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If you’re using a child theme of the bp-default theme, modify /registration/register.php and remove this block of code:
http://pastebin.com/tvKBRnW6

If you don’t have /registration/register.php located in your theme’s directory, copy it from /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/

Can I suggest we update the guide to include a note to ‘check your bp-config.php file to confirm the table prefix’

Good call, daneglerum.  I’ve updated the codex article.  Feel free to update it yourself!  Anyone who has access on buddypress.org should have access to edit any article on codex.buddypress.org.

I just tried to duplicate what both of you were experiencing in BuddyPress 1.6.1.

I logged in as a regular member and tried to navigate to another member’s settings page.  It redirects me back to the member’s home page.

I’ve read issues similar to both of you about the redirect issue.

You can try removing the canonical redirect. Do this by adding one of the following in /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:
add_filter( 'bp_do_redirect_canonical', '__return_false' );

remove_action( 'bp_template_redirect', 'bp_redirect_canonical', 2 );

And see if that helps.

I cannot get the link to open in Chrome. But it does open in IE. I have seen those instructions before. But in step 4 the screen capture shows 3 options under bbPress. It shows “Settings”, “Deactivate” and “Edit”. I do not have those options. I have “Network Deactivate” and “Edit”.

The link to the codex article I provided does not have any screenshots.

I can’t even get the Forums menu to show up on the menu bar.

This is a bbPress issue.  You have to create your own page for Forums.  When you create a new page, make sure to add one of the bbPress shortcodes to display what you want (you’ll probably want to use [bbp-forum-index]).  Then, add your page to your theme’s custom menu.

@nickzee If you’ve still got a Page called “Forums”, delete it. It’s not required and confuses bbPress.

/members/admin/forums/ shows a filtered view of the forums for that specific user. We use bbPress 2 on this site, so my list of forum topics that I’ve started are listed on my profile, https://buddypress.org/community/members/djpaul/forums/

@me9 bbPress is a forum, BuddyPress is a social layer for your website. Different things, different uses.

@Chouf1 could you please upload the plugin you’ve built? The world really need it!
Thanks in advance

Thank you Paul. I have this same conflict. Understanding the best set up for my situation. My struggle is knowing the difference and how to use them.

I’m using The Bounce Theme from themeforrest which is buddypress friendly. (http://themeforest.net/item/bounce-professional-wordpress-buddypress-theme/2324726?sso?WT.ac=category_item&WT.seg_1=category_item&WT.z_author=GhostPool)

Can you elaborate a bit more on your last comment? It opened a window of understanding for me.

My current set up is:
Settings > Buddypress > Components > Unchecked “Discussion Forums”
Settings > Forums > Forums base “forums”, Forum slug “forum” (although I would like my own names)
Settings > Forums > Unchecked “Enable Group Forums”

From here can you explain how to set a landing page so that it looks like site wide forums (“mydomain.com/forums”)? Ie; can see all forum at once, then enter a forum to see the topics, then enter the topics to see the comments. I can find them if I go to a bbpress forum and click “view” (ie; /forums/forum/forum-rules/) then remove “forum/forum-rules/” to just have “mydomain.com/forums”, but that is not a “page” and cannot be “edited” and by default says, “Forums Archive – mydomain”. ( I think I know this but want to see your way)

Additionally, if I am at my buddypress profile page (admin) and click “forums”, it takes me to /members/admin/forums/ which seems to be different from /forums/forum/. And when it does it shows topics and not the forums I created in bbpress.

I’d imagine there is something I have missed.
I’ve:
Watched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0jSsra_n0c
Read: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/#a-installing-forums-for-groups-only
Read: http://wpmu.org/guide-to-buddypress-forums-how-to-set-up-group-or-sitewide-forums/

Sorry I’m this is confusing. I am so twisted and upside down with this. It’s the best I can do with out showing you.

Thank you Buddypress for the hard work you have put into your products!

There’s no reason to use both. The BuddyPress integration is the old method, and the bbPress 2 plugin is the new method.

@beingblissful Hi, I don’t think many people saw your message, since you posted in the middle of someone else’s thread. It might be a good idea to start your own topic, and let us know what you’re having trouble with.

That variable isn’t part of BuddyPress; it’s part of the https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rs-buddypress-activity-refresh/ plugin, which hasn’t been updated in over a year and doesn’t state compatibility with the latest versions of BuddyPress or WordPress.

Please ask for support with this plugin over at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rs-buddypress-activity-refresh

@James – to add more profile fields to registration, go to your dashboard and under ‘Users’, choose Profile Fields. Add as necessary.

@marutim – sorry, should have mentioned that i didnt actually test it when i posted that but i just tried it on a site and it seems to work, and I can’t see anything wrong with the code you posted.
Not sure why its not working for you.

You could try outputting a “>”; since I just noticed its killing the page after the feed header’s started and it doesn’t close the HTML, but If your browser was sensitive to bad html you still shouldn’t have seen feed as wp would have killed it… So I don’t think its that…

Hi,

i had the same request. And finally built a plugin based on this one.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-topic-mover/

works now with 1.6.1 and WP 3.4.2

@chrisclayton I have used that but still i could still see the feeds with a url like sitename/activity-page/feed

I am using the following in the functions.php


add_action( 'do_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'do_feed_rdf', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'do_feed_rss', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'do_feed_rss2', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'do_feed_atom', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'bp_activity_sitewide_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'bp_activity_personal_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'bp_activity_friends_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'bp_activity_my_groups_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'bp_activity_mentions_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'bp_activity_favorites_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );
add_action( 'groups_group_feed', 'fb_disable_feed', 1 );

}


The above codes doesnt seem to work … FYI i am using BP 1.6.1 and WP 3.4.2

Prior to bbPress 2, BuddyPress used bbPress 1 — which wasn’t a plugin — and so had its own integration for it. The Discussion Forums page and Forums component are some of the legacy settings for that. Going forward, 1) Disable the Forums component in BuddyPress, and 2) Install the bbPress plugin.