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Tom, you should read this, esp. Server and WP configurations https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/

== Q: How do I ensure mod-rewrite is enabled? If it’s a matter of making log entries in wp with ‘other than default permalinks’ selected, then this is fine and I can post to the wp blog. ==

But is your URI “pretty”? As in looking like http://yoursite.com/about and not http://yoursite.com/?page_id=2

If it’s the latter, then your mod_rewrite is not working or not enabled. Are you on Linux/Unix server or Windows?

Find .htaccess located at root of your WP installation. So if you installed WP in domain root, you would find .htaccess file here http://yourdomain.com/.htaccess If you have access to cpanel, open it up with editor and copy the content and paste here.

== and NOT via webhost scripts ==

Webhost scripts being referred to here are simplescripts and fantastico, etc provided by webhosting services which have caused many issues especially with BP.

A manual installation just involves uploading WP files to server via FTP/cpanel/etc, creating database, then running http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php and going through the process.

== I have now installed BP/WP on the root folder for the domain whereas I had it under the subdir blog. ==

Not exactly what it’s meant, but it’s good that you have WordPress at domain root.

After you have successfully installed WP and set permalinks to other than the default permalink in dashboard menu Settings > Permalinks, you need to check that you have pretty permalinks working.

Then go to dashboard menu Plugins > Add New, install then activate BuddyPress plugin.

is no one using the BP Chat module from Buddydev.com… its free… and kinda decent… http://buddydev.com/buddypress/bp-chat-a-facebook-like-chatting-plugin-for-buddypress/

am sure it’ll be improved as time goes on by, but right now there are a few holes in it still… was wondering if there is a better alternative out there…

Check out template pack example https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

There’s a plugin for this:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-block-activity-stream-types/

It’s an older plugin and the developer is now busy with other projects, so you’ll need to update the plugin manually so the admin menu will show up in WP.

Read this tutorial:
http://code.ipstenu.org/2011/wordpress-3-1-network-menu/

(Edit) Just read the full post, you want to hide it from group feeds only? Or throughout the site? If throughout the site, the plugin will do the job. If only on group feeds, you can take the basic premise from the plugin, then you’ll need to do a conditional to check if you’re in a BP feed.

@boonebgorges – Looks like the button hooks are missing in BP Template Pack:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/1.2.8/bp-themes/bp-default/functions.php#L339

This will fix the issue stevieg is experiencing.

There are a lot of people in this forum who would probably be willing to help, but you have to give more information than “Crash. Every time. Epic Fail.”

Also, it’s unlikely that there will be responses within 11 minutes, so there is no need to bump your post within that period of time.

@jonobradley you would have to download the BP template files transferred to your active WP theme.
Then, manually super-impose the HTML structure of your theme’s onto said BP template files
After which, upload revised files to your theme folder in server
Some helpful hints at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Morticia, unfortunately, the theme you’re using is a premium theme so we have no way to see the code unless we pay for it to help you. Check out this tutorial with how to impose HTML structure of your theme’s one-column page onto the BP template files transferred to your active WP theme’s folder. https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Hello Travel-Junkie,
i’m thinking about the purchase of BuddyVents but i’d like tohave some info about this:

i’m working on a new project based on WordPress Multisite and Studiopress Genesis Framework, i yet purchased Genesis Connect for run BuddyPress on Studiopress Theme .. what i need is to manage events and locations too, i mean i need to have a page for single location also with all informations (i taked a look at scubavagabonds.com and something like this http://scubavagabonds.com/dive-schools/aquatours-almeria/ wit a tab menu could be good) and have also a list of locations similar at that of events (like this http://test.shabushabu.eu/events/). More i need to have categories (better tags also), global search ecc ecc … so i know maybe i’m asking a lot but just i’d like to undestand if with this plugin i can do something near at my idea …

thank
Luca

Deactivate BuddyPress. Then re-upload BuddyPress files manually – FTP or cpanel, etc – clear cache, then activat BP again.

Another note, if you installed WordPress via simplescripts or fantastico, then I suggest you start from scratch and install WP manually – upload via FTP/cpanel, create DB, etc.

mod_rewrite must be enabled for “pretty permalinks” which is required by BuddyPress. Go to dashboard menu Settings > Permalinks and set it to other than default settings. Check your htaccess file.
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/before-installing/#system-server

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/when-asking-for-support/ please

BuddyPress doesn’t let you set or view the avatars in the wp-admin areas, so that’s a bit of a red herring. So, when you go to upload an avatar, how far do you get? Can you crop the image and save it OK? And then there’s just nothing in that person’s profile picture (“mystery man”?)?

Have you tried looking inside your wp-content/uploads/ folder to see if the images are being saved?
Are there any error messages in your web server’s PHP log file?
Are you running on multisite, and if so, if BuddyPress running on blog ID #1, or?

== Then, I activated the BP plugin and…nothing ==

Nothing like a blank page or nothing like going to Appearance > Themes and the bp-default theme doesn’t show up, or ….?

If you’re on single WP install, there should be a BuddyPress logo/menu on upper left hand area of menu. If you’re on multisite, go to network and find BP menu on upper left hand area.

@Bowromir – On the last activate this plugin I got some error. I tried to activate it on the WordPress 3.2-beta1 (multisite) and BP 1.2.8.