I don’t know how to check the logs, but will start researching that now. I tried copy and pasting the code you added and it broke the site unfortunately.
Does the “>prefix” portion of that code need to be replaced by my site’s prefix? (it’s just the standard wp_.
This question is basically impossible to answer without lots of other information. If your theme has a separate notification count code from the default one that shows up in the toolbar, you can rip that code out of the site and put it elsewhere — if not you’re going to have to learn to code it yourself or hire someone to do it for you.
You could start with searching “how to add buddypress notifications to template”
