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@r-a-y Yes mate, you have summarized it correctly.

May i add one other important note though, this has NOT just started happening, this has been happening in buddypress since i started using it in 1.9!

I have been mentioning this issue for a while , i have tested this on 3 different live servers and a home setup using desktopserver, all with fresh installs of wordpress and buddypress alone (NO OTHER PLUGINS EVERYTIME), How many times have i tested since 1.9? well lets say its gotta be at least 100 fresh installs of wordpress all with default themes since wordpress 3.7 ish.

if you want to go look for yourself there is a perfect example of this happening at buddyboss demo theme if you log in and hit the load more button then add over 5 comments to a test status then refresh it and scroll down and hit load more again, you can do this here where you will then notice they are not collapsed .

http://www.buddyboss.com/demo/buddyboss/

I suspect a theme issue.
[ I cannot recreate this issue with WP 4, BP 2.1, standard WP theme ]

You’re using BuddyBoss theme – your issue is best addressed to them.

Some hints:
Looking at the page source you provided, several things are missing.
No ul tags, li is opened but not closed, etc.
The form appears but the fields do not.

This is how the first step form fields should appear – compare it to yours.

<div class="item-list-tabs no-ajax" id="group-create-tabs" role="navigation">
		
	<ul>
			
	<li class="current"><a href=".../groups/create/step/group-details/">1. Details</a></li>
	<li><span>2. Settings</span></li>
	<li><span>3. Photo</span></li>
	<li><span>4. Invites</span></li>
	
	</ul>
</div>

plugins I would recommend:

buddypress-activity-plus
This adds images/video/links to your activity wall, which is a facebook-ish function.
There is another plugin in the making which should be an improved version called BP-attachments

GD-bbpress-attachments
Allows people to upload images to the forum, easier then the existing system.

And ofcourse the facebook plugin.

These plugins and some playing around with my templates allowed me to make a facebook-ish site.
BBFacelook

I also suggest to look into a theme called BuddyBoss, it is a change but this is a very facebook inspired theme.

Good luck
P.H.

I’ve tested this against all my other plugins and themes and it seems to just be happening on this theme (called buddyboss).

@jono_39 Sorry to learn that you’re having that issue. It’s great that you took the initiative to troubleshoot and identify the cause. I can only say at this point that the best place to find resolution would be at the premium theme author’s forums because we do not have access to the theme.

S O L V E D.

Hi! i just created an account and loged to say SPEACIAL THANKS to the @buddyboss.
i was worked hard on a theme and found this bug after all works… i was sooo mad/sad.

hey guy you are a BOSS!
ty

@essam12 Wall posts are BuddyBoss theme-specific features. I would suggest that you also post at the premium theme’s forums.

I’m advised by Buddyboss support to call the sidebar on this page: /buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/registration/register.php … I am editing the right file?

@style960 No idea why their support is advising you to call the sidebar on the bp-default theme instead of using BP theme compatibility as we have no access to the premium theme. Perhaps you just need to clarify what they really meant by asking them to provide you with an example. Surely, you are not the only on who wants a sidebar in that theme.

Fragment caching would be ideal, but that really needs to be built into BP core. You can do it on your own but you’ll be hacking up template files right and left and it will be hard to update later. A lot of effort if you don’t NEED it. I would suggest Object Caching as Paul Gibbs said.

Ideally you will use APC object caching as it’s really fast (stores cached values in RAM). If you use W3TC with file caching (default) it will not be as fast as it has to read from files.

Here’s a tutorial I wrote about how to enable Object Caching on BuddyPress:

Caching BuddyPress

Briefly:

If you are hosting with a VPS or other setup where you have server admin access, you can contact your web host and request that they install APC on your server (it’s free) and then it will be available to you as a very fast method for Object Caching. Generally you cannot install APC on a shared hosting environment. APC stores the cached values in RAM, which is why I recommend at least 2GB of RAM for ideal server performance.

Once your web host has confirmed that APC is installed and working, you will then need to enable it for WordPress with a plugin. My recommended method is with the APC Object Cache Backend plugin (as Paul Gibbs suggested). This is not a true plugin, but rather a “drop-in” file. As such, you do not actually activate the plugin. You just need to copy the object-cache.php file into your /wp-content/ directory. You don’t even need to upload the actual plugin. That’s it! As long as you have APC installed on your server and have placed the file correctly, APC-powered Object Caching should now be enabled and you should begin seeing performance improvements. To confirm that it’s working, you can type this into your browser while logged in as an admin: http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=dropins (change yourdomain.com!). It should show APC Object Cache as a drop-in, and if so, you now have a good caching method enabled.

And here’s a tutorial for setting up a CDN with WordPress/BuddyPress. This makes such a big difference and is really easy and cheap to set up. A no brainer.

Content Delivery Network

Here’s a tutorial I wrote about how to enable Object Caching on BuddyPress:

Caching BuddyPress

Briefly:

If you are hosting with a VPS or other setup where you have server admin access, you can contact your web host and request that they install APC on your server (it’s free) and then it will be available to you as a very fast method for Object Caching. Generally you cannot install APC on a shared hosting environment. APC stores the cached values in RAM, which is why I recommend at least 2GB of RAM for ideal server performance.

Once your web host has confirmed that APC is installed and working, you will then need to enable it for WordPress with a plugin. My recommended method is with the APC Object Cache Backend plugin (as Paul Gibbs suggested). This is not a true plugin, but rather a “drop-in” file. As such, you do not actually activate the plugin. You just need to copy the object-cache.php file into your /wp-content/ directory. You don’t even need to upload the actual plugin. That’s it! As long as you have APC installed on your server and have placed the file correctly, APC-powered Object Caching should now be enabled and you should begin seeing performance improvements. To confirm that it’s working, you can type this into your browser while logged in as an admin: http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=dropins (change yourdomain.com!). It should show APC Object Cache as a drop-in, and if so, you now have a good caching method enabled.