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> rant/opinion

Yeah. You could have just asked “Why can’t I delete the ‘name’ field?” and been done with it. There is an argument for why the field is required, which has to do with the fact that BP uses display names all over the site to identify users, but the ad hominem nature of your rant/opinion makes it less pleasant to offer up the explanation.

> Why release 1.5 and not make it compatible with bb 2.0?

The 1.5 release had been held up for too long already. bbPress 2.0 integration is not trivial.

> And again, when setting up the forums why the whole endless loop of “install bbpress but it’s already installed” it’s rather confusing.

Not sure I understand the question. Once you have set up bbPress, you don’t have to install it again. You have an option to reinstall it, but only if something has gone wrong.

> Why does it keep asking for a valid “activation key” even if people click on the validation key received by the system?

This usually means that the user has already activated his account. Use a plugin like https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unconfirmed/ to do some more research.

Hello Mercime

I have same problem.I cant complete step 3.I use Mammoth Theme.

Can you please help me ?

This is my theme’s page.php http://pastebin.com/n4jaeme2

EDIT – Mammoth theme BP compatibility resolved in this thread – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/compatibility-issue-with-mammoth-theme/
– mercime

I’m not getting this BP thing!
(I was on another page that said post an entry & I tried but it wouldn’t accept it: eg
Hi
I am finding it interesting navigating around here…mmmm! I am looking for my last post on installation issues to see if I have had any reply yet & have stumbled on to this page. So I thought I would make a post here before carrying on my search for my previous thread… (I do not know where this is going or who may read it!…)
It is not even posting_
There was a problem posting your update, please try again.

?????)

So now -is there anyone here? Am I in the right place? Please reply….
I could sure do with a helpful reply meanwhile I will keep looking for the answer I want…..

@BlinkyBill01 and @mikey3d

Here’s the plugin, im open to suggestions and improvements.

`Adds two additional/optional fields to your BuddyPress groups – let groups link to an external website and extra field you may define.`

Buddypress group plus

Its the initial release, still have to clean up a few things but it works

Yep. https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-members-loop/

I think there’s some confusion between settings for bbPress 1.0 and 2.0. Understandable, as the instructions aren’t as clear as they could be.

The page mapping in BuddyPress setup, for forums, only works for bbPress 1.0. To do the same in 2.0, look at Settings > Forums, and there’s a text box for the base link. (Which also defaults to “forums”!)

There is no need to re-post this. I saw a thread with the same message the the other day, and if I wasn’t on my phone, I’d find it and close this one.

I am guessing that there would probably need to be a bunch of changes in BuddyPress core to do this, so you probably couldn’t do it with just a plugin. If you end up changing BuddyPress, consider contributing your changes as an enhancement request on http://BuddyPress.trac.WordPress.org

Assuming you’ve verified that the page has not actually been created twice, what about creating a custom menu, if your theme supports that?

Alls Im saying is I’ve only had one of the last 12 forum topics I started actually answered and that sucks.

== how to stop people from making groups ==
dashboard > BuddyPress > Settings > Restrict group creation to Site Admins? == Yes or No

== BuddyPress to become more compatible with WP themes in general ==
@kkradel use the BP Template Pack plugin with your WP theme. If you need assistance post a new topic in this forum.

Re (2): The “bump” is by design. See https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2546 Can’t reproduce the ‘caption’ issue.

New blog posts and comments are working fine for me.

Also regarding 1.5 -> 1.6

1) I understand that 1.6 will be using bbPress 2.x plugin for group forums. Is this correct? If so, will it be using bbPress in such a way that bbPress forums, topics, posts, replies, and comments will be stored as custom WP posts?
2) I can’t seem to figure out where one might read about 1.6 so this may be obvious to others, but is there any chance that 1.6 will also implement buddypress groups, activities, etc as WP custom posts rather than in BP specific db tables?
Thanks very much,
joe

To restore your WP admin dashboard, login to your WordPress install via FTP or cPanel and rename the “buddypress-classifieds” directory to something else like djoep recommended.

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BuddyPress Classifieds is an older plugin that hasn’t been updated for BP 1.5.

For BP 1.5 info, you should read these articles:
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-plugin-compatibility/
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-theme-compatibility/
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-developer-and-designer-information/

Depends on what you mean by “single” in BuddyPress.

If you mean a user’s profile page, that would be `bp_is_user()`; for a group page, it would be `bp_is_group()`.

This is a reported bug:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3687

Keep your eye on that ticket for updates.

Read this to add back the delete link in the activity stream:
https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/1-5-developer-and-designer-information/#theme