BuddyPress.org

Just to clarify
– Was “The Morning After” theme activated when you installed and activated the BP Template Pack plugin and ran Appearance > BP Compatibility?
– Did you use the first method (16 template files change) or the second method (header-buddypress.php etc) to fix alignment? https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#tplfiles

Open up TMA’s header.php, page.php and footer.php, copy source of each and post to pastebin.com. Click submit and post the generated URL/s here.

It depends on your WP theme. Did you use the first or second method to complete the BP compatibility process when fixing alignment? You could do full width for the BuddyPress directory pages only if you used the first method.

If you want full width (no sidebar) for directory pages only, then delete “ from:
/activity/index.php
/forums/index.php
/groups/index.php
/members/index.php

If you’re referring to all the BuddyPress pages, then create a blank sidebar-buddypress.php and upload to the root of your active and preferred WP theme.

Not much privacy with BuddyPress. There are a couple plugins that make the entire site closed to non logged in uses. But individual privacy settings are not available.

The current version of BuddyPress requires WordPress 3.2 and higher; see https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/

I think v1.2.7 is the last version that supported WP 3.0; https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.2.7.zip

I would strongly recommend that you upgrade WordPress.

Is buddystream stable?

Have you tried the suggestions on https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/blank-pages/ ?

Couldn’t you do something along the lines of the walled garden technique: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/privacy-3/#post-113808

bump also have a receding hair line over this but with the buddypress default template with child theme

help needed please

using bp 1.5 default with child theme, wp 3.2.1

sorry to barge in here, i cant start a new topic hense this post

does anyone know how i can hide my sites menu (activity, members, groups, forum) navbar from un-registered / logged-out members..?

thanks in advance

You’re welcome

Thanks for your response @mercime.

I am still confused about how to tell from a plugin’s page whether it is really compatible with 1.5. Looking at one plugin at random at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-group-management/ that supposedly passed, it’s page says compatible up to Buddypress 1.2.8. Does one believe the “passed” or the 1.2.8. If it’s only good up to 1.2.8, is there any way to tell how actively it is maintained and when it might be updated (other than noticing who the author is, perhaps)?

A number of the plugins showing “failed” show a date of August, 2011. Is there a planned update to the status of these plugins?

It also seems that only some plugin developers specify a Buddypress compatibility version at all, which seems problematic.

I think we are drifting away from the topic title, but this website would ideally make it easier for users to know the status of 1.5 and its plugins, rather than having to gather incomplete information from multiple sites.

Hi mercime ~ thank you

I put : http://socraticmama.com/feed/ into the Google Reader subscription box & your solution works perfectly, but it doesn’t solve the problem for those who now newly subscribe to SocraticMama. The problem is I will have to tell each new subscriber to enter http://socraticmama.com/feed/ manually into Google Reader. Is there any way to have my RSS feed, not my sitewide activity, as the automatic default for Google Reader?

Another poster had the same problem 6 months ago & a solution was provided by Mikey3D, but I don’t know how to apply the solution in my case:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/trouble-with-google-reader-and-sitewide-activity/
I can’t match it to the advice given by Mikey3D. This is because the terms ‘Blog Posts RSS Feed’ & ‘Blog Posts Atom Feed’ are not in my header.php ~ see here:

<html xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; >

<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;; charset=" />
<title></title>

<link rel=&quot;pingback&quot; href=&quot;" />

<?php
if ( is_singular() && bp_is_blog_page() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) )
wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );

wp_head();
?>

<body  id="bp-default">

<div id="header">
<div id="search-bar">
<div class="padder">
<h1 id="logo"><a href=&quot;" title=""></a></h1>

<form action=&quot;" method="post" id="search-form">
<label for="search-terms" class="accessibly-hidden"></label>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;search-terms&quot; name=&quot;search-terms&quot; value=&quot;" />

<input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;search-submit&quot; id=&quot;search-submit&quot; value=&quot;" />

</form><!-- #search-form -->

</div><!-- .padder -->
</div><!-- #search-bar -->

<div id="navigation">
 false, 'menu_id' => 'nav', 'theme_location' => 'primary', 'fallback_cb' => 'bp_dtheme_main_nav' ) ); ?>
</div>

</div><!-- #header -->

<div id="container">

Using the WordPress 3.2.1 and Buddypress 1.5.1 with default BuddyPress theme. I am also using the multiple groups forums

I’d think @svenl77 and @konradS will be able to help you out.

Closing this. Duplicate of https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/steps-for-theme-compatibility-not-working/ — mercime

@jsibley I understand your concern.

For those who are new: whether to install BP 1.5 or not – I recommend installing this version rather than older version. BP 1.5 is a major update with a lot of bug fixes and new features. There was a list compiled by volunteers around the time BP 1.5 was launched https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-plugin-compatibility/ The list needs to be updated but clicking on most the links of the specific plugins will bring you to the plugin pages where you can see if these have been updated to latest WP/BP versions.

For those with older BP installs: whether or not to upgrade to BP 1.5.
This is a similar question that many Site/Super Admins have asked themselves or regular/multisite WP installs. Should they upgrade to the latest version of WordPress or not because they are dependent on WP plugins which have not been upgraded? Sometimes the Admins wait for the plugin to be upgraded before upgrading to latest WP version if they are assured such plugin will be upgraded. More often, Admins upgrade to latest WP version and find alternative plugin and/or sometimes paying for a premium plugin and/or updating the plugin themselves. Those are the realities in open-source software.

@junglejinge just checked your site. A style in your theme’s style.css has wrought havoc with the avatar of individual member/group e.g. http://www.meetinbradford.org/groups/over-50s/

Add this to your stylesheet to override aforementioned
`div#item-header img.avatar {
float: left !important;
position: relative !important;
}`

Add also the following to your stylesheet to delete the list style showing up in members/groups list
`ul#members-list, ul#groups-list {
list-style-type: none;
margin-left: 0;
}`

Add additional styles to taste.

Platform is *supposed* to have BuddyPress support, so I looked at the CSS route via Firebug. Sure enough, some minor tweaks “lifted up” your sidebar to where it’s supposed to be.

Add this to your stylesheet to lift up the sidebar.:
`#buddypress-page #content {
float: left;
width: 600px;
}`

If you want to bring in the BP elements that extend the horizontal border, etc, add following to stylesheet as well to start:
`#buddypress-page #content .padder div.pagination { margin: -20px 0px 0 !important; }
#buddypress-page .item-list li { padding: 1em 0 !important; }
div.item-list-tabs { margin: 25px 0 20px !important; }
div#subnav.item-list-tabs { margin: -15px 0 15px !important; }
ul#members-list, ul#groups-list { list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0; }`

Add other styles to taste.

If the above solution works for you, please close the WP.org forum post as resolved. Cheers.

I realize that we are depending on the kindness of strangers, but regular updates and some idea of timelines would be helpful.

It seems like there is a bit of a vicious circle. The forum we use to ask questions about buddypress and report problems gives a poor impression of buddypress (despite the clear hard work of volunteers) and makes it hard to find and track answers. I guess the answer, for those who can wait, is to wait until more plugins and and the forum are fixed?

For those who are new and want to use plugins, and those who use plugins and haven’t upgraded yet perhaps it is unwise to install 1.5 until there is more progress?

Set which blog ID BuddyPress will run on, add the following to your wp-config.php file
`define ( ‘BP_ROOT_BLOG’, $blog_id );`
replace $blog_id with the ID# of the subsite, e.g. 7
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/

If you have WP Multisite, you will only see BuddyPress menu in Network Admin area.

After adding where you want BP to run in subsite in wp-config.php (if you’re installing BP in domain root, you do not need to add anything in wp-config.php), activate BuddyPress and go through the Installation Wizard https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/setting-up-a-new-installation/buddypress-1-5-installation-wizard/

Know that when you open up your registration for anyone on single WP or WP multisite, whether you have BuddyPress or not, you will get spammers and sploggers. Only “closed” or by-invitation-only sites have escaped this curse completely.

There have been different solutions using plugins and techniques to prevent this but these bots and humans spammers/sploggers are relentless. Search online and you’ll get many answers/methods
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/fighting-splogs/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/what-do-your-spam-signups-look-like/
http://www.wptavern.com/forum/wordpress-mu-multisite/2123-anti-spam-plugins.html
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anti-spam-for-multi-site-educationnon-profit?replies=7
http://wpfeed.com/2011/01/complete-list-of-anti-spam-plugins-and-solutions-for-wordpress/
http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-moderation/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wangguard/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/anti-splog/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-anti-spam/?topic_id=20669
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/moderate-new-blogs/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/
http://itscblog.tamu.edu/bad-behavior-wpmu-2-1-15-released/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ban-hammer/

You could post in WP.org forums for that plugin as to why it’s causing that issue with BuddyPress. In the meantime, if you need sample content for your site, you could download test data which the WordPress Theme Review Team use to check out themes submitted to the WP Theme Repository https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test

As far as I know, changes are being done in the backend of BuddyPress.org. No timeline for completion, as people responsible are working hard on BuddyPress plugin bug fixes and compatibility with next version of bbPress and with upcoming WP 3.3 which is top priority. Thank you for your patience.