@Paul,
If I get a WordPress user import/export plugin, what else should I be considering for the extra, missing profile data? Manual entry?
Thanks.
No, please don’t take it wrong.. I’m not expecting BuddyPress to be exactly what I want..
I’m new here and I’m not expecting much.. Please don’t feel like being forced by me or something like that..
I’m just interested in BuddyPress and very excited to know more about the concept of this special plugin.. I notice that BuddyPress is ‘more than just another WordPress plugin’.
Err…, so based on your answers, as you said, @modemlooper , can we conclude as below :
BuddyPress is ONLY aggregates WordPress content… but this plugin is not deeply integrated with WordPress content.
BuddyPress is sitting on WordPress CMS platform, without following how WordPress’ system in managing users and content.
BuddyPress plugin adds user relationships to WordPress, but that relationships has nothing to do with WordPress content and user management..”
(In my opinion, I’m just thinking that it should be great if in the future BuddyPress is more integrated with WordPress. But that’s just my opinion.. It’s only a feedback from me to this community.. 
that’s okay.. Just don’t take it wrong).
The problem with changing the name blogs in Appearance>Menus is that it is a Buddypress dropdown — under the title ‘Community’ with ‘Activity’, ‘Members’, ‘Groups’, & ‘Blogs’ underneath it.
The Buddypress drop down does not show in Appearance>Menus.
Thank You @Hugo and @mercime but I had no such luck. I love this theme and i love Buddypress it would be heaven if i can get this to actually work. It centered the site and turned a most of it transparent. I hope to figure it out soon.. if there are any other suggestions please let me know.
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Take a look at this, might do everything you need:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-group-hierarchy/
Note – It can have minor conflicts (mainly css, afaik) with other plugins.
Or you can use the
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/group-extension-api/
I’ve used that api to create things like “Team Sheets” within a group / league.
You can do a lot with it, if you can program.
*hangs head in shame* yes of cource admins can edit any profile – adminbar – always forget that and shouldn’t be
Yes point taken about perhaps having to edit profiles if text is of an unsavoury nature.
You should be able to manage the data from a csv list without too much trouble, I had to write a script recently to pull data from a custom table chase it into BP profiles while also dealing with WP first/last names wasn’t too difficult.
Yes, WP + BP users are the same. Yes to WP/BP profile data in different places.
As I’ve said in another thread of yours, admins can edit all BuddyPress information from the front-end of your site. The codex is probably as good as it gets unless someone’s written a blog post, or if you can find an old post on this forum.
It’s split like this because BuddyPress’ profile system is more powerful and therefore complicated than WordPress’, and it wasn’t possible to use the WordPress database tables for BuddyPress profile data.
I’m not aware of any existing plugins that do CSV import for BuddyPress profile information, or any that do BuddyPress profile export. If you’re just looking to import WordPress user data, there might be something on the WordPress.org plugins directory.
Admin users can already change any users’ profile data via the front-end, not wp-admin. We’re building out screens in wp-admin; in 1.6, we added an Activity admin area, and in 1.7, we’re introducing groups. It’s not as quick or easy as “add it to the WordPress user profile admin”.
We’ve seen your post at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypresswp-users-how-does-it-work/ — there was no real need to bump this very old topic. Closing this topic in favour of the above.
@naijaping Great work! Could you just paste the code of this nice notification plugin?
@mercime
Hi let me quickly explain what i did. I copied Header, footer and sidebar.php outside my ftp client and renamed them to header-buddypress, footer-buddy-press and sidebar-buddypress. I then followed your steps however i found it odd that i had to make a blank page for sidebar-buddypress.php and then afterwards after the footer-buddypress section add some code in the TOP in sidebar-buddypress.
I then uploaded the new files and went to my “wp-content/themes/minimosity/” directory and found style.css and added at the bottom the code from the “Template Pack Walkthrough – Twenty Ten” page you linked me.
My sidebar-buddypress.php looks exactly as the code you posted.
This is what i basically did, i now have no sidebar shown on my buddypress sites. my website is: wehype.dk
I really appreciate your help but have i missed something?
C. COPY footer.php and Save As > footer-buddypress.php file
Open up sidebar-buddypress.php and at the very TOP of the file above all other code, add:
`
jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});
`
Save file.
C. Upload header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php and footer-buddypress.php to your theme folder in server wp-content/themes/minimosity/ in the same directory where your regular header.php and sidebar.php files are
D. Final note: Copy the style modifications for some BP elements https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ and paste those at the bottom of your theme’s stylesheet, then adjust to taste.
== adjusting custom themes to use BP has become somewhat of a service on this forum but we look forward to 1.7 dropping ==
@hnla it was more of a mission on my part to do this lightweight work on the front end while you guys do the heavy lifting on the back end And yes, I am looking forward to BP 1.7
== however this is really making me feel sad ==
@zeecc don’t feel sad. Initial scan shows that we might be able to get away with creating only 3 files instead of revising 16 template files. I say this because if 3 files don’t work, we have to go the 16 files route. Having said that, I’m 99% sure the 3 files will do it for your theme.
We will create three new files, header-buddypress.php, sidebar-buddypress.php and footer-buddypress.php to make your theme compatible with BP.
If you’ve revised any of the BP template files transferred to your minimosity theme folder in server during the BP Compatibility process, please delete the 6 BP folders transferred to your minimosity theme folder in server – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /members, /groups, /register – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility again to make sure that you have clean template files.
A. COPY your theme’s header.php and Save As > header-buddypress.php
Open up header-buddypress.php and at the BOTTOM of the file, below other code contained within, add this:
`
`
Save file.
B. CREATE a blank file and Save As > sidebar-buddypress.php
Do not add anything in it.
Yes they are using a WordPress ratings plugin because that’s all they need. A BuddyPress user IS a WordPress user. BuddyPress just makes it easier to make WP content more social. a lot of WP plugins work with BP like the ratings plugin. Your expecting BuddyPress to be exactly what YOU want OOTB. It should only give you building blocks to achieve your goal and it does. The reason I showed you Tasty Kitchen is that its a perfect example of they had a site that users added posts(recipes) with ratings. Nothing new here WordPress gives you this through various plugins. They then used BuddyPress to aggregate user content and allow user relationships.
Let’s say a member chooses to post something defamatory or obscene in her profile bio. An admin may be compelled to act.
More specifically, as a newbie contemplating BuddyPress for a project that would comprise several dozen known named member individuals, I am mulling over how I can pre-populate such a site (eg.) from a .csv list, when profile info seems separated across two locations.
Hi Hugo. Yes I have and it has failed each single time. Im normally not asking for help since i like the challenge however this is really making me feel sad.
@modemlooper tanks for the answer, but there is noting on the codex for members loop, the codex documentation is very limited.
As a newbie, I’m finding it bizarre that the system apparently keeps two separate sets of user profile data in two different parts of the world – standard WordPress user stuff and BuddyPress stuff. Right?
Authors post recipes, and user read and discuss that recipes.. That’s basic function of WordPress, (not BuddyPress..).
Tasty Kitchen uses WordPress plugin WP-PostRatings so their users can rate a post by an author.. That’s a WordPress plugin, (not exclusive to BuddyPress..).
What I’d like to say is:
such a basic social feature between authors and readers (which needed by sites like Tasty Kitchen) should be covered by BuddyPress default.
love the concept.. In my opinion, navigation on the right side should be moved to left side..
Let articles on the right side.. and advertisement space can be inserted between articles..
Lately people is getting familiar with sites like Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Blogspot interface layouts which put navigation on the left column..
Just my opinion.. But nice concept anyway..
@mercime isn’t the only ‘expert’ but adjusting custom themes to use BP has become somewhat of a service on this forum but we look forward to 1.7 dropping .
Before mercime does have to dive in to help you out have you actually run through the template pack process as outlined in the BP codex and attempted to get things working, it helps in advance to know what has been tried.
