I have just tried to install BuddyPress on my WP version 3.4.1 and using the salutation theme.
On click Finish and I get the below error:
Warning: Illegal offset type in AppServwwwwordpresswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-coreadminbp-core-update.php on line 642.
Any ideas / suggestions ?

I have just tried to install BuddyPress on my WP version 3.4.1 and using the salutation theme.
On click Finish and I get the below error:
Warning: Illegal offset type in AppServwwwwordpresswp-contentpluginsbuddypressbp-coreadminbp-core-update.php on line 642.
Any ideas / suggestions ?

Yes, significant chunks of this site don’t work. Particularly those relating to forums. It used to work somewhat better, but a new design was introduced which reduced the functionality.

However, try not to let that put you off BuddyPress though — the sites you can build with the platform are far more impressive and consistent. It also integrates well with the new bbPress plugin, allowing you to deliver standard forum behaviour.

@azizmb

This approach might be safer for most people.
It adds to the recorded post_types instead of replacing them.

`
add_filter ( ‘bp_blogs_record_post_post_types’, ‘activity_publish_custom_post_types’,1,1 );
function activity_publish_custom_post_types( $post_types ) {
$post_types[] = ‘videos’;
$post_types[] = ‘pictures’;
return $post_types;
}
`

And if you go thru the trouble of creating a CPT, why not filter the activity action so it isn’t the generic ‘…wrote a new post’. For example:

`
add_filter(‘bp_blogs_activity_new_post_action’, ‘record_cpt_activity_action’, 1, 3);
function record_cpt_activity_action( $activity_action, $post, $post_permalink ) {
global $bp;
if( $post->post_type == ‘videos’ ) {
if ( is_multisite() )
$activity_action = sprintf( __( ‘%1$s created a new Videos post, %2$s, on the site %3$s’, ‘buddypress’ ), bp_core_get_userlink( (int) $post->post_author ), ‘‘ . $post->post_title . ‘‘, ‘‘ . get_blog_option( $blog_id, ‘blogname’ ) . ‘‘ );

else
$activity_action = sprintf( __( ‘%1$s created a new Videos post, %2$s’, ‘buddypress’ ), bp_core_get_userlink( (int) $post->post_author ), ‘‘ . $post->post_title . ‘‘ );

}

return $activity_action;
}
`

Thanks for the feedback, and thank you for testing!

I’m sure someone will create a plugin to do this very soon

These forums don’t notify people of follow up comments — so, no surprise that Boone didn’t pick up on a further question several months later.

You can try the @username approach in your comment to notify them

For questions 2 and 3 — yes, you can customise these aspects of your site — there are many ways of doing it, and to some extent it depends on the approach you take to developing your site’s theme.

You can remove tabs, and add new tabs through the BuddyPress API
You can also remove them by developing your own custom template files (and similarly for the avatar sizes)

If you look on the showcase tab on this site, or visit bpinspire.com for more up to date examples, you can get a feel for what you can achieve based on BuddyPress.

Much the same as a WordPress site doesn’t have to follow the basic blog structure, similarly a BuddyPress site doesn’t have to follow the generic bp-default theme structure and UX.

Hi, I have the same exact problem!
This is what I get in my PHP log file:

`[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 77824 bytes) in /var/www/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php on line 1559
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP Stack trace:
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php:0
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 2. require() /var/www/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php:106
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 3. require_once() /var/www/wordpress/wp-admin/menu.php:233
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 4. do_action() /var/www/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/menu.php:97
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 5. call_user_func_array() /var/www/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php:403
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 6. bp_core_setup_wizard_init() /var/www/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php:0
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 7. BP_Core_Setup_Wizard->__construct() /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/admin/bp-core-update.php:1103
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 8. BP_Core_Setup_Wizard->save() /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/admin/bp-core-update.php:45
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 9. BP_Core_Setup_Wizard->step_db_update_save() /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/admin/bp-core-update.php:103
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 10. bp_core_install() /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/admin/bp-core-update.php:771
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 11. bp_core_install_notifications() /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/admin/bp-core-update.php:1116
[10-Jul-2012 19:39:48] PHP 12. bp_core_set_charset() /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/admin/bp-core-schema.php:20`

Please help me! How can I fix this issue?

go to your current themes directory, open up functions.php
add
`
register_sidebar(array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Sidebar2’ ),
‘id’ => ‘sidebar2’,
‘description’ => __( ‘Widgets in this area will be shown on sidebar2.’ ,’buddypress’ ),
‘before_widget’ => ‘

I’ll bet it’s something in your theme.
Try switching to the default BP theme.

Couple of things to look at:

Have you got anything unusual in your wp-config.php or bp-custom.php file, perhaps redefining the site URL or ‘root slug’.

Have you de-activated the components (groups, activity, etc.) in your BuddyPress settings?

The line that’s falling over is: if ( empty( $bp->{$id}->root_slug ) || $bp->{$id}->root_slug != $bp->current_component )

These are not theme issues, they are php errors in the page you need to look at your syntax and ensure it’s correct.

@rowefx, yes its one of my site am still working on it but i can give you the plugin free of charge.

Regards

@frank13 — unfortunately those standard forum features aren’t available on this site, so it’s very difficult to track anything, and questions often get re-asked, and re-answered.

Not sure why the site hasn’t been updated to use e.g. the bbPress plugin @johnjamesjacoby

It’s sounds you need a developer to work on your general site build, rather than having specific BuddyPress questions.

You can hire a developer by posting here: http://jobs.wordpress.net
You can also try posting on the jobs board on this site: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/

turn off AJAX based submission on your gravity form — does that fix the problem?

Technically, it’s the other way around: bbPress 2.1 supports BuddyPress for Group Forums (but **only** if you deactivate the Group Forums component).

You can use the bbPress 1.1 convertor that comes with bbPress 2 (it’s under the Tools menu) to move your content from old bbPress to new bbPress.

If the forum doesn’t appear in the BuddyPress group, it’s probably best to feed this back to the bbPress team on the bbpress.org forums.

I tried Buddypress User Account Type Lite plug in. But it doesnt work either. Nothing is capable of overwriting Buddypress default user capabilities. First I left Elgg because of a stupid “Privacy Access Option” built into it, now I think history is taking a fresh turn. Both scripts are useless for content driven social networks or “should be well moderated sites”