> 2) I unzip and move the folder /1.5-beta-3/ to /wp-content/plugins/
BuddyPress must be wp-content/plugins/buddypress. Rename the folder (the error’s because WordPress is trying to load two copies of BuddyPress!).
Do the mappings show if you go the BuddyPress > Pages in the wp-admin?
I should also add my development site is in a subdomain. Not sure if that’s related.
@sunflowermom do you need an email field on there at all? Part of the sign up process includes email by default and it’s doesn’t show on the profile.
Anyway to make the new BP-Default a 3 column theme?
Surely you could just add the user accounts into WordPress as usual (via wp-admin, if you want)? When those people log in to the site, they’ll then have the option of completing their BuddyPress profile.
@Greg thank you so much. something so simple but so useful when creating our own templates. I dont know if you still participate in these forums but thanks nonetheless.
The new version of BP-Default, that comes with BuddyPress 1.5, is awesome.
This sounds to difficult to me 
. I found some kind of solution.
What I have done:
– Make a categorie
– Make a new menu
– Add categorie to menu
– Use widget custom menu to display the new menu on the sidebar.
This is a solution, but I prefer the link to the categorie in the header.
Somebody some suggestion?
@leethompson from: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/buddypress-template-tags/
bp_is_friends
Used to determine if the current page is a friends page.
Returns:
TRUE if current page is a friends page
FALSE otherwise
@walid3 – This is a valid concern. Please post a ticket – https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/newticket/
BuddyPress currently checks if alphanumeric characters are inputted for the username during registration validation.
Unless there’s a valid reason for the alphanumeric check, it might be wise to just piggyback off of WP’s username validation functions.
Google programmatically adding link to WordPress nav it’s not a BuddyPress issue. However, it’s a needed request and I’ll post a code how to over the weekend
#1 – see JJJ’s profile page on testbp.org http://testbp.org/members/johnjamesjacoby/profile/
By default, data entered by members in their profile fields are turned into links ala tags. So on that page, when you click on the USA link, a page will be generated to show all members who have entered USA in Country field.
On your end, you could just create your own links in sidebar or elsewhere like
`Rock and Roll`
`Swing`
of course replacing yoursite.com with your own domain name and replacing Rock and Roll with any text you want to match up.
#2 – You can make sure that the first page visitors will see will be the member’s profile instead of the activity page by adding this to your wp-config.php at root of your WP installation
`define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘profile’ ); `
Ref: https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/
@munman, try this `<a href="profile/edit”>Edit Profile`
regards
@valuser
Yeah but that won’t work. You can’t use link tags in WP custom menus, and also can’t use php.
Any other suggestions anyone?
Buddypress as far as I have found can run in MAMP, and here’s how I have been able to do it (may not work for everyone).
*In the MAMP directory (using finder) right click the htdocs folder > Get Info > now what I done was to set all users – myself, _www & everyone to full read & Write, I also ticked the ‘Shared folder’ and then set it to ‘Apply to enclosed items’ by way of the settings (cog wheel at bottom) to do that you will need to unlock and enter your system admin password – you may have to be logged in on the system as admin to do this.
This will allow WP/BP to be able to write to your .htaccess file.
You should then be able to set your permalink to anything but the default to allow BP to work.
However… Those of us who use Dreamweaver have found issues – Dreamweaver (CS 5.5 anyway) cannot handle WP sites using anything but the default permalink structure.
So if you want to run a WP/BP site on MAMP and edit with Dreamweaver you are kinda snookered either way.
Unless someone has any ideas??
*not everyone will want to or should set directories to full access like this and may cause a security issue on your system, I take no responsibility for problems incurred by anyone doing this – it’s just what works for me, but I am on a safe network.
