I managed to resolve some of my problems by editing the “Forum” page and adding the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode. See https://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/buddypress-theme-with-bbpress-templates/
By the way, I’m using:
BuddyPress v1.5
WordPress v3.2.1
Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress Plugin v0.3.1 with it set to strip tags except for
.
I did disable the Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress plugin and nothing changed, so I don’t think there is plugin interference.
Isn’t that the whole point of Buddypress though, to create a fb like system? Other wise it is just a messageboard.
What is this BP Wire?
I fixed it by commenting out all the instances of it. go through each folder within your buddypress plugin and comment out the lines that have
$settings_link = bp_core_get_user_domain( $receiver_user_id ) . bp_get_settings_slug() . ‘/notifications/’;
or similar. I just went through each one and searched for “bp_get_settings_slug”, commenting out everytime it was found.
Hope this helps someone until there is a fix.
Thanks.
There seems to be more cons than pros with BP and I’ve only had installed for a week.
Re Activity Stream – I see activity streams as records of each action and reaction within the site. If I wanted the facebook-like wall feature, I’d use BP Wire by @sbrajesh. But that’s just me.
Re BuddyPress Template Pack plugin – boonebgorges and r-a-y have added a second method in the 1.2 version which makes it much easier to set up (depends on the WP theme you have) and future-proof. Upgrading the plugin later on won’t require any updates in template files.
Examples of 2nd method:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-eleven-bp-1-5/
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/
Yeah I noticed that not long ago too.
Check out this:
BuddyPress / WordPress Giveaway Plugin | CubePoints Lottery Giveaway / Contest System
It’s very feature rich and I tested it meticulously as well. I’m very proud of it.
It’s a plugin that you install, set your settings in the admin and your good to go.
You can use the shortcode [lottery1] to display it on any page. With support with up to 5 lotteries running at once.
More info and how to get it here: http://store.slyspyder.com/
” I cant put stuff on my widget sidebars after the update”
Do you mean you can’t drag and drop widgets? Also can you not expand them? If that’s what you mean, I had the same problem, which was in the .htaccess file. My host fixed it for me though 
I hope that points you in the right direction.
I am having the same problem. It seems it is a permalink problem. In my buddypress/pages, the pages that doesn´t work is “discussion forum” ( I only use site-wide forum ) and page “register”. Alle the other pages work fine. The pages are created in the same way, but the two that doesn´t work link back to my home page all the time.
I have changed the name in the “Settings > Forums” in wp-admin; where there’s an text box option that defaults to ‘forums’ but I still have the same problem…I have deleted the BP plugin, reinstalled and tried again, but no luck.
If someone could just make a step by step tutorial to how this is done in the right way, or maybe it exists already…I would be happy to see it
Thank you for your efforts. You were correct about the cause of the problem but the error was mine typographically. I left a ‘d’ out of the header-buddypress.php file name so presumably the original header.php file content from the twentyeleven theme was still being used – causing the same result as you described. I must connect a decent monitor to my netbook for this work I think, that and get better sleep.
From my perspective this has determined me to spend the time to gain a better understanding.
Once again thanks for your guidance.
@r-a-y did you ever post the plugin code on github or pastebin? I have recently forked a plugin to enable users to upload a profile image, as per Facebook timeline, but at the moment this only works for the member header – not groups.
I chose not to provide a range of default images – but this is easily done by hacking the header function that comes with the Twenty Eleven theme.
I will get around to sharing my modified plugin when I’ve finished tidying it up. It is also BP 1.5 compatible.
Upload Failed! Error was: Unable to create directory /avatars/8421926. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
This is the error I get when I try to add a plenty small image for my avatar… plus, buddy press says that they can use my gravatar, and when I click on that link and log into my gravatar account, buddy press does nothing… so, apparently this software is not very effective at creating profiles for social networks if its very own program has basic error messages… I guess you get what you pay for!!!!!!! free = sucks
Not quite the same. In this case, it seems like you’re missing the opening div tag that was supposed to be added in header-buddypress.php hence closing the container prematurely. This should be in header-buddypress.php http://pastebin.com/kr1jK5PW
Are you running a localised version of BuddyPress, or have you renamed the default group or that default name profile field?
Avatars cannot be uploaded on to BuddyPress.org, this is intentional.
I still get this problem running Buddypress 1.2.10, WP 3.2.1 & Contact Form 7 – where all the website enquiries are sent from noreply@domain.com – big problem.. anyone know how to get a contact form working with buddypress so you can hit reply and reply to the submitters email address???
I am having a similar problem.
Thanks again –
Yes both BuddyPress and Buddy Press Template Pack plugins are activated.
Here is a screenshot of the Members Directory page –
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LLpt3eGzxlUSY1kPNJq45LGj7ar25XRPe7l625Mbz28?feat=directlink
(in case you cant see it: it is very similar to your shot of misalignment after step 3 except the BP element component widths are ok)
ALL BP pages are affected in the same way.
I also have an “Activate’ page that asks for an activation key, although it doesnt appear on the navigation menu, and which has the same misalignment of the sidebar items..
Leave a comment on the site re update schedule. @sbrajesh has been updating his premium and free plugins for BP 1.5 but I don’t know his schedule. There is another method but also needs to be updated for 1.5 – using sitewide activity as wire/wall http://buddydev.com/buddypress/using-activity-as-wire-in-buddypress-1-2-themes/ where again, post a comment there to check schedule if you’re interested.
oh it may seem that the buddy press is not compatible at all with That Music Theme. so now I need to figure out how to reskin the buddypress default theme seeing as it would appear I am now stuck with that or faced with restarting my entire website from scratch again.
OK! It tries with another user(subscriber) and it worked very well. It just don’t work when I try with the admin user.
I think I did the remove part with another theme and now I’m back to the default theme it doesn’t work. Could it be a theme compatibility? Where does this number save? And I checked I couldn’t find any table for favorites, where are they?
Thanks a lot
Default layout of BP components is a two column layout. That’s why I’ve used the 2nd method to make 2011 compatible with BP. If you want a one column layout for all BP templates OR a mix of one column layout and two column layout, you’d have to use the 1st method for BP compatibility, i.e. changing 14 template files transferred to your BP 2011 child theme folder.
== misalignment of sidebar elements remains on the BP pages ==
BuddyPress and BP Template Pack plugin are activated, right? Do you have a screenshot of that misalignment? ALL the BP pages or a few? If so, which pages?.
