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I installed it and it works except if not registered one see’s only white screens other then the landing page. How can one customise the 404s?

BP Template Pack process copies 6 folders from bp-default theme within the buddypress plugin folder into the active WP theme – in your case, the swatch theme folder in server.

You can download BuddyPress, unzip, and go to bp-themes/bp-default/ folder where you’ll find the 6 folders (activity, blogs, forums, groups, members, registration) which contain the 16 files you need to revise. After you’ve done the revisions, upload those 6 folders via FTP/cpanel/etc to server wp-content/themes/swatch/ folder

The best way to modify the text is by creating a language file which is described in depth at the codex entry here – https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

Their’s this for standalone bbpress forums – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-quotes/

and theirs this for groups forums – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-forum-extras/

Paul – Do you know off hand if a hook exists to modify the place in core that records the name in the activity table? I know you suggested usernames to match core to @nicholmikey btu I’d like to look into modifying that so first Name Last name are recorded instead….site wide. for our purposes, usernames in the activity stream just throw people off. Trying to go full facebook with full names. Thanks

You mean more than what you already see in Group Forums as well as in the Sitewide Forums? Like what?

B. At the very bottom of the 16 files, replace:
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with (except for the /registration/register.php file):
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with the following for /registration/register.php file
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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();
});
});

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Save files and upload following the directory structure.

Disclaimer: this may or may not work depending on what that customized theme renders via options in the templates. If that occurs, you can point theme dev to this post and he/she would be able to direct you to a corrected structure.

Also, if there’s a php error after this has been uploaded, it might very well be that you would have to delete the breadcrumb code I included from the original woo file. I’m saying, just in case

Finally, you might want to check out the style modifications done for Twenty Ten child theme using BP template pack https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

All right.

@BlendNZjnr You’re going to have to change 16 files contained within the 6 BP template folders transferred to your swatch theme folder in server listed here https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#tplfiles

Download the 6 BP template folders (clean ones) to your computer HD.

A. At the very top of all the other template files listed in link above, replace from get_header to div.padder
e.g.
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Make sure that you have pristine copies of the BP template files i.e. that the files you tried to revise over the last week were replaced with the original BP template files.
– Delete the 6 BP template folders in your reaction theme namely: activity/ blogs/ forums/ groups/ members/ registration/
– Re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility and go through whole process until the end.
– Check the BP component pages again.

Otherwise, site uri?

First: If you have BP 1.5.3.1 activated in a WP 3.3.1 installation, best practice is to only add plugins which are compatible with at least BP 1.5 or WP 3.3. If you install plugins compatible with lower versions of BP, be assured in all probability, you’d get fatal errors somewhere.

If you mean a single ning site (not the whole ning), it could cost you $4000 – $5000 to set up. Could be higher depending on your requirements. That doesn’t include maintenance, upgrade or server costs. Of course, could be cheaper with other devs. You could post at https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-jobs-board/home/ and/or http://jobs.wordpress.net/

Looking at the code you posted, I am 99% positive that you only need to create and add header-buddypress.php and sidebar-buddypress.php to your theme folder instead of changing code in 16 files transferred into your reaction theme in server. Let’s give it a try.

Create the header-buddypress.php file. Copy content of your reaction theme’s header.php and post it in header-buddypress.php and add the following at the bottom of that file:
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Save file.

Upload both files to your theme folder in wp-content/themes/reaction/

Finally, you might want to modify the default template pack styles, check out https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/

@AtlantasRealtor I would say backup database as always. Go to the lowest common and successful denominator by changing theme to Twenty Eleven and deactivating all plugins first.
– Given that, when you activate BuddyPress, do you now see the Installation Wizard link under the admin bar?
– If you do not see the the wizard, at this stage change to bp-default theme.
– Do you see the BuddyPress menu at the bottom of all other dashboard menus? If so, go through each one of those panels and configure.

– Yes, it is logical to make sure that your theme and connect plugins are compatible with latest WP and BP versions. However, I recommend not activating Genesis child theme nor Genesis Connect until you have BuddyPress working properly
– Btw, is this a new installation or is this an upgrade from previous WP version?

@helmi how would i go about making sure 3 and 4 are done?