hi, thanks a lot for your reply.
I can’t seem to get that to work. When you say to replace ‘reply_text’ with the id of the editor, is the ID just the name of this editor? Is there somewhere I can look to find out the specific ID because I am suspecting maybe the ID is something different then the name?
Is this method you told me above basically to tell the forums which editor to use, or the whole site?
Thanks!
Edit: Also, I save the topic.php in my child theme folder at “/themes/bp-child/groups/single/forum/topic.php” correct?
I recall a previous poster with similar issue mentioning it was a plugin conflict … didn’t post which plugin it was. So deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and activate one by one to check which is the offending plugin.
Blog Categories for Groups plugin is compatible with current BP version. I’m sure Brajesh will update it for BP 1.6 when that rolls out.
Delete the new page you created since it’s not going to work that way. The code will create a link in the navigation menu for logged in users only and clicking on the link will direct the user to his/her respective profile page.
== I’m not sure where to add the code in the functions.php. ==
At the bottom of the functions.php file :
}
?>
Add code in between:
}
// Filter wp_nav_menu() to add profile link
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'my_nav_menu_profile_link' );
function my_nav_menu_profile_link($menu) {
if (!is_user_logged_in())
return $menu;
else
$profilelink = '
' . __('My Profile', 'buddypress' ) . '
';
$menu = $menu . $profilelink;
return $menu;
}
?>
1. Backup database. 2. Uninstall Group Forums via dashboard menu BuddyPress > Forums
3. Delete bb-config.php file from server — found in root of your WP installation i.e., where you find your wp-config.php file.
Note that come BP 1.6, Group Forums will be migrated over to bbPress Sitewide Forums.
Thank you, @mercime so very much. Everything is working well, and I have learned something new!. Your kindness and generosity with your time and knowledge is gratefully appreciated.
== add two categories in my BuddyPress forum ==
Can’t do this in default Forums for Groups.
You can do this in bbPress sitewide forums –> https://bbpress.org/forums
Forums for Groups will be migrated to bbPress sitewide forums come BP 1.6
This looks promising, but it doesn’t seem to work with BuddyPress 1.6-bleeding. If I click on the link “Blog” in my group, a white blank page appears. 
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Frisco Theme for BuddyPress – https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/frisco-for-buddypress
Or use any responsive WP theme and install+activate the BP Template Pack plugin, then go through BP compatibility process. There’s a list of “template-packed” WP themes https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes for reference on how to go about it.
Telegraph uses Disqus across all our sites; we have so many comments we have a team of people working full-time to moderate them. And, yes, Telegraph pays money for Disqus.
Upload a BLANK file which should be named sidebar-buddypress.php to your active theme folder in the same level you’d find index.php, page.php, etc.That will effectively make all your BP template files full-width.
@aarc If you’ve revised any of the BP template files transferred to your musiclife theme folder in server during the BP Compatibility process, please delete the 6 BP folders transferred to your musiclife 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.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for your in-depth reply. I will probably circumvent the default WordPress comment system and fully use Disqus. I sent an email to the Disqus team, however I’ve got a feeling that I’ll need to purchase their professional add-on package to get their full support on the implementation. From the information outlined in the OP article, I’d say that this was the route that the Telegraph.co.uk took as well in order to get your three way system up and running?
I’ll see what I can come with 
James
Thanks once again Hugo, you always have the solution!
I was doing the sort of digging you describe yesterday in fact and was able to find out how to add a “Follow” button which may interest users of Andy’s plugin BuddyPress Followers:
bp_follow_add_follow_button( bp_displayed_user_id() );
Hi there!
I currently work for the Telegraph, so have first-hand knowledge. If you want to use Disqus, you need to get user authentication going between WordPress and Disqus. At the Telegraph, we have our own in-house authentication system, too, so we’ve got a three way connection between our system, WordPress, Disqus. It’s as tricky as it sounds, and it’s not perfect.
We also have to use the Disqus Single Sign On feature, which you have to pay money for.
Disqus do have a WordPress plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disqus-comment-system but as I understand, it syncs between WordPress comments and Disqus comments (it never looks like you’re using Disqus).
I would suggest either using Disqus comments fully or WordPress comments fully. Not a mixture. Requiring people to sign in to Disqus via FB or TW I don’t think will realistically be a problem, as a lot of users have those social media accounts already. If you absolutely must have the Disqus / WordPress user authentication going, I’d suggest you get in contact with Disqus support at http://disqus.com/support/ and see what their thoughts are.
If you learn something, do share
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4242 (which you know about, since you posted the bug report. Thanks!)
If you’re using wordpress 3.3+, you can use the wp_editor function in your buddypress powered theme. For example, the is the textarea for posting reply for group forums in BuddyPress Default theme located in /buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/single/forum :
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Change it to
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Where the first quote (‘Type here …’) is the initial content for the editor (You can just leave it as ” if you don’t want any initial content) and the second quote (‘reply_text’) is the id of the editor.
By default, wp_editor will use the default TinyMCE editor that comes with WordPress but you can change it via a plugin e.g. CKEditor For WordPress
@psanvito
I have used Shopp in the past, very good support and a reliable product.
Also mentioned above ‘S2Member’ looks perfect for BuddyPress websites
@b1gft copy over https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.5/bp-themes/bp-default/forums/forums-loop.php into child theme folder/forums/forums-loop.php – then change value in line 61 for the poster avatar and line 68 for the groups avatar.
Haven’t ever used GoDaddy. From what I’ve heard, that hosting is not kosher for BuddyPress nor WP Multisite.
== please create an account to test a couple things ==
@finallyanime Do provide a test username and password which you can delete later.
1. if you’re referring to blog posts, then you’d need to install a subscription plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe2/ or via feedburner etc.
2. What’s wrong about the blogs section specifically? You need to have a multisite installation for that
== Doesn’t look like “create new topic or group” is possible ==
3. Did you see the link to create a group beside title of the Groups Directory page? Or go to http://mysite.com/groups/create directly ? Create a new topic for Group Forums or Sitewide Forums?
