Have you thought about acting BuddyDev if they can add this as a feature? I forked this and created BP Featured Groups, and as part of this I added a function to display the featured groups in a banner on the first page of the group list, which is similar to what you are looking for.
The thing is, having access to your site won’t help very much, I’d need FTP access to set up error logging and inspect your files for any additional code that may be affecting things, that all takes time to setup, time I’ve not got.
No, when I tried with your details and a none gmail address it failed and the password fields were highlighted. I think it’s something to do with passwords on your site. The exact same details work on my site.
I’ve just tried it using your signup details and a different email. It failed, basically it seems to not like your choice of password. As I understand it BuddyPress does not do anything to check passwords but relies on the existing WordPress functions. I’m wondering if you’ve added anything to reject easy passwords?
