I can’t see how setting the front page back to showing blog posts should be broken by 1.5. All this works fine for me on my test installs (admittedly a new install, not an upgrade).
@tmcneill71 You can grab older versions from https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/download/
@mikepratt, Tim: What other plugins are you running. What theme. Multisite – if so, subdomain or subdirectory? Prior to upgrading, what did you have your home page set as, or was it just showing blog posts?
@walid3 I will be posting info re Twenty Eleven theme with BP Template Pack by this Sunday/Monday.
This post explains everything:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activating-existing-users/#post-40221
You’ll need to write a script that gives everyone a “last_activity” timestamp.
Some example code to get it working for one user:
`
// change $user_id to the ID you want to become active
update_user_meta( $user_id, ‘last_activity’, bp_core_current_time() );`
OK. I am embarrassed by how long I have been away. Just upgraded my sandbox (no harm) to 1.5, @djpaul and I have the same issue. it’s a redirect thing. cannot get activity to show ever. Actions are recordding fine to the db but nothing. When I set to home, I get a redirect loop timeout. Thoughts?
Rule of thumb: disable all BuddyPress 3rd-party plugins and reactivate them one by one until you figure out the culprit.
You probably want to make the forums page the default group tab. That way you can do what you want.
Andrew has posted some code for BP 1.5:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/changing-group-tab-display-defaults/?topic_page=3&num=15#post-109704
Give it a shot!
cc @boonebgorges what’s the timeline for compatibility with current BP?
@mercime I saw that you have css experience so I thought maybe you can help with that 
I don’t know though why buddypress template pack doesn’t fix the integration with twenty eleven as it’s the main theme of wordpress.
@kshirtcliffe tested it out today and it seem to work but still kinda slow. Have to wait and see when more visitors come to the site.
do you have group forums installed? Yes
did you also install the new sitewide forums? Yes
single WP or WP multisite? — Single
is BP installed in main site or subsite (if MS)? Not Multisite
etc — Not sure what else I can give you but what I’ve posted and added in this reply.
Also, in bbpress in the the ‘Forums’ settings, there’s some red text beside Archive Slugs – Forums base settings box: Possible BuddyPress conflict: Forums page
Please answer some troubleshooting questions posted
@nysom please start a new topic, this thread was about forums in this site. I suggest you include more information in your new topic like:
– do you have group forums installed,
– did you also install the new sitewide forums,
– single WP or WP multisite
– is BP installed in main site or subsite (if MS),
– etc.
EDIT – ok, you did start a new topic https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/unable-to-post-new-topics-to-forum/
Bump. Upgraded to 1.5, now I can’t post new topics to forums.
and by the way, the 1.5 version of buddypress skeleton component is not in synch with the Buddypress 1.5. Their 1.5 is compatible with the 1.2.9 version.
i got that the first time
I was asking whether the skeleton was going to be updated to the new 1.5 version. Currently it’s compatible for the 1.2.9 (this is evident because some functions it’s using is deprecated in the errors). I’m not familiar with the Buddypress development process, so I’m not sure if the new skeleton will be a big change from the current version.
Thanks for your fast response.
Do you mean I have to change that in footer.php and header.php or in the buddypress files?
Well, if i do that in the theme files, the BP pages work, but the others don’t. 
What theme are you using? And in the wp-admin BuddyPress > Settings page, have you disabled avatar uploads?
@takasilva That is not related at all to this post. Make your own topic.
thnks @karmatosed for ur valuable response…
This *is* BuddyPress. Have a play and learn at http://testbp.org/
ya am using buddypress 1.5… but i donno whether my theme CUSTOM COMMUNITY is updated for buddypress 1.5 
how can i check that???
anyway thanks @karmatosed for your response…
Regards,
Rishad.N.M
If you are on BP 1.5 go to the page admin and change the URL for register to anything but register or signup. Example: get-your-account
Use a captcha plugin that requires you to answere a question correctly. The number letter ones can be hacked
Make sure the words WordPress or BuddyPress is not shown in the footer or header. View source of page and then find and eliminate those words. Bots search these and then find them. You may also want to change the default text in sidebar.php about creating an account.
@Chad, did you ever figure out a solution to this? I am trying to do a similar thing. Please let me know. Thx
