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Yeah, I am getting practice!

So other than the folder name, the biggest–and probably more valid–difference is that I turned on registration before installing and activating BuddyPress. I had not done this with my original install that I was using when I started this thread–the install was a few months ago.
It changed more than a just the working front page and that the activate and register pages were automatically created. In Settings–>BuddyPress–>Settings Group Settings are now available; I had not seen these on any install until now.

And for anyone thinking they can just uninstall or deactivate BuddyPres and turn on registration and reinstall and activate…nope, I tried that early on in my troubleshooting.

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Okay, I have not really solved the problem, but I’m trying a new install in a folder called ‘community.’ Maybe this will be less confusing for the system than having a folder called ‘members.’

So far it is working, though I’m just getting started. Before installing and activating BuddyPress I made sure registration is open and I created a page called ‘welcome’ and added my content. I switched the theme to 2013–because the horizontal nav menu feels less confusing to me since that is what I am used to.

Before installing and activating BuddyPress the ront page shows the welcome page!
YAY
After installing, activating and going through the configuration steps for BuddyPress the front page shows the welcome page!
YAY!

So perhaps not a resolution to the other address where wordpress is installed in the folder called ‘members,’ but it works so far at this other location.

That doesn’t mean the issue is due to the folder being named ‘members.’ I did some steps in a better order this time–liek remembering to turn on registrations before installing BuddyPress. So when I went to view the core pages, both activate and register were already created–previously I had to add them myself.

My next step is to slowly begin adding and activating the other plugins–testing between each.

I think naming the folder community might be better anyway. I might move my forum to it if I switch to Simple:Press and then my community will truly be there, whereas originally it was only going to be paying members other than front page type access.

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Yes, I am using the theme 2013. I don’t want to use it forever, but for now I’m testing with it.

[b]Plugins[/b]
The only active plugin in the list is BuddyPress. Would a default wp-cache or other plugin show up, or might such a things be hidden?

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djsteveb,

I agree that with your directions it should work. The frustration for me is that I’d already set those things–except for the blog part.
And then I still followed your directions . I made another page called ‘welcome’ after your last post and briefly set the front page to show that–it changed nothing the front still showed the members page.

I still don’t need a page called ‘blog,’ but I did create one and put the posts page to it in the settings; it changed nothing.

The problem I have been having ever since the reinstall is that the front page is supposed to be showing the page called ‘home’ and instead it is showing the page called ‘members.’ The settings are set as youh ave said they should be; the blog part changed nothing, but I have not removed it.
I tried both the welcome and the home pages as the front after creating the blog page…nothing is changing anything.
I wondered if it could be a caching issue–though I might not understand what that is. I tried viewing the front page in a different browser and it was just as always…at the members page.

I know you are not the expert, I’ve been amazed that you keep posting and the experts have stayed away. You are the only person who has tried to help.

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That is already done–except it is called ‘home’ rather than ‘welcome.’ The problem is that it’s not working.
And I don’t need a page called blog because there is no blog.

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No, that’s the opposite of what I want and that is what it is doing now, but it’s not supposed to be doing it.

I have the ‘Home’ page selected from that dropdown for the static front page and yet the static front page goes to the page called ‘Members.’

So the confusing part may be that the folder where I isntalled wordpress is called members because I am building a site for members…maybe I’d be better calling it community.

The page titled members is located at domain.com/members/members
The home page should show up at adomain.com/members

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That worked, so now I will try editing the url examples in the permalink list because that may be why it wasn’t going through.I am using thetwenty-thirteen theme.
I have deactivated all the plugins and no change.

Permalink Choices
Default …/members/?p=123
Day and name …/members/2015/07/11/sample-post/
Month and name t…/members/2015/07/sample-post/
Numeric …/members/archives/123
Post name …/members/sample-post/
Custom Structure …/members

I chose post name–I believe that qualifies as pretty.

I named the file WP is installed on members; could that be confusing the system? It’s the only thing I can think of left.

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I’ve replied several times and it won;t go through, but a test that jsut said test did, so I’m going to try to break up my reply–that way at least some parts might go through.

@djsteveb,

Thanks for responding–you are asking the right questions it seems, because those are all things I’ve had to review.

I created a new page with the title ‘home’ and then went into settings–> reading and selected ‘home’ to be my static front page–though in menu I call it ‘Welcome’ because I have a main home page for all my sites. I did not create a page called ‘blog’ because my blog is at a separate WP isntall; this install is meant for zippy courses.

and when you click on members it goes to home?

No, it does the opposite. When I try and go to the front page which is at dotcom/members, it takes me to the Members page–but does not redirect the actual url to the members page which has /members to that address.

I followed the config instructions and had forgotten to turn on registration before installing BP, so I did that and then manually created a register and activation page and pointed the register and activation functions to them. I tested them in a browser where I was not logged in and they work.

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I uninstalled WP and reinstalled manually.
I have activated BuddyPress and then added most of the plugins. I am waiting to add Simple:Press and Zippy Courses until I figure moer things out.

I set a static front page to direct to HOME, but it is still directing to the Members page.
Anyone know why?

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Oops, to add…

That pop-up message I quoted previously is the pop-up page title seen when hovering over the minimized site. It was probably that way for a while and I just did not notice it, I don’t think it suddenly became that way partway through deactivating plugins, but then who knows I guess.

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@djteveb,

Thanks for responding.

Re: Pretty Permalinks
I think I was getting mixed up with pretty urls at my smf forum which were a disaster. When I moved my blog I had to change embedded links and that was a nightmare and I was thinking it was due to pretty permalinks since ?I had a nightmare changing links at the forum as well. But my blog does use pretty permalinks and I have them set up on this other WP install as well.

I have just disabled all plugins–checking in between deactivations occasionally. I deactivated Simple:Press last and before that the logout link was still going to the forum index and now it just goes to the members page which is still acting as the front/home page even though I have the page titled HOME selected as being the front page–I checked this again after deactivating all the other plugins.

But partway through I did notice a message only on the members page shown as a small pop-up ONLY when I click chrome in my footer bar and see all the open window options. When I choose to view the wondow in full the message disappears.

<br/> <b>Warning</b>:strstr() [<ahref=’function.strstr’>function.strstr ]: Empty delimiter in <b>/home/…wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-filters.php</b> on line <b>781</b> Members | – Google Chrome

I had to take a screen shot of it just to have enough time to read it because the pop-up didn’t stay very long and I had to type it manually here, so I might have messed up the spacing.

The activity, profile, notifications and settings links on the menu go to the same file not found message as before.

My next step will be to uninstall and reinstall through cpanel or ftp. But first I’ll wait and see if anyone else has ideas and come back to it tomorrow.