@newbie2011 just saying that it would be easier creating two files instead of changing 16 BP template files since you’re fortunate that your theme’s HTML structure allows it. See an example of how it was done for the Evolution Theme. The additions to the header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php would be different in your case, but you get what I mean. Should you decide to go this route, backup your revisions.
problem solved!
I’ve installed Display Widgets https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-widgets/
Everything works perfectly now.
@r-a-y Thanks again!
@spuntotheratboy I upgraded an installation from BP 1.2.5 / WP 3.0 but I did it step by step, watching up for WP upgrades as well as the BP compatible upgrades.
The first thing I did before the first upgrade was to change to bp-default theme. Then I deactivated the BP-compatible plugins, then the other WP plugins plus renamed bp-custom.php and renamed the mu-plugins folder, then changed to Twenty Ten theme and deactivated BP.
Version by Major version manual (s/FTP) upgrades of WP and BP per compatibility of both and stopping to check the site once in a while to check if BP components are working as expected. For reference re compatibility of WP/BP versions, check out https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/
Are you using the bp-default theme? If you are, are you using a customized homepage template?
Try disabling all your plugins except BuddyPress and see if you are able to see the register link afterwards.
If you’ve created a child theme of bp-default, copy and paste the /activity/index.php template to your child theme.
Next, open up this file and remove the various li entries for All Members, My Favorites and @mentions. This should remove the tabs from the activity directory page.
Agreed with Roger.
You would have to do two things:
* modify the registration template (/registration/register.php) to remove the username field.
* modify the registration validation routine to use the first and last name as the username. If you’re already familiar with WordPress development, the appropriate function to look at is bp_core_validate_user_signup().
Hey buddypress — Any insights here? It’s been 10 months and several people have reported this. It’s even broke on this site.
Please respond.
@sciencefiction68 glad it’s working out for you, good news 
Marking this as resolved.
The link to create a group (if group creation is enabled) is available on the groups directory page in bp-default theme. If you want to add the link to your custom theme, the relevant code is in this line https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.6.1/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/index.php#L21
@kissandim you’re welcome. glad you resolved it on your own
@ @mercime, I’ve managed to make it work here;
http://nickyernstsen.dk/spilportal/forum
But when you choose a forum then the sidebar shows up again. Any ideas?
@shawn38, The site was using a blog from wordpress and the theme was well liked and buddypress was just a test at first. It seemed to work out pretty well for what the site needs. I will keep this in mind for any other future buddypress projects. The !important seemed to work. Thanks.
@karmatosed, Thanks for your input and will be using that as well.
@mercime, Thanks but, the way I aligned it isn’t proper. I added styles to each element because when I use the .bpcontent div it was only fixing the Members Directory page. The rest of the pages ended up still being out of alignment. Your post makes sense and I should have noticed that but, I didn’t. Thanks for that one. The sidebar-buddypress,php is no longer in use or shouldn’t be. I am using or planning on using my themes sidebar.php. This made it much easier when making the theme compatible. I am going to go back and fix the css and see if my alignment issue works out a little easier.
Thanks for everyones input, I am sure I’ll be back.
De activate all plugins and then delete the 1.2 BuddyPress folder. Then upload 1.5 and activate and go through upgrade process. If you haven’t edited core BP files you should be ok. The plugins may need a one x one activate test to make sure they work.
HI. Thanks for your help. I did ALL the things you suggested in your message and that particular string was still in english… I finally found it, you were right, it was in the theme/members/single/delete-account.php location. There seems to be a problem there because this file is not affected by the translated file. I finally did the language changes manually and it worked…
Thanks again for al the help.
@shawn38 that is exactly what I was looking for for the last month… Would you like to drop me an email to juanmaguerrero.com and have a nice chat about the possibilities of making this an other great plugins I have in mind? Thanks for all!
Ola !
You have 2 translation when running BP. One for WP and one for BP
And many plugins using their own mo file. In this case, the translation is in a “lang” or “languages” folder delivered with the plugin.
The wp translation is called es_ES.mo and is in wp-content/languages/es_ES.mo
The BP mo had to be in this same directory wp-content/languages/buddpress-es_ES.mo
You have also to declare your site language in wp-config.php (define(‘WP_LANG’,’es_ES’) and you have to set this, if not already done, in WP’s settings.
If all this is correctly made, all WP/BP strings should be in spanish. If despite correct settings, you have strings in english, it’s probably because you’re using a theme or a plugin with uninternationalized strings.
The template pack has nothing to do with your problem. bp-template-pack is a kind of guide to help you modify/upset non BP compatible themes. The plugin doesn’t need to be in spanish.
To find exactly where your untranslatable strings are, i suggest you to open buddypress/bp-languages/buddypress.pot and look above the word in english, the file name where the word is used. So simple as that ! 
EDIT: the concerned file is bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/settings/delete-account.php
If you use a custom theme for your install, you have to use the same path:
your_theme/members/single/settings/delete-account.php
In this file, you must have this line 54:
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The messages I am having trouble with are:
“WARNING: Deleting your account will completely remove ALL content associated with it. There is no way back, please be careful with this option.”
” I understand the consequences of deleting my account.” (the message besides the checkbox)
and the “Delete my account” button message.
All the rest of the Buddypress installation is in Spanish already, I just can´t get rid of these three items in english..
Thanks.
Erik.
Group forums or sitewide forum?
I would recommend strongly against this. There are security vulnerabilities present in BP versions earlier than 1.5.7. I’d also recommend getting to BP 1.6.x because it’s just a great release, but if you want to stay on the 1.5 branch for now, please use the latest 1.5.
Are you using a plugin or custom code?
OK. I located the “delete-account.php” file in my template pack (//wp-content/plugins/bp-template-pack/templates/members/single/settings/delete-account.php). The phrases causing the issue are there. I have changed them into spanish, but when attempting to delete my account, the message IS STILL IN ENGLISH!!! For the life of me that I just don´t know what else to look for.. Any help would be most appreciated.
Thanks!!
