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@djwinner Yes, you should hit up the theme author. You paid for a theme that’s supposed to be compatible with BP 1.5.5 per documentation, you deserve a theme which have all parts working.

@neodjandre at first glance, it looks like the layout you have for the groups directory page you linked to above is the default layout you get right after BP compatibility … except that the member’s profile page has the sidebar below the content. The only hitch with that layout is that you have duplicate div#content in the HTML (one from your theme and the other from the BP template file) but that’s livable. Or did you already tweak the layout of the group directory page?

I recommend against disabling account activation, but I believe you can do so like this. Put this in your bp-custom.php:

http://pastebin.com/z3ec4Y5F
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/

You will need something like BP Group Management for easier management.

If you want to limit group creation to admin, go to BuddyPress > Setting in your dashboard and check “Restrict group creation to Site Admins?”. You may also try BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation & add some rules so members can’t create a group until they reach the requirements

If you have a child theme of bp-default theme, the simple way would be to copy over:

a) https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.4/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/create.php
to wp-content/themes/YourChildThemeFolder/groups/create.php
– above line 90 per linked file add “
– below line 106 per linked file add “

b) https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.5.4/bp-themes/bp-default/groups/single/admin.php
to wp-content/themes/YourChildThemeFolder/groups/single/admin.php
– above line 69 per linked file add “
– below line 87 per linked file add “

Note that if you as Site/Super Admin don’t even want to create a hidden or private group yourself, then delete lines 90-106 from create.php and delete lines 69-87 from admin.php

There was a report here about a security plugin interfering with forum replies. If you don’t have one, deactivate plugins except BuddyPress and see if issue is resolved. Then activate plugins one by one to see which one is messing up with commenting.

1. Have you tried BuddyPress Group Forums & bbPress (or known as Sitewide forums). Both of them integrate well with BuddyPress and will show up in the activity stream when someone start a topic or post a reply.
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

2. I think most of the BuddyPress compatible theme should fits your need. You just need to configure it so it looks like a normal blogs in the front while still maintain the social media functions.

@raoulbeltra either within a plugin file or your themes functions.php
You can read more at https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin

From what i understand you are trying to do, then yes, just replace `echo do_shortcode(‘SexyButton’);` to whatever you want to show.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-block-activity-stream-types/

@edgarestradac you would add that to your theme’s stylesheet aka style.css file.

@energynet thank you for bringing this to our attention and for sharing the solution. Cheers

rename wp-content/themes/custom-community to wp-content/themes/custom-community-xxx via FTP/cpanel and if that doesn’t work, rename wp-content/plugins/buddypress to wp-content/plugins/buddypress-xxx

What file should I modify to change the width of BuddyPress and so fits my sidebar?

You have a custom theme that’s supposed to be BuddyPress-ready. I would contact theme author regarding this issue. To confirm if it is a theme issue, change to bp-default theme, clear cache and see if issue is corrected.

@sienteastu best place to ask categories/taxonomies/classifications for subsites would be at https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite

@indieconnect surround code with backticks ( ` ) the symbol between the parentheses, not apostrophes

== one of the links in the dropdown menu at the top of the page ==
What browser are you using?

== using the buddypress 2011 theme as well. ==
Which BuddyPress 2011 theme? theme URI? Does the same behavior apply when you change to bp-default theme?

@bensonsearch thanks for posting the conflict with FBChat and commenting with BP. Have you checked out the other chat plugins at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/chat