BuddyPress.org

hi!

@ezd

here are some referenzes:

http://bp-dev.org/phpxref/nav.html?index.html

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/creating-a-custom-buddypress-component/

https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/create-a-buddypress-member-theme/

if i understand you corectly your aim is make a simplified buddypress-home theme or a replacement for the standard home theme. right!? you may be want to take a look here: http://kommune.ngcorp.de – it is my own simplified home theme. i took the orginal home theme and striped it down. only for an example what is possible