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Brian Bowman started the forum topic Restoring my BuddyPress site from a subdirectory to a subdomain - no images showup -help in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:59:36 +0000

Hi,

I’ve just performed a full backup of all my wordpress / buddypress files (used backupbuddy plugin) and then successfully restored the files to a subdomain.

All looks fine, except that none of the […]

Brian Bowman started the forum topic PLEASE HELP - Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:55:14 +0000

I have a WP 3.3 setup using BP 1.5.2 in a mulitsite ENABLED platform. Sometimes the links work properly…but in other areas of the network, links don’t. NAMELY, the URLs to Member Profiles don’t link properly […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic PLEASE HELP - Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:17:29 +0000

Fully re-installed BP using paid assistance. Problems fixed. Closing thread.

Brian Bowman started the forum topic After Sign-in ... Am taken to Dashboard - Why? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:29 +0000

Hi,

We just reinstalled Buddypress on a MS platform and I’ve just noticed that if I sign-in from a subsite front page (in this case from here: http://www.networkit.com/tvhra ) , (I’m the SuperAdmin on the […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic PLEASE HELP - Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:52:32 +0000

BUMP please……!

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:48 +0000

BUMP please. Thanks.

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic PLEASE HELP - Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:01:35 +0000

BUMP please….

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Upgrade broke Groups page association in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:45:30 +0000

Wow…not even any takers for CASH!!?? Economy must not be that bad for those with solid BP experience (tee hee).

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic PLEASE HELP - Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:41:08 +0000

My wp-config.php file is noted below. I’ve installed Buddypress in the main “Network Admin” site…and set it to ‘Network Activate’. HERE is what I’ve defined in the WP-CONFIG.PHP file: […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic How Do I Search on this Forum? Bouncing me to ...... in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:22:32 +0000

Wow. I’ve been using the google approach, but just assumed that their search functionality had to work. Virtually every CMS site I look at has a search box on it. If it truly is a element that can’t be […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Extended Signup Fields Not Showing During Registration… in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:49:46 +0000

Seems that maybe they are only showing the BASE fields…and a user must return to EDIT their profile in order to complete the process. This keeps registration short, but there should be a way to INFORM new users […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic How Do I Search on this Forum? Bouncing me to ...... in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:46:05 +0000

OK, so the search functionality doesn’t work then. Bummer. Kinda hard to look for other posts (and thereby eliminate redundant posts) w/out that ability. Hmmm…. Anyhow, thats @peeld.

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:43:03 +0000

Paul, what is the exact name of the file then that I’m looking for? This came directly out of my server log file for the day I had the problem.

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic PLEASE HELP - Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:40:30 +0000

BUMP please. I really need to get this fixed. Much thanks.

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic All links related to groups redirect to home page upon upgrade in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:48:59 +0000

BUMP….please help. This is pretty core functionality issues and without this working – the community aspect really can’t work. Can someone recommend a paid consultant since support doesn’t seem to be quick […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Upgrade broke Groups page association in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:46:35 +0000

I second the question on where to go for PAID advice. BP is far enough along now that some of us ARE using this for business functionality and at times….need answers (and will pay) quickly. Much thanks.

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Check out the BuddyPress.org redesign in the group Gallery

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:19:25 +0000

Personally, I can’t figure out how to search posts to find relevant threads. Also, would be helpful to perhaps have a section for paid consultants to post profiles…where newbies like myself can perhaps get […]

Brian Bowman joined the group Gallery

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:19:24 +0000

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:14:22 +0000

OK, am looking through the VERY LARGE log file for 1-10-2012 which is the day I tried to perform the Welcome Pack update/install. Since the file is so large, I’m only looking for text that has “welcome-pack” […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:42:55 +0000

BUMP please… Am no longer able to support a customer’s site w/out this plugin working. Need to get it fixed asap….much thanks for your time.

Brian Bowman started the forum topic How Do I Search on this Forum? Bouncing me to ...... in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:24:05 +0000

When I try to use the search box just below the red navigational bar at the top right corner of this forum’s page..and enter in ANYTHING, i always get bounced to the URL http://buddypress.org/?s

What am I […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Links from MAIN WP / BP Multisite to MEMBER PROFILES (and other areas) are Redirecting to Home Page in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:06:53 +0000

@mercime – much thanks for your time…this has been a REAL bugger to figure out (and I”m getting nowhere)….

Well….this is sorta weird. I don’t see a .htaccess file (am using Dreamweaver) on the […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Permalink Problem? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:26:54 +0000

My problem is similar Paul…my normal page permalinks seem to be working fine.

I have a WP 3.3 setup using BP 1.5.2 in a mulitsite ENABLED platform. Sometimes the links work properly…but in other areas of the […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:28:15 +0000

Is this just a regular log.txt file somewhere on the server? Can you point me to the name/directory of where I would usually find this file?

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:07:30 +0000

Hey Paul,

Where would I find that file located on my Windows web server?

Brian Bowman started the forum topic White Screen on Blog When Welcome Pack Installed....YIKES! in the group Welcome Pack

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:37:11 +0000

Hi,

I had the Welcome Pack plugin installed, but just upgraded to version 3.2

I’m on a Windows server…running a multisite WP 3.3 and BP 1.5.2 installation. When I tried to upgrade to the new version of […]

Brian Bowman joined the group Welcome Pack

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:29:35 +0000

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic Fatal error installing the Custom-Community theme in the group Creating & Extending

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:16:44 +0000

Are you able to sign-in to the backend of your site? As in, http://www.yoursitename/wp-login.php

If you can get in, you should be able to activate your Buddypress theme. Hope that helps.

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic All links related to groups redirect to home page upon upgrade in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:37 +0000

I too am having similar problems since upgrading to BP 1.5.. I have a WP 3.3 setup using BP 1.5.2 in a mulitsite ENABLED platform. Sometimes the links work properly…but in other areas of the network, links […]

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic [resolved] Can’t find my Topics after I post them in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:54:49 +0000

Opps. Nevermind…..working now. 🙂

Brian Bowman replied to the forum topic [resolved] Can’t find my Topics after I post them in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:53:48 +0000

I on the otherhand have the same problem as @mercime; however, I still can’t see my topics. On my ‘Your Activity’ screen…I can see old posts when you username / display name were the same, but none since I […]

topracer replied to the forum topic How to manage users & their extended profiles? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:05:23 +0000

I’ve added extended fields per buddypress’s capabilities; however, they don’t show up in my registration process….any idea why not and what I need to do about it:

Here is a completed profile where someone […]

topracer started the forum topic Extended Signup Fields Not Showing During Registration... in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:54:26 +0000

Hi,

Not sure what I’m doing wrong, but I’ve added a number of ‘groups’ and associated profile ‘fields’ within these groups, fully expecting that during the registration process – these extended profile […]

topracer posted an update in the group How-To and Troubleshooting: Hello... I've recently started to use some of the extended […]

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:49:03 +0000

Hello…

I’ve recently started to use some of the extended fields for BP profiles. However, even though I’ve created additional groups and datafields within these groups – when a new person registers on our BP website, the added fields don’t show up in the REGISTER process. Any idea if there is something else I need to be doing to get the new…[Read more]

topracer reviewed the plugin SeoPress

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:37:47 +0000

There is potential here….but still buggy, especially the inability to successfully save your settings.

topracer posted on the forum topic On SubDomain Blogs - SOME Avatars Not Displaying in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:35:51 +0000

Problem fixed….this has been addressed in this topic: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/custom-avatars-arent-shown-on-single-blogs-in-wpmu/?topic_page=3&num=15#post-79103

topracer posted on the forum topic Setting Not ”Saving”…. in the group SeoPress

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:30:29 +0000

Well – I spoke to soon…after adding more data (revising titles, keywords, etc.)…and performing another save – all data lost. UUUggghhh!!! This was for http://www.bigrudder.com

topracer posted on the forum topic On SubDomain Blogs - SOME Avatars Not Displaying in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:27:18 +0000

I’m running BP 1.2.6 – and I’ve found a few threads – namely that the changes in that ver are affecting things like avatar images and double “Frienship Request” buttons (among others). This seems to be on a theme-by-theme basis. You’ll need to get an update of your theme which should fix the problems….. Im […]

topracer started the forum topic On SubDomain Blogs - SOME Avatars Not Displaying in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:19:57 +0000

On my primary blog ( http://jobs.localjobs.com ) you can click on Members and see the avatars for the site; however, if I go to one of the other sites….some of these same avatars are NOT showing up at all. Just a placeholder image with a “?” in the middle of the box. Can anyone advise […]

topracer started the forum topic Home Page Title Tag Not Working... in the group SeoPress

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:02:57 +0000

I know that in your instructions you state: If you use Buddypress: Be sure that the main Blog header template uses bp_page_title() instead of wp_title() function. Can you please clarify on this for me. For my site, http://www.bigrudder.com – (in production) – I am using the BP-Social Theme (Child). In that folder, I don’t see […]

topracer posted on the forum topic Setting Not ”Saving”…. in the group SeoPress

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:59:28 +0000

I uninstalled and reinstalled….it’s saving now. But, still having a home page title problem. Will note in a new post.

topracer posted on the forum topic Dreamweaver CS5 + Buddypress - Dynamically-related files could not be resolved.. in the group Creating & Extending

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:45:43 +0000

@paulhastings0 – I was able to setup a local host environment on a Mac for WP 3.0.1 AND enabling the multisite user (though I never got to testing any sites in DW yet as I immediately installed BP). An outstanding tutorial on how to do this can be found here:…[Read more]

topracer posted on the forum topic Dreamweaver CS5 + Buddypress - Dynamically-related files could not be resolved.. in the group Creating & Extending

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:08:22 +0000

Ditto the problem here. We can’t be the only three that work with CS5 and Buddypress. Any answers here …. pretty please.

topracer joined the group Creating & Extending

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:08:21 +0000

topracer started the forum topic Setting Not ”Saving”…. in the group SeoPress

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:10:11 +0000

When I updated from the prior version of SeoPress to the latest version, I lost my settings. I deactivated, then reactivated the plugin successfully; however, have noticed that nothing is saved after I enter in data. Site is located at http://jobs.localjobs.com – notice there is no title tag…just the URL name itself. Yikes!

topracer posted on the forum topic The Plugin is no longer supported. The new and supported version is SeoPress in the group Seo for Buddypress

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:47:24 +0000

This upgrade path plan worked fine going from SEO for BuddyPress to SeoPress ver 1.3.0 – but when I just did the automatic update for version 1.3.1 – all my settings disappeared. Ugggggh.

topracer joined the group Seo for Buddypress

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:47:24 +0000

topracer joined the group SeoPress

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:39:24 +0000

topracer started the forum topic CLOSED TOPIC - RESOLVED: Just Enabled / Installed FORUMS into my BP Site – Went Well – Topics Won’t in the group How-To and Troubleshooting

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:26:24 +0000

Everything went perfect….I get no errors of any sort anywhere. Once done, I clicked the FORUMS nav button at the top of my site – and was given the GROUP FORUMS DIRECTORY page. From there, clicked the NEW TOPIC button….added a topic – but when I click POST TOPIC….no topic is created. No error messages […]