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I am disappointed that BuddyPress does not simply use and extend the WP profile fields. It complicates things.
And synching profiles with mailchimp plug-ins is now more complex – ok it doesn’t work – for me anyway.
BuddyPress is a WP plug-in, not a standalone system so it should plug in to WP, including profiles. Bp says it offers extended profiles, not different profiles.
Incidentally my users want Last name, First name, just to complicate things further.

That just prompted me to search my inbox for the problem so this is what I wrote a few months ago when I was having that problem :
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If you’re using pretty permalinks then you have to start it with a numeric identifier like %post_id% or %hour% anything with a number in.

%postname% on its own is fine for small sites but wordpress has a bug which sends it into database mental town for big sites.

Just putting %post_id% in and updating all the links has reduced me from 1300queries to 37.
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Maybe even WP3 has solved the problem, to be honest, I’m one of the people who forgets about things the minute they get sorted.

@echiomega My site has literally thousands of pages and the first time mine was eating memory it was due to a wordpress bug with the permalinks (various strange sql queries going into infinite loops) – try changing the format of your permalinks.

I’m not sure it’ll make a difference but worth a go?

If you can try 5 and find out 4 we may have some more information to judge with.

Have you updated to the latest theme version along with updating to BuddyPress 1.5?

Hmm first up a little more information about your set up would be good.

Are you running single or multisite WordPress?
Are you on the latest WordPress?
Have you checked the minimal server requirements for WordPress and that your server meets these?
Do you have a memory limit in your php.ini file (you may have to ask your host about this)?
Have you tried deactivating all other plugins then just trying BuddyPress with the default theme?

No need to link to your admin panel – make sure you don’t put private information also (just incase) on this forum as it’s a public forum.

O.K. I found the readme file, I’m embarrassed, and noticed you can theme and redirect. I’m not sure I want to redirect though because it defeats the BuddyPress feel. PostHaste seems to work with it if you don’t want to use the P2 theme. I guess I have to find a way to remove the two links that are showing up and include another link somewhere to the Blog Homepage for adding posts.

Thanks for your plugin

You need to update your theme. The upload during registration option was removed in BuddyPress 1.5’s default theme.

@dwenaus is building a comprehensive ratings plugin for everything BP related. So far has released the forum ratings part (called “BP rate forum posts”, find it here https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-rate-forum-posts/). And is looking for a patron.

Hi,

I installed Groupblog on WordPress 3.2.1 & BuddyPress 1.5 using the BuddyPress default theme. It seems to be working except that I don’t see an easy way to post to it. I activated it network-wide then enabled the blog through the group admin. It created a Blog tab in the group page which displays posts. If I use the Dashboard -> New Post link in the BuddyPress admin bar, it takes me to the site blog rather than the group blog. There are two links on the Groupblog page; one is to the Sample page that WordPress comes with and the other to Events which is a page for the EventsManager plugin.

Am I missing something?

Thanks

Tomorrow I’ll post a plugin or code to allow admins to add user links to the BuddyPress nav menu.

I am wondering about this same topic. I saw this related post: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/forgot-password-link/ , but the answer is to go to the take you to the “lost password” section of wp-login.php. If my users are only logging into BP, they won’t have WP logins, correct? Can someone help?

First, if you want to customize the BuddyPress Default theme, please build a child theme so your customizations won’t be wiped out when you upgrade BuddyPress:
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Secondly, once you’ve created your child theme, copy over /plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/home.php to your theme’s folder.

Make sure you preserve the folder structure:
/wp-content/themes/MYCHILDTHEME/members/single/home.php

Then, you can add a regular posts loop from WordPress in your /members/single/home.php:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts

BuddyPress is a volunteer project; other than the lead developer who has a portion of his time dedicated to developing and managing BuddyPress, no one else is paid to code it. The project heavily relies on the contributions of others.

That being said, it is not too hard to code a blog avatars plugin for BuddyPress, someone just needs to find the time out of their schedule to code it. Be it for a client or for free.

Just the delete the paragraph line:

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<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by WordPress and BuddyPress.’, ‘buddypress’ ), ‘http://wordpress.org&#8217;, ‘http://buddypress.org&#039; ) ?>

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