BuddyPress.org

Windows/Linux hosting/XAMPP or something else? Single or Multisite installation?

– Deactivate BuddyPress
– Download/installation may have been corrupted. So download the zip file of the BuddyPress plugin at https://buddypress.org/download/ or https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/ .Unzip in your computer and manually re-upload via FTP/cpanel/filemanager, etc to wp-content/plugins/
– Activate BuddyPress

You should be able to disable the admin bar for logged-out users in the WP admin area by navigating to “Settings > BuddyPress“, then click on the “Settings” tab.

If someone really wanted to find out if you were using BuddyPress, then it would be quite simple. I would take steps to try and hide the fact you were using WordPress first, then move down the ladder to BuddyPress later on.

About notifications without the admin bar, there are some third-party plugins available like:
http://buddydev.com/plugins/buddypress-notifications-widget/ (a widget)

With BP 1.7, we’ll be adding universal theme compatibility, so we’ll be taking some steps to try and make life without the admin bar a little easier.

@anointed – The activity entry reply vs. edit was addressed here:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4350

I tried to duplicate your problem on BP 1.7-bleeding and I can’t experience what you’re experiencing.

I edited a forum topic and the activity entry says “x edited the forum topic Y in the group Z”.

This is what I see when I edit a forum topic:

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This is what I see when I edit a forum reply:

(Off-topic: should probably rename the h3 tag here to “Edit your forum reply in ‘New Topic'”)

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If you’re using some plugins or you have modified your BP template files, this might also be contributing to your problem.

Edit: I see that you’re using bbPress trunk and not bundled bbPress. If you’re using bbPress v2.0 integration with groups, then that’s probably what’s causing the issue. Still some refining to do before everything gels with one another!

== But there’s no way to move between tabs, no “continue” button or anything ==

You mean you don’t see the “Save and Next” button near the upper right hand corner of the panel? https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/installation-wizard/

+? This is probably so technically “involved” that it is its own point release, probably version bump. Consider this: what if a member could join a or subscribe to a group that’s in a different BuddyPress community where the activity for that group comes into his/her personal activity stream?

== Their sizes are 6K and 2K which seem too small, and I’m having a problem downloading them via FTP, even though they have adequate permissions. ==

The sizes are just about the same as what most installations have. Why you’re having issues downloading those images, beyond me – internet connection issues maybe at the time you were downloading the images? Have you tried changing bp-default theme and check if avatar issue is corrected.

== “Multiple WP networks can be created with either: WP Multi Network or Networks+” ==

@jasonewillis WP MultiNetwork or Networks+ goes beyond multisite. It means each subsite in your multisite can become a network with subsites of its own. Both would require IMHO dedicated server and would choke a shared hosting account especially if you’re considering on adding BP on each network. If you’re going to upgrade your server, then yes, paying for Network+ is worth it. The plugin developer is active in the community.

Multisite with subdomain structure example
– example.com (main site)
– subsite1.example.com
– subsite2.example.com
– subsite3.example.com
– subsite4.example.com

WP MultiNetwork and Networks+ for example
– example.com (main site of all)

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subsite1.example.com (main site of this network)
– subsite1.example.com/subsite1
– subsite1.example.com/subsite2
– subsite1.example.com/subsite3

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subsite2.example.com (main site of this network)
– subsite2.example.com/subsite1
– subsite2.example.com/subsite2
– subsite2.example.com/subsite3

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subsite3.example.com (main site of this network)
– subsite3.example.com/subsite1
– subsite3.example.com/subsite2
– subsite3.example.com/subsite3

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subsite4.example.com (main site of this network)
– subsite4.example.com/subsite1
– subsite4.example.com/subsite2
– subsite4.example.com/subsite3

What do you mean by their “DB movement”? Did they move their servers to a different location? Also, do you have a backup of your DB and server files before the “DB movement”?

@obsidianmarketing First of all, you do not need to make anything multisite if it is not needed at all. I just wanted to clarify the environment of your BuddyPress installation as to why the installation wizard is not working per your topic title in this forum. BP works in either single WP or in multisite. So if you don’t want/need to allow your members to create blogs in BP site at e.g. subsite1.example.com, then you don’t need to make it multisite at all.

I answered your post at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/problems-getting-the-bp-installation-wizard-to-appear-in-the-control-panel-of-my-sub-domain/
Please post at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite

@obsidianmarketing 2 WP instances or 1 Multisite installation == it all depends on what kind of website you are running.

Example 1: I have 2 WP instances for an organization where the main site, http://www.example.com deals mostly with organization blog/news plus around 700 pages of general information. The subsite community.example.com is the private BP site on a second database.
Example 2: For another installation, it’s multisite and the information generated in the main site is from the user blogs.

== Since I already have WP installed on my sub-domain do I need to uninstall it on the sub-domain first? If so does that just mean that I will delete the folder that was created with the name of the sub-domain in the public_html folder? ==

Before you make any major changes to your installation, backup DB and server folders. If you believe that your organization will be better served with a multisite installation, then deactivate BuddyPress and create a network (make multisite) on example.com. Then you might want to import DB of subsite into DB of main site if you already have added a lot of information. In certain cases, you only need to import the XML export from your WP install in subsite.example.com

For more assistance should you go the multisite route, please go to https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite

add_filter(‘show_admin_bar’, ‘__return_false’);

@sooskriszta if you have already created a ticket on the subject don’t call out individual core devs on the forum it’s pointless, they will see the ticket and respond there if justified, doesn’t really help to further raise issue here treally.

Did a quick search and some users experienced a similar issue hosting on Windows – issue with mod_rewrite.

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activation-code-after-new-member-registration/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/welcome-pack/forum/topic/welcome-pack-problem-with-activation-key-s/

Where are you hosted? Have you contacted your webhost tech support re memory limits allowance and BuddyPress support? If you are on shared hosting, no matter how large the memory limit you place in wp-config.php or php.ini, the webhost can still control how much is allocated to your account.