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You can change the default tab open by editing your wp-config.php file. Add this:

`define( ‘BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT’, ‘forum’ );`

This info is from the documentation: https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/

Hi! I’m having same issue. No avatars on blogs.

On main buddypress blog, avatars works great and their url’s are like this:
http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1/aab71f7a93155ef3cabb5d9660686005-bpthumb.jpg

On the other blogs, avatars aren’t displaying. Their url’s are like this:
http://example.com/files/avatars/1/aab71f7a93155ef3cabb5d9660686005-bpthumb.jpg

My installation info:
WP: 3.0.3 (updated from a WP3.0)
BP: 1.2.6
Multisite & subdomains.

My .htaccess:
`# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress`

Is it fixed for next release of buddypress? or is there a patch that I could apply?

Thanks at all

Thanks! Boones PlugIn works great! It is actually called: Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress

I would like to add the Email field to the members profile… using your method!
Which file needs to be modified!?

Thanks
Bojan

What versions of WordPress and BuddyPress are you using, please?

The core team would like to see “BP Multisite” functionality; in conjunction with the sort of thing that Boone talks about here, they would combine to be a very powerful feature.

However I think it is fair to say that the best chance of seeing “BP Multisite” is for someone to scratch that itch; that is, someone who needs the functionality hires a developer (or themselves) who add it.

== hmmm I paid for this and get charged monthly somebody please give us the fix. ==
@dougison WP and BP are free downloads, perhaps you mean you’re paying for your hosting?

In any case, did you use the auto-install of BP? Then try to upload BuddyPress plugin again via FTP or cPanel. After activating BuddyPress, you should see the bp-default theme when you go to dashboard > Appearance > Themes.

@PiManIII There have been many many hints since BP all began but no takers yet … at least no public release to date

For the alternative method, use Rich’s block activity types plugin:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-block-activity-stream-types/

There’s a bug in the ‘bp_get_the_profile_field_datebox’ that’s preventing overriding the date field.
See – https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2947.

—

@bobsie – To override the year value temporarily, you’ll need to patch /buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-templatetags.php:
https://trac.buddypress.org/attachment/ticket/2947/2947.001.patch (only lines 457-534 are important).

Once you’ve made those changes, add the following to your theme’s functions.php:

`
function my_datebox_field ($html, $type, $day, $month, $year, $default_select ) {

// change your max year here
$year_max = 2013;

/* Check for updated posted values, but errors preventing them from being saved first time */
if ( !empty( $_POST ) ) {
if ( $day != $_POST )
$day = $_POST;
}

if ( !empty( $_POST ) ) {
if ( $month != $_POST )
$month = $_POST;
}

if ( !empty( $_POST ) ) {
if ( $year != date( “j”, $_POST ) )
$year = $_POST;
}

$html = ”;

switch ( $type ) {
case ‘day’:
$html .= ‘–‘;

for ( $i = 1; $i < 32; $i++ ) {
if ( $day == $i ) {
$selected = ‘ selected = “selected”‘;
} else {
$selected = ”;
}
$html .= ” . $i . ”;
}
break;

case ‘month’:
$eng_months = array( ‘January’, ‘February’, ‘March’, ‘April’, ‘May’, ‘June’, ‘July’, ‘August’, ‘September’, ‘October’, ‘November’, ‘December’ );

$months = array( __( ‘January’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘February’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘March’, ‘buddypress’ ),
__( ‘April’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘May’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘June’, ‘buddypress’ ),
__( ‘July’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘August’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘September’, ‘buddypress’ ),
__( ‘October’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘November’, ‘buddypress’ ), __( ‘December’, ‘buddypress’ )
);

$html .= ‘

for ( $i = 0; $i < 12; $i++ ) {
if ( $month == $eng_months[$i] ) {
$selected = ‘ selected = “selected”‘;
} else {
$selected = ”;
}

$html .= ” . $months[$i] . ”;
}
break;

case ‘year’:
$html .= ‘—-‘;

for ( $i = $year_max; $i > 1899; $i– ) {
if ( $year == $i ) {
$selected = ‘ selected = “selected”‘;
} else {
$selected = ”;
}

$html .= ” . $i . ”;
}
break;
}

return $html;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_get_the_profile_field_datebox’, ‘my_datebox_field’, 10, 6 );
`

I also have a MU site where members can have their own blogs, without BuddyPress, but I don’t want the member blogs to have the BuddyPress Widgets showing in their admin. When BuddyPress is enabled it places the Members, Group, and Avatar widgets into the member blog admin. How do I disable this funtion?

It does what you want. It does not create a bunch of individual BuddyPress sites (which many other people really want). The MU just enables people to create blogs and for the username to be used across all the blogs and the stream can take in information from those blogs.

If you can submit this as an enhancement on https://trac.buddypress.org/, we can fix this in core.

There is a plugin by Brajesh that is designed for Activity replies. Not sure if it works for forum replies. Download and try it. http://buddydev.com/plugins/buddypress-activity-comment-notifier/

It will be nice if a notification appear when someone replies on your activity or reply.
Is there such opportunity?

Just found out about this plugin. looks great! Is it still on development? any response to what @juanmaguerrero asks two posts above this one?
congrats!

@testador thanks for elaborating on what you’ve done so far.
– Check out the Ride Oregon site in BP.org showcase – https://buddypress.org/showcase/
– I recall seeing a travel or tourism site here before – http://www.bpinspire.com/

Re themes, I prefer to create my own themes – either child themes of bp-default theme or use BP Template Pack for a couple. It depends on a lot of factors. Here’s a simple walkthrough for BP Template Pack for reference – https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/bp-template-pack-walkthrough-level-easy-2/

Re media plugin, I’ve been using the BP Gallery plugin, (premium) since early 2010 to date. Preference is hosting own media rather than having it hosted at Kaltura/Cincopa servers.

Good luck

I can’t help you, but can I see your site?

I’m a suffusion theme user as well.

http://damatrixstudios.com

@ddgdaily – on the Thesis theme, sorry, I don’t use it. I recall some Thesis users a while ago who mentioned getting info from Thesis support forums to get BP compatibility on using the BP Template Pack.

Why not just backup database tables and server files then go maintenance mode for an hour to test BP in site? Use bp-default theme which has the regular WP template files but souped up for BuddyPress and see how it goes.

Or, export XML from your site, and install WP with BP it locally in your computer to test it out.