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@tommyhoang glad to hear you got it working. The header widget is supposed to be where you put it. 😉 Just move it in your header.php file to where you want it to show.

@tommyhoang what says your “footer and header are ready to be used as widgets.”? Did you place the proper code in functions.php?

@tommyhoang– you don’t need step 2. You just need to place the code from step 3 into your header.php file where you want the widgets to show up. This article might help as well: […]

@tommyhoang– why not widgetize your header! http://wpmu.org/how-to-widgetize-a-page-post-header-or-any-other-template-in-wordpress/

Make sure to do it in your BP child theme… don’t hack bp-default.

Now available, for your spelling pleasure:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/after-the-deadline-for-buddypress/

add the following in your child theme’s functions.php file;

add_filter( 'bp_search_form_enabled', false );

bye, bye, search box!