Hmm.
Are you accessing the forums page on the site’s admin screens, or the network admin screen? It ought to be the latter in a multisite config.
Do you want those child sites to be individual BuddyPress sites, i.e. not connected?
If you don’t already use free hosting you might like to consider using http://www,000hosting.com or http://www.cixx6.com for prototyping changes they both have fairly easy WP installation which might enable you to set up a duplicate/development site (minus members and using their provided domain) to see how installing Buddypress will affect your theme without affecting your production site.
Just a thought.
@shanebp – a coincidence – I’m using the BuddyBoss theme! But, it doesn’t have a ‘Latest Photos’ or ‘Videos’ section on the Member Profile pages.
@Henry – I actually already have the BP Activity Plus plugin installed and need to uninstall it because the BuddyBoss theme already handles that stuff pretty well (just paste the URL in). Unfortunately, uploading photos/videos doesn’t provide what my client needs. They want a site visitor to be able to go to a member’s profile page and see photos, videos, and music that the member specifically posted for this purpose. In a nutshell…this client wants MySpace : (
@mark2741
You could try the BuddyPress Activity Plus plugin (has 32,963 downloads and 5 * rating from 35 votes)
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-activity-plus/
I’d be interested to hear if the plugin works well. The ability to add media to the standard activity feed would suit my site too.
@mercime
Hopefully you can help me. bbPress seems foundational to the BuddyPress experience….
@elangley
i do update it but haven’t added too much to it except a catacha and few other tools that help me, but not my readers. So I thought about using buddypress as a way to help my readers out. Now my theme on the website has only been up for like six to 8 months. Yes it has had updates and i installed them. But as far as upgrades are concerned that benefit the readers, and members i haven’t done much at all. I did install a spam blocker, to help them out too. I have never used buddypress, and if i do use it then I will because of the benefits to my members and readers. But I think I will be losing my theme. After looking at buddypress I think it will effect my whole site layout.
It may sound brutal but you really should be updating WordPress whether you are using BuddyPress or not. If your theme is limiting you then I’m afraid you do have to consider an alternative or update to it. Upgrades when done right shouldn’t effect your blog posts – it all depends though how far you’ve gotten behind though as to this task (and it won’t get less leaving it).
In saying this I do understand sometimes restrictions and issues happen that mean upgrading isn’t easy or as frequent. I usually find though that the issues in doing are out weighed by the benefits.
I really like the strong header and footer you’ve used there with the block format. I would maybe suggest you increase the width of the grid articles so they fill up the space a little. But, really cool use of BuddyPress love the idea of behind the scenes of media.
Thank you!
Yes i’d like to proceed, the result is worth the pain.
Header: http://pastebin.com/Q6gRsNZn
Sidebar: http://pastebin.com/n8X2WznW
Index: http://pastebin.com/dNTbT5A3
Page: http://pastebin.com/GJM3Q1iS
Footer: http://pastebin.com/zUhvQeJR
Here’s the style.css also of the child theme for your reference:
http://pastebin.com/kwCJ72Uz
Thank you!
Ziad
Scanning source of the Geotheme demo pages, you’d have to use the first method for Step 3 of BP Compatibility — change HTML structure of 16 BP template files — and not the two *-buddypress.php files like you mentioned above.
If you still want to proceed,
open up your theme’s header.php file, copy all, paste all to pastebin.com, click submit and post the generated URI here. Do the same for index.php, page.php, sidebar.php and footer.php.
Thanks Hugo. Having only used ‘normal’ WP I’m still trying to work out what comes from BP and what from MS.
@elangley – Thanks for the recommendation – it has done the trick, I think.
Cheers for your help.
@olihaslam Please check out:
Multisite User Management
Add user role to site during registration
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-user-management/
@elangley
~eric
@ChrisClayton
Ah, I see now & I can see where using these would be useful – there is no need to edit the WordPress/BuddyPress core.
The part I couldn’t get my head around was why you wouldn’t just place the whole function in the theme but now I realise by using do_action() you can insert multiple functions at that specific particular point in the code.
Thanks for helping out!
Many thanks for your reply with helpful link, mercime.
I must say you are a star! You (& very often you alone) always reply to my posts for help-many thanks
The link helps with anti-spam BP measures & I also need help running BP on site.
Today I tried creating a new BP forum (a public forum) on my site. From my dashboard I appear to have group forums installed. If I try to install sitewide forums the page displays bbPress plugin details & tells me I have the bbPress plugin already installed(which I already knew). I am not sure how these 2 BP & bbPress forums coexist!?(in the sitewide install >”You may activate both Group and Site Wide forums, but this may create a poor experience for your members.”<)..
I did successfully manage to create a new BuddyPress public group forum & am trying to display it on my nav bar links which will help accessibility (I think I have an issue with my WP nav menu code to add sub level menu-as they are not displaying-hopefully I can fix that soon). It is a little confusing for me the difference between BP group forums and bbPress sitewide forums & using either or both on site! Where is any help documentation for BuddyPress & bbPress to make setup & use easy & clear?
Anyway after I fix my menu drop down issue on my WP site, I will see how my BP experience develops from here-so far it has been very, very rocky for me with BuddyPress/bbPress….
It really shouldn’t be so hard to add BP forum to a WP site & use it easily but for me it is!!!
I just hope one day BP/bbPress will work well on my site….
Once again many thanks for your help
== I have associated Discssion Forums with a blank page named Community. ==
Change Forums base to community as well.
Go to wp-admin menu Settings > Forums – Archive Slug – Forums Base ==> from forums –> community
B. COPY your theme’s sidebar.php and Save As > sidebar-buddypress.php
Open up sidebar-buddypress.php
Add the following code at the TOP, above original sidebar code:
`
`
Add the following code at the BOTTOM, below all other code:
`
jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});
[ DELETE FROM HERE ]
<?php break;
case ‘pos_4’: // Shortcode Box 1
echo “
“.do_shortcode(stripslashes($mt_bp_scbox1)).”
“;
break;
case ‘pos_5’: // Shortcode Box 2
echo “
“.do_shortcode(stripslashes($mt_bp_scbox2)).”
“;
break;
case ‘pos_6’: // Shortcode Box 3
echo “
“.do_shortcode(stripslashes($mt_bp_scbox3)).”
“;
break;
} // end switch-case
} // end foreach
[ DELETE UP TO THIS LINE ONLY ]
`
Save file.
C. Upload header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php to your theme folder in server wp-content/themes/metrolo/ in the same directory where your regular header.php and sidebar.php files are
D. Final note: Copy the style modifications for some BP elements https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ and paste those at the bottom of your theme’s stylesheet, then adjust to taste.
This could be tricky, but let’s give it a try. You will need to create two new files, header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php
If you’ve revised any of the BP template files transferred to your metrolo theme folder in server during the BP Compatibility process, please delete the 6 BP folders transferred to your metrolo theme folder in server – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /members, /groups, /register – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility again to make sure that you have clean template files.
UPDATED: 07-13-2012
A. COPY your theme’s header.php and Save As > header-buddypress.php
Open up header-buddypress.php and at the BOTTOM of the file, below other code contained within, add this:
`[ DELETE FROM HERE ]
<?php extract(get_option('mt_set'), EXTR_OVERWRITE);
$msarray = unserialize(get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘meta_settings’, true));
if($msarray==”true”) {
$mt_sortlay02 = $msarray;
$mt_bp_scbox1 = $msarray;
$mt_bp_scbox2 = $msarray;
$mt_bp_scbox3 = $msarray;
}?>
<?php $modules = explode(",", $mt_sortlay02);
foreach ($modules as $module) {
switch ( $module ) {
case ‘pos_0’: // Message
include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/modules/mod_msg.php’);
break;
case ‘pos_1’: // Posted
include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/modules/mod_pstd.php’);
break;
case ‘pos_2’: // Accordian
include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/modules/mod_acc.php’);
break;
case ‘pos_3’: // Page ?>
[ DELETE UP TO THIS LINE ONLY ]
@thirstcard
The do_action() creates a hook. Basically it prints out the contents of the function that is added to that tag (bp_after_message_content) with add_action.
Usage? Let’s say Developer A makes a plugin that will place some text at the bottom of message contents, Instead of the end user having to edit the theme templates to add a call to the function, the developer can use `add_action(‘bp_after_message_content’, ‘plugins_function_that_does_stuff’);` WordPress will remember that function and will print it out where it finds `do_action( ‘bp_after_message_content’ )`
Does that help?
I installed a fresh copy of WordPress Multisite and added the BuddyPress plugin and Network Activated.
On the primary site I configured BuddyPress and then clicked the “Install Group Forums” button. I still received the “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.” error.
@elangley
~eric
@mercime:
I ended up ditching WAMP and installing XAMPP. It works like a charm, so far….I have a lot of learning to do! But everything is showing up like it is supposed to. Please mark this thread RESOLVED.
And thank you so much!!
Lynn
@shanebp I only ever post in the forums once i’ve Googled/read the Codex and still not fully understood a topic. Apologies if i’ve asked lots of questions today, your help has been much appreciated :}
