It’s easy.
Install WP 3.0.4 –> Enable Multisite –> Create a new blog called “buddypress”, “community” or the name you want –> Go to that new blog admin –> Plugins –> Install Buddypress
You’ll have now a frontpage blog with yopur purchased theme, and then a “false” blog with the buddypress characteristics.
Having some trouble with this myself.
Tried this with no avail. Using Graphene and just need to remove sidebar on BP pages. http://www.stThomasBBQ.org
I installed graphene first, then installed BP when I found it.
also tried this PHP code http://buddypress.pastebin.com/tkUDryN3 , added it to buddypress sidebar.php
I know a little css and php, but not sure what to try now.
You need to use a BuddyPress compatible theme. Just activating BuddyPress on a WordPress site is not enough.
https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/
Best to put enhancement requests on https://trac.buddypress.org/. Use your username and password from this site.
RE: Achievements. If Vanilla forums is not WordPress software — which it isn’t — you’re probably going to need to set up an AJAX request in WordPress so that you can communicate external events into WordPress, which Achievements can then make use of.
I forgot to say: It will be important to make it work with Achievements. @DJPaul
And maybe also with @ mentions?
i uploaded a blank, becaus if no .htaccess file exists, i get the error “permission denied”. now i checked the .htaccessfile and i only have this inside:
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
is that correct?
thanks
beat
In case anyone is still seeking answers to this challenge I have WP 3.0.4 MultiSite and BP 1.2.7 and @roberte ‘s solution works fine. However, I got so excited I forgot to make the “/” change but it still works fine. So, either solutions is good. Thanks @roberte
BuddyPress forum topic extras plugin adds some things.
Why upload a blank .htaccess file? You don’t need to do this WP edits that file for you. If you do not have the buddypress default them activated that could be the problem. BuddyPress must have a compatible theme.
I think I can help you with your request #5: BuddyPress Member Profile Stats
You can see it in action at my new site: http://www.xbox-arena.com
that worked. Thank you @mercime
Don’t just paste your header.php, it’s useless and alters the page layout, as you can see 
First of all, what is wrong with the multi level navigation? It should guide you through everything you need.
Second thing, is this is not the support forum you need for your issue. This is a buddypress plugin support forum, so I would recommend you go to your theme’s support forum and get nav support there.
The sub nav does not just involve html, as well as css, if your theme does not support navigation at all.
Thanks @dwenaus. This code is great!
Exactly what i looked for!!!
Hi Zack,
Did you manage to straighten out the funky results? I’m trying to get use the Theme My Login plugin with Buddypress, with no luck thus far. Thanks!
@Andrea_r, can `activity stream` add a `Favorite` counter? that the post owner can see how many peaple mark a Favorite in his post article?
I’m very new to Buddypress and to WordPress. I’m having a similar difficulty with profiles, groups, forums etc… links all redirecting back to the homepage. I had just loaded the great Suffusion theme, which i love, but will now try to go back to default to see if i can trace the problem. I would welcome any ideas.
@thealchemist does that include a counter with “You’ve been poked 20 times, teased 23 times, kissed 100 times and the like?
thanks guys! i’ve already installed buddypress and bbpress is running through it. i tried to install bbpress by itself using the old sql database first…. and something about it wasnt working, so that is how i ended up over at buddypress which i like better anyway honestly. i’m a bit of a newbie, so i’m afraid if i try option b i might mess something up and make my site implode
going to try using the phpmyadmin as suggested above and even if it takes awhile i don’t mind, i just have some things in those posts that weren’t copied anywhere else before my old host disappeared.
@VirtualityReiki I would do this in test installation, uploading copies of your server files and importing database of your bbPress install.
Assuming your bbPresss is in subdirectory, http://example.com/forums/, install WP at domain root using the same database as your bbPress install. Install and activate BuddyPress. Then follow this: https://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/using-an-existing-bbpress-installation/ where you point to the bb-config.php file in http://example.com/forums/. Note that in this scenario, creating forum topics will have to be through BP Groups.
You can also do it the other way noted in the codex article, but the integration is not quite that easy I remember going through 28 steps or so for an external forum integration pre-BP1.2. In addition, bbPress is being converted into a WP plugin which will work well with BP sometime this year so there’s hope that there’ll be a “switch” so that forums won’t be dependent on BP Groups component.
@mercime
Layout looks a bit b0rked? http://bpthemes.buddydev.com/bpmag/classic/members/sbrajesh/blogs/
Other then that… yeah looks pretty good, will look into it
