Sorry, but I believe you have missed the point of the original post. Please read this entire post before responding. It’s a little long, but not that long.
Neither the original poster, nor I, had any complaints about the operation of installations we had made ourselves. What was being asked, was whether there should be concern due to the obvious problems on the buddypress website itself, not our own installations.
We, the user community, have no way of knowing, other than by asking, if the problems on this site are due to use of an old version of BuddyPress, use of an unreleased version of BuddyPress, use of a broken theme for BuddyPress, or perhaps even maybe they have nothing to do with BuddyPress at all. However, problems that show up on this site beg the question as to whether or not as yet unseen problems might show up on our installations. So, when we ask… “why do I get a white screen when I click on page 2 of the buddypress support forum” this should not be considered a criticism of BuddyPress or it’s developers… it’s merely a question.
We, the user community, would like to have some idea of what we’re getting into. I personally feel fairly comfortable with getting into the guts of most php applications, but I do not have the ability to get into the guts of the implementation of this site so there is no way for me to answer my own question.
For those that are responsible for implementation of the site, I still don’t see any reason whatsoever for offense just because someone points out a defect and asks regarding its cause. If the people responsible for the implementation of this site are too busy to look into it, fine. I can completely relate to that. If the site is built on an obsolete platform that is not worth troubleshooting, fine. I can completely relate to that as well. If the site is built on a platform that is in development and as yet incomplete or unstable, fine. I have no problem accepting that. What I do have difficulty with is being told that merely pointing out the defective behavior on this site, and being told that it is offensive to ask about it.
So have I made myself understood that I am not complaining about BuddyPress software, I am just asking what it is that is causing the buddypress.org website to behave in obviously undesirable and perhaps unexpected ways.
joe

Like I said, it’s free. Free to use or not. Do not make your lack of knowledge on how to extend a free product someone elses problem. I answer on average 5-10 support requests every day. I take offense that you think nobody gets help but they do when volunteers can help.

Like I said, it’s free. Free to use or not. Do not make your lack of knowledge on how to extend a free product someone elses problem. I answer on average 5-10 support requests every day. I take offense that you think nobody gets help but they do when volunteers can help.

There are free alternatives. Drupal and joomla amongst others. Just remember that beggers can’t be choose’s – no one is forcing you to run wp/bp..

Regarding buddypress bugs and such – joomla has something like 6000 core bugs.

There are free alternatives. Drupal and joomla amongst others. Just remember that beggers can’t be choose’s – no one is forcing you to run wp/bp..

Regarding buddypress bugs and such – joomla has something like 6000 core bugs.

An example of the network wide menu plugin is http://www.umw.edu.

Per http://ten-321.com/blog/portfolio/university-of-mary-washington/, the UMW website is a WP multi-network install consisting of 213 WP sites. If you visit any of the sites in that install you see the same primary navigation menu (the first menu item is About UMW).

An example of the network wide menu plugin is http://www.umw.edu.

Per http://ten-321.com/blog/portfolio/university-of-mary-washington/, the UMW website is a WP multi-network install consisting of 213 WP sites. If you visit any of the sites in that install you see the same primary navigation menu (the first menu item is About UMW).

While I work (sometimes) in Web Development as a QA Engineer, and work all other hours on growing my own site, it isn’t that I don’t want to work on documentation for someone else’s project, it’s that I have absolutely no time to take on a part of someone else’s project. Nor, do I feel I should have to. I too have often been perplexed by attitude towards users on this board – when I have gotten usable help or pointers, it’s almost always been from Ray, bless his heart. But if this product (albeit a free one) is released without adequate testing, or time commitment from the developers to document and assure the quality of the plugin, then word, eventually, if it hasn’t already, is going to get around.

I worry about a plugin that *only* works out of the box on one WP theme and not even a well designed theme at that. There is no way that I would re-install my site around an out of the box theme. I’m sure there are a lot of potential buddypress users who think the same way, and wouldn’t even attempt to do what I have done (am trying to do) with my site.

Once I get the buddypress bit working with the site, I’m not going to upgrade. Buddypress needs to be edited in too many places to make it work. I might do a test run with 2.0 when the forums and WP upgrade, but if it doesn’t work easily enough, I’m going to stay with the set up I have.

Getting what we pay for? What happened to a sense of pride and satisfaction about delivering great product and treating users with respect rather than disdain?

While I work (sometimes) in Web Development as a QA Engineer, and work all other hours on growing my own site, it isn’t that I don’t want to work on documentation for someone else’s project, it’s that I have absolutely no time to take on a part of someone else’s project. Nor, do I feel I should have to. I too have often been perplexed by attitude towards users on this board – when I have gotten usable help or pointers, it’s almost always been from Ray, bless his heart. But if this product (albeit a free one) is released without adequate testing, or time commitment from the developers to document and assure the quality of the plugin, then word, eventually, if it hasn’t already, is going to get around.

I worry about a plugin that *only* works out of the box on one WP theme and not even a well designed theme at that. There is no way that I would re-install my site around an out of the box theme. I’m sure there are a lot of potential buddypress users who think the same way, and wouldn’t even attempt to do what I have done (am trying to do) with my site.

Once I get the buddypress bit working with the site, I’m not going to upgrade. Buddypress needs to be edited in too many places to make it work. I might do a test run with 2.0 when the forums and WP upgrade, but if it doesn’t work easily enough, I’m going to stay with the set up I have.

Getting what we pay for? What happened to a sense of pride and satisfaction about delivering great product and treating users with respect rather than disdain?

how do i get wamp to work. because my wordpress is on a webhost and not on my pc

how do i get wamp to work. because my wordpress is on a webhost and not on my pc

The [READ MORE] link on comments to posts appears to be a current problem on all BuddyPress sites. I hope they come up with a patch soon..

(In fact, I’m reporting it now — I just saw the Bugs widget to the right as I type this! )

I noticed the […] at the end of Forum Topic excerpts, and just assumed it was designed that way. Users can always click the subject link to get to the full Forum Topic, though you may need to educate your users about this.

Melissa

The [READ MORE] link on comments to posts appears to be a current problem on all BuddyPress sites. I hope they come up with a patch soon..

(In fact, I’m reporting it now — I just saw the Bugs widget to the right as I type this! )

I noticed the […] at the end of Forum Topic excerpts, and just assumed it was designed that way. Users can always click the subject link to get to the full Forum Topic, though you may need to educate your users about this.

Melissa

I’d like to point out this in currently only in BuddyPress trunk; it won’t get into a release until BP 1.6 (or maybe 1.5.2, or something like that).

It works like any other definable constant in BuddyPress, or any other filterable value. Do one of the following:

1) In wp-config.php or bp-custom.php,
`define( ‘BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION’, ‘forum’ );`

2) In a plugin file or bp-custom.php,
`function bbg_set_group_default_extension( $ext ) {
return ‘forum’;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_groups_default_extension’, ‘bbg_set_group_default_extension’ );`

@jsigned
The same for me. Found solutions that worked until bp 1.2.10 but not on 1.5.
Made the changes from cnorris23 – it’s working. Sadly, these changes will be blown away with the next update and have to be done again – hope, this solution work then at least.

You didn’t say which plugin is causing the error message, or show the error message itself. I’m assuming you think it’s BuddyPress.

Go into FTP, and go into your wp-content/plugins/ directory. Rename the BuddyPress folder to something else, then visit the admin pages of your site.

Hi! can somebody help me with buddypress. I installed the wordpress stufe theme and I think there is a conflict with the buddypress javascript. The order by feature which is powered by ajax is not working in my member page and activity page.

Response is highly appreciated. Thanks

I discovered this issue myself earlier today and ( based on https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/1-5-group-avatars-using-mystery-man-default#post-109448 ) found that the following in bp-custom.php will change the default group and user avatar settings:
`
function my_avatar_defaults() {
global $bp;
// change ‘identicon’ to anything listed here:
// http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/#default-image
$bp->grav_default->group = ‘identicon’;
$bp->grav_default->user = ‘monsterid’;
}
add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘my_avatar_defaults’ );
`