

You could do it other ways but if you just want the BP components placed inside your current theme the plugin is a easy way to do that. However, you still may need to adjust CSS.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/

Adds a checkbox on each page in admin to allow you to exclude pages from nav.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Thats not the right way to do it. You will need to use some of these files.

Plugin here that guides you through it

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Thats weird. It should not give an error if the structure is intact.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Status update window

http://img.skitch.com/20100310-cw1i22qqt1yj5tawsspdjhm7f3.jpg

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Did you create a style.css and activate that child theme?

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

I tried using addClass and it did not work for me.

EDIT: miss coded works great

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

I create themes for SocialGO. It’s a robust hosted social networking solution. If you just want to pay a reasonable monthly fee and have someone else handle the backend it’s a good choice. They are currenly working on V2 of their platform that will allow more customization.

Two things SocialGO has that BP does not. Media (pics/videos) and privacy controls. You can add these options via plugins.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Use captcha, have one profile field be required and change the slug.

define( 'BP_REGISTER_SLUG', 'name-this-something-unique' );

oh and if you are on WPMU then you need to disable the ability for blog owners to add users via their admin section. This is an easy way for spammers to get entry.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

You need to do what Xevo said. upload this page to your wp-content/themes/whatever theme

Add a new page in the WP admin. When creating page in the right side bar choose rpx page as page template.

<?php

/*

Template Name: rpx page

*/

?>



<?php get_header() ?>



<div id="content">

<div class="padder">



PUT YOUR CUSTOM CODE HERE



</div><!-- .padder -->

</div><!-- #content -->



<?php locate_template( array( 'sidebar.php' ), true ) ?>



<?php get_footer(); ?>

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Thats what I said

First glance at this and the HTML seems wrong and might be difficult to fix with CSS.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Either it works with both same as BP default works with both.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

“What has me running a mile is seeing empty div elements with class=”clear”

Thats mainly what I’m talking about.

[@modemlooper Moderator 16 years, 7 months ago]

Couple more screen shots.

Blog post

http://img.skitch.com/20100309-kbemenamh9pcaxb58frkq6w9ss.jpg

Permalink

http://img.skitch.com/20100309-pskd62f4py9ttra7t89sn5rfd8.jpg

All I have to say is I’m getting a serious BP theme education from doing this project.