BuddyPress.org

@jptdesrosiers
Never tried it but you can:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/baw-invitation-codes/
On the front page follow the link to the Developers tab for the version that should work with BuddyPress! Let us know how it works out for you!

I would like to create a section where people can sign in and answer questions and add their image and then have people see their answers.

@cortttt Sure. Use BuddyPress Extended Profile Fields to highlight the best of your community https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-components-and-features/extended-profiles/
Make sure that Extended Profiles is checked in wp-admin Settings > BuddyPress > Components

At the top of the sections would be a running total…total years lost to illness

Check out https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/ and then customize the plugin to include the running total years lost to illness or use/rename birthday field

@profc backup and make sure you delete all the BP Template Pack files transferred to your theme folder in server https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/bp-17-upgrading-template-packed-themes/

@mattadams premium theme clubs usually have forums support for its members. Have you tried searching the forums re BuddyPress compatibility or asking if theme author can provide it? We have no access to the premium file so have no clue what proprietary templating system it’s using that’s circumventing easy integration with BuddyPress.

One solution could be as simple as creating a buddypress.php file which contains the WordPress loop with the_title and the_content tags along with the necessary HTML structure and theme tags. You’d then upload that file to the root of your theme’s folder in server and that’s it.

Theme Compatibility & Template Files

Template Hierarchy

Good luck!

@fpats BP works with nearly all WordPress themes. It doesn’t work perfectly in themes with proprietary templating systems but there’s a solution for that.

You can ask the theme author for a buddypress.php file which has the WP with the_title and the_content among the theme’s template tags for that specific theme. Upload that buddypress.php to the root of your theme folder in server and all BuddyPress components will use that file to autogenerate content.

@life1134
You could try this and take what you need from it:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-build-a-facebook-style-members-only-wordpress-buddypress-site/

I’m having the exact same problem within OptimizePress. I also need a solution, I really want to include BuddyPress in my site, but I can’t see getting rid of OptimizePress because I need it’s functionality.

Basically, two things are happening.

1. The redirects to the Members page are happening on my site too.

2. I also can’t edit the theme template on these pages either, and so I’m stuck with the grey pages on some of the BuddyPress pages.

I would LOVE to have this fixed, I would really like to have BuddyPress on my site.

Thanks in advance!

~Matt

Did you use a one click install for WordPress?

@profc
Has all of the buddypress files that the template pack plugin copied over in your theme been removed? If I remember correctly you would have to manually remove those via cpanel or FTP. I don’t think deactivating the plugin will remove them but its been awhile since I used it. Since 1.7+ I haven’t looked back! 🙂

Thanks for sharing your fix.
To suggest a change to core code, please use
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/
to submit a ticket re a bug or enhancement.

The core devs will definitely see it there.

Clarification:

This template file is found in the base BuddyPress plugin folder under the bp-members folder.

I just upgraded a BuddyPress site to v1.8.1 and did a cursory check to see if this search issue had been resolved yet. It has not, which sort of mystifies me because the problem is more than two years old and requires a modification to BuddyPress core code.

Here is the segment of code that I’ve changed (again) in the bp-members-template.php script found in the plugin’s “core” folder:

 // Pass a filter if ?s= is set.
  // ref link: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/wp-search-results-page-kills-bp-member-widgets/
  // ref link: http://buddydev.com/support/forums/topic/wp-search-results-page-kills-bp-member-widgets/

 // Original code on lines 313-318 remarked out in favor of Modified code on lines 320-322
	//if ( is_null( $search_terms ) ) {
	//	if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['s'] ) )
	//		$search_terms = $_REQUEST['s'];
	//	else
	//		$search_terms = false;
	//}

    /******* Modified search code *******/
    if ( !is_search()&&isset( $_REQUEST['s'] ) && !empty( $_REQUEST['s'] ) )
        $search_terms = $_REQUEST['s'];
    /******* End Modified Search Code *******/

Has anyone on the core development team considered making this into a “hook” that we can remove and rewrite for our child themes?

Did you follow https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/register-and-activation-pages/ ?

@coutain @elenis1517

Please don’t ‘hijack’ other people’s topics.

Are you logged out when you go to the register / activate pages? If not then what you describe is normal behaviour as those pages are redundant when you are logged in.

If you are still having problems please start a different topic and provide more relevent details – see https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/

@cc-cailin It’s stated at the very top of the WP plugin forum page you link to!! the statement reads ‘please don’t use’

This was the whole point of all the work that went into BP 1.7 for theme compat. Please read those links provided so you understand how things work now, it’s also worth following the BP blog and even bpdevel site to keep up to date with developments.

I have a similar problem. I set all the pages, but when trying to open the registration page the system goes to the front page.

@asieger as hnla mentioned above, deactivate BuddyPress and BP plugins. Can you register/activate an account with BP deactivated?