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I’m concerned about changing server information when I’m don’t seem to be having the 404 error trouble as is noted in the references you gave.

Is it normal to not be able to use BuddyPress on a Windows server? I know it’s more difficult – but one of the potential solutions you listed even said that one of the BP developers uses a Windows Server.

I’m afraid that if I can’t do some kind of coding fix, I’ll just have to dump buddy press

Thanks again in advance for any solutions!

@harty I played around with if statements in my actual child theme php pages, but it’s likely that the second link you posted might be the best way to go – I think a bp developer might know best.

Image uploads work perfectly via the media library. I’m not sure what a native WP gallery is….

I created an avatars folder earlier today in my /uploads/ directory – I’ve tried to upload avatars and the folder is still empty.

File permission for the uploads folder and subfolders is 755.

Because I also can’t create groups, or register as a new user, I’m wondering if there isn’t some weird root folder link that isn’t working correctly. I’m not getting any errors whey I try to add a group / upload avatar, etc. – it’s like it just ignores me and gives me the original blank entry form (and doesn’t put the info anywhere).

http://youngrens.com/register/

My site is hosted through Readyhosting on a Windows 2003 server (a pain – I know).

I used Buddypress on this server months ago, but took it down when I revamped my site and used Elegant Themes.

Thanks in advance for your help!!

So, the above function works for other menus I’ve tried (under profile) – but I can’t interact with the ‘groups’ menu… I have tried the following in the function above:

`bp_core_remove_subnav_item( ‘groups’, ‘send-invites’ );`
(And with global $bp):
bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $bp->groups->slug, ‘send-invites’ );

The problem I have is that I need to retain the invites functionality in certain group situations – I’m happy with my conditional code for this – no problemo… but just can’t get the above function to interact at-all with the group menu – in-fact I can’t remove anything from this menu – but I can from others?

Any help would be MUCH appreciated – I’m tearing my hear out on this one;(

Ah, my mistake – this code does actually work HOWEVER , I can’t get it to hide ‘Send Invites’ or anything else under the group menu… do I have to do something different?

`function ja_remove_navigation_tabs() {
bp_core_remove_nav_item(‘friends’);
bp_core_remove_nav_item(‘settings’);
}
add_action( ‘bp_setup_nav’, ‘ja_remove_navigation_tabs’, 15 );`

adding the tag “buddypress” seems to have done the trick. thanks!

PS – this is what I’ve got:

BuddyPress: 1.2.9
BP_ROOT_BLOG: standard
MySQL: 5.0.91
Permalinks: month and name : http://youngrens.com/index.php/2011/09/sample-post/
PHP: 5.2.11
WordPress: 3.2.1
WordPress multisite: no

Thanks @DJPaul – you got my issue in one – I need to keep user avatars functionality, but disable group avatars and the creation step… so many thanks for your answer on this one;)

Just to clarify, in-case someone comes across this issue – here is how I bundled Paul’s tidy code into a function (this is in my bp-custom.php file in /plugins)

`
function my_bp_remove_group_steps_init() {
global $bp;
unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps );
}
add_action( ‘bp_init’, ‘my_bp_remove_group_steps_init’, 10 );
`

The code above will remove the avatar step in group creation, and the ‘step numbers’ will respect that this has been removed – neat and exactly what I needed!

You may also use the following to remove the group settings and group invites in the same function – although I have not done any testing on these:
`unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps );`
`unset( $bp->groups->group_creation_steps );`

as @boone mentions have way through this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN7g0h8DPbE&feature=related
for posertity’s sake

Yes, but people don’t read the rules, they are useful so they you can remove posts later, but it won’t completely stop them. I do restrict group creation now, but I wouldn’t have wanted to start the site that way.