You can replace text with images in your CSS files.
There are a variety of techniques you can use. It’s not really a BuddyPress question, and you’d be better looking them up in a guide to CSS, or on some CSS specific forums.
Try googling ‘CSS image replacement’ as a starting point.
Rename your plugins folder to force deactivate plugins. Put the folder name back to plugins after you visit your admin. Then activate BuddyPress alone. If it works ok then test each plugin one by one to find the one that is breaking your site.
this may be due to the fact that it’s not finding your url so my best suggestion to you is to type in whatever your site name is like http://www.myarket.com and add this /admin at the end of it like this: http://www.myarket.com/wp-admin/ this should take you to the back end of wp so there you can either uninstall bp 1.57 or install plugin called 301 redirect so that you can fix your url issues.
your last option is to go to your hosting plan site or your server FTP Panel and delete buddypress 1.57 and then you would be good to go but you have to go and re-install bp 1.56 to find out if that was the problem.
yeah its updated in 1.6, I installed the 1.6 rc2 and it works perfect and since I’m not running a production site right now I’m fine.
Hi @mercime I changed to bp-default theme and see avatar if work but still same not work right. Same buddyboss theme, too. Any idea?
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Hi @rogercoathup, I have noticed that if you click on some link /button on your site that between every page load there’s a 1 sec white page blink , I had the same problem on http://www.4ella.com and have removed it by disactivating some plugins (I don’t remember which ones 
), could you tell me how many plugins are you using ? Or are you trying to use more codes than plugins on your site because before I had about 70 plugins active , now I have only about 20 , the site is much more quicker now and I don’t see no white pages between page loads anymore , but there are many plugins which I miss a lot , so I am trying to find the way how to activate more plugins without slowing down the site and seeing white page between page loads.
you know the check boxes let me post a screen shot from image shack. I am referring to this picture it is your plugin. You have the “let the user decide” drop down option but if you could just please add the default “friends only” check boxes and add the private messaging it would be superb. I would personally greatly appreciated thanks. I tried others but it was too much of hassle for user if they would want to go that deep I want something simple as yours so even my grandpa would be able to set his privacy settings thanks again.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/thisap.jpg/
@meisterlumpi it has been resolved, so no need to open a new ticket.
Instead of messing with core file, you could just add the change in your theme’s stylesheet. Also, the the change should have been for body.wp-admin only, since removing it from body could make the adminbar overlap your content at top if your theme design is set flush to top of screen.
@elangley – BuddyPress is used to provide the backbone for member accounts on Enterprise Nation. Customised activity stream loops are also used (e.g. clicking on discussions a sidebar option from some pages) takes you to a custom activity stream showing new forum threads, and blog comments & threads.
The profiles are currently being overhauled – with a raft of new functions coming on board in the next month or so (e.g. shop account integration, and some bespoke BuddyPress components for directory listings).
@mercime so no need to report this by opening a new ticket?
To get rid of the gap I edited the file “/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/css/buddybar.css”. Just comment out `padding-top:25px!important;` in the first line of the file.
`body,body.wp-admin{/* padding-top:25px!important; */}….`
would be pleased to know if there is a better work around, that doesn’t involve messing with a core file though..
@mercime Thanks. I don’t understand how to use that information though and the site says specifically to avoid “Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.”
It doesn’t look like an actually plugin but code to add to something.
@johnyonutz
== By plugin remove you mean.. ==
You can just do this first -> a) just deactivate all plug-ins except BP
and change to bp-default theme
== Also: “bp-custom.php” file is located in … ? ==
You create the file bp-custom.php -> https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/
@bellacrazy74 change to bp-default theme and see if crop avatar works from there.
Add this to your theme’s stylesheet:
`div#wpadminbar { position: absolute !important; }`
@joemd did you move the /gallery/ folder from bp-gallery plugin folder into your active BP-compatible theme? Also @sbrajesh usually posts compatibility fixes or updates for BP Gallery at BuddyDev.com if needed.
@karmatosed I had seen that but didn’t see an answer on how to do what I’m trying to do. I need a live validation to show the user whether or not their entry is a valid url for facebook or twitter.
@joemd the plugin has not been updated since April 2011, so I wouldn’t recommend using it in any installation.
Yes. That issue is resolved in BP 1.6 which will be released sometime soon.
In the past 6 months I was getting 50+ spam bot registrations a day. I used WangGuard, but it was not catching them.
The bots were looking for the default registration page at http://yoursite.com/register
I changed the permalink of my default registration page to something else and have not had any issue since then.
Knock on wood, I have not had to delete any bogus registrations for the past month.
I hope this helps.
@oceanwidedesigns
You wrote: I wouldn’t use WangGuard because it sounds like that could easily cause problems for non-bots.
I ask: What could cause problems for non-bots?
You wrote: I’ve been having good success with SweetCaptcha,
I ask: SweetCaptcha looks cool. Do you have to come up with your own designs or are they stock?
One possible problem with this model, like any captcha, is that once the bots create a database of these drag and drop actions, human figures it out and then put in the database, it may become ineffective. The more adoption a model gets in WP the more attacks it will undergo from spammers.
~eric
@elangley
I wouldn’t use WangGuard because it sounds like that could easily cause problems for non-bots.
I’ve been having good success with SweetCaptcha, I haven’t had any complaints from anyone & it seems to work for people from all cultures. One bot through since installing, but that is a lot less than lots of bots a day.
bp_get_profile_field_data() still exists in 1.5.7. Double-check:
* is the BuddyPress plugin active?
* Is there a nag message near the top of the plugins screen with a message “BuddyPress has been updated! Please run the update wizard”? If so, run through the update wizard.
The only thing that would break is links in old activity as those are hard coded into the databases
