Single WordPress Version 3.2.1. Buddypress 1.5.1. I’m using my own theme which is a child theme of the default Buddypress theme.
Hi Buddypress Team,
I’m seeking technical advice for only ONE item… the rest is ‘in the bag’
I’m using Buddypress with the Fishbook theme & WordPress MultiSite. I’m trying to display one custom header for each blogs/sites (located in subfolders). After tweaking around for 2 day with style.css & header.php (with horrific results – like 2 headers showing at once, or none at all), now I think it’s time to seek advice!
My attempts were made using the plugin “Dynamic Headers by Nicasio Design”), but Murphy’s Law doesn’t seem to be on my side for this one. OR, am I using the wrong plugin?
Regards,
Peter
Sitewide Forums implemented via bbPress
https://bbpress.org/documentation/
https://bbpress.org/forums/ – check the sticky posts
I know this is an old topic, but its in the top results of Google when trying to find a solution for this.
So, to help save other people time (who land on this page when Google’ing this situation) here’s the fastest fix I’ve come across so far.
Create a file called “bp_custom.php”.
In it add:
function bbg_change_tabs() {
global $bp;
$bp->bp_nav = ‘New Profile Verbiage’;
$bp->bp_nav = ‘New Activity Verbiage’;
$bp->bp_nav = ‘New Friends Verbiage’;
$bp->bp_nav = ‘New Groups Verbiage’;
}
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘bbg_change_tabs’, 999 );
Replace the “New W/e Verbiage” with what you want it to say.
Double check that BuddyPress forums didn’t change any foot marks to apostrophes.
Save bp_custom.php and upload the file to /wp-contents/plugins/
Refresh your page to see if it worked.
So far it works for me just fine.
@suziwilson there’s an alternative way to make WP theme compatible with BP using BP Template Pack Plugin depending on the theme
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-eleven-bp-1-5/
If you need further assistance, open up your WP theme’s page.php, select all and copy, paste to pastebin.com, click submit and post the generated URL here. Posting what theme you’re using, site URL would facilitate assistance as well.
No, BuddyPress had/has nothing to do with P2.
@Jack
Thank you so much for this! I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but to which file do I add this code? I’m brand new to BuddyPress.
This snippet looks good to go
Yes, these are the directions I followed:
https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/deleting-buddypress/
The installation wizard does not show up. WordPress acts like the buddypress was already installed, and then gives the message:
The following active BuddyPress Components do not have associated WordPress Pages: Activity Streams, Discussion Forums, User Groups, Members, Activate, Register.
Thanks. Wasn’t BP basically an offshoot from P2? Would there be a way to just incorporate the P2 method of displaying the tag activity? Sure, tags sort of take away from the “status update” concept that we know of from other large social networking sites, but it would really take Buddypress to another level by having that feature available.
@David thanks this worked perfectly. I was trying a bunch of different redirects but I keep getting caught in a redirect loop. Thanks this helped a whole lot.
== I did a complete uninstall per the directions, ==
Directions from what source?
== How do you trigger buddypress to recreate the tables and pages within wordpress? ==
https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/deleting-buddypress/
Then install BuddyPress 1.5.1 and go through Installation Wizard
Search on here and google “buddypress activity stream meta”
It’d possible but you’d need to create your own method to display activity from a certain tag
I also love some advice on cache plugins for buddypress, in particular how to configure W3TC. Strange that the W3TC plugin creator does not help out here. (Or have I missed that?)
There are different ways to do this.
Do you have a bp-custom.php file in your plugins directory?
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/
If so, try adding this to it:
`// Redirect logged out users viewing homepage to register page.
function custom_redirect_home_to_register() {
global $bp;
// If user is not logged in and viewing front page
if (!is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_front_page() ) {
// Redirect to registration page. Change /register to your register page slug
bp_core_redirect( get_option(‘home’) . ‘/register’ );
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘custom_redirect_home_to_register’, 3 );`
If not, create the file and include an opening php tag before adding that code. This uses basic conditionals and can be customized however you’d like.
https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/conditional-template-tags/
for sure – but the bug is open for 15 months ( https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2576 ) and wasn’t fixed – and therefore i thought if you tidy the code up you could add it to core as a patch.
Anonymous UserInactive
Do any of you know how to replace buddypress’s registration form with Gravity Forms?
I can’t believe it… it WAS a conflict, with the “Buddypress Jquery Activity Stream Widget”; I just deactivated it and all of a sudden I could comment on another user’s wall update
Before buddy press 1.5 I was using the following function with success.
`
function tac_redirect_to_frontpage() {
global $bp;
$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );
$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );
if ( bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav ) === false )
bp_core_redirect( $path . $bp->bp_options_nav . ‘/’ );
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘tac_redirect_to_frontpage’ );
`
I really don’t know exactly what it was doing, but With buddy press 1.5 it stopped working.
`
function tac_redirect_to_frontpage() {
global $bp;
$path = clean_url( $_SERVER );
$path = apply_filters( ‘bp_uri’, $path );
if ( bp_is_group_home() && strpos( $path, $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug] ) === false )
bp_core_redirect( $path . $bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug] . ‘/’ );
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘tac_redirect_to_frontpage’,1 );
`
All this does is cause the browser to keep loading until it decides there is no page. I’d tried echoing the path variable up above in to the group header and it showed correctly I’d tried echoing the following and it showed nothing.
`
$bp->bp_options_nav[$bp->groups->current_group->slug] )
`
I could really use any help. @djpaul, or any one
@darren I’ve done what you said here and got my site wide forums up. (http://unfettereddesigns.net/forums/), but when i click on an individual forum ( ie http://unfettereddesigns.net/forums/forum/dark-age/) I’m getting a blank page in which i can’t post any new info to. Any idea whats going on here?
@David Aah, great. That’s a relief! Thanks a lot!
Hi all,
I have had this trouble with the activity/reply function on BuddyPress 1.5.1 too (and this is how I found this forum).
I’m using the Arras Theme, but I guess it should work on any theme, since no theme files are being edited.
Today, I have found out how to fix the 404-error on the reply-function, while commenting on an activity.
In the file /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-activity/bp-activity-actions.php, there is an “!” missing on line 258.
This is the original code:
if ( !is_user_logged_in() || ( bp_is_activity_component() ) || !bp_is_current_action( ‘reply’ ) )
Change it to:
if ( !is_user_logged_in() || ( !bp_is_activity_component() ) || !bp_is_current_action( ‘reply’ ) )
Et voila, it works. It did the trick for me 
As modemlooper said, buddypress.org is not a reflection of buddyress itself. If you want to test out the current/stable release – there is testbp.org specifically for that purpose.
I have the same problem. I’m using site wide forum and installed bbpres as mentioned in the the forum settings. Than I added one forum “general”…just to test
It seems to install fine and I can adress the forum from the admin with the view forum-link
http://www.arambol.in/forum/general/
BUT forum doesn’t appear in the menu. I’m a buddypress newbie and tried now for several days…but no success. I have to mention that I disabled all other plugins and that I tried also with the default bp theme with the same result.
thx for assistance
Daniel
