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@diesellaws: Are you running WordPress 2.9? The bp-default theme will only be picked up in 2.9+, I’ve just tested and it worked fine for me.

Mostly what I mean by not copying over the stylesheet is that you should just override the bits you need to change (colors in your case)…

So in bp-default’s css you might have:

body {

background: #fff;

color: #000;

padding: 25px;

margin: 0;

}

Instead of copying that entire declaration, all you need to do in your child theme is:

body {

background: #000;

color: #fff;

}

That way you are not duplicating anything, and only overriding and changing what you need.